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Wed, May 23rd, 10:27 · HumanIPO

GLOBA SMS money transfer to service Africa’s unbanked population

Started just five years ago in SA as a small company, Globa, now an international money transfer and mobile payment platform, continues to grow rapidly changing every stone unturned in the money transfer sector. The firm is now looking to go global after taking over the whole of Africa first. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 08:00 · HumanIPO

Three investors buy into Musoni, Kenya’s first mobile-based moneylender

Kenya’s first microfinance institution to provide financial services to the poor entirely via mobile phones, Musoni Kenya, has secured itself funding from three new investors. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 07:10 · Vincent Matinde

Africa’s MTN among the world’s top brands

In its 2012 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, Millward Brown, a leading global research agency focusing on brands, media and communications, listed MTN, a major South Africa-based mobile telephone network, among the world’s top brands. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 19:30 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 22-31 May

Africa is experiencing growth on all fronts and not left out are the burgeoning opportunities of investment that are realized through events and conferences. Here’s a schedule of upcoming events in Kenya, South Africa and Ghana in the next week. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 16:51 · HumanIPO

The 2012 eLearning report to be unveiled tomorrow in Benin

The eLearning Africa 2012 report set to give the status of ICT application in the education system in Africa will be unveiled tomorrow in Cotonou, Benin, during the opening session of the eLearning Africa conference. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 16:37 · HumanIPO

Ghana to host fifth AITEC conference next week

The fifth of its kind, Aitec Banking and Mobile Money West Africa conference, the region’s leading forum, is scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday next week. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 15:35 · Elly Okutoyi

Malawian government seeks out a broadband partner

The Government of Malawi today officially announced of its intentions to seek a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement towards the provision of quality and affordable international broadband connectivity to the country. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 15:05 · Vincent Matinde

Google Chrome edges out Internet Explorer to become world’s number one browser

Google Chrome overtook Internet Explore to become the world’s most popular and most used Web browser. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 13:02 · HumanIPO

Cape Town to mentor entrepreneurs through a new portal

South Africa’s Cape Town city has launched a new Web portal, dubbed Cape Town Activa Web Portal, complete with online resources, tools and links for use by the business people. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 11:30 · Vincent Matinde

Malawi yet to unveil plans meant to advance ICT sector

The government of Malawi is set to start implementing policies aimed at supporting the country’s telecommunication and ICT sector → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 10:46 · Elly Okutoyi

SA’s communication regulator blocks Vodacom’s Freedom 99 offer launch

South African mobile telephone operator Vodacom failed to launch its new 99 cents offer due to what it termed as a technological lapse. → Read more
Tue, May 22nd, 10:30 · HumanIPO

High-speed broadband platform set for launch across Sub-Saharan Africa

Eutelsat Communications, a France-based telecommunications company, Monday announced plans to launch a new broadband platform set to extend high-speed Internet across Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 17:50 · HumanIPO

Rwanda’s first ever automated immigration control launched

Rwanda has launched automated immigration control for its nationals, a move expected to speed up the immigration clearance process. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 17:00 · Elly Okutoyi

New e-payment platform to launch in Zimbabwe

SmartPay had launched a new Universal Electronic Payments System (U.E.P.S) in Zimbabwe. The first of its kind in the country, it is set to help ease the banking problems currently facing the country. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 16:22 · Elly Okutoyi

Ghana Post launches e-payment system to cushion revenue fall

Ghana Post has launched an electronic payment system expected to make it easier for mobile phone users, financial service providers and merchants relate through a platform accessible from different mobile devices. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 16:02 · HumanIPO

Kenya budgets over $500 million to spread 4G to 47 counties

Kenya expects to spend some US$500 million to connect 4G network to the country’s 47 counties by March next year. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 15:20 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s pay TV industry lacking competition

A report by Kenya’s communication regulator Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) and Deloitte and Touche, a consulting company, show that the broadcasting frequencies in the country are not fully utilised. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 13:05 · Vincent Matinde

Mozambique welcomes third mobile network operator

Last week, Movitel switched on its network in Mozambique. This is the third mobile network operator in the country. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 12:05 · Vincent Matinde

Top level domains for SA cities

South African domain registry has confirmed plans to have three of its cities including Johannesburg, Durban and Durban receive a top level domain extension. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 10:04 · HumanIPO

Ghana set to manufacture own smartphones

TECNO Ghana intends to manufacture and assemble its brand of affordable smartphones for sale exclusively within the west African country. → Read more