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Thu, May 10th, 21:52 · HumanIPO

HumanIPO and The Next Web partner to increase coverage of African tech scene

To increase the exposure of Africa’s fast-growing technology sector, and to bring the most important news from the continent to a global tech news audience, HumanIPO and The Next Web have agreed on a partnership. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 21:45 · Elly Okutoyi

M-pesa, Africa’s premier mobile money, now seeks to include ATM use

Safaricom, a top mobile network operator in Kenya, and PesaPoint, country’s independent ATM network, are in the advanced stages of testing a new system that would enable users of its mobile money service, M-Pesa, use ATMs in 32 of the East African nation’s 42 banks. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 20:45 · HumanIPO

Safaricom’s net profit plunges despite gain in total revenue

Safaricom, Kenya’s top mobile telephone operator, has posted a 13 percent increase in total revenue for its full year ended March, to 107 billion (US$1.28 billion), thanks increased call tariffs and improved revenue per user, it said Thursday. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 20:17 · Vincent Matinde

FNB Mobile geo-payment app starts operation

First National Bank of South Africa has finally launched the geo pay app expected to facilitate money transfers through a mobile application. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 16:37 · Elly Okutoyi

Up to US$11 billion needed to hedge Internet cost in SA

South Africa, Africa’s largest economy, would need between R60 to R89 billion ($7.5 to $11.13 billion) to build a telecommunications broadband network throughout the country, to bring down the cost of Internet. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 16:07 · HumanIPO

South Africa to host inaugural ICT Indaba in June

South Africa will in June host inaugural ICT Indaba scheduled to discuss and analyze international models essential for boosting the development of Africa’s ICT sector. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 14:30 · HumanIPO

OzinboPay bids for an upgrade of Africa’s mobile money

Following the surge in mobile money use in Africa, OzinboPay, a new mobile payment gateway founded late last year, has vowed to enable merchants within West Africa receive and make online and offline payments via the mobile phone, a feature many of the continent's payment platforms lack. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 13:40 · Vincent Matinde

Tokelezea app wins Kipokezi app hackathon

ForgetMeNot Africa on Sunday announced the ultimate winners of the Kipokezi app hackathon. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 09:45 · HumanIPO

SA’s Falcorp in a bargain to represent OneBill across Africa

OneBill, an integrated subscription platform, has signed a partnership agreement with Falcorp, a technology services company in South Africa, in a move that will see the South Africa-based company become OneBill’s representative in the southern African region, Nigeria and Kenya. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 17:32 · Vincent Matinde

Microsoft acts on racially insensitive applications

Microsoft has come out strongly against applications on its store, called Microsofts app store, with a new rule aimed at censuring racially prejudiced material. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 17:06 · HumanIPO

Ghana to build its first technology park

The Government of Ghana’s is set to develop the country’s first technology park in a bid to stimulate innovation, encourage growth of high-tech entrepreneurial start-ups and boost revenue collection. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 16:40 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile apps increasingly on a growth trend in Africa

A survey by Mobile Monday of the mobile innovators and trends in Africa has revealed a steady increase in the number of mobile innovations and their applications in the continent. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 15:40 · Elly Okutoyi

Google in a joint venture to immortalize Mandela’s life

Google last month in a joint venture with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM) launched the new Nelson Mandela Digital Archive to bring records of the anti-apartheid leader's life online. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 15:20 · HumanIPO

Local content takes centre stage at 2012 Mobile Web West Africa

Developers in West Africa have been urged to produce simple and easy to use local content in a bid to take advantage of Africa’s booming mobile space. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 14:50 · Elly Okutoyi

SA in cordial reception of country’s first in-flight Wi-Fi

Low-cost carrier Mango, in partnership with WirelesG, an Internet service provider, and mobile operator Vodacom on Tuesday launched South Africa’s first ever in-flight Wi-Fi. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 13:45 · Vincent Matinde

Top African carrier launches continent’s first airline USSD service

Kenya’s national airline, Kenya Airways, has partnered with Cellulant, a mobile service provider, to launch an in-flight bulk SMS and USSD service set to enable passengers enjoy an array of interactive services. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 11:12 · HumanIPO

Coffee farmers to receive warnings on storms via texts

More than 7500 coffee farmers in Kenya could start receiving message prompts with warnings on storms and plagues by the end of the year, says IICD. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 10:26 · HumanIPO

ISPs in Kenya move to shore up Internet security

Access Kenya, Internet Solutions and Data Services Provider, has announced deployment of a new email authentication system on their network, called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Authentication (SMTP), aimed at securing client emails as well as enabling the clients use the mail service while abroad. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 21:26 · HumanIPO

SA’s Zimbile poised to design websites in record time

As Google gets serious on getting businesses online, Zimbile, a Zimbabwean mobile web startup is serious on getting its websites mobile in record five minutes at no cost and without any tech skills. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 20:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Investors in Kenya to buy bonds via mobile phones

Capitalizing on the popularity and success of mobile money transfer services in the country, investors in Kenya will now be able to buy government debs including treasury bills and bonds using mobile phones. → Read more