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Tue, April 24th, 12:18 · HumanIPO

AfDB’s eHealth Award set to uphold health information-sharing

African Development Bank last week Thursday launched eHealth Awards aimed at discovering innovations in e- and m-health across Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 10:20 · Vincent Matinde

Africa needs sound measures against cyber threats

With more people gaining ICT knowledge, Internet users are becoming more exposed to newer online threats thus accelerating growth in projects, including iCode.org, aimed at minimizing the threats. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 08:35 · HumanIPO

SMEs in Africa reluctant to launch fully into cloud

Majority of SMEs in Africa are reluctant to launch into cloud computing system even as others continue to reap 80 percent satisfaction from the system. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 07:22 · HumanIPO

MTN, Vodafone shine at 2nd Ghana Telecom awards

Ghana MTN took the top overall position for the Telcom Operators Award at this year’s Ghana Telecoms Awards held last week Friday at Holiday Inn, Accra. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 15:13 · HumanIPO

Penda Health to track patients online

A health clinic in Nairobi’s suburb has vowed to change the region’s health delivery system by building a chain of outpatient medical records called Pend Health, focused on making women’s health care affordable in East Africa. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 15:00 · HumanIPO

New US sanction expected to curb rights abuse via technology

US president Barack Obama is expected to issue an executive order Monday authorising his government to impose sanctions against foreign nationals found to have used new technologies to carry out human rights abuses. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 13:02 · Vincent Matinde

US online retailer now eyeing South African recruits

Amazon, a US online retailer and Web service provider, is planning an expansion is its Cape Town, South Africa, office following record high demand for its services in Africa. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 12:47 · Vincent Matinde

Firm vows to end Africa’s online data threats

File It Africa, a Kenyan online storage and backup provider, has come up with a cloud backup solution set to end data loss problems resulting from crashed computers, stolen machines, reformatted hard disks and damaged laptops. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 12:39 · HumanIPO

Kenya unveils awards to recognize contributions in technology

Set to be the first of its kind in the country, the Kenyan government has unveiled awards to recognize the contributions made by country’s innovators towards economic and social development. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 10:10 · Elly Okutoyi

Few health apps in Africa

Application developers and mobile service providers in Africa have neglected the health sectors, according to the continents major health service providers and mobile developers. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 09:53 · HumanIPO

Ghanaian portal to name and shame African companies

Ghana’s newly developed online portal called, Kuzima, is expected to oversee poor customer care services provided by continent’s corporate service providers. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 07:34 · HumanIPO

New app set to eliminate real-estate agents

A new Kenyan startup called Home Search has developed a real estate app set to make it easy for homebuyers to buy homes without having to involve real estate agents. → Read more
Sun, April 22nd, 11:23 · HumanIPO

HP raises red flag over fake printing consumables

HP has raised a red flag over Kenya’s counterfeit printing consumables saying it has eliminated over 15,000 of illegal ready for sale laser and inkjet cartridges, boxes and security labels across Africa. → Read more
Sat, April 21st, 16:33 · HumanIPO

Mobile phones becoming major promotional tools ahead of Web

The mobile advertising has become an indispensable advertising tool as many businesses are shifting focus from the Web to using mobile phones, according to John Stoneman, InMobi’s sales director, Europe and Middle East. → Read more
Fri, April 20th, 15:57 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya unveils e-health

The Kenyan government has shown yet another move in efforts to use the ICT industry to push for service delivery in key sectors following the launching of e-health yesterday in Nairobi. → Read more
Fri, April 20th, 14:26 · Elly Okutoyi

Unused blogging ventures an African business oversight

The information gap between African businesses and the customers, a trend caused by high advertising costs, could be reduced significantly if the companies embrace blogging and form partnership with bloggers. → Read more
Fri, April 20th, 13:15 · HumanIPO

ZunguZ poised to outpace PayPal in Africa

Banking on Africa where an estimated 38 million people use Facebook, according to Internet World Stats, ZunguZ has vowed to introduce new online payment system compatible with the social site to defeat world’s top online payment platforms. → Read more
Fri, April 20th, 12:26 · HumanIPO

City bus company introduces Kenya’s first passenger electronic cards

Kenya’s passenger transit industry has seen a change in the fare payment system following a move by several Nairobi based bus companies to launch a smart card called Beba card. → Read more
Fri, April 20th, 11:30 · HumanIPO

Yola intends to make site-building easy for all

Web building could no longer be a reserve of programmers and software engineers with the coming of Yola, an application that helps people lacking programming skills and languages including HTML and graphic design to build their own websites. → Read more
Fri, April 20th, 09:12 · HumanIPO

CITI conference to examine Africa broadband challenges set for Lusaka

Africa’s first international conference scheduled to examine the viability and the challenges of broadband as a video platform is slated for May 22 and 23 in Lusaka, Zambia. → Read more