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Thu, January 19th, 14:23 · Gythan Munga
103 Kenyan Government Websites Hacked
Hacking is a malicious practice that comes to no good involved parties. At best, you can only hope that a hacker is some guy just trying to prove his expertise rather than one trying access and destroy your data. → Read more
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Thu, January 19th, 12:40 · HumanIPO
Groups on HumanIPO: Better Way to Collaborate with Advisors
3-4 people debating something in an e-mail quickly becomes a total mess. On the other hand there are many things in a company you do not want to debate with the world. → Read more
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Tue, January 17th, 16:50 · Gythan Munga
Kenyan E-Commerce Site Accepting Installments
Ravenzo is an online shopping website launched in November 2008 where Kenyan consumers can purchase laptops, computers, accessories and gadgets at an affordable price. They deal in brands that include HP, Dell, Toshiba, Samsung, Acer, APC, Mecer, Epson, Canon, Microsoft, Kaspersky and many more. → Read more
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Tue, January 17th, 15:43 · Gythan Munga
Mobile Web East Africa Returns to Nairobi
Mobile Web East Africa 2012 (#MWEA2012) is part of a series of Mobile technology events that include Mobile Web Africa 2009, 2010 and 2011, Mobile Web West Africa 2011 and Mobile Entertainment Africa 2011. → Read more
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Tue, January 17th, 15:36 · Gythan Munga
New Android Africa Challenge with Courses Competition
The Africa Android Challenge (AAC) is an opportunity to discover the best developers and Android experts on the African continent. The contestants have an opportunity to create innovative applications and produce local "African" content. In addition, they can submit lectures related to Android on the Android Platform via the Google University Consortium Program. → Read more
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Tue, January 17th, 13:10 · Gythan Munga
Wikipedia Blacks Out in Protest of Internet Censorship
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced through a tweet today that Wikipedia’s English Version would on Wednesday, 18th January go offline for 24hrs in Protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). → Read more
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Tue, January 17th, 12:32 · Gythan Munga
Gathering of African Tech Entreprenuers in Kampala
The African Gathering is an annual conference that brings together thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs who inspire development in technology, health, social networking and good governance in the African Continent. → Read more
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Mon, January 16th, 14:31 · Gythan Munga
Kenyan Football Site Futaa Redesigned
Futaa.com, a football website in Kenya covering local leagues and live score updates yesterday unveiled a new website design that enhances the look and readability of news content on the site. → Read more
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Mon, January 16th, 13:29 · Gythan Munga
Android App Monitoring M-PESA Transactions
Android users can now download an app from the Android market that lets them track their MPESA transactions from one location. M-Pesa is an award winning mobile money transfer service launched in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan. In Kenya alone, the service had over 16 million subscribers as of November last year. → Read more
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Mon, January 16th, 12:36 · Gythan Munga
Google apologizes to Kenya Search Directory Mocality
Google has been accused by Kenyan business search engine Mocality for scraping their client database and using the information obtained to market their Getting Kenyan Businesses Online initiative, KBO, which sought to host Kenyan businesses by creating free websites for them. → Read more
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Mon, January 16th, 09:00 · Gythan Munga
Rwandese Developers Standing out in African Mobile App Development
Rwanda has been recognized in many publications as one of the few places in the world where setting up a new business is easiest. With only over 2 million persons using their mobile phones only as a tool for communication, the opportunity for growth in the mobile industry is huge. → Read more
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Fri, January 13th, 17:02 · Gythan Munga
Fireside Chat with Safaricom CEO
Thursday evening last week brought the best minds in the ICT industry in Kenya at one location once again. This time, the event was held at the iHub innovation center in Nairobi. In attendance were members of the iHub community, Mobile application developers and entrepreneurs in Kenya. → Read more
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Fri, January 13th, 16:39 · Gythan Munga
Apple’s iPhone 4s is now available in Kenya
The Apple iPhone 4s will beginning Friday 13th of January be available in Kenya and 21 other countries in Africa and America. → Read more
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Fri, January 13th, 11:50 · Gythan Munga
African Financial Mapping System CrowdPesa Now Launched
PesaPay launched in December last year a Mobile location-based app to map and track financial data and information in Kenya. The application, dubbed as Crowdpesa, provides access to information about people, entities and financial services located in various parts of the world. → Read more
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Wed, January 11th, 13:15 · HumanIPO
Coworking Desk Swap Between Berlin & Nairobi
Imagine your usual work desk being re-located to another part of the world for a freely chosen period of time; meeting new amazing people, learning about the local market and exchanging ideas. For a number of Berlin and Nairobi based startups and freelancers it will soon become a reality. → Read more
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Fri, January 6th, 10:20 · HumanIPO
Zikify – 5 Ugandans Bringing African Music Online
Believing that African musicians are not receiving the recognition they should, they're determined to change this by bringing African music to millions of mobile and computer users. Meet Zikify, music streaming & artist discovery platform, created by 5 passionate guys from Uganda. → Read more
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Mon, January 2nd, 20:45 · HumanIPO
Coworking in Africa – Snowball on the Continent
Until now, the African continent has been considered as the “little brother”, when looking at the number of coworking spaces worldwide. → Read more
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Tue, December 20th, 15:03 · HumanIPO
New on HumanIPO: Improved Profiles & More Visibility
Today we are glad to announce some changes on HumanIPO to improve startup profiles and make it easier to gain visibility. → Read more
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Sun, December 18th, 15:37 · HumanIPO
Attention Designers: Experience the Sub-Saharan Tech Scene at First Hand!
Graphic designers, this is for you. Are you looking to change your work environment, meet amazing people and learn more about African emerging markets? Here’s a chance you would not want to miss out on! → Read more
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Fri, December 9th, 11:47 · HumanIPO
Game change ahead in betting into start-ups
Interesting and possibly even table-turning news recently coming from USA regarding start-up crowdfunding. → Read more
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