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All rights reservedhttp://humanipo.com/img/network.gif http://humanipo.com SEAL Africa has partnered with computer hardware manufacture HP and software developer SAP, with the aim of pushing the introduction of a new database management solution known as HANA in East Africa. http://humanipo.com/news/7074/SEAL-Africa-partners-with-HP-and-SAP-to-adopt-HANA2013-07-08 04:00:02 A rural African game - MRBRB - developed by a Stellenbosch University student has been made digital and is now licensed to InnoVartis. http://humanipo.com/news/7093/Rural-African-game-goes-digital2013-07-07 08:00:01 Leading African online car trader Cheki is expanding its operations across Africa, though finding the local skill level a challenge to reckon with. http://humanipo.com/news/7098/Africa-online-trade-growing-but-lack-of-skills-problematic2013-07-06 10:00:01 Deborah-Anne Strydom has been appointed to the position of assistant director (in charge) of Huawei’s Contract Commercial and Fulfilment Department for the East and Southern African region, the first non-Chinese individual to be appointed to such a position globally. http://humanipo.com/news/7073/Huawei-appoints-another-non-Chinese-executive-in-ESA-region2013-07-06 09:01:02 Kenya Central Bank (CBK) governor Njuguna Ndung’u has said the government will fully support banks keen on coming up with innovations that can bolster their performance. http://humanipo.com/news/7089/Kenyan-banks-urged-to-innovate-to-boost-performance2013-07-06 06:00:02 South Africa’s Right2Know campaign will hold its latest protest against mobile airtime and data charges in Sandton, Johannesburg, tomorrow (Saturday). http://humanipo.com/news/7092/Right2Know-targets-Cell-C-and-ICASA2013-07-05 18:01:01 John Holdsworth says he will relaunch AppChat following his “inevitable” win in his ongoing legal battle against Reunert, despite having been forced to file for liquidation. http://humanipo.com/news/7097/Holdsworth-vows-to-relaunch-AppChat-despite-filing-for-liquidation2013-07-05 17:01:01 African online car selling company Cheki will be launching its service in Tanzania soon, following its success in several African countries. http://humanipo.com/news/7081/Cheki-to-launch-in-Tanzania2013-07-05 16:31:01 Andrew Lynch is co-founder of Cape Town-based e-commerce site CableKiosk.co.za, which specialises in supplying cables and electronics to the consumer and corporate market. http://humanipo.com/news/7094/Guest-Post-What-is-really-wrong-with-e-commerce-in-South-Africa2013-07-05 16:01:01 The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and MultiChoice have signed an agreement for DStv to broadcast the SABC’s 24-Hour news channel in line with the public service broadcaster’s preparations for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). http://humanipo.com/news/7091/DStv-to-air-SABC-24-hour-news-channel2013-07-05 15:31:02 Vodafone has announced the expansion of its Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE) unit in Africa, as it experiences revenue growth exceeding EUR1 billion (US$1.28 billion) on the continent. http://humanipo.com/news/7086/Vodafone-to-expand-enterprise-offerings-in-Africa2013-07-05 15:01:01 The South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has dismissed criticism over the controversial e-tolling in Gauteng, especially reports claiming the system will affect the poor. http://humanipo.com/news/7088/SANRAL-We-care-for-the-poor2013-07-05 14:30:01 Portuguese football club Benfica has launched broadcasting services in Angola and Mozambique through the implementation of pay-TV services. http://humanipo.com/news/7090/Benfica-TV-launches-in-Angola-Mozambique2013-07-05 14:09:19 Samsung has missed its second quarter earnings forecast, mirroring its rival Apple, which has in the recent past experienced shrinking earnings. http://humanipo.com/news/7085/Samsung-misses-Q2-earnings-forecast2013-07-05 13:31:02 The new South African smart identification card, which will be released on Nelson Mandela’s birthday (July 18), is designed to curb fraud and seeks to increase confidence in the country around the world in terms of globalisation. http://humanipo.com/news/7082/SA-smart-ID-cards-to-increase-global-confidence-and-curb-fraud2013-07-05 13:00:01 A competitor complaint lodged by Clear Copy on behalf on Cell C against MTN with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in South Africa over the use of the word “Mahala” has been been upheld. http://humanipo.com/news/7079/ASA-Mahala-word-not-exclusive-to-MTN2013-07-05 12:20:02 Qualcomm and m:lab East Africa have announced a yearlong partnership agreement allowing developers to access devices to test their applications at the m:lab for free. http://humanipo.com/news/7076/Qualcomm-partners-mlab-for-free-testing-of-mobile-devices2013-07-05 12:00:01 Interswitch Transnational has announced it has completed an acceptance and acquiring third party payment processing integration with China’s UnionPay International. http://humanipo.com/news/7077/Interswitch-partners-UnionPay-as-China-Africa-business-increases2013-07-05 11:40:02 Privacy watchdogs in the UK, Germany and Italy have told Google it needs to rewrite its privacy policies or face legal action. http://humanipo.com/news/7078/Googles-privacy-rules-must-be-changed-Europe2013-07-05 11:21:02 Kenyan bank customers will soon enjoy safer access to their accounts with the launch of new high-security ATM machines. http://humanipo.com/news/7075/Safer-account-access-through-new-Kenyan-ATMs2013-07-05 11:00:01 NextApps store has been launched for Nigerians, following a partnership between MTN Nigeria and United States (US)-based app store developer neXva. http://humanipo.com/news/7072/MTN-Nigeria-launches-NextApps-store2013-07-05 10:41:02 Richard Console is a personal injury attorney, CEO and founder of Console and Hollawell, which operates in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the city of Philadelphia. Console spoke to HumanIPO on the ever changing and questionable privacy policies of social media giants. http://humanipo.com/news/7071/QA-Richard-Console-on-social-media-privacy-policy2013-07-05 10:20:01 The Africa App Quest competition, run by South African Tourism in partnership with Visa, has received entries from countries including Tanzania, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. http://humanipo.com/news/7070/Africa-App-Quest-competition-continues2013-07-05 10:00:02 The South African Ministry of Finance has issued a warning to the public against accepting requests from fake Facebook accounts purporting to belong to minister Pravin Gordhan. http://humanipo.com/news/7069/SA-Ministry-of-Finance-warns-over-fake-Gordhan-account2013-07-05 09:41:01 Suspended prepaid users of Zimbabwe’s Telecel network are able to reactivate their SIM cards from today, with a reward also offered. http://humanipo.com/news/7068/Suspended-Telecel-SIM-cards-can-reactivate-from-today2013-07-05 09:20:02 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will be visiting technology companies which have made West African investments during his visit to China. http://humanipo.com/news/7067/Nigerian-President-to-visit-Huawei2013-07-05 09:00:01 Kenya’s Standard Chartered Bank has introduced a first 24-hour remote cheque printing service allowing corporate clients to print them along with signatures from their offices through its corporate internet banking platform, Straight2Bank. http://humanipo.com/news/7066/Standard-Chartered-launches-24hr-online-cheque-system2013-07-05 08:40:02 Twitter is translating Tweets from leading Egyptians for non-Arabic speakers in the wake of the military’s ousting of president Mohammed Morsi. http://humanipo.com/news/7065/Twitter-translating-Egyptian-Tweets-after-Morsi-ousting2013-07-05 08:21:02 Steven Evans, chief executive officer (CEO) of Etisalat Nigeria, has stated the company made concerted efforts to ensure all its unregistered subscribers were able to register before the June 30 deadline set by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). http://humanipo.com/news/7064/Strenuous-efforts-to-reach-all-unregistered-subscribers-Etisalat-Nigeria-CEO2013-07-05 08:01:02 Three thousand Telkom customers, including medical centres and shopping centres, in Pretoria, South Africa, have had their services cut by cable thieves and may be down for a week. http://humanipo.com/news/7063/Medical-clinics-among-those-affected-by-Telkom-cable-theft2013-07-05 07:31:01 As the startup community grows on the African continent, the new buzzword for school leavers could become ‘entrepreneurship’ rather than ‘university’, ‘college’ or perhaps even ‘gap year’. http://humanipo.com/news/7062/OPINION-Startup-success-the-new-financial-fallback2013-07-05 07:00:01 The Communications Commission of Kenya will this month begin collections of the 0.5 per cent levy on the revenue of Kenyan communications licensees to support the Universal Service Fund (USF). http://humanipo.com/news/7058/CCK-rural-ICT-levy-collections-begin-this-month2013-07-05 06:00:02 Mobile phone spying is increasing rapidly in South Africa, aided by new applications, computer forensic experts have told Times Live. http://humanipo.com/news/7049/Spying-through-mobile-applications-on-the-increase-report2013-07-05 06:00:01 A duck named Buttercup has recently started walking again with the help of 3D printing technology. http://humanipo.com/news/7048/New-foot-produced-for-a-duck-using-3D-printing-technology2013-07-05 05:00:01 Kopo Kopo, an aggregator for Safaricom’s new Lipa Na M-Pesa service, has partnered with food chains Steers and Debonairs Pizza to allow the cashless payment platform to be used in their thirteen restaurants countrywide. http://humanipo.com/news/7057/Kopo-Kopo-partners-with-Steers-and-Debonairs2013-07-05 04:00:01 Yahoo! has added another startup to its ever increasing list of purchases after completing a US$30-40 million deal for email service Xobni. http://humanipo.com/news/7047/Yahoo-adds-to-Xobni-to-its-startup-stable2013-07-05 03:01:01 A marketeer formerly working in the online gaming industry is rolling out a specialised agency aimed at providing cost price services to startups and entrepreneurs in South Africa. http://humanipo.com/news/7061/SA-startups-benefitting-from-targeted-marketing-support2013-07-04 18:01:02 The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) and Fintech Kenya have released a mobile based commodity tracking application for monitoring and evaluating drugs for programmes supported by the ministries of Public Health and Medical Services. http://humanipo.com/news/7055/KEMSA-Fintech-unveil-drug-tracking-app2013-07-04 17:31:01 The Nigerian government has approved NGN460 million (US$2.9 million) to be spent on the customisation and configuration of smart card readers to be used for voters’ authentication in the October 2014 general elections. http://humanipo.com/news/7056/Zinox-to-supply-17000-smart-card-readers-for-Nigerian-elections2013-07-04 17:01:01 While the citizens of Egypt’s primary focus may be somewhat distracted from the country’s future competitiveness in the global ICT market, the latest North African government overthrow is already having a direct influence on their daily communication wants and needs. http://humanipo.com/news/7052/FEATURE-Uncertainty-reigns-over-Egyptian-ICT-and-telecoms-sector-after-coup2013-07-04 16:30:01 Kenyan startup Weza Tele, of the MyOrder Enterprise, won the IBM SmartCamp competition at the Tech4Africa conference for its SMS ordering service. http://humanipo.com/news/7053/WezaTele-wins-IBM-SmartCamp-competition2013-07-04 16:01:02 Security research firm Bluebox has discovered a “master key” that can give cyber-thieves unregulated access to almost every Android phone. http://humanipo.com/news/7060/Cyber-thieves-can-gain-access-to-all-Android-phones2013-07-04 15:30:02 Home Affairs minister Naledi Pandor has said the first batch of the new South African smart ID cards will be issued to prominent citizens first, including Desmond Tutu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. http://humanipo.com/news/7059/First-batch-of-smart-ID-cards-to-go-to-prominent-South-Africans2013-07-04 15:00:18 Samsung, Kenya Law Reports and Strathmore University are to create an app enabling practitioners in the judiciary to access case law, the Kenyan Gazette and the constitution on Samsung devices. http://humanipo.com/news/7046/Samsung-Strathmore-and-Kenya-Law-Reports-to-unveil-app-for-law-practitioners2013-07-04 14:41:02 The South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) advertising on e-tolling is simply “propaganda”, according to shadow minister of transport for the Democratic Alliance (DA) Ian Ollis. http://humanipo.com/news/7054/SANRALs-tacky-spin-on-e-toll-propaganda-is-costing-millions-DA2013-07-04 14:20:01 Ghana Telecoms Chamber has announced a possible spike in Communication Service Tax (CST) as the approval of the Amendment Bill is expected. http://humanipo.com/news/7051/Ghana-to-introduce-Talk-Tax2013-07-04 14:00:01 South African online task community startup Taskbox is offering busy professionals the convenience of errand hirelings, while supplying freelancers basic task jobs. http://humanipo.com/news/7050/Taskbox-to-run-your-errands2013-07-04 13:41:01 Kenya’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has granted internet and telecommunications Company AccessKenya approval for full acquisition by South Africa’s Dimension Data, waiving the domestic ownership rule. http://humanipo.com/news/7045/CMA-grants-full-waiver-for-acquisition-of-AccessKenya2013-07-04 13:21:01 Telecommunications company Econet Wireless officially rebranded its banking subsidiary from TN Bank to Steward Bank yesterday. http://humanipo.com/news/7043/Econet-Wireless-officially-rebrands-TN-Bank-to-Steward-Bank2013-07-04 13:00:01 South African mobile operator Vodacom is hoping 25 per cent of its service revenues will come from service revenues such as fibre and cloud services in the next five years. http://humanipo.com/news/7044/Vodacom-targets-SME-revenue-boost2013-07-04 12:41:01