Events, Page 14
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Mon, April 7th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian, South African teams reach semi-final of Ericsson Application Awards
Ericsson has announced Team SOP (Nigeria) and Team WorkMode (South Africa) are among the semi-finalists of the company and student categories respectively of the Ericsson Application Awards (EAA) 2014. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 16:30 · Agatha Nduku
African officials join HP to tackle counterfeiting
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has hosted the Anti-Counterfeiting Africa Conference, aimed at educating and empowering organisations across the continent against the negative effects of counterfeit trade. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mozambique joins A4AI
Mozambique has joined the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), becoming the third developing country to participate in the initiative alongside Nigeria and Ghana. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Q&A: Harry Hare, executive producer, DEMO Africa
In February, it was announced this year’s DEMO Africa startup event will be taking place in Lagos, Nigeria, signalling the first occasion on which the event will be held outside of Kenya. HumanIPO caught up with executive producer Harry Hare to find out the reasons behind the move, his thoughts on the tech startup ecosystem in Nigeria and his views of DEMO Africa’s place in the African business scene. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Wabona launches Mayibuye film festival
South African local video content streaming startup Wabona has partnered with Cape Town-based Gravel Road Entertainment to launch the Mayibuye film festival, bringing previously unseen African film content to television, as well as making it available online and mobile via Wabona’s services. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nairobi to hold its first Startup Grind
The Kenyan capital Nairobi will tomorrow host its first Startup Grind, which promises to bring together the startup community for education, inspiration and connection. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
You can’t ignore Nigeria – DEMO Africa
The size of the Nigerian economy and its growing startup ecosystem make it an African market that cannot be ignored, according to DEMO Africa executive producer Harry Hare. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Nigerians lead Google Africa Connected winners
Two Nigerians, a Ghanaian, a Ugandan and a Kenyan have been announced as the winners of Google’s Africa Connected competition, walking away with US$25,000 each in prize money. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Spurring competition behind SA High Court MTR ruling
MTN and Vodacom’s “commercial” intentions, as well as the “burden” carried by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to spur market competition supported the High Court decision to temporarily implement the mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations even though it declared them invalid. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Internet affordability, accessibility key for Africa’s development – Microsoft
Internet connectivity and affordability are what will help Africa’s development, especially through young people and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) known to drive economic development, according to Louis Otieno, director at Microsoft 4Afrika. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN, Vodacom “vindicated” by court ruling
South Africa’s leading mobile operators Vodacom and MTN feel “vindicated” by yesterday’s court decision ruling the mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations set out by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to be “invalid and unlawful”, while rival Cell C bemoaned the operators’ attempt to “frustrate” market competition. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
7 Africans win Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Seven Africans from Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique have emerged winners of the Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2014 awards. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
African internet “broken” by ship anchor, tech giants scramble to help
The vast majority of African countries are set to be without internet connectivity indefinitely after a ship ferrying agricultural goods from Kenya to Nigeria damaged submarine fibre optic cables landing on the continent. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft, Nokia to host Innovation Forum in Calabar, Nigeria
This year’s edition of the Innovation Forum will take place in Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria on April 11, hosted by Microsoft and Nokia in partnership with Dahlberg. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 07:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Uganda to host Banking Fraud and ICT Security Conference 2014
The 3rd Annual East Africa Banking and ICT Security Summit - themed ‘Strengthening Banking and ICT Development in East Africa’ - will be held on April 25 in Kampala, Uganda. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 16:49 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA’s “invalid and unlawful” MTR cuts can proceed
Cuts to mobile termination rates (MTRs) as well as asymmetric pricing for South African operators proposed by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) are “invalid and unlawful”, but may be implemented nonetheless, a court has ruled, dismissing applications by leading operators MTN and Vodacom. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MultiChoice takes down Pistorius trial channel
MultiChoice has pulled down the pop-up channel dedicated to the coverage of paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial following a delay in court proceedings. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup set for Rwanda
Microsoft has launched its Imagine Cup competition in Rwanda, offering youth in the country the chance to win RWF34,000 (US$50,000) in prize money allow them to compete on the world stage. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SKA to transform Africa’s image
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope installation in South Africa will transform international perceptions of Africa, proving it to be a location of cutting edge technology and science, South Africa’s science and technology minister Derek Hanekom said. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cape Town startup filling gaps in Tinder
Cape Town startup Catch is launching a mobile dating app aiming to convert online dating into real life scenarios and address the gaps in global competitor Tinder. → Read more
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