Events, Page 17
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Mon, March 10th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Rwandans urged to embrace ICT
Rwandan citizens have been urged to embrace the use of information and communications technology (ICT), with the country’s permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and ICT Rose Mbabazi noting it was just as vital as water and electricity → Read more
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Mon, March 10th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
CRDB Bank launches prepaid card for Tanzanian medical centre
Tanzania’s CRDB Bank has launched a Visa and MasterCard-enabled prepaid card for the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, intended to alleviate difficulties stemming from cash payments at the busy hospital → Read more
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Mon, March 10th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
DEMO Africa 2014 set for Nigeria
This year’s DEMO Africa event will be held in Lagos, Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigeria Federal Ministry of ICT, the LIONS@FRICA Partnership, VC4Africa and Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), breaking the tradition of the event being held in Kenya. → Read more
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Fri, March 7th, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
U-Start conference takes place in Cape Town
The second U-Start conference of the year took place in Cape Town yesterday, providing a platform for fifteen startups to win an all expenses paid trip to the culminating U-Start conference in Milan in May. → Read more
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Fri, March 7th, 08:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Safaricom Marathon 2014 set for June
The 15th edition of the Safaricom Marathon will take place on June 28 at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, including the traditional 42 kilometre full marathon, 21 kilometre half marathon and a five kilometre children’s fun race. → Read more
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Fri, March 7th, 07:00 · Agatha Nduku
Huawei appeals for more corporate philanthropy
Huawei Technologies has urged more companies to follow their lead and take their corporate social responsibility (CSR) seriously. → Read more
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Thu, March 6th, 06:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Mwanamakuka Awards to be sponsored by Airtel Tanzania
Airtel Tanzania has announced it will be sponsoring this year’s Mwanamakuka Awards, an initiative aimed at empowering women from different backgrounds to achieve sustainable economic development from chronic poverty. → Read more
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Tue, March 4th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Social Media Week coming to Johannesburg
The global Social Media Week (SMW) event is to arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September, the second African destination of the series after two successful events in Lagos. → Read more
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Tue, March 4th, 11:04 · Gabriella Mulligan
Pistorius case adjourned after witness photo broadcast
The murder trial of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius was disrupted this morning, as it emerged eNCA broadcast a picture of a witness contrary to her consent and the court’s conditions on the live broadcasting of the case. → Read more
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Mon, March 3rd, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Arab Spring was an historic period in social media – Femi Oke
Femi Oke, journalist and host of Al Jazeera’s social media show “The Stream”, has described the Arab Spring in 2011 as a historic period in social media. → Read more
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Mon, March 3rd, 13:40 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Nailab showcases third batch of startups
Kenyan incubator Nailab has unveiled its third batch of startups in a event officiated by Ministry of ICT cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi, with the young entrepreneurs showcasing their innovations in governance, business, social enterprise, community and entertainment. → Read more
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Mon, March 3rd, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Egyptian film nominated for Oscar, unavailable in Egypt
Egyptian film “The Square”, named after the infamous Tahrir Square which has been the centrepoint of anti-government protests over recent years, has been nominated for an Oscar, although the film is not available to watch in Egypt. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
AITEC Banking & Mobile Money conference in Lagos postponed until July
AITEC Africa has announced the postponement of its conference on banking and mobile money due to be held on March 12 and 13 in Lagos until July, due to the recent suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
OpenView HD launches Pistorius trial channel
OpenView HD has followed MultiChoice in launching a channel dedicated to broadcasting the Oscar Pistorius trial, which begins on Monday, March 3. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 09:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Communications have transformative power – IBM
Computing and mobile have transformational powers, with transactions now having personalised engagement, millions of PCs becoming millions of mobile devices, structured data becoming unstructured and cloud making infrastructure less rigid → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda to host the 3rd annual East Africa Banking and ICT Summit
The East Africa Banking and ICT Summit held annually by Cyber Security Africa will be held in Uganda this year, seeking to provide delegates with technical and practical sessions and showcase banking and ICT innovations. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Hackers threaten online attacks during Brazil World Cup
Hackers affiliated to the Anonymous group plan to launch online attacks during the football World Cup to be held in Brazil in June, threatening attacks against government, FIFA and sponsors’ sites in order to disrupt the games. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA police travel to Apple HQ over Pistorius iPhone password
The South African police’s leading investigator on the Oscar Pistorius murder case has travelled to the Apple headquarters in the United States (US) to seek help in bypassing the passcode on Pistorius’ iPhone, which the paralympian says he has forgotten. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
30 cities to host #FreeAJStaff events
Thirty cities across the world will today host events in support of detained Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, which the media organisation hopes will pressure the Egyptian authorities to hasten the release of Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Abdullah El Shamy. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 07:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Africa’s first Blogger Awards ready for entrants
Africa’s first awards programme that measures social and online influencers’ reach and influence through data analysis are open to bloggers and users of social media across the continent. → Read more
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