Events, Page 22
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Fri, December 13th, 11:41 · Richard Cutcher
HackMoz develops tourism apps for Mozambique
SoftFeng, an app that helps tourists find and book points of interests, has won the third Mozambican Tourism Hackathon (HackMoz), bagging US$2,670. → Read more
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Thu, December 12th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom App Star winners announced, to compete in Kenya
Vodacom has announced the winners of the South African leg of the international Vodafone App Star Challenge, with two of the winners set to compete in the final in Kenya next week. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Goal-line technology makes African debut
Goal-line technology makes its African debut today, as the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Club World Cup 2013 kicks off in Morocco. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 10:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda holds conference on media development
Rwanda will hold its fifth annual National Dialogue on Media Development today (Wednesday), aimed at discussing how to improve the country’s media landscape with more than 200 delegates within the country and beyond expected to attend. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Nigeria willing to learn from A4AI findings – ministry
Nigeria’s Ministry of Communication Technology has expressed its willingness to work with and learn from the Alliance For Affordable Internet (A4AI) as it tries to build a national broadband network which will eventually serve the whole country. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
Infrastructure, not competition, vital to drive broadband affordability – A4AI
Infrastructure development, public private partnerships (PPP) and driving demand are among the key necessities to make broadband affordable in developing countries, according to Joshua Goldstein of the Alliance For Affordable Internet (A4AI). → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SABC collecting Mandela tributes
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has set up a range of forums to collect condolences and tributes from members of the public following the death of former president Nelson Mandela. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA digital TV signal to be switched on by April
Digital television signal will be switched on in South Africa by April 1, 2014, although a date for analogue signal switch-off has not yet been determined, according to the latest gazetted amendments to the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
African election social media monitoring to get upgrade
The developers behind the Social Media Tracking Centre (SMTC), first used during West African elections in 2011, are currently working on the next version to overhaul both its front and backend interface. → Read more
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Sat, December 7th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Zimbabwe Ministry of ICT to recognise achievers
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services will today host its annual ICT achievers awards ceremony, recognising the country’s outstanding ICT personalities. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 19:00 · Nick Sato
Startups pitch for investment at Nairobi Demo Day
Startups pitched to local and foreign investors at the 88mph Nairobi Demo Day event yesterday (Thursday), with some making a commitment to invest. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
ICASA warns media over Mandela funeral broadcasting
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has advised international broadcasters planning to cover former president Nelson Mandela’s funeral they will need the relevant licenses. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 08:30 · Nick Sato
Intel Kenya showcases future in technology innovations
Intel hosted chief information officers (CIOs) from the Kenyan IT ecosystem last week, in a bid to shed light on how the company is preparing the country’s enterprise market to fit into the future of dynamic IT and shared its next generation technology vision to its partners. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigeria’s telecoms subscribers lose $4.6bn annually
Nigerian telecommunications users lose over NGN730 billion (US$4.6 billion) each year to quality of service problems caused by poor network infrastructure, vandalism and billing issues, a professional forum in Lagos has heard. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
IBM to hold Virtual Recruiting Event
IBM’s recruiting team has announced that it is inviting professors, scientists and qualified university students to participate in a Research Virtual Recruiting Event today (Thursday) for several open positions at the recently opened IBM Research Africa Laboratory, in Nairobi. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Majority of Kenyans want digital migration postponed – COFEK
The majority of Kenyans believe the country’s digital migration should be postponed until June 2014, according to a new report by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK). → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 11:30 · Nick Sato
88mph startups to pitch at Nairobi Demo Day today
Four tech startups will pitch for investment at the 88mph Nairobi Demo Day today (Thursday), after completing three months of the accelerator programme giving them access to new networks and mentorship. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Novartis Africa Day highlights technology use in healthcare
Global pharmaceutical company Novartis today hosts its first Africa Day, celebrating the company’s innovative use of technology to improve healthcare across Africa. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
LG wins UN award for development promotion
LG Electronics has been awarded the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Award by the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Local Network (UNGC), recognising LG’s Hope series of activities promoting sustainable development. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
Dragon Africa gears up for bigger SMW Lagos
The Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos organisers have announced the second event, being held between February 17 and 21, 2014, will be “bigger, better and bolder” than its inaugural conference in 2013. → Read more
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