Events, Page 23
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Wed, December 4th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
GMin wins Rockefeller award for innovation
Pan-African not-for-profit organisation Global Minimum (GMin) has been awarded the Next Century Innovators Award by the Rockefeller Foundation, recognising the organisation’s efforts in engaging African youth to solve social issues through homegrown tech innovation. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 06:00 · Winfred Kuria
Bharti Airtel to join Bridge Alliance group
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company, has announced it is joining 13 other network operators in the Bridge Alliance telecommunications association. → Read more
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Mon, December 2nd, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Konga.com crashes during online promotion
Nigerian e-commerce site Konga.com crashed on Friday and remained offline for 45 minutes following unprecedented traffic to the site in response to its “Fall Yakata” promotions. → Read more
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Mon, December 2nd, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
JoziHub, Intel to host female Android developer workshop
South African co-working space JoziHub is partnering with Intel Corporation to stage a two-day Android app development workshop for women aged over 18, in a bid to change “the current face of tech”. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 06:00 · Selipha Kihagi
MTN wins Best ICT company in Ghana award
MTN Ghana has been named Best ICT Company of the Year at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) awards ceremony. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Yale students host African entrepreneurship forum
Students at Yale University in the United States (US) have set up an online platform to promote engagement between the public and policymakers to discuss vital global issues, most recently discussing African entrepreneurship via a Google Hangout. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Workforce wins StartupBus Africa trip
Workforce, a mobile app for planning targeting businesses, has won the first StartupBus Africa event, after pitching to investors at eKasi, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Friday. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 10:00 · Nick Sato
Samsung boosts Kenya’s 50 years celebrations
Samsung Electronics East Africa and the Kenya@50 steering committee have partnered to conduct outdoor activities through Samsung’s advertising partner, Alliance Media, for the country’s three-day celebrations slated for mid-December. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 05:00 · Winfred Kuria
Airtel launches IT lessons for Tanzanian pupils
Airtel Tanzania has rolled out basic computer training through its project dubbed ‘Shule Yetu’, in a bid to support education in the country. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 15:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Ghana holds training workshop to address cybercrime
Ghana is holding a training workshop on e-crime and countermeasures in the country’s capital Accra, as part of the government’s efforts to address the increase in cyber crimes across the nation. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 14:00 · Nick Sato
Startup Weekend to kick off in Nairobi
Startup Weekend, an event bringing together programmers, developers, marketers, and designers to launch new ventures, will kick off tonight (Friday) at Strathmore University iLab. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Microsoft launches Xbox One
Microsoft has launched its Xbox One console globally, with launch parties taking place across the world as people flock to buy the new console. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 12:30 · Selipha Kihagi
East African IT security forum launched
The East African Information Security Managers Forum (ISMF), aiming to involve security practitioners across the region to share experiences on information management, was launched yesterday (Thursday) at the East Africa ICT summit. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Maputo readies for tourism hackathon
Maputo will next month host the third Mozambique Hackathon, aimed at creating mobile solutions for the tourism industry. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa techpreneurs present to ITU Telecom World 2013
Four young African tech entrepreneurs are presenting their ideas to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Telecom World 2013 with the possibility of winning up to US$10,000, having been selected as businesses most capable of effecting change and achieving success. → Read more
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Wed, November 20th, 05:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
“Selfie” named 2013 Word of the Year
“Selfie” has been voted Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries, beating rivals “bitcoin”, “binge watch” and others to the top position. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 19:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigeria training civil servants in ICT
The Nigerian government has launched an ICT training course for civil servants, calling upon them to develop their ICT skills and utilise technology to enhance the quality and efficiency of their work. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nailab’s hackathon set for Kisumu
The Kenyan lakeside town of Kisumu will host the Nailab’s next hackathon, geared towards bringing together tech and business developers to produce ideas that could help tackle the town’s perennial problems of unemployment, insecurity and health. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 11:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Tanzania to kick off third phase of national backbone next month
Tanzania is set to start the construction of the third phase of its National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) network in the coming month as part of its efforts to extend its reach nationally and internationally. → Read more
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Sat, November 16th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa should be optimistic about connectivity, still work to do – panelists
Africa should be optimistic regarding the current state of connectivity as undersea connectivity is good, although there is work to do on terrestrial connections, according to panelists at AfricaCom. → Read more
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