Events, Page 26
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Tue, November 5th, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
Mobile solar powered charger to launch at AfricaCom
World Panel will launch its range of handheld solar mobile chargers at AfricaCom in Cape Town next week, claiming to be able to power five hours of call time from one hour of charging. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 08:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda hosts conference to discuss ICT agriculture
The Ministry of Youth and ICT in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda is hosting a five day global conference to discuss the use of ICT in the agriculture sector. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 05:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung announces free service clinics for Kenya
Samsung Electronics East Africa has announced a series of Kenya-wide free service clinics that will allow Samsung products to be repaired and customers to enjoy free product training tips as well as technical advice. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 19:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
iPhone 5c, 5s SA launch date announced
The iPhone 5c and 5s will arrive in the South African market on November 15, according to announcements by the country’s two biggest mobile operators Vodacom and MTN. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
BlackBerry abandons sale plan, Heins departs as CEO
BlackBerry has cancelled plans to sell itself to its majority shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings, but will instead raise US$1 billion in convertible debentures from a group of private investors, the company has announced. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 14:30 · Winfred Kuria
Wananchi Group appoints new CEO
Wananchi Group Holdings (WGH), the East African broadcasting and internet provider, has appointed Richard Alden, former ONO chief executive officer (CEO) of 20 years, as its new Group CEO, replacing the long serving Richard Bell. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 05:00 · Tom Jackson
Nashua Mobile launches e-commerce store
South Africa’s Nashua Mobile has launched its first e-commerce website to ease the buying process for customers, also offering a ‘Smart Squad’ for customer assistance. → Read more
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Sat, November 2nd, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
HassConsult launches new property information system
HassConsult has unveiled a live property price research app which includes real-time price geo-mapping, created after the company expanded its data collection. → Read more
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Sat, November 2nd, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Countries adopt Smart Africa Manifesto
African countries have committed to ensuring ICT remains at the centre of their national agendas after agreeing to the Smart Africa Manifesto at the Transform Africa Summit, in Kigali, Rwanda. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 18:30 · Winfred Kuria
52 students graduate with SAP certification
SAP Africa’s Skills for Africa Programme has presented its first group of 52 students with SAP certification at a graduation ceremony at Nairobi’s Multimedia University. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 15:30 · Nick Sato
Everlytic social inbox workshop focuses on successful social marketing
Unified messaging platform Everlytic hosted its Kenya edition of the Social Inbox Workshop yesterday (Thursday), with digital marketers, agencies and startups benefitting from how integrating social media and email marketing may make their businesses successful. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 07:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Bookmarks to host digital workshops
South African digital publication awards Bookmarks will be hosting a series of digital workshops, building up to its grand award ceremony in mid-November. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 17:00 · Winfred Kuria
Young ICT entrepreneurs honoured at Transform Africa summit
The Transform Africa Summit 2013, held in Kigali, Rwanda, has honoured five young ICT entrepreneurs for developing socially transforming IT solutions who were picked from more than 500 young African ICT enthusiasts. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
ITU to launch African Digital Woman Award
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will launch a new award for African women in the digital industry to take place during African ICT Days in Cameroon. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 13:40 · Kamau Mbote
Congolese documentary wins Lovie Award
A documentary by Refugees United about a Congolese woman living in Uganda titled ‘Lost and Found’ has won a bronze Lovie Award in Europe, beating around 1,500 entries from more than 30 countries. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 06:00 · Paul Adepoju
NITDA DG inaugurates eNigeria Summit 2013
Ashiru Daura, acting director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has inaugurated the local organising committee of this year’s technology conference and exhibition tagged eNigeria Summit 2013. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 05:00 · Kamau Mbote
Oracle open day set for Nairobi
Oracle is hosting a Nairobi open day aiming to demonstrate the power of hardware and software engineered to work together on November 8. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 18:30 · Tom Jackson
Brands do not understand social media – Fuseware
Companies are failing to take advantage of the potential of social media as they are not listening to their consumers, according to Mike Wronski, chief executive officer (CEO) of South African social media monitoring and analytics firm Fuseware. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Startup Weekend returning to Nairobi
The Startup Weekend event will return to Nairobi next month to give an opportunity to programmers, developers, marketers, designers and startup enthusiasts to form groups and develop viable business ideas in 54 hours. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote
Sankalp Forum launches first Africa chapter
The Sankalp Forum, an initiative by Intellecap, will be hosting the first edition of its Africa summit in Kenya on February 13 next year. → Read more
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