Events, Page 36
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Tue, August 20th, 15:20 · Kamau Mbote
FilmAid film festival opens in Kenya tomorrow
The seventh edition of the FilmAid film festival, an event used to tell refugee stories, will kick off tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya, a week earlier than the earlier reported date. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 12:20 · Kamau Mbote
Google offers grants for women in tech
Google has announced a grant offering female journalists and women in computer science, computer engineering or technical fields from Africa, Europe and the Middle East support to attend tech conferences. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA women in tech honoured
South African minister of science and technology Derek Hanekom paid tribute to females at the annual Women in Science Awards, encouraging women to overcome discrimination. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 10:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Bookmarks Awards entries open
South African digital publication acknowledgement programme Bookmarks Awards has opened to entries from the industry leading up to the announcement of finalists in October. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle set to hold developers’ day in Nigeria
Gurhan Kalelioglu, Oracle's vice president for the Central Asia, Turkey and Africa region, has announced the company will be holding a developers’ day event in September in Nigeria. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN Ghana launches Apps Challenge
MTN Ghana has launched an apps challenge seeking to generate relevant applications for subscribers and making it possible for the company to engage the developer community → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 14:30 · Jack Barton
Entrepreneurs have to live “at the forefront of incompetence”
Aspiring entrepreneurs must learn quickly and also be prepared to fail, according to former Motribe chief executive officer (CEO) Nic Haralambous. → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle admits late entry into Nigeria, begins aggressive African expansion
Oracle has admitted it is entering the Nigerian IT market late, several years after some of its competitors commenced operations in the West African country. → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle opens first African partner hub in Lagos
Oracle has opened its first partner hub in Africa, providing specialist training on behalf of the software giants. → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 07:00 · Jack Barton
TEDx Pretoria summit details announced
TEDx, the business and policy event organiser, has announced its Pretoria summit, held in partnership with the Southern African Innovation Network (SAINe), will focus on the power of innovation and collaboration. → Read more
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Thu, August 15th, 17:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
GGD celebrates 8th birthday
International initiative Girl Geek Dinners (GGD) is celebrating its eighth anniversary, inviting all tech-interested females for a get-together. → Read more
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Thu, August 15th, 11:20 · Nick Sato
Microsoft Windows 8.1 to hit shelves October 18
Microsoft has announced the Windows 8.1 release date, saying it will make the finished version of the operating system update available in stores on October 18 and online via the Windows Store, on October 17. → Read more
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Thu, August 15th, 06:00 · Nick Sato
CSK’s annual ICT management and leadership conference this month
The Computer Society of Kenya (CSK) will be hosting its premier event for ICT managers and ICT professionals, the Annual CSK ICT Management and Leadership Conference, from August 28 to 30, at Sarova Whitesands, Mombasa. → Read more
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Wed, August 14th, 17:00 · Kamau Mbote
COFEK petition hearing set for September 19
High court judge Isaac Lenaola has pushed the case brought by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) against the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), which demands a uniform digital migration date is set in 2014, back until September 19, 2013. → Read more
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Wed, August 14th, 14:20 · Brandon Gregory
Fighting “fraud as a service” with cyber intelligence
Successfully battling cyber crime with cyber intelligence solutions was the topic of the presentation given at the EMC Forum in Cape Town, by Alaa Abdulnabi, pre-sales manager for the Turkey, Middle East and Africa region for RSA Security. → Read more
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Wed, August 14th, 09:00 · Brandon Gregory
Saving 25 per cent on big data projects
Karl Fischer, application services executive, business intelligence (BI) and consulting for Business Connexions, believes companies can save 25 per cent on big data projects by simply not calling it big data. → Read more
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Tue, August 13th, 18:30 · Susan Mwenesi
UAP Insurance goes digital
Individual medical insurance customers of UAP Insurance Kenya can now access the company’s products from their mobile phones following the move to introduce the AfyaImara mobile application. → Read more
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Tue, August 13th, 18:00 · Brandon Gregory
Zero to one million IOPS in a flash
Redefining the possible was the topic of Richard Gordon's presentation on the XtremSF drive, who spoke in his capacity as the business development manager of EMC for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region at the EMC Forum in Cape Town. → Read more
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Tue, August 13th, 15:00 · Brandon Gregory
First installation of the EMC Forum kicks off in Cape Town
The first South African installation of the EMC Conference began in Cape Town today with the second installation taking place in Johannesburg later this week. → Read more
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Tue, August 13th, 13:30 · Jack Barton
‘Grindstone’ accelerator launched for tech companies in South Africa
A new scale-up accelerator is being launched for technology businesses in South Africa by Cape Town-based fund manager Knife Capital. → Read more
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