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Tue, April 16th, 12:17 · Brandon Gregory

Hellocomputer and Draftfcb 2013 hackathon dates announced

Hellocomputer and Draftcb are planning to hold their second hackathon at their office in Katherine Street, Sandton, Johannesburg on May 9. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 13:40 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft launches Imagine Cup 2013 in Kenya

Microsoft has launched its Imagine Cup 2013 in Kenya, offering over 100 students the chance to represent their country in the worldwide finals in St Petersburg, Russia, and win US$25,000. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 07:17 · Nanine Steenkamp

Tech should be integrated in business for higher investment allure

William Jimerson, executive director at Musa Capital, believes the key to increased African investment lies in the integration of technology in business. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 06:05 · Nanine Steenkamp

PitchIN Stellenbosch to host business breakfast for SA entrepreneurs

Pitching organisation PitchIN Stellenbosch and the South African Innovation Network (SAINe) will be hosting a business breakfast to inspire entrepreneurs later this month. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 05:49 · Paul Adepoju

Mark Zuckerberg to visit Nigeria next month

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will visit the oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria in May as a guest speaker at an economic summit organised by the Niger Delta Young Professionals. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 07:02 · Nanine Steenkamp

More patience, infrastructure needed for tech investment growth in Africa

Infrastructure development and time are considered essential to investment interest on the African tech scene, investors told HumanIPO at the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Alpha conference in Cape Town. → Read more
Thu, April 11th, 11:31 · Gabriella Mulligan

Innovate Kenya challenge launches for solutions to local challenges

Global Minimum has launched the Innovate Kenya 2013 challenge, inviting high school students to submit tech solutions to locally pressing issues. → Read more
Thu, April 11th, 06:40 · Nanine Steenkamp

Overseas investor confidence in Africa grows, tech to follow

Overseas investment interest is slowly picking up confidence as African telecommunication success stories grow, panel contributors at the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Alpha conference in South Africa revealed. → Read more
Wed, April 10th, 08:58 · Gabriella Mulligan

Safaricom welcomes Kenyatta’s ICT plans

Safaricom has welcomed the ICT plans set out in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s inauguration speech, with the company keen to work with the government to achieve 100 day plan objectives. → Read more
Tue, April 9th, 15:38 · Nanine Steenkamp

African countries catching up with SA as investment gateway, tech a key factor

Investment interest in African countries other than South Africa is rising with technology providing a key to progress, financial experts said at the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Alpha conference in Cape Town yesterday (Wednesday). → Read more
Tue, April 9th, 09:14 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mobile technology attracts African investment

Mobile technology is one of the key developments attracting investment from abroad, leading accounting firm KPMG said today (Tuesday) at the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) conference in Cape Town, South Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 9th, 07:08 · Paul Adepoju

Diamond Bank among winners at first Card and e-Payment Africa Awards

Nigeria’s Diamond Bank and other companies across Africa have won in various categories at the first Card and e-Payment Africa Awards (CePAA) in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
Mon, April 8th, 09:23 · Kamau Mbote

Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers President expected in Nairobi

Dr Peter Staecker, the president of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), is to lead a high powered delegation to Nairobi next week to meet government and private sector stakeholders and discuss the role of technology in the region. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 09:26 · Gabriella Mulligan

ITU launches Young Innovators Competition

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today launched the third annual Young Innovators competition, inviting young entrepreneurs to submit ICT solutions to global challenges. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:40 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft and Nokia partner for Imagine Cup for Africa and Middle East

Software giant Microsoft has teamed up with Nokia for the Imagine Cup, which targets students in Africa and the Middle East who excel in technology. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:29 · Richard Cutcher

Line-up confirmed for LTE Africa 2013 in Cape Town

Organisers of the LTE Africa 2013 conference coming to Cape Town in July have told HumanIPO they are delighted with the line-up of speakers they have put together. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:47 · Nanine Steenkamp

Fourth AfPIF to promote cross-border African relations

The fourth annual African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) will take place from September 3 to 5 in Casablanca, Morocco, with its focus on policy aspects of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), content and cross-border interconnections in Africa. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:50 · Kamau Mbote

Zalego and Tecno award Kenyan developers

Tecno and Zalego have awarded 13 applications in Kenya’s Afmobi challenge which has been running in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female students tech inspired by GGDCPT, twitter report released

The March event of Girl Geek Dinners in Cape Town (GGDCPT) this week was attended by a number of school and university students for the first time, inspiring them to pursue a career in the tech industry. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 05:44 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female ‘difference’ not an obstacle, says SA male developer

South African Clint Lynch, senior developer at Realm Digital, believes being a woman should not keep females from entering the tech space as gender is not exceptional to other differences. → Read more