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Fri, August 15th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Intel, FAWE partner to encourage women in tech

The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) in partnership with Intel has launched the All Africa Girls science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition, aimed at increasing female representation in the sectors. → Read more
Thu, August 14th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Samsung to provide smartphones to boost maternal health in Kenya

Samsung is to provide health workers in East Africa with subsidized smartphones as part of the mHealth initiative, targeted at boosting maternal health for 15.5 million women across Africa. → Read more
Thu, August 14th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju

Friendite.com targets $500,000 VC funding at Dublin Summit

Nigerian online dating platform Friendite.com and sister company Frienditeplus.com hope to raise up to US$500,000 funding at the forthcoming Web Summit to be held in Dublin,Ireland in November, the companies’ founder said. → Read more
Tue, August 12th, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

MultiChoice Oscar Pistorius channel off air until judgment

The MultiChoice channel dedicated to covering the murder trial of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been pulled down for the last time, and will resume only to show the judgment on September 11, the DStv provider said. → Read more
Mon, August 11th, 13:36 · Susan Mwenesi

8th Barcamp Nairobi set for August 30

The eighth edition of Barcamp Nairobi has been slated for Saturday, August 30 at the iHub, themed “Who’s Your Data’s Daddy?”. → Read more
Mon, August 11th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi

US agencies to support YALI entrepreneurs at DEMO Africa 2014

The United States (US) Department of State and the US Africa Development Foundation (USADF) have announced their support for selected Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) entrepreneurs to attend and participate at the DEMO Africa conference in Lagos, Nigeria, on September 25 and 26. → Read more
Fri, August 8th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Vodafone’s Michael Joseph receives PICMET Technology Management Award

Vodafone director of mobile money and former Safaricom chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Joseph has received the prestigious Leadership in Technology Management Award from the Portland International Centre for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET). → Read more
Fri, August 8th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

SATNAC 2014 to consider transformative potential of broadband

South Africa’s part-state owned operator Telkom has announced its annual Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) event will take place at the end of August, focusing on how universal broadband connectivity has the potential to transform lives. → Read more
Wed, August 6th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pistorius channel live for closing arguments, judgment

DStv provider MultiChoice has announced the channel dedicated to coverage of the murder trial of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius will pop up on August 7 to cover the remainder of the trial and judgment. → Read more
Tue, August 5th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

Commonwealth Broadband Africa Forum rescheduled for November

The Commonwealth Broadband Africa Forum, originally scheduled to take place in Nairobi in July but postponed over security concerns, has been rearranged for November. → Read more
Tue, July 29th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Epson honoured at BLI’s Summer 2014 Pick Awards

The Epson WorkForce DS-860 has been honoured at the Summer 2014 Pick awards by the Buyers Laboratory LLC, the world’s leading independent tester of document imaging products, for high-quality performance . → Read more
Mon, July 28th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Rwanda’s CMU graduates its first class

22 students have graduated from the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Rwanda with master’s degrees in information technology (IT), the first class in Africa to do so. → Read more
Mon, July 21st, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju

Tech companies at revenue generation stage more valuable – FirmCore Capital

FirmCore Capital, an independent investment firm focused on advisory and private equity in Nigeria, has said tech companies at the product development or revenue generation stage are more valuable to investors than others. → Read more
Mon, July 21st, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju

IBM reduces app roll-out time with BlueMix

IBM has announced its BlueMix cloud-based service allows app developers to roll out their apps more quickly. → Read more
Mon, July 21st, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju

Africa’s startups urged to solve problems people face daily

Startups in Africa have been urged to focus on developing solutions for problems that people face every day by Gareth Knight, chief executive officer (CEO) of WeDo and founder of Tech4Africa. → Read more
Tue, July 15th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenya digital media bootcamp to be held next week

Kenya’s United States International University (USIU) will on July 24 and 25 host a conference on the effective use of digital media, focusing on online technology. → Read more
Fri, July 11th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Khusela wins Seedstars Cape Town

The last African leg of the Seedstars World 2014 competition took place in Cape Town yesterday, with local startup Khusela taking first place and progressing to compete against other regional champions at the global event in Geneva, Switzerland in February. → Read more
Thu, July 10th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Nigerians dominate DEMO Africa finalists

DEMO Africa has announced the 40 finalists set to launch their startups at this year’s event in Lagos, with Nigerian entrepreneurs dominating the list of finalists. → Read more
Wed, July 9th, 14:30 · Chris Udemans

Cape Town team selected for Global Coder Cup final

A Cape Town-based team of developers have been selected to represent Sub-Saharan Africa in SunGard’s Global Coder Cup, taking place in London later this year. → Read more
Wed, July 9th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Samsung sponsors 2014 African EduWeek

Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced it is a platinum sponsor of the 2014 African EduWeek, which kicks off today and runs until Friday. → Read more