Events, Page 6
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Mon, July 7th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria-born British Council innovation prize winner to represent England at global tech competition
Nasir Abdulkadir Yammama, winner of the British Council's innovation prize, has said he will be representing England and not Nigeria at the Microsoft-sponsored global technology competition. → Read more
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Mon, July 7th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan social media users fail to read terms of privacy
Users of major sites in Kenya rarely take the time to read the terms of privacy before signing in and using such sites, to the delight of people and entities mining their data for advertising and marketing purposes. → Read more
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Fri, July 4th, 18:00 · Chris Udemans
Protesters against e-tolls manhandled by SANRAL employees – JPSA
The Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) has said anti e-toll protesters outside a South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) customer service centre were manhandled by employees, and condemned the act. → Read more
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Fri, July 4th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Seedstars Cape Town takes place next week
The South African leg of global startup competition Seedstars World will be taking place in Cape Town on Thursday, July 10. → Read more
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Thu, July 3rd, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya Internet Governance Forum kicks off in Nairobi
The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (IGF) kicked off in Nairobi today bringing together stakeholders including academia, government and the private sector, with the focus on connectivity in the counties, net neutrality and cyber security. → Read more
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Thu, July 3rd, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Seedstars Nairobi kicks off today
The Kenyan leg of global startup competition Seedstars World takes places today, with 18 startups battling it out to represent Kenya at the worldwide event in Geneva, Switzerland in February next year. → Read more
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Sat, June 28th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
MTN Business announces 3rd App Awards
South Africa’s MTN Business has announced its third annual App Awards to recognise innovative app developers in the consumer and business space. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
BitPesa officially launches in Kenya
BitPesa has been officially launched in Kenya, allowing Kenyans in the diaspora to remit money back to the country using Bitcoin technology leveraging on mobile money. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 14:30 · Tom Jackson
Get to know your customers and build services around them, operators told
African operators have been urged to get to know their customers in rural areas better in order to work out how to best offer and extract value, driving penetration of internet and mobile services while proving beneficial for the providers. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
BT, MEDO hold practice pitching session in Cape Town
British Telecom (BT) and enterprise and development firm MEDO yesterday hosted a rehearsal pitching event at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, allowing local ICT startups to practice their pitches for a place in the MEDO International Trade Programme. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Room for African social networks – panelists
There is a place for local African social networks which will help change politics, governance and ethics across the continent, but they will only thrive if data costs decrease allowing a critical mass of users to produce sufficient content online, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Operator participation vital to African digital music industry
Mobile operators must participate if Africa’s digital music industry is to become a viable market by introducing attractive value propositions to customers, as the current model of the music industry is not working, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan startups dominate PIVOT East competition
Kenyan startups emerged winners in four out of five categories at the 2014 edition of the mobile startups event PIVOT East, with winning companies receiving US$10,000 each. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile operators, banks must collaborate for effective mobile money
Mobile operators and banks must work together if they are to launch successful mobile money offerings, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
ThinVoid launches Tambula to help in tracking of assets
Ugandan startup ThinVoid has launched Tambula, a product that seeks to help people keep track of their assets including vehicles and laptops through a tracking system which also helps parents know the whereabouts of their children. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
M-Pesa success down to Kenyan market dynamics
The success of M-Pesa in Kenya was down to a specific set of market dynamics which make it very difficult to replicate in any other country, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile has created a marketing dialogue – Ole! Media
Mobile has changed the way brands communicate with the public, creating an interactive dialogue form of marketing, according to Desere Orrill, chief marketing officer (CMO) of Ole! Media Group. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Cameroonian inventor of Africa’s first medical tablet wins Rolex Award for enterprise
26-year old Cameroonian Arthur Zang has emerged as a winner at the 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, after inventing what is believed to be Africa’s first medical tablet. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 4 in October
Samsung will launch the Galaxy Note 4 in October this year according to the company’s head of sales for East and Central Africa Simon Kariithi. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
Provide Africans with relevant content in easy manner – panel
Africans need to be provided with content that is relevant to them in a manner which makes accessing it easy and affordable, according to panelists at VAS Africa 2014. → Read more
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