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Wed, February 12th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Pamoja partners Symantec for cloud distribution
SEACOM subsidiary cloud provider Pamoja Africa has announced a partnership with Symantec for the distribution of Symantec cloud services on the Pamoja network. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
Authority renews Airtel’s operating licence in Malawi for 10 years
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has renewed Airtel’s operating licence in the country for another 10 years following the expiration of its original 15-year licence. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile is a moneymaker – Mobile East Africa
Mobile is a profitable business as long as aggregation of all that pertains to it, such as consumers, markets and employees, takes place alongside other factors such as the addressing of security concerns, according to participants at the ongoing Mobile East Africa 2014 event in Nairobi. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 16:20 · Paul Adepoju
A4AI’s first in-country engagement held in Accra
Ghana’s capital city Accra has hosted the first in-country engagement meeting of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), focused on how to drive down the cost of internet access in Ghana and uniting diverse players such as policy makers, technology pioneers, civil society groups, campaigners and researchers. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
71% have not registered for e-tolling – OUTA
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has said 71 per cent of toll road users in the Gauteng province of South Africa have not registered for e-tags, and has called on President Jacob Zuma to repeal the policy. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile is the way of the future – Ahonen
Mobile is clearly the way of the future, given PC companies are now going mobile in one way or another and governments are angling their services towards mobile, according to mobile expert Tomi Ahonen. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel launches free life insurance product for subscribers in Zambia
Airtel Zambia is launching a free life insurance product in partnership with Focus General Insurance Zambia Limited and MicroEnsure, available for all Airtel customers that top up with a minimum of ZMWK10 (US$1.80) every month. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
MoboFree receives funding from eVA Fund
West African classifieds platform MoboFree has obtained funding from Netherlands-based eVentures Africa (eVA) Fund in order to expand its presence in Nigeria and Ghana, start new offices in East Africa and invest in marketing. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
Nokia Lumia 1520 lands in SA
Nokia has announced the arrival of its new six-inch Lumia smartphone in South Africa, ahead of the launch of the affordable Asha models. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria considers ban on sale of SIM cards
Nigeria may place a ban on the sale of new SIM cards by telecoms companies as a way of compelling the networks to increase their investment in improving the quality of the services by halting the soaring numbers of telecoms subscribers in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan parliament investigating laptops tender
Kenya’s parliament has begun investigating the tender for the supply of 1.3 million laptops for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship laptops for schools policy, after allegations the winning bidder failed to meet the necessary requirements. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile East Africa 2014 kicks off in Nairobi
The rebranded Mobile East Africa 2014 kicked off today in Nairobi, bringing together industry players seeking to expand mobile data usage and drive monetisation through industry collaboration. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 10:20 · Tom Jackson
GOtv off air in Zimbabwe
MultiChoice’s pay-TV service GOtv is has been off air in Zimbabwe since January 31, with customers still not provided with reasons for the switchoff or details of when signal will return. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nokia unveils Lumia models in Nigeria
Nokia has officially unveiled its latest 6-inch Lumia smartphones in Nigeria, the flagship Nokia Lumia 1520 and the more affordable Lumia 1320. → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi
M-Pesa, MoneyGram in money transfer service agreement
M-Pesa - through its parent company Vodafone - and global money transfer and payment services firm MoneyGram have signed an agreement enabling consumers to transfer funds directly from around 200 countries to the millions of M-Pesa users → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zambia to construct 169 GSM sites this year
The US$24 million construction of 169 GSM sites across rural Zambia will be completed by the end of 2014 bringing mobile connectivity to over 200,000 citizens, according to the country’s president Michael Sata. → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 17:40 · Tom Jackson
PIVOT East 2014 applications open
Applications are now open for the fourth edition of mobile startup competition PIVOT East 2014, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 24 and 25. → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN to challenge ICASA over MTRs
South Africa’s second mobile operator MTN is to challenge the new mobile termination rates (MTRs) announced recently and has initiated legal discussions with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
24.com hits out at Google for non-payment of taxes
South African online media organisation 24.com, owned by Naspers, has hit out at Google for operating in the country without paying taxes, saying the multinational should be paying up to ZAR240 million (US$21.8 million) in taxes per year. → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
OUTA submits e-tolling complaint to public protector
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has submitted a 10,000 word complaint about the handling of e-tolling by the South African National Road Agency (SANRAL) to the public protector, accusing the state-owned company of breaching seven of the human rights contained in the country’s constitution. → Read more
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