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Thu, January 16th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Mona should be fired for radio comments – JPSA
The Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) has called for South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) spokesperson Vusi Mona to be sacked after comments made on a radio show. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 11:40 · Chris Udemans
Safaricom reassures customers over data breach
Kenya’s largest mobile operator Safaricom has released a statement assuring its users no customer data has been shared with any external party after concerns about an information breach. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Social media can make or break job applicants – CVFlash
Somto Ifezue, founder of CVFlash, a platform that allows users to create, preview and send CVs to any part of the world, has revealed that an individual’s employability could be boosted or ruined by social media. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Remove taxes on international calls – Safaricom CEO
Taxes imposed on international phone calls by Kenya’s neighbouring countries in East Africa are pushing up calling charges and need to be removed, according to Bob Collymore, chief executive officer (CEO) of Safaricom. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 06:00 · Nick Sato
Electronic card transactions up 55% in Kenya
Electronic transactions and payments through cards in Kenya increased by KSh403 billion (US$4 billion) to reach KSh1.4 trillion (US$16.2 billion) in the first 11 months of 2013, representing a rise of 55.5 per cent. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 17:40 · Tom Jackson
Lack of mobile app development skills in SA drives up costs
The shortage of mobile app development skills in South Africa has become more pronounced and is set to worsen, driving up salaries and the costs of software development and squeezing resources. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 16:20 · Tom Jackson
Carrim scores a ‘C’ in DA Cabinet Report Card
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has given communications minister Yunus Carrim a ‘C’ in its annual Cabinet Report Card, commending him for his handling of the department following the departure of disgraced predecessor Dina Pule. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 15:40 · Chris Udemans
SA startup seeks to digitise childhood development
A South African startup has developed Monster Moogle, an app which seeks to digitise education and childhood development, creating opportunities for fully interactive learning experiences via mobile. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
“Robust” QoS methodology needed – Safaricom
Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom will engage with the country’s regulator and other operators to establish a “robust methodology” for determining quality of service (QoS) ratings, according to Bob Collymore, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
PIVOT East 2014 returns to Nairobi
The fourth edition of East Africa’s premier mobile startups conference and competition PIVOT East will be held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi after organisers announced “planning has commenced in earnest”. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian startup helps users easily create, format and send CVs
A new platform that allows users to easily create, format and send their CVs to any part of the world has been launched in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
KCPE candidates to check intakes through mobile and web
Candidates who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations last year can check which high schools they have been selected to join via SMS and online after the selection process kicked off yesterday (Tuesday). → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
Africa set for free Wi-Fi boost this year
Africa is set to see an increase in the number of free Wi-Fi hotspots in 2014, in line with recent moves to connect entire cities in both Rwanda and South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Launching an online business in Nigeria not as difficult as many think – Femi Okanla
Femi Okanla, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nitestay.com, has told HumanIPO setting up an e-commerce platform or any other online business in Nigeria is not as difficult as many people believe it is, though ensuring a platform is developed with necessary functionality is critical prior to launch. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 18:20 · Nick Sato
Kiro’o Games opens Central Africa’s first video game studio
Cameroon’s Kiro’o Games has announced the opening of its first video game studio in Central Africa, a move that will see the game developer create its highly anticipated “African fantasy”-based games. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Suspended Telkom CFO must repay $550k loans
Suspended Telkom chief financial officer (CFO) Jacques Schindehutte must pay back a ZAR6 million (US$550,000) loan granted to him by the South African part state-owned operator, as Telkom concedes the loan was not in compliance with statutory requirements. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
Konza, Hope City threats to urban poor
“Smart cities” such as Kenya’s Konza Techno City and Ghana’s Hope City could result in worsening marginalisation and inequality within the communities near which they are built, according to a report by a professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 16:20 · Tom Jackson
Fraudsters create over 60 fake social media accounts for Nigeria’s first lady
Nigeria’s first lady Patience Jonathan has become the target of an internet fraud, with individuals creating a total of 40 Facebook and Twitter pages in her name. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 15:40 · Nick Sato
Kenyan mobile operators meet regulator over QoS
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today met the country's four mobile network operators (MNOs) to discuss various issues including the recently released Quality of Service (QoS) report that saw all MNOs fail to comply with the minimum threshold. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile monitoring app used in Egyptian referendum
A team of international observers monitoring the voting process in the Egyptian constitutional referendum currently underway is using mobile data gathering application Formhub for the first time, allowing the collection of real-time data from members of the team. → Read more
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