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Tue, January 7th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
SA matric results website crashes
The South African Department of Basic Education’s (DBE’s) website is currently inaccessible as students visit the site to discover their matriculation (matric) examination results. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian newspaper survives major cyberattack
Nigerian newspaper Premium Times has suffered a major cyberattack targeting its online news platform, which prevented visitors from accessing the site on Sunday, January 5. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 10:30 · Nick Sato
Safaricom takes on CCK over licence renewal terms
Kenya’s largest mobile service provider Safaricom has aired its displeasure at the terms laid down by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) ahead of its licence renewal in June 2014. → Read more
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Tue, January 7th, 07:00 · Tom Jackson
MEA external storage market declines, SA and Egypt badly hit
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) external storage market declined 8.8 per cent year-on-year during the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC), with particularly large declines in South Africa and Egypt. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA matric results available via SMS through SABC
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has launched a new service allowing students awaiting their matriculation (matric) examination results tomorrow to register to receive their personal results via SMS. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 16:40 · Nick Sato
CCK set to be overhauled in next 3 months
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is set to be rebranded and overhauled following the successfully passing and assenting into law of the Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill 2013. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA broadcasters criticise compulsory STB control systems
South African broadcasters and business associations have spoken out against the government’s decision to install a control system on all set-top boxes (STBs) in the forthcoming digital migration, questioning the decision’s legality and saying it places an “extra burden on consumers”. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 15:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Smartphones at centre of Nigerian e-commerce – Jumia
Smartphones are the most popular products purchased online in Nigeria, seeing the biggest uptake in 2013, according to local e-commerce site Jumia. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 14:40 · Nick Sato
Kenyan analogue switch-off postponed pending appeal
The Kenyan Court of Appeal has ordered the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to switch back on analogue broadcasting signal pending an appeal by media houses, with the transition to digital broadcasting in and around Nairobi now postponed until February 6. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom CEO sells shares
Vodacom chief executive officer (CEO) Shameel Joosub has sold over ZAR6 million (US$560,735) in ordinary shares in South Africa’s largest telecoms company. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 13:20 · Paul Adepoju
Most health and fitness mobile apps useless in Africa – HIFA2015
A large number of the mobile health and fitness apps used in Africa are useless in such low-resource settings, in spite of their rising popularity, according to Health Information For All by 2015 (HIFA2015). → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 12:40 · Nick Sato
Nailab rebrands, targets expansion
Kenyan startup incubator Nailab has rebranded to incorporate a new logo and vision, in a move that will see the hub expand its reach by targeting more entrepreneurs from other urban centres. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 11:20 · Paul Adepoju
Government agency demands to blame for poor service – Nigerian operators
Telecoms companies in Nigeria have blamed excessive demands by various government agencies for the poor quality of service (QOS) in the sector. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 10:40 · Tom Jackson
Online scammers misuse Mandela name
The Africa Rising Foundation has warned the public about an online scam using the name of chairman Ndaba Mandela, the late Nelson Mandela’s grandson. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 09:50 · Nick Sato
dotAfrica receives boost from African governments
African governments through the African Union Commission (AUC) have endorsed the plan to create the dotAfrica initiative through issuing an official statement by African ICT ministers announcing their support. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Telkom sells iWayAfrica
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom has sold its loss-making pan-African business, iWayAfrica and Africa Online Mauritius, to internet service provider (ISP) Gondwana International Networks as part of its turnaround efforts. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder, Wabona
In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder of online entertainment streaming service Wabona, discusses the emergence of Africa as a force in video entertainment, and looks forward to a future in mobile entertainment. → Read more
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Sat, January 4th, 08:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO: Incubator and accelerator hubs 2013
Western Cape minister of finance, economic development and tourism Alan Winde told HumanIPO in September he was looking at a continental rollout for Cape Town’s Bandwidth Barn and was looking at partnerships. → Read more
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Fri, January 3rd, 12:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO: African Startup Central 2013
No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more
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Fri, January 3rd, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
FEATURE: Nigerian telecom travails rumble on
Last year ended pretty badly for the Nigerian telecoms industry, with loss of earnings due to downtime compounded by a row with state governments over taxation. But in 2013 the operators did little to improve things for themselves, seeming to wage war on three fronts against government, subscribers and Boko Haram. → Read more
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