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Fri, December 6th, 16:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Ugandan MPs given iPads, Kenya set to follow
Ugandan members of parliament (MPs) have each been given an iPad at a total cost of US$370,000, allowing MPs to access official documents while travelling. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Naspers reaches $100 share price
Naspers, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed multimedia giant, pushed above the ZAR1,000 (US$95) share price mark this morning, the result of strong foreign investments and the weak rand. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 14:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenyan legislators pass controversial bill
Kenya’s National Assembly has approved all the recommendations presented by President Uhuru Kenyatta on the contentious Kenya Information and Communications Amendment (KICA) Bill which has seen journalists protest across the country. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
The e-toll showdown begins now – OUTA
Wayne Duvenage, chairman of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA), has said the launch of e-tolls this week does not mean the end of the campaign against them and only now can his group really begin to protest the policy. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Nigerian platform integrating social and business
A Nigerian company has created Termii, a social-business networking site that integrates social, personal and business structures in a unified network. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
SA broadband goals realistic, collaboration necessary – Akamai
The goals set out in South Africa’s National Broadband Policy, Strategy and Plan are realistic, but public-private collaboration will be needed to achieve them according to David Belson, editor of Akamai’s State of the Internet report. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
NCC to engage consumers through social media
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is to utilise social media to monitor consumer complaints of poor service from telecommunications. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 19:30 · Tom Jackson
Maimane likens SANRAL CEO to PW Botha
South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) chief executive officer (CEO) Nazir Alli has been likened to apartheid-era president PW Botha by Democratic Alliance (DA) premier candidate for Gauteng Mmusi Maimane. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 18:30 · Nick Sato
CCK to start auditing Quality of Service on Non-Voice parameters
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has announced it will start auditing quality of service (QoS) on non-voice communication services after a huge influx of customers using devices for non-voice. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigeria mulls jail terms for social media dissenters
The Nigerian Senate is considering passing a bill which provides for a seven-year jail sentence for those found guilty of criticising the government via social media and electronic messaging. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 17:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenyan firm competes in Global Startup Battle
SooTano, a micro-jobs online platform allowing young people in Kenya to make an income by outsourcing their tasks and skillset, has entered the Global Startup Battle challenge after fending off 25 other applicants. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Zuma must expel Pule – DA
Marian Shinn, the Democratic Alliance’s shadow minister for communications, has called on President Jacob Zuma to expel South Africa’s former minister of communications Dina Pule from parliament after the public protector published a scathing assessment of the latter’s conduct. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zambia to reissue digital migration tender
The Zambian government has decided to reissue the call for tenders for the execution of the digital migration process, reaffirming its commitment to adhering to the 2015 deadline. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Pule must apologise – public protector
Dina Pule, South Africa’s disgraced former communications minister, has been ordered to apologise to the Department of Communications (DoC), parliament and the Sunday Times newspaper by the country’s public protector Thuli Madonsela. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Control systems for SA set-top boxes will not be mandatory
The South African government has decided the use of control systems for set-top boxes in the upcoming digital migration will not be mandatory, taking into account the need for speed in the migration process and to encourage industry competition. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Cabinet approves SA broadband policy
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the Department of Communications’ (DoC) National Broadband Policy, Strategy and Plan, which it says will “contribute significantly to economic growth, development and job-creation”. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Majority of Kenyans want digital migration postponed – COFEK
The majority of Kenyans believe the country’s digital migration should be postponed until June 2014, according to a new report by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK). → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 11:30 · Nick Sato
88mph startups to pitch at Nairobi Demo Day today
Four tech startups will pitch for investment at the 88mph Nairobi Demo Day today (Thursday), after completing three months of the accelerator programme giving them access to new networks and mentorship. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
SAPO, police unions working against e-tolling
Unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the South African Post Office (SAPO) and Gauteng metro police have promised to assist with the fight against e-tolling. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
Safaricom acquires Essar’s share in TEAMS undersea cable
Safaricom has acquired Essar’s full 10 per cent shareholding in undersea fibre optic cable company The East African Marine System (TEAMS) for almost KSh1 billion (US$11.6 million). → Read more
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