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Thu, November 14th, 13:30 · Nick Sato
Benin first to reserve dotAfrica name, more governments urged
The African Union Commission (AUC) has urged African governments to reserve their domains ahead of the the launch of dotAfrica (.Africa), with Benin the only country to have done so as yet. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Social media is ideal platform to launch mobile money marketing
Social media is the best tool for spreading awareness and driving adoption of mobile money services in new markets, according to Vytas Paukstys, chief executive officer at Eskimi. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Data subscribers drop in Ghana, Airtel hardest hit
Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has released its latest figures on mobile subscriber data in the West African country, with Airtel taking the biggest hit. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 10:30 · Brandon Gregory
Analogue is holding SABC back – Mokhobo
Lulama Mokhobo, group chief executive officer (CEO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), believes the delay in digital migration is preventing the state-broadcaster from progressing and it is falling behind rivals such as MultiChoice. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Infrastructure companies will accelerate deployment of broadband in Nigeria – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made the case for the setting up and licensing of infrastructure companies (InfraCos), in a bid to accelerate deployment of of the National Broadband Network (NBN) Deployment plan. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 18:00 · Nick Sato
MTN Mobile Money to withdraw and pay at Visa points
MTN Group has partnered with Visa to offer customers a new mobile payment solution which allows MTN Mobile Money subscribers make face-to-face and online transactions wherever Visa is accepted. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
African infrastructure needs attention to attract startup investment
Infrastructure improvement and capacity building is necessary in order to encourage foreign investment into startups and entrepreneurs in Africa, according to panelists speaking at the Entrepreneurs Incubator Hub at AfricaCom 2013. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan operators must begin contributing to USF – CCK
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has begun collecting the Universal Service Fund (USF) contributions from the country’s network operators, in a bid support widespread access to ICT services and promote capacity building and innovations. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Africa will always lag behind, but don’t call it a digital divide – Cisco
Howard Charney, senior vice president at Cisco, believes it is a “tough” fact of life that Africa will always be last to witness hi-tech and telecommunications innovation, but that does not mean it will never see the advantages. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 12:31 · Richard Cutcher
YooMee to launch LTE network in Cameroon, targeting Angola and Ivory Coast
Cameroon could get its first LTE network in the first quarter of 2014, after data-only specialists YooMee announced a partnership with global vendor Alcatel-Lucent. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 12:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya sign $13.9m deal with Spain for digital migration support
Kenya’s switch to digital broadcasting has received a major boost after the government signed a KSh1.2 billion (US$13.9 million) loan agreement with the Spanish government ahead of its Nairobi deadline in one month’s time. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Safaricom could be Kenya’s biggest bank – Osiakwan
Safaricom only requires a licence to become Kenya’s biggest bank based on the success of its M-Pesa mobile money platform and mobile money’s disruptive influence in the technology sector, according to Eric Osiakwan, co-founder of Angel Africa. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 19:00 · Brandon Gregory
Spotify biding its time over Africa launch
Axel Bringéus, head of new markets for Spotify, has given no target date as to when the popular music streaming service will launch in Africa. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 18:30 · Kamau Mbote
CIPIT petitions against AU cyberspace convention
The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) under the Strathmore Law School, in Kenya, has filed a petition against the ratification of the African Union Convention on Cyberspace (AUCC). → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
Bitcoin to connect the mobile money islands – Kipochi
Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of the Kipochi Bitcoin wallet and transfer service, believes the controversial digital currency could act as a facilitator between mobile money platforms. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Liquid launches fibre in Somalia
Liquid Telecom has built the first fibre optic cable into Somalia, the company announced today (Tuesday), connecting the country to the undersea cables by fibre for the first time, as well as to neighbouring countries. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Nigerian operators need to be given more freedom in mobile money
Mobile networks in Nigeria need to be allowed to get more involved in the rollout of mobile money in the West African country. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 14:00 · Brandon Gregory
Africa to near 1b mobile subscribers by 2019 – Ericsson
Ericsson has released the fifth edition of its mobility report, which predicts Africa will reach around 940 million subscriptions by 2019. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Strategy needed to monetise Africa’s internet growth – panelists
The next five billion people to become connected to the internet will do so via mobile, and as such industry players must concentrate on achieving profitable growth over the coming period, according to panelists at AfricaCom 2013. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th, 10:04 · Brandon Gregory
AfricaCom 2013 kicks off in Cape Town
The sixteenth annual three day AfricaCom conference kicked off in Cape Town this morning, set to feature more than 300 speakers. → Read more
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