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Thu, November 7th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Wikipedia Zero launched in Kenya with Airtel
The Praekelt Foundation has confirmed its partnership with Airtel Kenya to provide Wikipedia Zero in the East African country for free. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
DA launch new legal challenge against e-tolls
The Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s opposition party, has submitted a fresh legal challenge against the government’s e-tolling plans in Gauteng in a bid to delay the controversial project. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 11:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan mobile voice traffic down, SMS use up
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) released the ICT Sector Quarterly Statistical Report for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2012/13 yesterday (Wednesday), providing an overview of performance and development trends in the country’s ICT sector. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
SMS is the now and the future – Wasamundi
Nara Laurence, co-founder of Cameroonian online city guide startup Wasamundi, believes SMS is no “pie in the sky” when it comes to monetising a businesses and is at the centre of the company’s business model. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 09:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan banks downplay fake currency dispensing ATMs
Kenya’s banks have downplayed allegations some ATMs in the country are issuing fake currencies to customers, but have urged customers to report any suspicious activity. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Bitcoin value reaches new high
Bitcoin has reached its highest ever value, trading at US$278 this morning and beating its previous record of US$267 reached in April 2013. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
Technology is changing the face of journalism
Technology is changing journalism and editorial processes at large and the Daily Maverick, a South African online news publication, serves as an example of this, according to Chris Borain, its commercial director. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
CCK agrees to renew Safaricom operational license for 10 years
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has officially agreed to renew Safaricom’s operational license for the next 10 years at a fee of KSh2.36 billion (US$27.6 million). → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Western Cape to award provincial broadband tender
The Western Cape provincial government expects to award an internet service provider (ISP) the tender for Stream One of its Broadband Initiative (WCBBI) by the end of the month and plans to have connected every government building to its high speed network by the end of 2015. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 14:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom pledges free internet for schools if regulator allocates spectrum
Safaricom will provide free broadband connectivity to all public schools to complement the government’s one laptop per child programme, if the regulator provides it with more spectrum. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Wasamundi to provide mobile solution to university students
Cameroonian online city guide startup Wasamundi is exploring opportunities in the education and banking sectors as it looks to become the country’s biggest data bank and information resource. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 10:22 · Nick Sato
Non-voice revenue drives Safaricom growth, half year profits up to $123.2m
Safaricom announced its a new half-year profitability record for corporate Kenya yesterday (Tuesday) by reporting a KSh11.3 billion (US$123.2 million) pre-tax profit for the six month period ended September 30, 2013. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 09:30 · Nick Sato
Ugandan startup to launch Vibz social networking app
Vibz, a social networking app developed by three Ugandan youths seeking to connect people and trends, will be launched in two weeks. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
ISPA criticises Telkom CEO over LLU
South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has criticised Telkom chief executive officer (CEO) Sipho Maseko for saying its members were looking for an “‘easy ride’ on Telkom’s network” through Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), saying his comments “cannot remain unchallenged”. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Ghanaians petition PayPal to return service
Ghanaians are appealing to PayPal to reverse its decision to blacklist the country after incidents of online fraud emanating from users in Ghana. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
No government decision yet on set-top boxes – Carrim
The South African government has not yet made a decision on whether set-top boxes will include a conditional access system, a matter which communications minister Yunus Carrim says still needs to be properly debated. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN launches LTE network in Bloemfontein
MTN South Africa has launched a commercially available long-term evolution (LTE) network in Bloemfontein, making the town the fourth in South Africa to benefit from the latest mobile technology. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Technology SA’s biggest area of underperformance – report
Technology is South Africa’s biggest area of economic underperformance, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
Airtel increases African footprint with Congo acquisition
Bharti Airtel has entered into a definitive agreement with the Warid Group to acquire its Congo operations in a bid to strengthen its footprint in the African telecommunications market. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
37% of Nigerians ignorant of mobile money – Philips Consulting
A survey carried out by Philips Consulting has revealed around 37 per cent of respondents in Nigeria do not know about mobile money and are not using the service. → Read more
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