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Tue, November 5th, 11:20 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat agrees US$5.67b deal for majority stake in Maroc Telecom
Etisalat has announced an agreement has been reached to purchase Vivendi’s controlling 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom for US$5.67 billion, concluding lengthy negotiations and significantly increasing its African footprint as a result. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s digital migration has not been postponed – Matiangi
The Kenyan government has announced the gazetted date of December 13, 2013, for digital migration in the country’s capital Nairobi and its surroundings still stands as scheduled, despite reports it had been postponed again. → Read more
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Tue, November 5th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
Mara Foundation to make first investments next year
Business development group Mara Foundation, operating in Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria, is set to make its first investments in 2014 as part of its Ad-Venture fund, looking to provide a new model of early stage business support. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 17:30 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom to announce half year profits today
Safaricom is expected to announce its half year profits today amid a different political environment, new taxes in the sector and continued economic growth. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
BlackBerry abandons sale plan, Heins departs as CEO
BlackBerry has cancelled plans to sell itself to its majority shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings, but will instead raise US$1 billion in convertible debentures from a group of private investors, the company has announced. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Jordaan launches private investment company
Former First National Bank (FNB) chief executive officer (CEO) and new Mxit chairman Michael Jordaan has set up his own private investment firm to invest in “disruptive technologies or disruptive business models” from next year. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 14:00 · Brandon Gregory
Card payments overtake cash withdrawals, gap to widen – FNB
First National Bank (FNB) has reported monthly non-cash purchases made by customers within its Consumer Segment have overtaken cash withdrawals at ATMs by ZAR800 million (US$78.7 million). → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 13:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
North African governments use connectivity as political weapon – Akamai
Governments in North African countries have purposely disrupted internet connectivity as a political weapon over the past year and will continue to do so, David Belson, product line director for custom analytics & MCDN at Akamai, has predicted. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Botswana hub begins accelerator programme
The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) today launched its First Step Venture Centre incubation and acceleration programme, providing business and technical support to selected startups. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 10:40 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: Sale of African operations to Orange makes no sense for Vodafone
Last week, buried in a story that American phone company AT&T was interested in acquiring Vodafone, Bloomberg reported a person familiar with the matter as saying French telecoms firm Orange was interested in buying some of Vodafone’s African operations, which include South Africa’s Vodacom and Kenya’s Safaricom. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 10:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta downplays ascension of new media law
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the media not to panic following parliament passing the Kenya Information and Communication Bill (2013). → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Shinn slams SABC set-top box announcement
Marian Shinn, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) shadow communications minister, has accused the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) of bypassing government policy by adandoning the need for an access control system for set-top boxes. → Read more
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Sun, November 3rd, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 03/11/2013
A dramatic week in Africa’s startup scene witnessed what can only be described as an embarrassing airing of dirty laundry by one of the continent’s flagship enterprises in the music streaming sector. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
E-toll collection firm CEO resigns
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Electronic Tolling Collection (ETC), Salahdin Yacoubi, has resigned from his position at the company responsible for e-toll collections in Gauteng. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Orange interested in Vodafone’s African operations – report
French telecoms firm Orange has expressed an interest in acquiring some of Vodafone’s African operations, according to a Bloomberg report. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 13:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda in talks to extend laptop programme to teachers
Rodrigo Arboleda, chief executive officer (CEO) of Rwanda’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme, has revealed it intends to enter a partnership to benefit teachers as well as pupils. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 12:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan assembly passes tough new media laws, content and advertising quotas
Members of Kenya’s National Assembly have passed the bill that, if assented to by the President Uhuru Kenyatta, will see journalists and media houses paying large fines for violating the Journalism Code of Conduct. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Work begins at Botswana’s innovation campus
Construction work for the Botswana Innovation Hub’s (BIH) Icon Building was due to begin today (Friday), bringing an end to setbacks which first began with the global financial crisis of 2007. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 09:14 · Paul Adepoju
iROKING drama: Ugwu responds
Michael Ugwu, chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerian music platform iROKING, was fired last night (Thursday) for alleged “gross misconduct” concerning the setting up of his own music site “in direct competition with iROKING”. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 19:45 · Tom Jackson
iROKING CEO fired for “gross misconduct”
Nigerian music platform iROKING has fired chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Ugwu, citing “gross misconduct” and alleging Ugwu had launched his own digital music platform while in the company’s employment. → Read more
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