Fri, October 11th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Philip Smerkovitz, managing director of TeleEye South Africa (PTY), has claimed though it is doubtful security cameras could have prevented the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya, the company’s surveillance system could have provided critical intelligence on the terrorists. → Read more
Fri, October 11th, 10:40 · Nick Sato
The Safaricom Foundation has injected KSh20 million (US$235,000) into a local agricultural startup in a bid to boost its agent network and enable farmers to access price information for their crops through mobiles across the country. → Read more
Fri, October 11th, 10:00 · Nick Sato
The Kenyan government has introduced a raft of new measures designed to crack down on public service vehicles (PSVs) that will among other things require PSVs to implement and operate cashless payment systems for all fares by July 2014. → Read more
Fri, October 11th, 09:00 · Guest Post
Keith Jones, director at Founder Institute, shares his experience of launching an incubator following the establishment of the Founder Institute in Johannesburg, the first African chapter of the international organisation. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 18:30 · Kamau Mbote
The Kenyan government is set to unveil its first one stop shop for government services at the General Post Office (GPO) in Nairobi in less than two weeks. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 18:00 · Nick Sato
A Kenyan technology company has developed a web application that enables investment groups to automate their financial records and systems, from collection to investment, to enhance transparency and efficiency. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered an immediate mop up of all unregistered SIM cards in Kenya be conducted by a joint effort of all stakeholders to ensure there are none being used by criminals. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Uber is keen on developing mobile money integration into its taxi hailing app as it prepares to roll out in more African countries. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 13:20 · Tom Jackson
Cameroon has an open, under-regulated consumer market with lots of potential, but currently held back by economic and political corruption, according to Al Banda, community manager at incubation hub ActivSpaces. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Micheal Ugwu, chief executive officer (CEO) of iROKING, believes developers targeting African users need to keep platforms simple. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 10:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
The number of active accounts using South African social network Mxit is growing, despite a hefty drop in overall registration figures over the past year, according to a report by World Wide Worx. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 10:20 · Richard Cutcher
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has released its tech figures and global rankings, showing Zambia and Zimbabwe making above average progress. → Read more
Thu, October 10th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian online bookstore Books.com.eg is looking to benefit from the country’s “booming” e-commerce sector by focusing on the popularity of Arabic titles. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 18:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Approximately ZAR100 million (US$10 million) will be needed to have the vast majority of South Africans connected to the internet by 2020, Peter Mafagana, senior manager of operations at Broadband Infraco, has revealed. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 16:00 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom yesterday switched off a number of registered lines after promises from the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) it would take action against service providers operating unregistered lines in accordance with the law. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 12:40 · Paul Adepoju
QuickTicket, a website allowing Cameroonians to purchase bus tickets online, will be launched this month, the first of its kind in the West African country. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
South Africa’s third mobile network operator Cell C has lodged an official complaint against leading operators MTN and Vodacom for anti-competitive behaviour. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 11:20 · Paul Adepoju
Startups from Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa have made it to the final of the VentureOut mobile app competition, backed by the World Bank, to compete for US$10,000 in seed funding. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian startup FekraSquared will in December launch SolverMine, an open innovation platform that allows businesses and governments to crowdsource solutions to problems and reward those that provide them. → Read more
Wed, October 9th, 10:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
South African part state-owned operator Telkom has warned customers of a rise in attempted fraud through phishing emails and calls, in criminal attempts to obtain money, personal information, and passwords from Telkom customers. → Read more
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