Wed, September 4th, 12:00 · Kamau Mbote
88mph has invested US$500,000 in eight startups as it launches its second accelerator programme in Nairobi, Kenya, chosen from more than 300 applications from around the world. → Read more
Wed, September 4th, 10:20 · Nick Sato
MultiChoice Africa has offered to supply 1.5 million set-top boxes at subsidised rates to Kenyans to facilitate a smooth migration from analogue to digital television broadcasting, which is to take place in Nairobi first on December 13, 2013. → Read more
Tue, September 3rd, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Ita Ewa, Nigeria’s minister of science and technology, has said the ongoing Abuja Silicon Valley project will create thousands of jobs in the country’s technology sector. → Read more
Tue, September 3rd, 13:30 · Jack Barton
Suraj Ramlall, chief technical officer (CTO) of Saab Grintek, has said the African digital divide is getting wider due to the high price of broadband. → Read more
Tue, September 3rd, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
South Africa needs to implement a broadband policy in order to increase broadband penetration, according to Dr Robert Pepper, vice president of global technology policy for CISCO. → Read more
Tue, September 3rd, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has said it will complete the digital migration of its services by June 2014, one year ahead of the African deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd, 19:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
The South African Communication Union (SACU) has written an open letter to Yunus Carrim, minister of communications, demanding he intervene with the local loop unbundling (LLU) regulations which the union claims do not comply with the governmental strategy of development. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd, 16:30 · Nick Sato
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) will proceed in switching off more than one million unregistered SIM cards, after the the high court dismissed a case challenging the national exercise. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
There have been too many delays to the creation of South Africa’s broadband policy, according to the country’s latest minister for communications Yunus Carrim, and government and industry must work together in order for the country to reap the economic and social benefits of broadband. → Read more
Sun, September 1st, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
As ever there has been mixed fortunes for the startup and innovation scene across Africa this week, but there has been no shortage of developments for HumanIPO to sink its teeth into. → Read more
Fri, August 30th, 20:00 · Jack Barton
Virus detection app Instabug is honoured to be the African representative at The Next Web (TNW) Conference USA in New York, according to co-founder Moataz Soliman. → Read more
Fri, August 30th, 15:00 · Jack Barton
Vodacom has initiated legal action against bulk messaging service Telfree over failure to pay for SMS deliveries worth over ZAR54 million (US$5.2 million). → Read more
Fri, August 30th, 12:00 · Kamau Mbote
Software giant Intel will sponsor the second annual DEMO Africa conference to be held in Nairobi to the tune of KSh1.6 million (US$20,000), the company has announced. → Read more
Fri, August 30th, 11:00 · Guest Post
Samantha Harper, founder of South African IT career specialist Nu Beginnings, writes for HumanIPO on seeking partnership with agencies in the technology industry. → Read more
Thu, August 29th, 19:30 · Kamau Mbote
Airtel, SoftBank Mobile and Intelsat have concluded trials for low cost 3G services in Kenya, using satellite technology. → Read more
Thu, August 29th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
HumanIPO Academy has announced a partnership with Cape Town-based startup Zapacab, allowing guests at tomorrow’s launch event to test drive the new taxi hailing service. → Read more
Thu, August 29th, 10:30 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s oldest telecommunications company Telkom Kenya is set to face penalties from the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) after the regulator claimed it is not aware of the 19 per cent government share dilution. → Read more
Wed, August 28th, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Spectranet Limited has launched 4G LTE wireless broadband network in Nigeria, making it the first of its kind in the West African country. → Read more
Wed, August 28th, 14:20 · Richard Cutcher
South African social buying site UbuntuDeal will close its Cape Town offices next month and is in the process of changing its business model. → Read more
Wed, August 28th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s parliamentary investment committee (PIC) is seeking answers regarding the circumstances that led to the dilution of government shares by 19 per cent in the country’s oldest telecommunications firm Telkom Kenya. → Read more
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