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Wed, August 7th, 12:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Telecel awarded licence renewal
Zimbabwe-based operator Telecel has received a renewed license from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Portraz), becoming the second mobile company nationally to comply with shareholder requirements. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
OPINION: Visa bring worthwhile innovation to mobile money
Visa and MasterCard have been viewed with reasonable suspicion by Africa’s network operators and even banks when it comes to their motives on the mobile money scene, but their latest partnership with Orange Money should ruffle a few feathers. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 19:00 · Brandon Gregory
263Chat plays vital role in Zimbabwe election
263Chat, described as “a crowdsourcing platform discussing Zimbabwean national issues by Zimbabweans,” played an important communications role during the country’s controversial elections last week. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 18:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government sets new date for analogue switch-off
The Kenyan government has set Friday, December 13, 2013, as the new date for analogue broadcasting switch-off in Nairobi, while other major towns have been pushed back until March, 2014. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Visa takes mobile money plastic in Botswana
Orange will roll out its new service with Visa allowing increased access and use of mobile payments in Botswana, with further countries in Africa and the Middle East to follow. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Solidarity remain in dispute with Telkom
South African union Solidarity has confirmed it will join other unions in agreement with partly state-owned fixed provider Telkom, but are still reluctant to sign the proposed deal. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 19:00 · Nick Sato
AccessKenya to put Dimension Data bid to shareholder vote
AccessKenya has announced it will convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on August 20 for shareholders who do not approve the KSh3.05 billion (US$35 million) bid by South Africa’s Dimension data as the deadline for its minority shareholders looms. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria glitch hands out free data
MTN Nigeria appeared to suffer a costly technical glitch over the weekend which allowed some of its data subscribers to enjoy renewable 3GB of data free of charge by sending 100H to 131. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Second union signs up to Telkom offer
South Africa’s fixed-line provider Telkom claims to have concluded negotiations with all three unions previously threatening strike action, after another union signed the agreement. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 10:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan government advertises tender for laptops supply
The Kenyan government has moved to realise one of its key campaign pledges by advertising bids for the provision of laptops, printers and projectors for all its public schools. → Read more
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Sun, August 4th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Ghana gets iSpace incubator
Fiifi Baidoo, co-founder and community manager of Accra’s latest incubator and co-working environment, iSpace, spoke to HumanIPO about why the office was set up and what it is hoping to achieve in the tech entrepreneur and startup ecosystem in Ghana. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Konza investors to be exempt from income tax for 10 years
The Kenyan government has published the draft version of its bill supporting its technology city project, Konza, which includes a range of incentives for potential investors. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 11:00 · Kamau Mbote
Salaries and dividends to be paid through M-Pesa
Large sums of money, such as salaries and dividends, can now be paid using mobile money after Barclays Bank of Kenya and Safaricom formed a new partnership. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 10:00 · Brandon Gregory
FEATURE: Online reports on Zimbabwe election victories are “hogwash”
The Zimbabwe election polls closed on Thursday evening, with confusing reports emerging through various online and social media platforms, some claiming victory for the governing party and some for the opposition, while the governing party’s spokesperson called reports on election results “hogwash”. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
iSpace Ghana celebrates one month with eight projects and events
Fiifi Baidoo, co-founder and community manager at the iSpace Foundation, has told HumanIPO the one-month old open innovation co-working space for the tech community in Ghana currently has eight projects ongoing. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 17:22 · Nanine Steenkamp
Telkom proposal accepted but disputed
South African unions opposing Telkom’s proposal to solve wage disparities have decided to accept an agreement, although remain in disagreement. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 10:04 · Nick Sato
Paynet partners with MasterCard Kenya to drive local migration to EMV cards
MasterCard Kenya has signed a deal with regional card processor Paynet Group to partner in a local initiative dubbed “The great migration to EMV chip” which is geared towards encouraging the switch from magnetic strip to EMV cards. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 15:15 · Kamau Mbote
COFEK and ICPC criticise Kenyatta’s private Safaricom and Airtel case
A suit by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s International Criminal Court (ICC) lawyer Steven Kay has sparked reactions from various lobby groups including the International Center for Policy and Conflict (ICPC) believe the attempt to lock out the media and public of proceedings is a bid to discredit the ICC and victims. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 14:37 · Richard Cutcher
Shinn to meet Carrim tomorrow, SABC a “decades long” problem
Yunus Carrim, South Africa’s latest communications minister, will tomorrow meet his opposite number, the Democratic Alliance’s Marian Shinn, for the first time, with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) likely to be high on the agenda. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 14:33 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s new dating site prioritises safety
Vetting new members and guaranteeing user safety are among the driving forces behind DateMe Kenya, which launched at the weekend. → Read more
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