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Fri, November 9th, 11:08 · Vincent Matinde

There is space for Kenyan talents at Konza, ICT Board says

Kenyan talents will benefit from the Konza Tech city, says Kenya ICT Board’s chief executive adding that he is positive foreign companies will hire local talents. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:42 · Kamau Mbote

Majority of CEO’s lacking necessary ICT expertise for investment

Majority of chief executive officers especially in the developing countries lack the necessary background to make informed decisions, experts from Google said yesterday. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 12:12 · Gythan Munga

Kenya’s music buying service ‘Mdundo’ featured on BBC’s Click

Kenya’s new scratch card buying service dubbed Mdundo was featured on Click, BBC's flagship TV show, for introducing innovative means of selling music downloads in Africa. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 07:38 · Vincent Matinde

Hardware innovation the next frontier in Kenya’s ICT sector

Kenya has covered quite some strides in terms of software developments, typically mobile-based apps. Hardware developments however fail to replicate the trend, although this is bound to change. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 12:00 · Gythan Munga

Chris Rock’s video on Obama a sensation in Africa

Stand up comedian Chris Rock’s video message recorded for the Jimmy Kimmel Live show is currently trending in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria on Youtube. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 09:05 · Kamau Mbote

Google event to sharpen business, tech entrepreneurs’ skills

Over 500 key players from various sectors including ICT, publishing, advertising as well as Swahili linguists are held up at the Think With Google event in Kenya’s capital Nairobi discussing the role of technology in the country’s growing economy. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 09:00 · Tefo Mohapi

DCA’s misplay laughable as ZACR foretells .africa victory

The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) remains confident it will win the rights to administer the africa Top Level Domain (TLD) once the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) process reaches conclusion, as it has the required 60 percent support of African governments for a geographic name domain. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 07:07 · Vincent Matinde

OPINION: Hard copy book publishing on its deathbed in Africa

Book publishing could soon become "a nostalgic process" rather than a main business process, just like producing mix tapes in a CD-ROM world. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 13:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Apple sells 3 million iPad minis and iPad 4’s in 3 days, really?

Apple reports it sold 3 million iPads (iPad 4 and iPad mini) just 3 days after the products' respective launches. The company however fails to divulge further on the specific sales numbers for the iPad mini and iPad 4. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 11:55 · Nanine Steenkamp

Tight contest for .africa domain

The .africa domain is being highly contested given the radical changes by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), organisation responsible for managing the Internet's addresses, which had recently opened up name applications. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 06:53 · Gythan Munga

Silicon Valley’s reality show ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ premieres

A new reality TV series about America’s technology jewel Silicon Valley, Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, premiered Monday, November 5 at 10 pm ET/PT on Bravo TV, a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 06:46 · Nanine Steenkamp

Nigeria’s Visafone first African operator to release CDMA-based BlackBerry

Nigeria’s leading network operator Visafone became the first in Africa to release CDMA-based BlackBerry smartphones last week. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 14:08 · Gabriella Mulligan

OPINION: The South African government should get its priorities straight

Under the remits of the ICT Vision 2020, the South African government has pledged to ensure 100 percent Internet penetration across the country by 2020. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 12:45 · Tom Jackson

CCK grants licenses to new set-top box dealers

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has given licenses to 54 new digital decoder dealers in a bid to create competition and cut the prices of set-top boxes as the company seeks to meet the digital switchover deadline. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

New Elikia smartphone launched in Congo

Congo Brazzaville-based company VMK has announced the launch of a new Android-powered smartphone, called the Elikia. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:05 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 3-11 November

Africa has become a hot-bed for technology investments, startup events and hackathons are now being held weekly across the continent to find the best innovations. Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming technology events in South Africa and Kenya in a week. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 09:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Is M-Pesa really Kenyan or British?

Hailed as the “Kenyan technology success story”, many have claimed M-Pesa to be testimony to the greatness of the East African country’s technology scene, producing world-class technology companies that rival those in South Africa. But, is the acclaimed mobile money service really Kenyan at all? → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 07:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

Google launches its own ‘Siri’ PA on iOS

As Apple fires the man responsible for Siri, Google has stepped up the competition by launching its own version of the personal assistant app for iOS on Tuesday. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 12:18 · Elly Okutoyi

Sasa Africa, selling African heritage to the world online

Sasa Africa, one of DEMO Africa’s 2012 top five startups, has launched an e-commerce platform to connect offline artisans to buyers online using feature phones. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 09:52 · HumanIPO

The HumanIPO Debate: Does Kenya need Konza Tech City?

In the second installment of the HumanIPO debate series, where reporters and guest writers debate important issues within the African tech sector and invite readers to join in the discussion on Twitter and Facebook, we discuss the positives and negatives of the multi-billion shilling Konza Tech City project. → Read more