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Fri, August 29th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Get your hands dirty, Hersman tells startup CEOs
Ushahidi co-founder Erik Hersman has challenged chief executive officers (CEOs) of startups in Kenya to not be afraid to get their hands dirty and do the hard work of knocking on doors working alongside their sales teams. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MyDigitalBridge Foundation, Microsoft conclude successful TV White Spaces trial in Namibia
The MyDigitalBridge Foundation in partnership with Microsoft and Adaptrum has successfully trialled the Namibian TV White Spaces (TVWS) pilot project, with the aim of creating a “blueprint of broadband internet connectivity” for the country. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Charles Ifedi, CEO, Verve International
Verve is currently the most widely used payment card in Nigeria, with 18 million of the country’s 25 million payment cards Verve branded; while 19 out of the 21 Nigerian banks issue Verve cards, in addition to microfinance banks (MFBs) and mobile money operators. HumanIPO spoke to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer of Verve International on what the company and its partners are doing for app developers in Nigeria and the epayment sub-sector. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
TA Telecom launches personality mapping project in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and SA
Beta trials for the Nafsi big data project spearheaded by TA Telecom have launched in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, with the project aiming to use mobile technology to collect data mapping the personalities of people across Africa. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile 360 Series Africa speakers announced
The GSM Association (GSMA) has announced the first keynote speakers for the upcoming Mobile 360 Series Africa conference to be in November, with the organisers saying the event will address the “roadblocks” to mobile connectivity across Africa. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 10:03 · Paul Adepoju
Digital migration to cost Nigeria US$370m – NBC
The migration from analogue to digital television signal in Nigeria will cost the country NGN60 billion (US$370 million), the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said, revealing it expects to achieve 90 per cent digital coverage by the June 2015 international digital migration deadline. → Read more
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Thu, August 28th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Young owner of Nairobi Developer School among Anzisha Prize finalists
Martha Chumo, the 19-year-old owner of the Nairobi Developer School, has been chosen among 12 finalists of the Anzisha Prize for Young Entrepreneurs, and will now battle for the US$75,000 prize money. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Project Isizwe free Wi-Fi now live in Robertson, Atlantis
Non-profit Project Isizwe has launched its public free Wi-Fi service in the Robertson and Atlantis areas of South Africa’s Western Cape province, as part of the ZAR1.3 billion (US$122 million) plan to connect all the province’s residents to free internet. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
LG launches G3 smartphone in Nigeria
LG has unveiled its G3 smartphone in Nigeria, saying the device was developed under the company’s ‘Simple is the New Smart’ initiative. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kopo Kopo celebrates 4 years in business
Kenyan merchant services company Kopo Kopo is celebrating four years of existence, having managed to register more than 10,000 businesses on the platform. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to launch first digital radio station
Nigeria’s first digital radio station is to be launched soon, the country’s minister of information, Labaran Maku, announced. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom, Airtel to absorb 175 yuMobile employees
Kenya’s leading operators Safaricom and Airtel have agreed to absorb 175 employees from rival yuMobile, as part of a joint buyout of the smaller operator. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
E-tolls review process begins tomorrow
South Africa’s Gauteng Provincial Government will tomorrow (Wednesday, August 27) kick off its month-long consultation process on the impact of e-tolls in the province. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Truppr fitness app launches
Social network for fitness enthusiasts Truppr has launched in Nigeria, aimed at connecting sports fans across the world, and promoting and facilitating a fit lifestyle. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA not acting transparently – Shinn
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is acting is a non transparent manner by failing to communicate its council decisions on its website as required by law, according to Democratic Alliance (DA) shadow minister of telecommunications and postal services Marian Shinn. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Solidarity claims MTN retrenchments planned
South African trade union Solidarity claims the country’s second operator MTN is to cut 847 staff members from management positions; with MTN saying it is to begin a period of consultations over organisational restructuring. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
M-Pesa agents see individual commissions drop
Agents of Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money service received KSh.10.6 billion (US$119.5 million) in total commissions for the year to March 2014, up almost 25 per cent on the previous year, although individual agents earn less as more agents join the network. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi
African telecoms market revenues to hit $65 billion by 2018
The Sub-Saharan African telecoms market is leading the world in growth while also transitioning, with growing revenue from mobile data services increasingly matching mobile voice growth. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
PayPal SA accounts hit 1m
The number of PayPal accounts opened in South Africa has topped one million, the payments gateway announced today. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Jumia launches in Cameroon
E-commerce platform Jumia has launched in Cameroon, the company announced, saying the launch is the beginning of plans to expand across central Africa. → Read more
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