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Mon, August 6th, 07:35 · Vincent Matinde

Visualizing global arms trade with Google

Global arms trade is an issue that countries have been dealing with for a long time. In Africa, the eruption of wars and coup d'état, fuel global arms trade making surrounding regions unsafe. → Read more
Sat, August 4th, 06:15 · HumanIPO

Uganda’s top coworking space to set up satellite hubs through the city

Uganda’s leading creative and collaborative workspace for freelancers, consultants and entrepreneurs @The Hub is planning to open doors across the country's capital Kampala. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 09:07 · Vincent Matinde

Developer comes up with own banking app out of frustration

Seeing that Absa, a South African bank, would come up with its banking application at the end of this year, Tyler Reed, 24, has proved he has no patience for such delays and is hence creating own app. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 05:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Eskimi overtakes Google, Yahoo, BBC as most visited site in Nigeria and Namibia

Social networking site Eskimi has overtaken Internet giants Google, Yahoo, BBC and Goal.com, to become second most visited site after Facebook in Nigeria and Namibia, according to Opera Software monthly report. → Read more
Wed, August 1st, 12:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Mxit appointed official social network for Team SA at Olympics

Africa's biggest social network Mxit has been appointed the official social network for Team SA at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. → Read more
Wed, August 1st, 05:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Africa’s top clothing retailer Mr Price opens online store

A leading clothing retailer Mr Price has started an online store to boost sales as well as serve target customers who have become ‘incredibly tech-savvy.’ → Read more
Tue, July 31st, 10:40 · Elly Okutoyi

Fifth Mobile phone operator coming to Kenya soon

Kenya is set to have its fifth mobile services provider after a Vietnamese mobile operator announced plans to set up its operations in the country, three months after launching in Mozambique. → Read more
Mon, July 30th, 08:25 · HumanIPO

Ethiopia’s first mobile banking services set to go live

Addis International Bank (AdIB), a leading bank in Erhiopia, last week signed an agreement with Reewire ICT Solutions to offer Mobile banking services. AdIB at last becomes the first bank to launch mobile banking services in the country. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 12:52 · Vincent Matinde

Google now testing handwriting recognition

Google is in the process of introducing a handwriting recognition feature for its mobile search adding an option to voice recognition and keyboard typing. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 07:22 · Vincent Matinde

Huawei launches new smartphone and media pad

Huawei Technologies has unveiled two new mobile products for the Kenyan market. The China-based phone-maker has released the Huawei Honor and Huawei media pad. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

88mph lands US$300,000 in follow on funding for Futaa.com

88mph, an accelerator program providing early-stage Kenyan tech companies with mentorship and funding, has landed a 300,000 USD investment from Nigerian investors as follow-on backing for one of its leading startups, Futaa.com. → Read more
Tue, July 24th, 07:50 · Igor Hobotov

Africa’s first accelerator program to invest min. $200,000 spread across 8-15 startups by September 15th

Betting on high growth mobile/Web markets in Africa, the seed investment fund 88mph will now run the continent’s first intense 3-month accelerator program - inspired by Y Combinator - investing another minimum of $200,000 spread across 8-15 startups. → Read more
Tue, July 24th, 04:00 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 24-31 July

For a business to be successful, a working synergy has to be developed among the business departments. Business and tech events are where this need is emphasized and taught. Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming technology events in Kenya and South Africa in a week. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 08:09 · Robin Okuthe

IBM leads agencies in combating cervical cancer in Kenya

Kenyan government’s health department, the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the United States Embassy have partnered in a project focused on pulling down the increasing cases of cervical cancer in the country. → Read more
Wed, July 11th, 09:04 · Vincent Matinde

Africa’s OS makes major strides, 3000 downloads in 2 weeks

Since HumanIPO highlighted the developments of Randolf Owusu, the creator of Africa’s Operating System, the company has reportedly made major strides in Africa. → Read more
Tue, July 10th, 14:12 · Tefo Mohapi

Former Nokia employees launch company to make MeeGo powered smartphones

A group of former Nokia employees who reportedly worked on the MeeGo powered Nokia N9 smartphone, have formed their own startup named Jolla Ltd, which will make MeeGo powered smartphones. → Read more
Mon, July 9th, 11:07 · HumanIPO

What Nigeria’s 100 million active phone lines mean to the world

Nigeria’s active phone lines have hit over a 100 million. The milestone now makes the country Africa’s fastest growing telecoms market. → Read more
Mon, July 9th, 07:24 · Vincent Matinde

Mauritius signs a pact with US over open Internet

Mauritius is going through a revolutionary IT transformation and the latest move is its new pact with the United States in a move focused on promoting Internet use in entrepreneurship. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 07:00 · Tefo Mohapi

Part 1: The decline of Nokia under Stephen Elop

Nokia Corporation chief executive Stephen Elop joined the company from Microsoft where he was the head of the business division responsible for the Microsoft Office line of products. He was also a member of the company's senior leadership team. Under his guidance since September 2010, Nokia’s share price has gone from just above approximately US$15 to just above US$2. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 14:17 · HumanIPO

Ghafla launches a mobile app, opens space to advertisers

Kenya-based infotainment site Ghafla has unwrapped its first mobile app on Nokia. It has in addition introduced advertising services for Kenya’s business owners. → Read more