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Mon, August 25th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel and Tigo launch mobile money interoperability in Tanzania
Airtel Tanzania and Tigo Tanzania have partnered for a cross-network money transfer service that will make it possible for subscribers from both networks to send and receive money between their mobile money wallets. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Shuttleworth in court over $23.4m tax bill
South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth is in court this week in a bid to have the Reserve Bank repay more than ZAR250 million (US$23.4 million) in taxes he was forced to pay when moving some of his assets to the Isle of Man. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s cashless policy a cornerstone of economic development – Ifedi
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy is the key to the country’s fast economic development, according to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Verve International. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S in Kenya
Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy Tab S, the company’s thinnest and lightest tablet to date, in the Kenyan market. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Africa is a key ICT investment destination – IDC
Africa is still a key ICT investment destination if 50 African leaders securing substantive investments in the field of ICT at the recent US-Africa summit hosted President Obama is anything to go by. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Bharti Airtel to sell African towers to American Tower Corporation, Eaton Towers – report
Bharti Airtel is concluding talks with American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Eaton Towers on the sale of its tower assets in several African countries including Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda, according to a report. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
AccessKenya launches mobile service app
AccessKenya has unveiled a mobile service solution for smartphones and tablets featuring a self-service module that allows for speedier resolution of customer queries, including live chat support, one touch dialing and fully integrated mobile payment options. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kigali to host AMPION Venture Bus EA conference
The AMPION Venture Bus East Africa high-engagement conference will be held on October,19 in Kigali, Rwanda, involving East Africa’s ICT stakeholders, investors, entrepreneurs and developers. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Verve’s in-app payments service launched to support Nigerian app developers – CEO
Nigerian card payment provider, Verve International, launched its in-app payments solution and made the software development kit (SDK) available to app developers to support local developers eager to bring their apps to market and capitalise them, with the market currently hindered by lack of in-app payment options, according to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Verve International. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Madonsela, Muthambi to cooperate on Motsoeneng appointment controversy
South Africa’s public protector Thuli Madonsela and minister of communications Faith Muthambi have agreed to work “in a spirit of cooperative governance” with regard to forging an outcome to the controversy surrounding the permanent appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng as chief operating officer (COO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Equity Bank, Safaricom to meet CAK over ultra-slim SIMs
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) will on Friday meet with Safaricom and Equity Bank in the final stage of consultation before the regulator rules on Equity Bank’s proposed use of paper-thin SIM cards. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA’s Takealot acquires Superbalist.com
South African e-commerce platform Takealot has announced the 100 per cent acquisition of online design retailer Superbalist.com. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
CcHub, Visa launch financial literacy apps in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has partnered with Visa to promote financial literacy across the country through the launch of three locally developed financial education based apps. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A : Timothy Stranex, BitX
Despite the lack of awareness and mistrust, Bitcoin is becoming popular in Africa, and Kenya now has another entrant, Bit X. HumanIPO caught up with Bit X’s Timothy Stranex to talk about the company’s Kenyan launch, and how Bitcoin can be integrated with M-Pesa. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom announces US$93m Gauteng network upgrade
South Africa’s leading operator Vodacom is to invest ZAR1 billion (US$93.5 million) in upgrading its network in Gauteng province, expanding its 3G coverage as well as adding new LTE sites. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kirusa acquires Ghanaian IM firm Saya
Voice messaging company Kirusa has acquired Ghana-based instant messaging (IM) app provider Saya Mobile, which provides services specifically for African consumers. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lack of .ng uptake to fuel cybercrime – expert
The failure of Nigeria’s major companies to purchase .ng domain names may lead to increased activity by cybercriminals exploiting the unclaimed location-based domains, according to expert Chris Chibuike. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ApexPeak gives Umati Capital $10 million finance line
ApexPeak has handed Kenyan financial tech startup Umati Capital a finance line which will commence at US$300,000 per month, an amount expected to grow to US$5 million to US$7 million per month before the end of the year. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom cuts M-Pesa transaction fees
Kenya’s dominant operator Safaricom has announced up to 67 per cent cuts to transaction fees levied by the operator on transactions on its M-Pesa mobile money network. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa organisers not worried about Ebola
The organisers of this year’s DEMO Africa technology startup conference are not worried about reported Ebola cases in host city for this year’s event, Lagos, Nigeria, and said the outbreak of the virus is not affecting planning of the event. → Read more
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