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Tue, October 28th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel introduces free mobile access to Twitter
Bharti Airtel’s prepaid customers in Kenya will now be able to access Twitter on their mobile phones for free till 15th January 2015, enabling them to enjoy posting Tweets, keeping up with news and what’s happening across the world. → Read more
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Tue, October 28th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Major Nigerian ecommerce platform launches fruits delivery service
Gingerbox.com.ng has been launched in Nigeria to deliver fruits and nuts to offices. GingerBox was formerly Jaramall an ecommerce platform that was offering over 700 products. → Read more
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Mon, October 27th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s eTranzact PocketMoni bags AfricaCom, Lead Africa Awards nominations
eTranzact International's PocketMoni has been nominated for AfricaCom and Lead Africa Awards 2014. The nominations are in the Best Mobile Money Service category. → Read more
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Mon, October 27th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lawmakers approve 7-year jail term for cybercriminals
The Nigerian Senate has approved a seven-year jail term for individuals convicted of cyber crimes in the country with the passage of a bill for an act to provide for the prohibition, prevention, detection, response, investigation and prosecution of cybercrimes and for other related matters. → Read more
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Mon, October 27th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s spectrum license bid winner set to roll out LTE services
The winner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)'s 2.3GHz spectrum licence Bitflux Consortium has announced plans to roll out services in January. → Read more
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Mon, October 27th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Mobofree to launch local presence in Lagos
Social marketplace Mobofree has announced plans to have local presence in Lagos, Nigeria. Out of the platform's 3 million users, 2.2 million are in Nigeria. → Read more
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Fri, October 24th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
New National digital registry to help bridge information gap in Kenya’s financial sector
Kenya is set to launch a National Digital Registry Service that is expected to bridge the yawning information gap in the financial sector while addressing the issues of insecurity, corruption and illegal foreigners in the country as well. → Read more
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Fri, October 24th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN, SAP, Microsoft, Inmarsat and Merck sponsor AMPION Africa
Four leading global technology companies have come out in support for AMPION as its major sponsors to enable entrepreneurial talent in Africa develop innovative solutions on the continent by making best use of the power of mobile technology. → Read more
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Fri, October 24th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Nyeri county to host first civic Hack
Nyeri County will hold its first Hackathon on 31st October to Novermber 2nd 2014, an event that will among other things seek to get someone to build a Creative Software Solution for Nyeri County Government. → Read more
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Fri, October 24th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Houlin Zhao elected next ITU Secretary-General
ITU’s 19th Plenipotentiary Conference roundly endorsed Houlin Zhao of China as its next Secretary-General. Zhao will take office on 1 January 2015 for a term of four years, with the possibility of re-election for one additional four-year term. → Read more
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Fri, October 24th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Guest Post: Mobile money – time for a reality check?
Vahid Monadjem is the co-founder and CEO of Nomanini, South Africa-based mobile Point of Sale service for facilitating cash transactions in emerging markets. In this guest post, he called for a closer look at the mobile money sector especially in Africa where it is extensively believed that mobile money is on a meteoric rise. But as far as Monadjem is concerned, mobile money has not yet arrived. → Read more
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Fri, October 24th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Anyone anywhere can use Mara Mentor – Manager
Douglas Imaralu, online community manager for Nigeria at Mara Foundation has said the platform could be accessed by anyone anywhere. According to him, the Mara Mentor Project aims to enable, empower and inspire a generation of entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Thu, October 23rd, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Malicious Traffic in systems, applications at startling levels-Cisco
Threats designed to take advantage of users’ trust in systems, applications and personal networks have reached startling levels the Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report has revealed. → Read more
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Thu, October 23rd, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung boosts fight against Ebola with smartphones worth $1m
Technology company has announced its support of ongoing global efforts towards eradicating Ebola virus disease in some African countries. In a statement, Samsung announced a donation of about 3,000 GALAXY S3 Neo smartphones valued at about USD1 million. → Read more
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Thu, October 23rd, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian ehealth startup wins Best Mobile Software Solution in Africa award
eHealth-focused Nigerian tech startup Mobile Software Solutions has emerged winner of the the Best Mobile Software Solution in Africa 2014 at the World Summit Award (WSA). The startup was selected out of over 400 other solutions from across the continent. → Read more
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Thu, October 23rd, 13:29 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s BudgIT secures $400,000 funding from Omidyar Network
Creative startup retelling the Nigerian budget and public data BudgIT has announced secured a two-year US$400,000 from Omidyar Network. The fund will be used for expansion purposes. → Read more
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Thu, October 23rd, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyans can now pay taxes through Airtel Money
Bharti Airtel has partnered with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to offer Kenyan citizens an opportunity to pay their taxes through Airtel Money. → Read more
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Wed, October 22nd, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tigo, Deezer set to launch music streaming service in Ghana
Telecoms company Tigo has announced a partnership with music streaming service Deezer to launch Tigo Music in Ghana. Similar service will also be launched in Chad, DR Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania in the coming months. → Read more
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Wed, October 22nd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN sponsors GSMA Mobile 360-Africa
Telecommunications company MTN today announced it is sponsoring GSMA Mobile 360-Africa. In a statement, the company said it is the Platinum Event Sponsor for the GSMA Mobile 360-Africa. The event will be held in Cape Town South Africa from November 5 - 7 2014. → Read more
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Wed, October 22nd, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Android app, social media helped Nigeria to contain Ebola – Johnson
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria's communication technology minister has said technology played crucial roles in the successful containment of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. She said this at the ongoing International Telecommunications Union ITU 2014 Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) in Busan, Republic of Korea. → Read more
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