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Tue, March 18th, 09:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
TeleKom Networks Malawi customers to buy airtime on credit
South Africa’s Net1 Mobile Solutions and Supa Pesa have expanded their “Advance Airtime” offering into Malawi, allowing TeleKom Networks Malawi (TNM) customers to buy prepaid airtime on credit and pay for the voucher at a later stage. → Read more
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Tue, March 18th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Jennifer Haroon, principal, Access Strategy & Operations, Google
Last week, the world celebrated 25 years of the internet. In an interview with HumanIPO, Google’s principal for Access Strategy & Operations Jennifer Haroon shed more light on the company’s various efforts aimed at promoting internet and information access across the world. She also spoke on how the company’s mission is connected to those of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4A1). → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
Wozniak urges Nigerian youths to be innovative
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has urged Nigerian youths to be innovative and part of the process of accelerating Nigeria’s technology growth. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 18:30 · Tom Jackson
Zuma rejects Zille call for televised election debate
The leader of South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) Helen Zille says president Jacob Zuma has turned down her challenge to a live televised debate ahead of the country’s May elections. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN, Ecobank extend mobile money services
MTN has announced a partnership with Ecobank for the expansion of services to MTN Mobile Money users who are also Ecobank customers in 12 African countries. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Pistorius channel viewers peak at 191k
Viewership of MultiChoice’s dedicated pop-out channel covering the murder trial of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius peaked at 191,000 viewers in a day, the broadcaster has said. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Safaricom exploring NFC-enabled SIM cards
Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom is investigating the possibility of rolling out near field communication (NFC)-enabled SIM cards, chief executive officer (CEO) Bob Collymore has said. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 16:30 · Agatha Nduku
DEMO Africa applications open
Applications are open for the DEMO African 2014 startup event, which will take place in Nigeria this year, the first time the event has moved outside of Kenya. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Olive appealing PPARB ruling over Kenyan laptops
Olive Telecommunications has gone to court to appeal against a ruling by the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) to revoke the award of the tender for the supply of devices for Kenya’s laptops for schools programme. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft appoints new country manager for Nigeria
Kabelo Makwane has been appointed as the new country manager for Microsoft in Nigeria, focused on addressing the challenge of local innovation in the country. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN advertising campaign hits back at Cell C
South Africa’s second operator MTN has launched an advertising campaign hitting back at rival Cell C, admitting to being “guilty” of making high profits which it says it reinvests in the country in a bid to improve communications. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Kuluya Games introduce SMS in-app payment option
Nigeria’s Kuluya Games has introduced an SMS in-app payment option allowing players to buy items via SMS. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
TechZim to host social media marketing event
Zimbabwean technology news website and events organiser TechZim is to hold a social media marketing event, #GetSocial Zimbabwe, on April 3-4 at the Meikles Hotel in Harare. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MultiChoice, Carrim clash over digital migration
MultiChoice, the Association of Community Television South Africa (Act-SA) and the National Association of Manufacturers in Electronic Components (NAMEC) have accused communications minister Yunus Carrim of forming digital migration policy to benefit “certain narrow commercial interests”, accusations Carrim has called an “act of desperation” intended to influence voters in the upcoming national elections. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 12:00 · Agatha Nduku
Court postpones ruling on Kenyan digital migration
Kenya’s Court of Appeal has postponed a ruling on a case brought by three media houses challenging the immediate migration from analogue to digital broadcasting until March 28. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Google’s Project Link offers Ugandans unlimited internet access
Google’s Project Link initiative is offering Ugandans unlimited internet access in a unique way courtesy of its microfibre network, according to Jennifer Haroon, principal, access strategy and operations at Google. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
Gijima boss threatens to sue newspaper – report
Robert Gumede, South African ICT billionaire and chairman of Gijima, has threatened to sue the Sunday Independent for defamation, according to a report. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 09:00 · Agatha Nduku
Airtel Zambia allows payment of water bills
Airtel Zambia Plc has signed a partnership agreement with the Nkana Water and Sewerage Company enabling Airtel Money customers to pay their water bills using their mobile phones. → Read more
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Sun, March 16th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
FEATURE: The week in startups 16/03/2014
The past week has seen announcements of investment continent-wide, from remittance services in Ghana and Somalia to the start of accelerator programmes in South Africa, with the African startup ecosystem set to receive a boost in capital. → Read more
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Fri, March 14th, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
People of Ikeja, Nigeria, take most “selfies” in Africa
The Nigerian city of Ikeja has been declared the “selfiest” city in Africa by TIME magazine, with its population taking more “selfies” than any other city on the continent. → Read more
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