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Fri, February 28th, 15:40 · Susan Mwenesi
PIVOT East partners with tech hubs for 2014 startups competition
Mobile startups competition PIVOT East has partnered with tech hubs across East Africa to ensure this year’s event is attended by the best entrepreneurs and developers in the region → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
OpenView HD launches Pistorius trial channel
OpenView HD has followed MultiChoice in launching a channel dedicated to broadcasting the Oscar Pistorius trial, which begins on Monday, March 3. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 14:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Essar Telkom employees seeking CEO travel ban
A group of employees at India’s Essar Telkom, which runs Kenya’s yuMobile network, have gone to court seeking an order to prevent chief executive officer (CEO) Madhur Taneja from travelling to prevent him from fleeing the country before he finalises an alleged retrenchment plan with them → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
SABC chair files affidavit against CFO
The chairperson of the board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Zandile Ellen Tshabalala has filed a labour dispute affidavit against chief financial officer (CFO) Gugu Duda, asking for his dismissal after public protector Thuli Madonsela found she had been irregularly appointed. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Global digital music market to grow $9bn this year, African market ripe
The global digital music market will grow by US$9 billion in 2014, according to a study by Mahindra Comviva and Ovum Consulting, with Africa one of the markets ripe for digital music. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Africa paramount to Microsoft’s operations – president
Nigeria and Africa as a whole are paramount to Microsoft’s operations, according to company president Jean-Philippe Courtois, with company interested in helping Nigeria maintain its leading role in IT development in Africa and the global market. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
GoMetro partners MellowCabs for smarter South African travel
South African startups GoMetro and MellowCabs have partnered to make Smart Cities a reality in South Africa, promising to work together to improve transport systems in the country. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 09:40 · Tom Jackson
Internet Solutions joins A4AI
South Africa’s Internet Solutions (IS) has joined the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), saying it aims to facilitate the achievement targets for cheaper entry-level broadband services. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Smartphone shipment growth to slow – IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8.3 per cent annual growth in 2017 and 6.2 per cent in 2018, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, down from 39.2 per cent growth last year, when smartphone volume surpassed one billion units for the first time. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
IBM commits to creating commercially viable solutions for Africa
IBM is committing itself to come up with more commercially viable solutions in the African continent, according to Dr Khamal Bhattacharya, director of IBM research in Africa. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Hackers threaten online attacks during Brazil World Cup
Hackers affiliated to the Anonymous group plan to launch online attacks during the football World Cup to be held in Brazil in June, threatening attacks against government, FIFA and sponsors’ sites in order to disrupt the games. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA police travel to Apple HQ over Pistorius iPhone password
The South African police’s leading investigator on the Oscar Pistorius murder case has travelled to the Apple headquarters in the United States (US) to seek help in bypassing the passcode on Pistorius’ iPhone, which the paralympian says he has forgotten. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 18:20 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Microsoft and Intel launch 4Afrika Youth Device Programme
Microsoft, in partnership with Intel and the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA), has established the 4Afrika Youth Device Programme in order to provide educational applications, online services, affordable devices, smart financing and affordable data plans to educational institutions in Kenya. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cell C “disappointed” with Vodacom “legal tactic”
South Africa’s third operator Cell C is “disappointed” by rival Vodacom’s decision to launch legal action against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) over the newly announced mobile termination rates (MTRs), calling the move a “legal tactic”. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA budget focused on development
The South African government’s budget for 2014 will focus on accelerating implementation of the provisions of the National Development Plan (NDP), including pushing forward with digital migration and broadband access. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
IBM to invest $100m in Kenya research lab
IBM will inject a total of KSh8.6 billion (US$100 million) into its research lab in Kenya over ten years, geared towards solving the problems affecting the continent. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 15:40 · Tom Jackson
DoC to hold consultations on ICT policy
South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC) is to hold a national consultative conference on the legislation governing the country’s ICT sector next week, followed by countrywide consultations on policy changes. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 15:02 · Paul Adepoju
New mobile learning platform launched in Nigeria
A new e-learning community app targeted at Nigerian teenagers and secondary school students has been launched in Lagos, named Passnownow. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 14:20 · Abdirizaq Hussein
CBA partners SAP to transform business management
Kenya’s largest privately owned bank, Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA), has signed a software deal with SAP to transform CBA’s management of business information. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Suspend e-tolls now – OUTA
South Africa’s Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has released a 15,000-word research report into e-tolling, calling for the controversial policy to be suspended immediately. → Read more
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