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Thu, August 8th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

Q&A: Startup results in SA are real – Keith Jones

Founder Institute director Keith Jones spoke to HumanIPO about the approach to the startup scene in Johannesburg, where the academy has recently launched their first African chapter. → Read more
Wed, August 7th, 17:30 · Paul Adepoju

OPINION: The fate of the Christian faith in the wake of technology

Last night on my way to the prayer meeting at my church, I subconsciously went with my King James version of the Bible, my Samsung Galaxy Tab and Nokia Lumia phone. → Read more
Wed, August 7th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher

OPINION: Visa bring worthwhile innovation to mobile money

Visa and MasterCard have been viewed with reasonable suspicion by Africa’s network operators and even banks when it comes to their motives on the mobile money scene, but their latest partnership with Orange Money should ruffle a few feathers. → Read more
Sun, August 4th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Ghana gets iSpace incubator

Fiifi Baidoo, co-founder and community manager of Accra’s latest incubator and co-working environment, iSpace, spoke to HumanIPO about why the office was set up and what it is hoping to achieve in the tech entrepreneur and startup ecosystem in Ghana. → Read more
Fri, August 2nd, 17:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

Q&A: No excuse for women oppression – Nikki Cockroft

South African digital business industry rolemodel Nikki Cockroft spoke to HumanIPO about the challenges of being a female in the field as she prepares for motherhood, while continuing her career. → Read more
Fri, August 2nd, 10:00 · Brandon Gregory

FEATURE: Online reports on Zimbabwe election victories are “hogwash”

The Zimbabwe election polls closed on Thursday evening, with confusing reports emerging through various online and social media platforms, some claiming victory for the governing party and some for the opposition, while the governing party’s spokesperson called reports on election results “hogwash”. → Read more
Thu, August 1st, 19:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: Woman’s month a reminder of progress

No longer are the challenges of females in the tech sphere a sensational news line. The known fact that more women are wanted in the industry is a continual aspiration with several stakeholders on the scene. → Read more
Fri, July 26th, 15:36 · Brandon Gregory

OPINION: Advent of social media and internet the bane of the African dictator’s life

The recent events involving the Zambian president Michael Sata and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and their reactions to online reporting and whistleblowing through social media, proves the advent of the internet does not fit in with their style of leadership. → Read more
Fri, July 26th, 10:33 · Nick Sato

OPINION: Kenya might not realise digital migration as deadline looms

With the October 30, 2013, deadline for East Africa's switch from analogue to digital broadcasting draws near, there are fresh and genuine concerns that Kenya may not meet the latest target. → Read more
Thu, July 25th, 09:29 · Brandon Gregory

FEATURE: Zimbabwe elections, Baba Jukwa and social media

The pending 2013 general election has seemingly breathed life into social media in the country with whistleblower Baba Jukwa garnering a rapidly growing following on Facebook and political parties attempting to do the same. → Read more
Mon, July 15th, 09:08 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: Online sharing of innovation a valuable risk

Online networks are open to anyone for engagement. This statement can, however, mean anything from liberty to danger, depending on the contributing or consumptive members. → Read more
Fri, July 12th, 14:11 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: Mass market LTE for Africa could be closer than thought

The idea of millions of Africans gaining high speed internet access through LTE in the near future may seem fanciful when considering most data subscribers would say the network operators have yet to master the delivery of fast and reliable 3G services. → Read more
Tue, July 9th, 13:12 · HumanIPO

REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

Samsung first debuted its Galaxy Note 8.0 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. Based on the design of the popular Galaxy S smartphone series, the 8-inch tablet comes with a 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB or64GB of internal storage and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. → Read more
Thu, July 4th, 13:56 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: Uncertainty reigns over Egyptian ICT and telecoms sector after coup

While the citizens of Egypt’s primary focus may be somewhat distracted from the country’s future competitiveness in the global ICT market, the latest North African government overthrow is already having a direct influence on their daily communication wants and needs. → Read more
Fri, June 28th, 14:44 · Susan Mwenesi

Q&A: Eric Mutta, Problem Solved

Eric Mutta, who earlier this month won a grant of US$328,000 he from the FSDT SME Finance Innovation Challenge Fund II to help boost his Minishop application, is looking for more investors to turn Minishop into a household name. → Read more
Mon, June 17th, 12:38 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: NextSpeel.com founder Larry Oti

The Nigerian online streaming business is growing at a fast rate as more Nigerians and African diaspora demand indigenous content. NextSpeel.com is the latest player in the sector, so HumanIPO caught up with founder Larry Oti to discuss all things NextSpeel. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 14:18 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Out with the old, in with the new at Connected Kenya

Kenya’s premier ICT conference brought together close to 500 stakeholders from sectors as diverse as infrastructure, solutions and hardware provision, with the event witnessing a changing of the guard as far as policymakers were concerned. → Read more
Tue, May 28th, 15:41 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Cybercafe surveillance will do little or nothing to tackle hate speech

HumanIPO reported yesterday stakeholders in Kenya had met for a forum on national cyber security, partly geared towards tackling the increasing incidences of hate speech on social media. → Read more
Tue, May 28th, 07:56 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: Language a tool in tech landscape development

Language and technology are two very marriageable subjects, considering its mutual factors of transfer and encryption. → Read more
Mon, May 27th, 15:27 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: Bob Skinstad, Itec Group

HumanIPO caught up with Bob Skinstad, director and shareholder at Itec Innovate and former South African rugby captain, to talk about the company, its clients and the benefits of tech solutions to businesses of any size. → Read more