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Thu, May 9th, 09:18 · Paul Adepoju

MWWA2013 Day One: Focus on operators, but government absence noticed

It is quite unusual in Nigeria to have two network operators sponsor the same event and it is even more surprising when the rival companies in question speak on the same day to the same audience. → Read more
Fri, May 3rd, 15:36 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Matthew Dawes, MD of All Amber, looks ahead to Mobile Web West Africa 2013

Mobile Web West Africa (MWWA) will begin in Lagos on Wednesday and HumanIPO caught up with Matthew Dawes, managing director of All Amber, who organises the event. → Read more
Tue, April 30th, 14:34 · Brandon Gregory

FNB’s new tablet app explained

Following the launch of South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) tablet application earlier this month, HumanIPO caught up with Farren Roper, head of FNB Connect ISP, and his team to discuss the new application. → Read more
Mon, April 29th, 08:45 · HumanIPO

Guest post: Tackling SA’s lack of coding education

Lyndsay Lawrence, developer at BrandsEye and co-founder of non-profit code educational organisation Umonya, wrote to HumanIPO about her love for coding, female stereotypes and the start of the project. → Read more
Fri, April 19th, 07:39 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: What Tanzania and Zimbabwe can learn from Kenya’s BVR fiasco

Tanzania and neighbour Zimbabwe recently announced they will use biometric voter registration (BVR) kits in their forthcoming elections, but what can the two countries learn from the systems failures during Kenya’s recent elections? → Read more
Thu, April 18th, 14:52 · HumanIPO

Open Letter: You do Africa a disservice by underestimating how far we’ve come

Duncan Arthur, an independent payments, mobile and African banking expert, has written an open letter calling on primarily non-African conference organisers to drop their obsession with M-Pesa and begin to look at the bigger picture on the continent. → Read more
Tue, April 9th, 09:08 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Real work begins today for Kenyatta

Today, Uhuru Kenyatta celebrates his inauguration as the fourth president of Kenya. But once the curtain is drawn on the day and the party ends, the new president faces severe and immediate challenges if he is to fulfil his aim of making Kenya a ‘digital’ nation. → Read more
Mon, April 8th, 05:39 · Richard Cutcher

Q&A: Tim Harris MP discusses the role government can play in the tech ecosystem

In an exclusive interview with HumanIPO Tim Harris MP, the Democratic Alliance’s shadow finance minister and government liaison member of the Silicon Cape committee, discusses what obstacles need to be removed for startups and entrepreneurs. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:47 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Long John Bitcoin – Pirates must go high tech

Duncan Arthur is an independent payments, mobile and African banking professional who has worked at Absa, Standard Bank Africa and Vodacom South Africa. In an exclusive article for HumanIPO, Arthur discusses the emergence of Bitcoin and what it could mean for Africa. → Read more
Thu, March 21st, 08:39 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Kenyan election case a test of judiciary’s grasp of technology

Following the recent general election a number of petitions have been filed against the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s fourth president, with a number of issues surrounding the technology used in the elections. → Read more
Wed, March 20th, 13:18 · Tefo Mohapi

Q&A: KasiMP3 founder Mokgethwa Mapaya

The music industry continues to experience declines in revenues year-on-year, with International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reports estimating 95 per cent of music downloaded online is illegal. → Read more
Wed, March 13th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher

OPINION: Cards, payments and mobile money an African passion lacking direction

From touring the exhibition hall and listening to two days of talks and presentations at the Cards and Payments Africa 2013 conference in Johannesburg this week, there is no doubt cards, payments and mobile money is big business in Africa, with the major players at home and internationally taking it extremely seriously. → Read more
Wed, March 13th, 09:43 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Was it the “digital” campaign slogan by Uhuru Kenyatta that did it?

The declared winner in the recently concluded Kenyan election - the Jubilee Alliance - depicted their main rivals the CORD Alliance as the old generation and openly referred to them as “analogue”. But could this digital analogy have been the difference? → Read more
Tue, March 12th, 14:04 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Lami Idakwo, head of operations and strategy, 360di Limited

Next Tuesday, March 19, 360di Limited, a Lagos digital agency, will hold an SME/Information Technology business conference with the theme: “From Lagos to global; Digitizing your business across borders”. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 09:51 · Vincent Matinde

OPINION: ICT failure in the elections a big indictment for the Kenyan industry

Issack Hassan, chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, has admitted the delays in relaying of results on the Kenyan general election is due to failure of transmission. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 07:02 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: IEBC system malfunctions questionable

The Kenyan election that began on Monday morning has seen numerous problems with electronic equipment, questioning the preparedness of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the general poll. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 09:04 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Free State spending an exercise in gluttony

It has not been a good 24 hours for South Africa’s Free State provincial government, with reports of wild overspending on its website redesign and on a television channel for premier Ace Magashule. → Read more
Thu, February 28th, 14:27 · Paul Adepoju

OPINION: Improving healthcare in rural areas across Africa with mobile telecommunications

On a recent road trip to a South Western rural part of Nigeria, the decadence of rural health care that many writers have published volumes of articles about became strikingly obvious. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 16:38 · Brandon Gregory

OPINION: SA government refuses to listen to its citizens regarding e-tolling

The controversial e-tolling system is well-known in South Africa, with the country seemingly united under one voice saying “stop e-tolls”, but does the government care to listen? → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 14:42 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Mobile Opportunities in Africa – Engaging with the Next Billion

Rudy De Waele is Chief Executive and Founding Partner of Nyota Media, the world's first growth agency for innovative African entrepreneurs, startups and international companies that use technology to improve the lives of Africans. A native of Belgium, Rudy also co-founded dotopen.com and AppCircus. → Read more