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  • Thu, December 26th, 08:00 ·

    African Tech Deal of the Year

    Technology business deals or partnerships give clues and insight into how a particular company or set of companies have been performing, and changes in ownership can have big effects on the market and the consumer. The HumanIPO team picks its top deals. → Read more

  • Tue, December 24th, 08:00 ·

    African Tech Personality of the Year

    In an industry which often depends on the motivation and energy of decision-makers, one person has the ability to make a significant impact. HumanIPO picks out some of the most important players of 2013. → Read more

  • Mon, December 23rd, 08:00 ·

    FEATURE: DoC has reasons for optimism in 2014 after turbulent year

    It has truly been a terrible year at South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC). Yet another minister has gone, and until the last month of 2013 the department had achieved next to nothing in meeting its major targets. But two significant breakthroughs in the last weeks of the year may have raised hopes of a more enjoyable 2014. → Read more

  • Sun, December 22nd, 12:00 ·

    African Tech Company of the Year

    Technology in Africa is constantly evolving and companies face unique challenges on the continent as they try to keep up with international competitors while providing suitable services to the African consumer. The HumanIPO team picks out which companies it believes have performed best. → Read more

  • Sun, December 22nd, 08:00 ·

    The annual “IBM 5 in 5”

    Each year IBM unveils a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years. This year’s “IBM 5 in 5” explores the idea that everything will learn – driven by a new era of cognitive systems where machines will learn, reason and engage with us in a more natural and personalised way. These innovations are beginning to emerge enabled by cloud computing, big data analytics and learning technologies all coming together, with the appropriate privacy and security considerations, for consumers, citizens, students and patients. → Read more

  • Sat, December 21st, 08:00 ·

    African Tech Startup of the Year

    Africa has seen a surge in technology startups in the past year and HumanIPO has tried to bring news on as many as possible. From those in their infancy to others making an impact across the continent and beyond, here is the HumanIPO team’s pick of the startups of the year. → Read more

  • Fri, December 20th, 15:00 ·

    African Tech Story of the Year

    Technology is increasingly touching people’s lives and the workplace in different ways, meaning even the most subtle changes or developments can have big impacts on millions of people. The HumanIPO team picks out its stand-out stories of 2013. → Read more

  • Fri, December 20th, 12:00 ·

    HumanIPO: Kenyan Startup Central 2013

    No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more

  • Wed, December 18th, 09:00 ·

    REVIEW: Logitech Z150 Speakers

    The Logitech Z150 is Logitech’s entry level speaker system, and the Bandwidth Blog’s Jaco van der Walt took them for a spin. → Read more

  • Sun, December 15th, 08:00 ·

    FEATURE: The week in startups 15/12/2013

    Despite Christmas being just around the corner, the startup world never stops, with this week no different as HumanIPO caught up with tech entrepreneurs around Africa. → Read more

  • Fri, December 13th, 19:00 ·

    Guest Post: FI’s Keith Jones on 8 character traits for starting your own business

    Keith Jones, director of the Founder Institute’s Johannesburg chapter, writes in his second guest post for HumanIPO what he believes are the essential character traits for entrepreneurs setting up their own business. → Read more

  • Wed, December 11th, 18:00 ·

    OPINION: Kenya’s digital migration chaotic until the end

    The ruling issued by Kenya’s High Court to temporarily suspend Nairobi’s planned analogue broadcasting switch-off to December 23 while a suit filed by three media houses challenging the migration is held casts further doubt on the likelihood of the move going ahead before next year. → Read more

  • Sun, December 8th, 12:00 ·

    FEATURE: The week in startups 08/12/2013

    One of Africa’s biggest startup accelerators drew to a close this week when eight ventures based out of 88mph’s Nairobi programme pitched to local and international investors on Thursday evening. → Read more

  • Mon, December 2nd, 09:00 ·

    Q&A: Savannah Fund has helped us strategise – Kojo Ayirebi, Zished co-founder

    When Africa-focused seed investment firm Savannah Fund announced its second batch of startups Ghanaian startup Zished.com was among the four chosen, receiving US$25,000 in funding and mentorship to to support them in developing their business. → Read more

  • Sun, December 1st, 12:00 ·

    FEATURE: The week in startups 01/12/2013

    Securing investment for African tech startups is notoriously hard to come by and two entrepreneurs trying to build sustainable businesses, from Ghana and Botswana respectively, were among those who shared their views on the challenges facing them with HumanIPO this week. → Read more

  • Wed, November 27th, 17:30 ·

    Review: Apple iPhone 5S – should you upgrade?

    Apple’s iPhone formula has been going for quite some time now – the first one arrived in 2007, and the 3G model landed in South Africa in 2008. Apple has clearly had an evolutionary design theme with the iPhone, and the latest 5S model continues the tick/tock update methodology. It might look almost identical to the iPhone 5, but on the inside it is a major step forward. → Read more

  • Wed, November 27th, 12:00 ·

    OPINION: Good news for Naspers, little good news for Africa

    Naspers, the 98-year-old South African multimedia and internet company, released its half year results yesterday, showing stunning growth across its online businesses, but little credit was given to any of its Africa-based operations. → Read more

  • Wed, November 27th, 06:00 ·

    Q&A: Peter Lyons, GSM Association

    As mobile uptake rockets across Africa, fuelling connectivity across the continent and boosting the popularity of mobile-based economic activities, HumanIPO speaks to Peter Lyons, director of public policy for the Africa and Middle East region at the GSM Association (GSMA), about how to leverage mobile to spur further growth, and what issues policy makers should be focusing on to facilitate connectivity in Africa. → Read more

  • Sun, November 24th, 12:00 ·

    FEATURE: The week in startups 24/11/2013

    The StartupBus Africa trip, which began in Harare, Zimbabwe, and rolled into Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, dominated much of the sectors news this week. → Read more

  • Wed, November 20th, 17:00 ·

    OPINION: Internet giants now pining for anonymity achieved by Bitcoin

    As Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, among others, all winge about interference and surveillance by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) and the United Kingdom’s GCHQ, digital currencies such as Bitcoin are already way ahead of the internet giants. → Read more

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