Features, Page 9
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Mon, October 21st, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
OPINION: Inertia major setback to full implementation of cashless policy in Nigeria
On the streets of Lagos, the roads are lined with billboards and signage enjoining residents of the city to jettison cash-based transactions and switch to cashless payments using various platforms such as point of sale (PoS) terminals. → Read more
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Sun, October 20th, 08:00 · Brandon Gregory
FEATURE: The week in startups 20/10/2013
HumanIPO connects with startups and tech hubs throughout Africa on a weekly basis. This week’s roundup features startups from Rwanda, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria, as well as a tech innovation hub in Zimbabwe. → Read more
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Fri, October 18th, 11:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
OPINION: Connected collaboration key to leveraging African education
Education is the key to stimulate minds for development, calling for effective systems as an urgency in emerging markets such as Africa. → Read more
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Fri, October 18th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: African Innovation Foundation
Pauline Mujawamariya, programme director at the Innovation Prize for Africa, spoke to HumanIPO about the foundation’s work on the continent. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
OPINION: Apple’s cheap smartphone just not cheap enough
Slow sales of the iPhone 5c, which reports suggest have resulted in production being cut for the final quarter, should not surprise Apple. As far as the “budget smartphone” market goes, the iPhone 5c is still too expensive. → Read more
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Mon, October 14th, 13:20 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: Kenya laptops programme already mired in confusion and expense
Kenya’s much heralded “one child, one laptop” programme, the flagship project of the Kenyatta government, is already running into the kind of confusion and expense many predicted at the outset. → Read more
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Mon, October 14th, 08:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: 2go co-founders Ashley Peter and Alan Wolff
African social mobile network 2go has experienced strong growth during the past 12 months, establishing a significant presence in South Africa and Nigeria. HumanIPO spoke to co-founders Ashley Peter and Alan Wolff about their industry approach and core focus to continue 2go’s growth. → Read more
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Sun, October 13th, 13:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 13/10/2013
Every week HumanIPO touches base with Africa’s tech hubs - from Cape Town to Cairo, Nairobi to Lagos. This week’s whistle-stop roundup features startup and incubator news from, among other places, Tanzania, Cameroon and Rwanda. → Read more
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Sat, October 12th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Acha Nelson, CEO and co-founder of QuickTicket
Acha Nelson, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of QuickTicket, has launched the online bus ticket reservation service in Cameroon. Nelson spoke to HumanIPO about the service and the challenges facing tech startups in the West African country. → Read more
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Fri, October 11th, 09:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Launching an incubator, the road so far
Keith Jones, director at Founder Institute, shares his experience of launching an incubator following the establishment of the Founder Institute in Johannesburg, the first African chapter of the international organisation. → Read more
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Tue, October 8th, 18:00 · Kamau Mbote
Day One: Cisco Connect Kenya 2013
The biannual Cisco Connect Kenya 2013 conference began today, bringing together stakeholders in the ICT sector including government, non-governmental bodies, partners and the private sector. → Read more
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Tue, October 8th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Vytas Paukštys on Eskimi partnership plans and Africa
Vytas Paukštys, chief executive officer (CEO) of Eskimi, Nigeria’s largest mobile social network, speaks to HumanIPO about the company’s partnerships with Nigerian network operators, its offers for customers and product performance in other African countries. → Read more
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Mon, October 7th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: World finally wakes up to importance of connectivity in developing countries
The announcement today of the formation of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is the latest confirmation that the world has finally realised the crucial importance of connectivity in developing nations. → Read more
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Sun, October 6th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 06/10/2013
A South African psychometric startup is hoping to expand to the United Kingdom, having been selected as one of Web Summit’s top 50 Hardest Working Startups. → Read more
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Sat, October 5th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Sam Onyemelukwe, managing director Nigeria Trace TV
Sam Onyemelukwe, former country manager Nigeria for MTV, is now the managing director Nigeria for Trace TV and spoke to HumanIPO about the digital revolution of the country’s entertainment scene, what they are doing to support the sector and how musicians can maximize new technology opportunities to generate more revenue from original content. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 11:20 · Selipha Kihagi
OPINION: Zimbabwe’s new communications spying programme is outrageous
The new programme introduced by the government of Zimbabwe to spy on citizens’ communications in a bid to improve national security by reducing crime is outrageous. → Read more
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Thu, October 3rd, 19:30 · Richard Cutcher
OPINION: African MVNO reality check is needed
Cape Town hosted the second Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Industry Summit Africa conference this week, with the full extent of challenges and obstacles facing prospective MVNOs on the continent made clear. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Joe Falter, founder and CEO of Hellofood
Hellofood launched its operation in Rwanda this week, and in an exclusive interview Joe Falter, founder and chief executive officer (CEO), told HumanIPO how the company, which also has operations in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and South Africa, is changing the way food is ordered in Africa. → Read more
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Sun, September 29th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 29/09/2013
Africa’s startup scene received another boost this week when the world’s biggest accelerator, the Founder’s Institute, confirmed it was expanding its presence on the continent to Nairobi. → Read more
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Sat, September 28th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: Zuma’s e-tolling signing deeply cynical
The South African presidency’s claim that President Jacob Zuma in fact signed the controversial e-tolling bill into law a week ago is probably true, but the timing of the announcement, coinciding with the hearing of an appeal against e-tolls at the Supreme Court of Appeal, was deeply cynical. → Read more
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