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Fri, April 5th, 08:38 · Kamau Mbote

Ericsson, Swedish government to invest in sub-Saharan Africa ICT venture

The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Business Sweden and Ericsson have teamed up in a two-year venture in sub-Saharan Africa in a programme to strengthen the African ICT sector. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 07:34 · Igor Hobotov

Banks given deadline to switch to chip and PIN ATM cards

The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has given banks until September 15 to switch from the magnetic stripe cards which are susceptible to fraud to secure chip and PIN cards. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:33 · Igor Hobotov

Mike Sonko launches Nairobi senatorial website

New Nairobi Senator Mike ‘Sonko’ Mbuvi has unveiled a new website aimed at showcasing his work and what he is about to do for the city. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 13:57 · Tom Jackson

Q&A: SEACOM CEO Mark Simpson

HumanIPO caught up with Mark Simpson, chief executive officer (CEO) of submarine fibre-optic cable carrier SEACOM, to talk fibre, cloud and the impact of cable cuts. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 13:49 · Nanine Steenkamp

WordPress set for bigger presence on social media

Matt Mullenwag, founder of WordPress, has revealed plans for more social features on his open source blogging template to increase surface distribution. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 12:44 · Richard Cutcher

Broadlink chief expresses surprise at ICASA raid on WBS

The managing director of Broadlink, which suffered significant network downtime yesterday as a result of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) raiding a licensee, has told HumanIPO he was as surprised as anyone when the move took place. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:08 · Tom Jackson

20,000 hacked websites serving malware – investigation

An investigation has found an estimated 20,000 websites could be serving malware to their customers after what appears to a coordinated hacking campaign. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:26 · Igor Hobotov

African Development Bank contracts IT firm Hughes

IT firm Hughes Network Systems has been contracted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide ICT connectivity and satellite communications. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:08 · Richard Cutcher

Bitcoin spikes in value in reaction to Cyprus crisis

The value of the growing internet currency Bitcoin surged to a record high of US$147 in reaction to the Cypriot banking crisis. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 08:17 · Igor Hobotov

Tanzania sets up backup internet connection for emergency

Tanzania has set up a redundant network offering connectivity services in the event of failures in fibre optic connectivity. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 07:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

Mozilla, Samsung, partner for next generation browser

Mozilla is partnering with Samsung to create a next generation web browser, in efforts to mitigate web security issues and improve internet browsing in line with modern hardware capabilities. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 06:40 · Tom Jackson

Fibre only option for high capacity customers – SEACOM CEO

Fibre optic cables remain crucial to Africa due to their ability to serve high capacity demand more cost effectively than satellite connections, according to SEACOM chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Simpson. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:42 · Richard Cutcher

Anonymous speak out against and warns North Korea

Hacking collective Anonymous have declared war on the increasingly erratic state of North Korea in a strongly worded statement which followed its attacks on the country’s government sites at the weekend. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:26 · Paul Adepoju

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosts TEDxChange today

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has commenced the livestreaming of the global webcast event tagged TedxChange: Positive Disruption. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:03 · Brandon Gregory

iMentors, working towards sustainable development in Africa

Described as a “one-stop-shop data warehouse,” iMentors is a web-based platform serving as a knowledge repository for sharing and aggregating data on e-infrastructure projects throughout sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 14:53 · Richard Cutcher

Europe ganging up on Google, threatened with ban

Privacy regulators in six European countries are preparing to challenge Google’s refusal to reverse privacy policy changes it made in March 2012. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 13:35 · Kamau Mbote

Baidu developing its own ‘Google Glass’

China’s largest search engine Baidu is developing glasses similar to those by Google, known as Baidu Eye. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 11:49 · Tom Jackson

3 Afrikaans newspapers to adopt paywalls

Three flagship Afrikaans language newspapers - Die Burger, Beeld and Volksblad - owned by South African media conglomerate Naspers are to adopt paywalls, making users pay for prioritised online content. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 10:16 · Tom Jackson

SEACOM to conduct full post-mortem after cable cuts

SEACOM has confirmed it will conduct a full post-mortem after two cable cuts in consecutive weeks caused disruption to customers’ service. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 09:15 · Kamau Mbote

Telkom Kenya confirms new communications manager

Integrated telecommunications services provider Telkom Kenya has confirmed the appointment of Maureen Sande as its new chief corporate communications officer. → Read more