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Tue, February 19th, 09:08 · Kamau Mbote

Kukubo to leave Kenya ICT Board

Paul Kukubo is on his way out of the Kenya ICT Board after serving as its chief executive officer for five years. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 08:36 · Tefo Mohapi

gTLD launch date announced by ICANN

The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will be launched on April 23 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 06:54 · Tefo Mohapi

SA Black Economic Empowerment Consortium bids for a stake in WirelessG

Wi-Fi services company WirelessG has announced a South African Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium, Mightycare Mosegedi, are to buy a 26 percent stake in mother company G-Mobile Holdings. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 19:07 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA township gains Internet access

Khayelitsha township, in Cape Town, South Africa, will be empowered with Internet access this week as the country’s multi million rand investment plans are rolled-out nationwide. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 18:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Ericsson launches school broadband project in Ethiopia

Ericsson has launched a new broadband project in Ethiopia, in a bid to improve Internet services in the country’s schools. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 15:20 · Brandon Gregory

Econet formalises financial offer to ZSE

Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s leading telecommunications company, has formalised its financial offer to the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 15:13 · Vincent Matinde

Tax to fund broadband penetration in Kenya to take effect in July

Kenyan government has announced a new tax on telecom operators specifically aimed at raising funds for advancing Internet penetration in Kenya. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 08:35 · Tefo Mohapi

Google SA to host first Google Engage Academy for digital agencies in Johannesburg

Google South Africa will hold the first Google Engage Academy in Johannesburg on March 7, offering free training to help South African digital agencies master the art of online marketing. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Zimbabwean startup launches a range of online stores

A technology startup from Zimbabwe, MyZimStore, has started a range of e-commerce websites which it hopes will fill a gap in the southern African country's market. → Read more
Sun, February 17th, 16:46 · Tefo Mohapi

Malawi Google site hacked by Bangladeshi hacker

Google Malawi has been defaced and hacked by a Bangladeshi hacker, along with other notable websites in the southern African country. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 14:04 · Elly Okutoyi

Glamour online shopping store to be launched in Kenya

Online fashion retailer Glamour is to launch in Kenya under the brand name Glamour Kenya, allowing shoppers to buy beauty and fashion products from popular brands such as Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 11:45 · Vincent Matinde

Mocality confirms closure in Kenya

Business directory website Mocality will be closed at the end of February this year, the owners of the site have announced, following sister company Kalahari.co.ke in exiting the East African country. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 10:44 · Richard Cutcher

SEACOM cable restored after fire

Egyptian engineers moved quickly to repair fire damage to the Seacom undersea broadband cable yesterday, which led to South African Internet provider MWeb complaining of link failure. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 10:15 · Vincent Matinde

Valentines launch for African dating site in China

AfricaBeauties.com has launched operations in the Foshan, southern China, to hook up African singles with those of Chinese origin. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 09:43 · Richard Cutcher

Google and social networks warned over libellous blog comments

Despite receiving a UK court ruling in their favour, Google have been given a warning they must act on content complaints quickly to avoid libel claims. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 15:34 · Tom Jackson

Seacom link fails for MWeb, poor international connectivity

MWeb has reported its customer have been experiencing poor international connectivity due to a Seacom link failure, meaning it is not currently running at full capacity. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 14:32 · Tom Jackson

Google sues BT over patents

Google is suing British telecoms group BT, claiming infringements of a number of technology patents. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 14:08 · Tom Jackson

Fear of government intervention deters experts from cloud

ICT experts are put off from storing sensitive data in the cloud due to fears over government intervention, according to a survey by Lieberman Software. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 13:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

LinkedIn celebrates US$303.6 million revenue with iPad presents

Professional online network LinkedIn employees have received iPad mini’s from Chief Executive Jeff Weiner to thank them for their contributions to the recently announced successes. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 11:21 · Gabriella Mulligan

Indigo Telecom develops solar-powered Wi-Fi in Kenya

Indigo Telecom is developing a solar-powered wireless broadband network which will capitalise on television band white spaces, in order to provide affordable Internet to unconnected regions in Kenya. → Read more