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Tue, January 22nd, 09:55 · Paul Adepoju

Catapult.org to tackle global gender equality using users’ financial power and actions

A website that combines the financial power and action of its users in tackling gender inequality across the world has been launched. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 09:12 · HumanIPO

Tanzania becomes communication hub to surrounding African centres

Dar Es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, is now deemed the communication centre of the East, Central and Southern African areas after the establishment of the National Fibre Optic cable . → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 09:11 · Elly Okutoyi

How the world used Internet in 2012

The world seems to be embracing the Internet each passing day and now has over 2.4 billion Internet users, a report published by analytics site Pingdom shows. Asia leads the pack with 1.1 billion users, while Africa lags with only 167 million users. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 07:54 · Kamau Mbote

Information ministry centre of Eritrean ‘coup’

Eritrea’s Information Ministry was yesterday the centre of an attempted coup after two tanks and some 100 soldiers barricaded its headquarters as the state television was taken off air. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 16:38 · Tefo Mohapi

Kaspersky Lab predicting a great shift in IT by 2030

The future of IT will dramatically shift by 2030 as a result of cloud computing, augmented reality, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology according to Kaspersky Lab’s director of European Global Research and Analysis Team, Magnus Kalkuhl. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 13:26 · HumanIPO

Orange enables SA to stream through Deezer

Online music streamer Deezer, an affiliate of Orange, is now available to South Africans, making them the third such service in the country. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 12:51 · HumanIPO

Orange Silicon Valley joins OCP

International telecom operator Orange has collaborated through Orange Silicon Valley with the Open Compute Project (OCP) for community development. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 11:36 · Kamau Mbote

MTN to roll out LTE in Uganda

Uganda may be the first country in East Africa to enjoy Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network services after integrated telecommunications services provider MTN announced it would upgrade its network infrastructure to offer high-speed broadband of up to 100Mbps. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 11:31 · Tefo Mohapi

Dimension Data achieves Cisco Cloud Provider Certification with Cisco Powered Cloud Service

South African ICT services and solutions provider, Dimension Data, announced last week that it had achieved Cisco Cloud Provider Certification with a Cisco Powered Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) designation. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 09:31 · Kamau Mbote

Windows 8 upgrade prices to shoot five-fold as offer ends

Microsoft’s operating system for personal computers Windows 8 upgrade will start retailing at $119.99 from $39.99 on February 1, as the software’s promotional offer ends on January 31. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 09:03 · Paul Adepoju

FCO Ltd to launch Afrinolly in Kenya, considers Safaricom partnership

The Chief Executive of FCO Limited, owners of Afrinolly app, has told HumanIPO he plans to launch the African movie service app in Kenya this year. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 08:01 · Richard Cutcher

Dotcom returns with Mega, slams US authorities

Internet entrepreneur and eccentric Kim Dotcom has launched his new file sharing site, one year after his New Zealand retreat was raided by police allegedly on the orders of the FBI. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 07:20 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian football website encourages fans to tackle the men running the game

The chief of one of Nigeria’s biggest football websites has slammed the current treatment of soccer fans by the authorities and sponsors and plans to help them join together and organise themselves online. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 15:23 · Kamau Mbote

US expresses fears Iran could be the future ‘cyber superpower’

The head of the US Air Force Cyber Operations General William Shelton believes Iran will be a “force to reckon with” in the coming years, having survived the 2010 Stuxnet attack that dealt a major blow to its nuclear enrichment program. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 15:13 · Paul Adepoju

PeakSoccerMoments.com launched for AFCON

FCO limited, owners of FansConnectOnline.com, has launched a new fans site especially for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) where supporters can predict and win prizes throughout the entire duration of the nations’ cup. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 14:16 · Brandon Gregory

WirelessG sues Vodacom for failure to honour an agreement

Vodacom is set to be sued by WirelessG and six other companies on claims the mobile operator broke its shareholder agreement to offer the broadband company their “best wholesale data price”. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 12:31 · Richard Cutcher

Google chief at ease with law breaking, attacks Apple and Facebook

Larry Page, chief executive and co-founder of Google, has said he would be happy to break the law again to advance his business, while taking swipes at Apple and Facebook. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 10:14 · HumanIPO

Q&A: American Skyrove CEO “in love” with South Africa

Ellie Hagopian, Chief Executive Officer at Skyrove, based in Cape Town, speaks to HumanIPO about her position, passion for South Africa and her industry strategies. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 09:22 · Kamau Mbote

Cyber frauds create bogus Java patch

Opportunistic hackers have created a malicious software that masquerades as a Java patch, barely a week after technology giant Oracle released two patches for its Java programming language. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 09:14 · Robin Okuthe

LinkedIn to scrap ‘Answers’ forum, criticised by users

Professional networking site LinkedIn’s decision to retire its discussion board has been criticised by users, with one describing it as the “worst business decision of the millennium”. → Read more