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Thu, June 12th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya ranked amongst top countries globally for cybercrime
The Kenya Cyber Security Report 2014 has ranked Kenya among the top countries for most incidents of cybercrime, alongside the United States (US), Brazil, China and South Korea. → Read more
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Thu, June 12th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
BCX CEO Mophatlane dies
South Africa’s Business Connexion (BCX) has announced chief executive officer (CEO) Benjamin Mophatlane has passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest yesterday. → Read more
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Thu, June 12th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft introduces employment and entrepreneurship portal in Kenya
Microsoft, in conjunction with the HomeBoyz Foundation, has launched employment and entrepreneurship portal TukoWorks in Kenya, with the main aim of providing youth with free resources, training, careers guidance services and entrepreneurial opportunities using a network of accessible tools and content. → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Trevolta creates travel crowdfunding platform
South African startup Trevolta has created a crowdfunding platform raising money for people to undertake worldwide travel. → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Tingo Mobile acquires cable company to develop rural broadband in Nigeria
Nigerian phone manufacturer Tingo Mobile will pay US$25 million for a 51 percent stake in Mass Telecom Innovation Nigeria Plc (MTI) to develop rural broadband in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cybercriminals exploit World Cup apps, footballers’ names
International footballers’ names and World Cup related mobile apps are being exploited by cybercriminals in the lead up to the tournament due to start tomorrow, according to top internet security firms. → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 14:30 · Chris Udemans
Google to acquire Skybox Imaging for $500m
Tech giant Google has announced an agreement to acquire Skybox Imaging for US$500 million, allowing the company to keep its Google Maps service accurate and up to date. → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 11:30 · Chris Udemans
Digital distribution opens African music market to world
Digital distribution platforms are opening up the African market to the international music industry, reaching mass numbers of consumers across the continent for the first time, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
BCX acquires 30% stake in Nigeria’s AppZone
South African Business Connexion (BCX) has acquired a 30 per cent stake in Nigerian financial IT solutions provider AppZone, in a bid to dominate the African online payments market. → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Cybercrime a tax on innovation – CSIS
Cybercrime is a tax on innovation that slows the pace of global development, according to James Andrew Lewis, director and senior fellow of the Technology and Public Policy Programme the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). → Read more
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Wed, June 11th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
HP delivers IT infrastructure for research lab at Kenya’s Strathmore University
Hewlett-Packard (HP) East Africa has delivered infrastructure including software, server racks and all-in-one thin clients to Strathmore University to help students develop web-based solutions assisting Kenyans in accessing quality healthcare. → Read more
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Tue, June 10th, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
SA taxis set for free Wi-Fi
The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) will be introducing free Wi-Fi services to minibus taxis and taxi ranks around the country. → Read more
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Tue, June 10th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
SEACOM partners CDNetworks to optimise content
SEACOM has announced a partnership with CDNetworks to deploy the latter’s content clusters and caching nodes on its pan-African IP network footprint in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, in order to accelerate and optimise HTTP content, rich media, downloadable files, video, music, software updates and other web content. → Read more
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Tue, June 10th, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
Google may place alerts on search pages with “forgotten” results
Google has plans to place alerts at the bottom of a search page where results have been omitted, following a European Union (EU) court ruling last month stipulating individuals in the region have the “right to be forgotten”, according to a report. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Equity, VFX Financial launch direct money transfer service from UK
Kenya’s Equity Bank has partnered United Kingdom (UK) firm VFX Financial to allow individuals and corporates in the UK to money to any Equity account through real-time, cross border, multi-currency money transfer service Equity Direct. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Volo to provide Silicon Valley quality, high-speed broadband service in northern Uganda
Volo has launched its cloud-based automation platform for internet service providers (ISPs) in Gulu, northern Uganda, in order to accelerate high-quality broadband internet access in emerging markets. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 15:00 · Chris Udemans
Takealot founders launch SA e-commerce platform Raru
Newly launched e-commerce platform Raru is providing South Africans with an additional outlet for consumer electronics, music, films and books. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan online professional soccer network to launch
Kenyan online platform Throughpass is set to launch, providing a professional soccer network for aspiring players to showcase their talents and for coaches to access a database of players. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
No single overarching cyberspace regime will emerge in near future – GCIG
The first working paper of the Global Commission on Internet Governance has predicted there will not be a single overarching cyberspace regime in the near future. → Read more
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Fri, June 6th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Cdiscount e-commerce platform to be launched in Ivory Coast
Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA (CO) has announced it is partnering with Bollore SA to extend its Cdiscount e-commerce platform to Africa starting with Ivory Coast this summer. → Read more
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