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Mon, May 26th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Vooka allows Kenyans to access StarTimes channels through mobile
Mobile applications services company Rapid Communications has launched Vooka Online, which will stream live StarTimes television channels along with from Bollywood and Usalama content, allowing Kenyans to watch TV on their smartphones. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Q&A: Paul Garnett, director, Microsoft Technology Policy Group
As TV white space technology gains traction across Africa as a viable solution for achieving universal internet access - with pilot projects springing up in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa - HumanIPO spoke to Microsoft’s director of technology policy Paul Garnett about the potential of white space technology and the need for regulation in the sector. → Read more
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Mon, May 26th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda latest addition to Google’s Android movie app
Google has added Uganda to its Android movie application, allowing Ugandans to enjoy their favourite movies. → Read more
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Sat, May 24th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Marek Zmyslowski, managing director, Jovago Nigeria
Jovago.com is one of Africa’s leading hotel booking sites, which facilitates the booking process for its users to provide them the with fast, transparent and easy-to-use services. The Africa Internet Holding (AIH)-founded company said it has more than 5,000 hotels signed up, and in this interview managing director Marek Zmyslowski speaks on the platform’s uniqueness and how it is positioned to be the biggest OTA in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa can accelerate global tech through white spaces – Microsoft 4Afrika
Africa can “accelerate technology for the world”, in particular through leading the way with white space broadband connectivity, according to Paul Garnett, director of technology policy at Microsoft. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 16:30 · Agatha Nduku
Kenyan ministry develops automated performance tracking system
Kenya’s Ministry of Industrialisation and Enterprise Development is to develop an automated performance tracking system to aid in monitoring the implementation of its projects and programmes. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Kenya rolls out 3G network in Nakuru county
Orange has rolled out its 3G network in Nakuru county, making it the sixth county to be connected to the high-speed network. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan startup brings exam revision online
Ugandan startup Moquestions is building an online depository for exam papers, allowing students to access questions from learning institutions across the world via a subscription model. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Internet Solutions takes full ownership of AlwaysOn
South African internet service provider (ISP) Internet Solutions (IS) has increased its shareholding in Wi-Fi provider AlwaysOn to 100 per cent for an undisclosed sum. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Internet abuse a universal plague – Soyinka
Nigerian Prof Wole Soyinka, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, believes internet abuse is becoming a universal plague, and has called for collective, professional action to protect the integrity of the medium. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Business model key to startup success – StreetCar
Selection of a business model is the single most important aspect in achieving success when launching a startup, according to the founder of StreetCar. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smile to launch in Abuja, Port Harcourt in August
Smile Communications has announced plans to extend its services to Nigeria’s capital city Abuja and Port Harcourt in August following launches in Ibadan and Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
WPP had competition for Quirk – Stokes
Global communications firm WPP had to beat off competition from five other interested parties to acquire a majority stake in South African ZAR68 million (US$6.5 million) marketing agency Quirk, according to Quirk chief executive officer (CEO) Rob Stokes. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenya’s Sendy connecting customers to trustworthy couriers
Kenyan startup Sendy has launched to provide a platform for on-demand deliveries, connecting customers with reliable couriers who have been reviewed by other users. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
GovHack SA looks to developers to boost efficiency
The second GovHack South Africa event will be held on Saturday in Cape Town collaboration with Google, 22seven, Silicon Cape and the World Design Capital, in a bid to encourage developers to come up with solutions to increase efficiency and improve sustainability in government operations. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian travellers need education on advantages of online booking – Jovago
Nigerians remain reluctant to fully embrace booking services online, even though Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest growing market in hospitality in the world and the Nigerian hospitality sector is the fastest growing in the region, according to Marek Zmyslowski, managing director of Jovago. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
NGOs get own domain
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across the world have been given their own domain to cater for their specific needs such as the need to fundraise, gain visibility and make partnerships that will assist their operations. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
West Africa’s largest data centre to be commissioned in July
MainOne’s US$25 million data centre, currently under construction in Lagos, Nigeria, will be commissioned in July, according to Temitope Osunrinde, the company’s marketing support analyst. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Retail set for dramatic change through technology – eBay
Retail is set to change dramatically in the next three years to use available technologies to better respond to consumer demands, according to Jody Ford, vice president of marketing at eBay. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Assange defends WikiLeaks at Net Prophet in Cape Town
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange spoke at the NetProphet conference in Cape Town, South Africa, saying his website was not intended to “change the world for the better” but nonetheless has “done some good”. → Read more
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