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Wed, April 9th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Start Smart seeks to change how Africans think about entrepreneurship
Start Smart Ghana was founded with the short-term goal of changing how Africans think about entrepreneurship by encouraging them to learn and understand best practices, according to founder Juliana Taylor. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 12:30 · Tom Jackson
Zambian president rejects new constitution protecting online media
Zambian president Michael Sata has said there is no need for “so much noise” about a new constitution which would protect online and electronic media from government interference as the country already has a functioning constitution. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Availability, affordability of internet access major challenges in Africa – A4AI
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has identified low availability and the high cost of internet access as major challenges in Africa, according to executive director Sonia Jorge, who said these challenges must be addressed to achieve the initiative’s goal of increasing penetration rates in all African countries and other parts of the world. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
SA government, MTN open computer centre for blind
South Africa’s Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities and mobile operator MTN have opened an accessible computer centre at the Bartimea School for the Blind and Deaf, outside of Bloemfontein. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Payarena VAS platform launched in Nigeria
Payarena, a platform that offers users easy access to value added services (VAS), has been launched in Nigeria by Unified Payment Services Limited, allowing users to purchase airtime via virtual top-up and prepaid PINs. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
Kenyan businesses set to prioritise cloud – IDC
One third of all Kenyan enterprises now view the implementation and expansion of cloud capabilities as a key priority for the future, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA police warn over Wonga email scam
An email scam in South Africa is conning members of the public out of money, through emails offering low-rate loans purporting to be sent by short term loan provider Wonga. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria loses 2.4m internet subscribers in month
Nigeria saw the number of internet subscribers in the country decline by 2.4 million to 63.47 million in February compared to 65.87 million in January, according to the Internet Subscriber Data released yesterday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 12:30 · Tom Jackson
Zambia drafting media policy to address online abuse, cybercrime
The Zambian government is drafting a media policy to address internet abuse and cybercrime, according to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary Bert Mushala. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
Canonical shuts down Ubuntu One cloud service
Open source software developer Canonical has announced to its users it will be shutting down its cloud service Ubuntu One to focus resources on other areas of the business. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Funds raised for Zambian malaria prevention through online, phone tech
Novartis in collaboration with Malaria No More’s Power of One campaign has used social, mobile and e-commerce technologies to raise money to provide children in Zambia with two million treatments of pediatric antimalarial. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Freshfons, Aten launch ATM remote management technology in Nigeria
Freshfons Nigeria and Aten have announced the launch of ATM remote management technology in Nigeria, an all-in-one hardware-based control unit that provides KVM over IP, remote power, aerial console management and virtual media functionality. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s 2018 broadband target achievable – Johnson
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s minister of communication technology, has said the nation can still achieve its 2018 target of fivefold broadband growth and affordable access to the internet. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest post: Chris Wen, product country manager, Asus Kenya
As the capabilities of technology increase so do the threats to its integrity. The incidence of cybercrime has been rising exponentially over the past number of years, proliferated by those with the technical know-how and access to computers. Chris Wen, Asus Kenya’s product country manager, explains how the cloud can protect organisations. → Read more
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Fri, April 4th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Eskimi targets advertising clients for World Cup, Ramadan
Nigerian social media platform Eskimi has announced it is gearing up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, presenting advertising clients with opportunities to use innovative and engaging tools to co-brand with the two events. → Read more
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Fri, April 4th, 16:00 · Chris Udemans
Orange pilots Wi-Fi network in Cape Town
Telecommunications provider Orange has partnered with Cape Town-based African Eagle Tourism to pilot a free Wi-Fi programme in its vehicles. → Read more
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Fri, April 4th, 14:30 · Chris Udemans
SA’s Incredible Connection launches limited ADSL offer
South African consumer electronics and IT retailer Incredible Connection has launched a limited offer on its capped ADSL, charging ZAR49 (US$4.60) for 20 gigabytes of data per month, representing a ZAR91 (US$8.55) price reduction. → Read more
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Fri, April 4th, 11:00 · Agatha Nduku
Mozilla CEO steps down over anti-gay marriage donation
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Mozilla Brendan Eich has stepped down following criticism of a donation he made to opponents of gay marriage in 2008. → Read more
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Fri, April 4th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
Altron expects higher earnings
South African IT and electronics group Allied Electronics (Altron) has announced it is expecting higher earnings following the company’s successful acquisition of Altech minorities and division restructuring. → Read more
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Fri, April 4th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN to invest $9.2m in metro fibre in Kenya
The Kenyan urban centres of Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru are set to be beneficiaries of a KSh800 million (US$9.2 million) metro fibre network from pan-African operator MTN. → Read more
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