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Thu, March 20th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
SAPO’s Hybrid Mail cuts delivery times in half
The Hybrid Mail system adopted by the South African Post Office (SAPO) has cut delivery times to 2.5 days from five, according to general manager Newyear Ntuli. → Read more
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Thu, March 20th, 11:40 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Kenya to release 4G network draft policy
Kenya’s Ministry of ICT has announced Kenya will soon have a fourth generation long term evolution (4G LTE) mobile network, with the ministry set to release a spectrum policy for public comment. → Read more
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Thu, March 20th, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
SleepOut.com moves operations to Mauritius
African online accommodation platform SleepOut.com has shifted the bulk of its operations to Mauritius while focusing on regional expansion as well as multilingual support and product development. → Read more
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Thu, March 20th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos to host forum on accelerating nationwide broadband access
An international forum to discuss ways to accelerate broadband access in Nigeria will be held in Lagos next week, organised by Broadband Rights Africa, Openmedia Group and Atlantic Telecoms and Media. → Read more
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Thu, March 20th, 07:00 · Agatha Nduku
Google, Viacom end seven-year YouTube row
Google and Viacom’s have come to an out of court settlement in their seven-year legal dispute regarding copyrighted material on YouTube. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 15:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government tackles legal cybercrime loopholes
Kenya’s Ministry of ICT has prepared a document that seeks to address loopholes in information security, providing the government with the implementation plans needed to protect the country’s ICT assets. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 14:20 · Tom Jackson
Everyone is a competitor and a friend in African e-commerce – Ringier
Everybody is a competitor but also a friend in the relatively small African e-commerce market, according to Julian Artope, general manager of Ringier Africa. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
IBM chooses Kenya as cognitive hub of Africa
Kenya has been chosen as the cognitive hub of Africa, according to Dr Robert Morris, vice president (VP) of IBM’s Global Labs, saying what IBM is offering is a central point for the continent. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Building trust central to e-commerce – Kehinde
Building a brand consumers can trust through convenience, good customers service and a positive online experience is central to success in e-commerce, according to Tunde Kehinde, former managing director (MD) of Jumia Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
New NCC department tackles online security
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has established a department on new media and information security. → Read more
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Wed, March 19th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
DHL, 3AL.com announce Nigerian partnership
International logistics company DHL has partnered with Nigerian social e-commerce platform 3AL.com, becoming the site’s official logistics partner. → Read more
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Tue, March 18th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Nigeria is bigger than its problems – Kehinde
The size of the Nigerian market and its desire for solutions outweighs the many challenges of doing business in the country, according to Tunde Kehinde, former managing director (MD) of Jumia Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, March 18th, 16:00 · Chris Udemans
Mt. Gox allows users to check Bitcoin balances
Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has updated its website, allowing users to verify the balances of their accounts and wallets. → Read more
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Tue, March 18th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Western Cape launches FIZs, partners Project Isizwe
South Africa’s Western Cape government has launched a free Wi-Fi project it hopes will connect more than 90,000 residents to wireless internet, partnering with Alan Knott-Craig Jr’s non-profit Project Isizwe to roll out Free Internet Zones (FIZs) in schools in the Robertson and Atlantis areas of the province. → Read more
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Tue, March 18th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Jennifer Haroon, principal, Access Strategy & Operations, Google
Last week, the world celebrated 25 years of the internet. In an interview with HumanIPO, Google’s principal for Access Strategy & Operations Jennifer Haroon shed more light on the company’s various efforts aimed at promoting internet and information access across the world. She also spoke on how the company’s mission is connected to those of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4A1). → Read more
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Tue, March 18th, 05:00 · Chris Udemans
New gTLDs will disrupt trademark protection strategies – WIPO
The introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLD) will be responsible for a disruption in existing strategies for trademark protection on the web, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft appoints new country manager for Nigeria
Kabelo Makwane has been appointed as the new country manager for Microsoft in Nigeria, focused on addressing the challenge of local innovation in the country. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
NTIA disaffiliates from ICANN
The United States (US) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced it will be ending an agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), hoping to transfer its key internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Google’s Project Link offers Ugandans unlimited internet access
Google’s Project Link initiative is offering Ugandans unlimited internet access in a unique way courtesy of its microfibre network, according to Jennifer Haroon, principal, access strategy and operations at Google. → Read more
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Mon, March 17th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
Axxess drops ADSL top-up prices
South African internet service provider (ISP) Axxess has announced it has dropped its capped ADSL top-up prices. → Read more
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