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Tue, January 21st, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
New e-commerce platform adds practicality to gifting in Nigeria
SureGifts.com.ng, a platform that gives gift recipients control over what they receive, is not taking the personal touch away from gifting but only adding practicality to it, according to co-founder Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
TelOne to invest $90m in new projects
Zimbabwean fixed operator TelOne is to invest US$90 million in new projects, with a focus on its data business, as it seeks to expand its services. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 06:00 · Tom Jackson
Dropbox secures $250m funding
Cloud storage firm Dropbox has secured US$250 million in funding from a fund managed by BlackRock and other investors, valuing the company at almost US$10 billion. → Read more
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Mon, January 20th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian state pioneers e-payment in judiciary
The state of Akwa Ibom in southern Nigeria has introduced online payment for all legal fees, becoming the first Nigerian state to introduce e-payments in its judiciary arm. → Read more
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Mon, January 20th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Mobile web platform launched for Nigeria’s SMEs
A new mobile web platform aimed at deepening online business in Nigeria has been launched, allowing small business owners to sell their goods and services at affordable costs. → Read more
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Sat, January 18th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Complaints about cybercrime highest in Ivory Coast – government
The government of Ivory Coast has decried the increasing number of complaints about cybercrime in the country, saying it received more in the first quarter of last year than anywhere else on the continent. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
MWEB partners Fon for crowdsourced Wi-Fi hotspots
South African internet service provider (ISP) MWEB has partnered with the world’s largest Wi-Fi network Fon, in a bid to create a crowdsourced global uncapped Wi-Fi network with over 300,000 hotspots in South Africa in 2014. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
SEACOM experiences SA backhaul outage
SEACOM yesterday experienced an outage on its South African backhaul, with the cause as yet undisclosed. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Globacom promises network that guarantees seamless communications in Africa
Nigerian telecoms firm Globacom has expressed its commitment towards building a network that guarantees seamless communications in Africa, by increasing investments in Nigeria and across Africa to offer quality mobile and data services in all its operations. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
SEA hacked by Turkish group
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has become the victim of a digital attack by Turkish hacking group TurkGuvenligi, which managed to infiltrate the group’s hosting firm to deface its website. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN Zambia deploys country’s first LTE network
MTN Zambia has launched a commercially available long term evolution (LTE) network, the first deployment of LTE technology in the country. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Global mobile penetration to hit 63.5% this year – study
Mobile phones will be used by 4.55 billion people across the world in 2014, taking global penetration to 63.5 per cent, according to a new report by eMarketer, driven by developing regions. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Sierra Wifi CEO denies newspaper report, shows operating licence
Anthony Melhem, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sierra Leone internet service provider (ISP) Sierra Wifi, has described a report by the Satellite newspaper that the company does not have an ISP licence and is not listed by the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) as “baseless and unfounded”. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 05:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile phones, TVs most popular in Nigerian e-commerce – Jumia
Nigerian e-commerce was led by mobile phone and television purchases in 2013, local online shopping platform Jumia Nigeria has revealed. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 20:00 · Chris Udemans
Ericsson CEO being considered for Microsoft top job – report
Microsoft is considering Ericsson chief executive officer (CEO) Hans Vestberg as a replacement for Steve Ballmer, according to a report. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenyan internet subscribers decline by 1m in 3 months
The number of internet subscribers in Kenya has declined by almost one million people in three months, showing negative growth for the first time on record, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) figures show. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nokia opens Libya office
Nokia Solutions and Networks has opened a new office in Tripoli, Libya, in a bid to improve delivery of its mobile broadband infrastructure to support operators in the North African country. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s identity commission urges citizens to register on portal
Nigerians have been urged to make use of the National Identity Commission (NIMC) pre-enrolment portal, to allow the commission to handle the large number of applicants that are visiting its office and to cater for Nigerians in the diaspora. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Yahoo! COO fired
Yahoo! chief executive officer (CEO) Marissa Mayer has sacked chief operating officer (COO) Henrique de Castro after little more than a year in the post. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Optimal SEO easiest way for online businesses to drive traffic – Nitestay.com
Femi Okanla, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerian online hotel booking platform Nitestay.com, has identified optimal search engine optimisation (SEO) as the easiest way for service-based online services to drive traffic. → Read more
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