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Thu, November 7th, 17:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Ugandan government offices to receive payments electronically
Anyone making payments to any government office in Uganda will now be required to pay electronically through the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in an effort to curb corruption in the public sector as well as increase tax revenue. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Wikipedia Zero launched in Kenya with Airtel
The Praekelt Foundation has confirmed its partnership with Airtel Kenya to provide Wikipedia Zero in the East African country for free. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 16:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Microsoft Office 365 now launches in Ghana
Microsoft has introduced Office 365 in Ghana extending availability of its cloud-based service across the African market in efforts to give users both online and offline experiences. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 15:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Huawei to invest $600million in 5G research
Huawei Technologies will invest at least US$600 million in research and innovation for 5G in the next four years covering a range of enabling technologies. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan companies should be utilising e-commerce – experts
Business experts in Kenya have urged companies to adopt e-commerce as the future of their trade operations. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 13:30 · Kamau Mbote
KENIC CEO fired
John Wambugu, chief executive officer (CEO) at Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC), appears to have been fired just a few months into the job although the exact date of his departure remains unclear. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom Mobile giving away 2.4GB for $5
Telkom Mobile has launched a ‘SIM Only Internet Starter Pack’ priced at ZAR49 (US$4.78), giving away 200MB per month of data for a year. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Travelport opens operations in Somalia
E-commerce and distribution service provider Travelport has added Somalia to its African footprint, taking the number of African countries it is now present in to 48. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
Google e-books arrive in SA
South African users has become the first on the continent to have access to Google’s e-books on the company’s native Play Store site. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Bitcoin value reaches new high
Bitcoin has reached its highest ever value, trading at US$278 this morning and beating its previous record of US$267 reached in April 2013. → Read more
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Thu, November 7th, 06:00 · Winfred Kuria
Microsoft warns on hacker attacks
Microsoft has cautioned its consumers on vulnerabilities in some of its operating systems that could be used by hackers to obtain user rights. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 19:00 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft, Kenya Red Cross hold ICT seminar for NGO’s
Microsoft, in partnership with the Kenya Red Cross, hosted the sixth NGO Connection day with the theme ‘youth, technology empowerment through NGO’s’ today. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
Technology is changing the face of journalism
Technology is changing journalism and editorial processes at large and the Daily Maverick, a South African online news publication, serves as an example of this, according to Chris Borain, its commercial director. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
Zomato adds Durban to growing SA presence
Zomato, an Indian-founded online restaurant directory, is expanding across South Africa following completion of a US$37 million fund raising round. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Western Cape to award provincial broadband tender
The Western Cape provincial government expects to award an internet service provider (ISP) the tender for Stream One of its Broadband Initiative (WCBBI) by the end of the month and plans to have connected every government building to its high speed network by the end of 2015. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 14:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Government of Zambia set to fight cyber crime
The government of Zambia has said it is committed to ensure citizens have access to secure and high quality communication services free of cybercriminals and other related threats. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 12:40 · Richard Cutcher
Microsoft launch product suite for SMEs and startups in SA
Microsoft has launched free web services and products aimed at South African small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), including a web domain and personalised website. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 12:20 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda to introduce web-based market information system
Rwanda could be set to get a new agro-marketing web application, Rural eMarket, providing information to customers, reducing problems of unfair trade and lack of market affecting farmers in the country. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 11:40 · Richard Cutcher
African governments submit zero requests for Apple data
Not one African government made a request to Apple for personal data of its users, according to the technology company’s latest Report on Government Information Requests. → Read more
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Wed, November 6th, 10:40 · Kamau Mbote
Bitcoin Is broken not safe, says Cornell professor
Ittay Eyal and Emin Gun Sirer, from Cornell University’s computing science department, have said Bitcoin is at risk of a theoretical or selfish attack that would subvert computers involved in sharing information about the digital currency. → Read more
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