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Mon, November 4th, 13:40 · Kamau Mbote
Hitachi Data Systems opens East Africa office
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a global data storage solutions firm, has opened offices in Kenya to serve the East African region. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 13:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
North African governments use connectivity as political weapon – Akamai
Governments in North African countries have purposely disrupted internet connectivity as a political weapon over the past year and will continue to do so, David Belson, product line director for custom analytics & MCDN at Akamai, has predicted. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom, Absa partner for rewards programme
South African part state-owned operator Telkom has announced a deal with Absa bank to become an official partner of the Absa Rewards programme, with Absa clients benefitting from cash savings and rewards when signing up to Telkom products. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 12:00 · Brandon Gregory
Q&A: Hugh Lashbrooke, organiser of WordCamp 2013
The WordPress WordCamp is set to take place in Cape Town on Thursday, bringing together hundreds of people from a variety of professional backgrounds. HumanIPO caught up with Hugh Lashbrooke, a developer at WooThemes, who is heading the organising team for WordCamp. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 11:40 · Nick Sato
British Council and Airtel partner for digital hubs with broadband connectivity
The British Council and Bharti Airtel will provide high speed broadband connectivity of 5GB per month in a three-year deal for 127 digital hubs located in schools across nine countries in Africa. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 10:20 · Kamau Mbote
Anza launches free mobile application
Kenyan real estate portal Anza.co.ke has launched an Android app in a bid to reach more users. → Read more
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Mon, November 4th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tanzanian teachers hail government’s e-education programme
Teachers in Tanzania have praised a new programme connecting secondary schools to the government-owned National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) all over the country → Read more
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Sat, November 2nd, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
HassConsult launches new property information system
HassConsult has unveiled a live property price research app which includes real-time price geo-mapping, created after the company expanded its data collection. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
MainOne begins work on West Africa’s largest data centre
MainOne, a West African submarine cable company, has begun work on its US$25 million Tier-III Data Centre in Lagos, the biggest in the region. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 11:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: SA IT entrepreneurs lack opportunities – FID
Octavia Kumalo, managing director (MD) at the Foundation for Internet Development (FID), spoke to HumanIPO about the challenges the organisation faces, the role of mobile in broadband and the required mind shifts for the country. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 11:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Telkom launches swifter network
Telkom has upgraded its ADSL network, increasing the speed to bring greater value for business and general customers. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 10:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
Logicode launched in Zimbabwe
Software development company Logicode has opened in Harare, Zimbabwe, priding itself in its local offering to expand the industry. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 10:20 · Kamau Mbote
Bitcoin unveils first ATM
The world’s first Bitcoin ATM has been launched in a coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Canada, allowing Canadians to exchange the digital currency for cash. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 10:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s First Lady joins Twitter
Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, has signed up to Twitter, joining her husband Uhuru Kenyatta, who has more than 300,000 followers on the social network. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Africa expected to lead world in bandwidth demand growth – report
Africa is expected to lead the world in the growth of bandwidth demand in the coming years, which is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 51 per cent between 2012 and 2019. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 09:14 · Paul Adepoju
iROKING drama: Ugwu responds
Michael Ugwu, chief executive officer (CEO) of Nigerian music platform iROKING, was fired last night (Thursday) for alleged “gross misconduct” concerning the setting up of his own music site “in direct competition with iROKING”. → Read more
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Fri, November 1st, 08:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Google, Yahoo! unhappy over data transmission interception
Google and Yahoo! have reacted furiously to revelations the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) had a hidden interception capability which could tap into the search giants’ fibre optic cables. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 19:45 · Tom Jackson
iROKING CEO fired for “gross misconduct”
Nigerian music platform iROKING has fired chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Ugwu, citing “gross misconduct” and alleging Ugwu had launched his own digital music platform while in the company’s employment. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
ICASA’s LLU regulations impossible to implement – IS
Siyabonga Madyibi, regulatory affairs executive at Internet Solutions (IS), has described the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) draft local loop unbundling (LLU) as “so vague and so broad”. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 17:00 · Winfred Kuria
Young ICT entrepreneurs honoured at Transform Africa summit
The Transform Africa Summit 2013, held in Kigali, Rwanda, has honoured five young ICT entrepreneurs for developing socially transforming IT solutions who were picked from more than 500 young African ICT enthusiasts. → Read more
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