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Thu, April 18th, 09:16 · Tom Jackson

Amazon Appstore lands in Africa

Amazon has announced nearly 200 new supported countries for its Android Appstore, with customers in more than 30 African countries soon to be able to download apps from the store. → Read more
Thu, April 18th, 08:52 · Kamau Mbote

Nokia Life now available in Kenya

Nokia has unveiled Nokia Life in Kenya, offering a free 30-day trial period of the SMS based service with the option of subscribing for as little as KSh2 daily. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 12:55 · Nanine Steenkamp

Delayed ICASA report not aborted

The Independent Communication Association of South Africa (ICASA) still plans to publish the Mobile Quality of Service report, despite its failure to meet the deadline for March. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 09:58 · Tom Jackson

Fair trade officials probe Samsung

Taiwanese fair trade officials are investigating claims Samsung has been hiring students to post negative comments about rival phone manufacturer HTC online. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 09:18 · Richard Cutcher

Google chief laughs off prospect of blocking Facebook Home

Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, has told the AllThingsDigital conference it would be “against our religion” to block Facebook Home from Android. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 08:01 · Kamau Mbote

Sony not a manufacturer of low-end smartphones, targets middle class

Sony Mobile says it will continue to target the growing middle class with its products and will not concentrate on manufacturing low-end smartphones. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 07:28 · Igor Hobotov

Alcatel One Touch enters the Tanzanian market

Phone manufacturer Alcatel has entered the Tanzanian market, vowing to sell over 30,000 smartphones as it looks to build on its success in Kenya. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 12:46 · Tom Jackson

Almost half of South Africans want to change mobile operator

Nearly 50 per cent of South Africans would change mobile operator if they could, according to new research from software provider Comptel. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 12:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

OM Finder app tops Apple store within 3 days

Newly launched location-based yoga Apple app OM Finder secured its place as the top downloaded app in Canadian Apple app stores just three days after its launch. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 08:36 · Richard Cutcher

8ta cheapest prepaid SA network

8ta has been revealed as the cheapest prepaid mobile network by an individual study carried out by Research ICT Africa, despite its parent company Telkom trying to ditch it earlier this year. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 08:03 · Paul Adepoju

Sierra Leone tackles disasters with innovative life-saving SMS system

Sierra Leone has become the second country in the world after Haiti to launch the location-target life-saving SMS system known as the Trilogy Emergency Relief Application (TERA), the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS). → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 12:45 · Nanine Steenkamp

Congolese civil servants empowered by mobile payments

The replacement of cash payments with mobile payments has a life-changing impact on Congolese civil servants who were previously victims of cash theft, a local bank has said. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 12:17 · Richard Cutcher

Airtel Ghana and IBM target students for mobile innovation

Africa’s first Mobile Centre of Excellence has been opened at the University of Ghana, in Accra, as Airtel and IBM look to drive innovation in mobile technology. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 09:20 · Richard Cutcher

BlackBerry claims foul play over returns report

BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has hit out at analysts Detwiler Fenton and asked regulators to probe its report claiming high levels of Z10 returns. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 09:15 · Igor Hobotov

Kenyan photographer launches wallpaper app for Android

Renowned Kenyan photographer Mutua Matheka has launched his mobile wallpaper app for Android devices. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 08:22 · Igor Hobotov

Rwandan statistics body to use ICT to collect and share data

The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) has launched a system that will enable it to receive and distribute information using mobile phones. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 07:15 · Igor Hobotov

EMEA to dominate global mobile wallet market by 2018

The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is expected to dominate the mobile wallet market by 2018, a new report suggests. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 13:49 · Paul Adepoju

Tecno launches N7 smartphone in Ghana

Tecno has launched its Tecno N7 smartphone, a new 3.75G Android device, in Ghana, as it looks to build on its brand. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 13:45 · Igor Hobotov

Teenager hangs herself over a mobile phone in Zimbabwe

A teenager in Zimbabwe committed suicide when her mobile phone was withdrawn from her due to its interference with her studies. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 12:07 · Gabriella Mulligan

SAA launches two mobile travel info apps

South African Airways (SAA) has launched two mobile applications which provide passengers with access to a range of travel information. → Read more