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Wed, December 19th, 10:31 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Stellenbosch University launches iOS app for final year magazine

South Africa’s Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism has launched an iOS app on iTunes, the SMF2012 app, aiming to be a digital extension of its final-year magazine, Stellenbosch Media Forum (SMF). → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 09:34 · Tom Jackson

Samsung displaces Nokia as world’s top mobile brand

Samsung has overtaken Nokia to become the leading global mobile brand for 2012, meaning for the first time in 14 years Nokia is not the annual leader in the global mobile business. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 09:18 · Paul Adepoju

Airtel and NATCOMS advocate full implementation of MNP in Nigeria

Mobile operator Airtel Nigeria has advised the nation’s industry regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to speed up delivery of its proposed Mobile Number Portability (MNP). → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 08:55 · Tom Jackson

Instagram reverses new photo use rules

Instagram has reversed a portion of its new terms of service allowing the photo-sharing site to use photographs without permission or payment, after a public outcry over the new terms. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 07:05 · Richard Cutcher

Samsung dealt another blow in smartphone “patent wars” with Apple

Samsung has dropped its bid to enforce a sales ban on Apple’s iPhone and iPad in five European countries, hours after avoiding an enforcement in the US. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 06:02 · Kamau Mbote

Mobile money transfer hailed for reductions in Kenya’s CO2 footprint

Kenya’s increased usage of mobile money has cut carbon emissions by 22 kgCO2 per subscriber per year, according to a report by global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 15:14 · Richard Cutcher

Apple lose battle to ban Samsung in the US

An American judge has ruled against Apple’s plea for Samsung to stop selling devices in the US, saying the technology giant should be able to cope with Samsung’s rivalry. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 14:11 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria reports two million more mobile subscribers in two months

Nigeria’s mobile market received an additional two million subscribers between September and October this year, to 109.4 million from the previous 107.3 million, a report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 13:41 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Amir Markish, developer of TFSRadio Nigeria app

tfsRadio Nigeria gives users access to a variety of stations and allows them to record, play music and stream news broadcasted by radio stations across Nigeria from anywhere in the world. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 11:17 · Brandon Gregory

Ethio Telecom to roll out LTE in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s monopoly telecommunications provider has claimed the country can expect Long Term Evolution (LTE) by 2015, bringing fast mobile Internet. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 10:53 · Tom Jackson

Instagram changes rules on photograph use

Instagram has claimed the right to sell users’ photographs without notification or payment, in policy changes following Facebook’s acquisition of the photo-sharing site. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju

Glo Mobile Ghana introduces Christmas tariff plan

Subscribers to Glo Mobile Ghana are receiving an early Christmas present after the operator launched its new tariff Glo Biiiiig 5, which gives users five times the amount of credit they pay for. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:05 · Paul Adepoju

NIBSS promotes cashless policy with new payment systems

The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) is introducing two new bill payment systems in an effort to promote the cashless policy of the country’s central bank and reduce the dominance of cash in the nation's financial system. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 12:33 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile money hailed for Africa’s solid economic growth

The World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union (AU) have praised the use of mobile money services for enabling economic growth in the continent. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 09:05 · Vincent Matinde

M-Shwari accumulates over 645,000 accounts, US$1m in savings

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has announced that over US$1 million has already been saved on mobile savings service M-Shwari, with 645,000 accounts opened in three weeks, even as the ownership dispute rumbles on. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 08:39 · Tefo Mohapi

Nigeria’s Stanbic reports over US$30 million in mobile money transactions

Nigeria’s Stanbic IBTC Bank has recorded over N5.6bn (US$30 million) in mobile money transactions on its platform over the past year, as the bank’s service grows in line with other such platforms across the continent. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 10:42 · Elly Okutoyi

Opera Apps Store announces best apps 2012

Opera Mobile Store, the world’s fifth largest mobile app store, has announced the 2012 Top Awards winners, following user nomination of the best apps on the mobile apps store. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 09:21 · Tom Jackson

MobileMedia wins patent violation case against Apple

A US court has ruled that Apple’s iPhone violated three patents held by licensing firm MobileMedia Ideas, which is part-owned by Nokia and Sony. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 08:40 · Kamau Mbote

Just who owns M-Shwari? Safaricom blunders raise more questions

The M-Shwari ownership issue has thickened after Safaricom sent two contradictory press releases on who owns the product yesterday. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 07:35 · Paul Adepoju

tfsRadio Nigeria app reveals software update for 2013

The developer of tfsRadio Nigeria has told HumanIPO users of the app will enjoy a software update next year which will include genre searching and logos for each station. → Read more