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Mon, March 3rd, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
TrafficButter mobile app launched in Nigeria
Nigeria’s TrafficButter, a platform that provides updates on traffic and roads, has announced the official launch of its mobile app, which founder Uche Okafor told HumanIPO was the “logical next step” for the platform. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
AITEC Banking & Mobile Money conference in Lagos postponed until July
AITEC Africa has announced the postponement of its conference on banking and mobile money due to be held on March 12 and 13 in Lagos until July, due to the recent suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 18:20 · Tom Jackson
Right2Know calls on Vodacom, MTN to drop MTR legal cases
South Africa’s Right2Know Campaign has called for leading operators Vodacom and MTN to drop their court cases challenges to the new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations announced by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom supports lowering of MTRs – CEO
South Africa’s leading operator Vodacom supports the lowering of mobile termination rates (MTRs), but had to launch legal action against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) because the regulator did not follow legal procedures in deciding on new regulations, according to chief executive officer (CEO) Shameel Joosub. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Global digital music market to grow $9bn this year, African market ripe
The global digital music market will grow by US$9 billion in 2014, according to a study by Mahindra Comviva and Ovum Consulting, with Africa one of the markets ripe for digital music. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Cell C offers unlimited calls to any network
South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C has announced new prepaid and contract packages allowing subscribers to make unlimited calls to any network. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Smartphone shipment growth to slow – IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8.3 per cent annual growth in 2017 and 6.2 per cent in 2018, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, down from 39.2 per cent growth last year, when smartphone volume surpassed one billion units for the first time. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA police travel to Apple HQ over Pistorius iPhone password
The South African police’s leading investigator on the Oscar Pistorius murder case has travelled to the Apple headquarters in the United States (US) to seek help in bypassing the passcode on Pistorius’ iPhone, which the paralympian says he has forgotten. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 18:20 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Microsoft and Intel launch 4Afrika Youth Device Programme
Microsoft, in partnership with Intel and the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA), has established the 4Afrika Youth Device Programme in order to provide educational applications, online services, affordable devices, smart financing and affordable data plans to educational institutions in Kenya. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cell C “disappointed” with Vodacom “legal tactic”
South Africa’s third operator Cell C is “disappointed” by rival Vodacom’s decision to launch legal action against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) over the newly announced mobile termination rates (MTRs), calling the move a “legal tactic”. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 15:02 · Paul Adepoju
New mobile learning platform launched in Nigeria
A new e-learning community app targeted at Nigerian teenagers and secondary school students has been launched in Lagos, named Passnownow. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
hellofood now on Nokia devices
Nokia has announced global food app delivery app hellofood, which has a presence in nine African countries, will launch across its Asha, Lumia and X devices. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
Larson-Green makes room for Elop at Microsoft
Microsoft has revamped its Devices and Studios Group, with former top executive Julie Larson-Green moving to a new role in the Applications and Services Group. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian regulator accuses dealers of selling unapproved phones
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has accused major dealers in the nation’s ICT sector of selling phones that have not been approved for sale in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 12:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom follows MTN in legal case against ICASA
South Africa’s leading mobile operator Vodacom has followed rival MTN in launching legal proceedings against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) over the recently published mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations, saying ICASA did not follow legislated processes in deciding on the new rates. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom takes on Orange Kenya over advert
Safaricom, through its advertising firm Scanad, has made a formal complaint against Orange Kenya to the Advertising Standards Body of Kenya (ASBK) over an advertisement making use of its corporate colours to market Orange services. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN and Ecobank offer Ghana subscribers access to cardless ATM services
MTN Ghana has partnered with Ecobank for the extension of cardless services to the bank’s ATMs across Ghana, allowing more than two million mobile money subscribers in the country to withdraw from Ecobank ATMs without using a card. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 09:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda Telecom relaunches Voice SMS service
Uganda Telecom has relaunched its Voice SMS service, which will be hosted on Kirusa platforms and is targeted at enabling the carrier’s subscribers to “have a voice → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 08:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
BlackBerry unveils Q20
BlackBerry has revealed the BlackBerry Q20 smartphone, designed to deliver a full and distinctive QWERTY experience on the BlackBerry 10 platform. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN launches low-cost bundle offering
South African mobile operator MTN has launched a new low-cost offering for prepaid customers, with discounted voice tariffs on purchasing a ZAR30 (US$2.76) credit bundle. → Read more
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