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Wed, August 27th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
LG launches G3 smartphone in Nigeria
LG has unveiled its G3 smartphone in Nigeria, saying the device was developed under the company’s ‘Simple is the New Smart’ initiative. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom, Airtel to absorb 175 yuMobile employees
Kenya’s leading operators Safaricom and Airtel have agreed to absorb 175 employees from rival yuMobile, as part of a joint buyout of the smaller operator. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Truppr fitness app launches
Social network for fitness enthusiasts Truppr has launched in Nigeria, aimed at connecting sports fans across the world, and promoting and facilitating a fit lifestyle. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
M-Pesa agents see individual commissions drop
Agents of Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money service received KSh.10.6 billion (US$119.5 million) in total commissions for the year to March 2014, up almost 25 per cent on the previous year, although individual agents earn less as more agents join the network. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tigo Ghana provides customers with new unified code
Tigo Ghana has installed an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) service, allowing both prepaid and postpaid customers to access its services and products through the unified shortcode 555. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile Web Africa set for Johannesburg
The Mobile Web Africa (MWA) conference is to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 10 and 11, celebrating the fifth anniversary of the event’s launch. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel and Tigo launch mobile money interoperability in Tanzania
Airtel Tanzania and Tigo Tanzania have partnered for a cross-network money transfer service that will make it possible for subscribers from both networks to send and receive money between their mobile money wallets. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung launches Galaxy Tab S in Kenya
Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy Tab S, the company’s thinnest and lightest tablet to date, in the Kenyan market. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Africa is a key ICT investment destination – IDC
Africa is still a key ICT investment destination if 50 African leaders securing substantive investments in the field of ICT at the recent US-Africa summit hosted President Obama is anything to go by. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
AccessKenya launches mobile service app
AccessKenya has unveiled a mobile service solution for smartphones and tablets featuring a self-service module that allows for speedier resolution of customer queries, including live chat support, one touch dialing and fully integrated mobile payment options. → Read more
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Fri, August 22nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Verve’s in-app payments service launched to support Nigerian app developers – CEO
Nigerian card payment provider, Verve International, launched its in-app payments solution and made the software development kit (SDK) available to app developers to support local developers eager to bring their apps to market and capitalise them, with the market currently hindered by lack of in-app payment options, according to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer (CEO) of Verve International. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Airtel partners VeriFone to offer merchant apps in Africa
Bharti Airtel has partnered VeriFone Mobile Money to offer Tap n Pay, VeriFone Mobile Money’s merchant enablement mobile apps, across the 17 countries in which Airtel operates in Africa. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Equity Bank, Safaricom to meet CAK over ultra-slim SIMs
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) will on Friday meet with Safaricom and Equity Bank in the final stage of consultation before the regulator rules on Equity Bank’s proposed use of paper-thin SIM cards. → Read more
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Thu, August 21st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
CcHub, Visa launch financial literacy apps in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has partnered with Visa to promote financial literacy across the country through the launch of three locally developed financial education based apps. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kirusa acquires Ghanaian IM firm Saya
Voice messaging company Kirusa has acquired Ghana-based instant messaging (IM) app provider Saya Mobile, which provides services specifically for African consumers. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom cuts M-Pesa transaction fees
Kenya’s dominant operator Safaricom has announced up to 67 per cent cuts to transaction fees levied by the operator on transactions on its M-Pesa mobile money network. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Value of items on MoboFree to reach $1.5bn in 2015
The value of items listed for sale on African social marketplace MoboFree.com will hit US$1.5 billion by 2015, with the current total value of items already surpassing US$526 million, the company said. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jovago, Navigidi partner for Nigeria hotel bookings
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has partnered Lagos-based journey planning site Navigidi to facilitate hotel bookings across Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nomanini mobile POS hits one million transactions
South Africa’s electronic payments solution for emerging markets Nomanini has facilitated over one million transactions through its point of sale (POS) terminals across Africa, the company announced. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Nigeria offers unlimited chat with WTF Bundle
Airtel Nigeria has launched the WTF Bundle, which offers the network’s subscribers unlimited chat on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). → Read more
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