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Mon, January 14th, 07:37 · Vincent Matinde

Soteria online backup service launches new product and site

Soteria Cloud, a South African online backup service, has revamped its website and launched a new one - CloudSync - which it expects to be more competitive in the online backup business. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 07:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Q&A: Celestine Ezeokoye on Tiketmobile.com and disrupting ticket purchasing in Nigeria

Observers and analysts of the technology startup scene in Africa have often commented it is those that feel the pain of the problems they live with that, equipped with the relevant skills, will develop the solutions. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 08:03 · Vincent Matinde

Ghanaian startup Dropifi shortlisted for prestigious European award

Ghana-based startup Dropifi has been selected for the Europas Awards in the Best Business, Recruitment and Enterprise Startup category for their innovation in customer support. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 13:39 · Vincent Matinde

BlueKite raises US$1.5m to help people in Diaspora to pay bills home

Electronics payment technology firm BlueKite has announced a US$1.5 million seed fund led by PeopleFund, whose contribution amounts to $1.3 million with the remaining provided by BlueKite’s founders. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 13:07 · Vincent Matinde

New gravity-powered light bulbs provide alternative to kerosene lamps

Touted as capable of replacing the kerosene lamp, GravityLight is an invention that uses gravity as an energy source to generate electricity. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 07:34 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Nomanini boosting entrepreneurs and rural connectivity through Google App Engine

South African startup Nomanini is doing its part to encourage entrepreneurship and rural connectivity in the country by using Google’s App Engine as a backend system for its “Lula” (isiZulu for “easy”) portable mobile services voucher sales terminal. → Read more
Mon, December 24th, 07:43 · Elly Okutoyi

2012 Kenyan Tech Scene review: Tech/Incubation hubs

This year has seen a number of ICT incubation hubs and international investors set up base in Kenya, with Nairobi in particular catching the eye of the likes of IBM and private seed fund 88mph, just the latest entrants into the rapidly growing Kenyan tech scene. → Read more
Mon, December 24th, 07:31 · HumanIPO

African Startup of the Year

Africa has seen a surge in technology startups in the past year and HumanIPO has tried to bring news on as many as possible. From those in their infancy to others making an impact across the continent and beyond, here is the HumanIPO team’s pick of the startups of the year. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 10:14 · HumanIPO

Online shopping for pet lovers made easy by Fetch

New online veterinary store Fetch is making it easier for pet owners to buy animal products with a few clicks, pushing at the boundaries of e-commerce in South Africa. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 08:21 · Vincent Matinde

New software to protect mobile information launched in Kenya

WipeOut Mobile, a new application that enables mobile users who lose their handsets to backup their information and wipe it from the lost devices, has been launched in Kenya. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 11:34 · Vincent Matinde

Online fashion house lends support to charity

BeeJooS, an online fashion store that enables users to sample international fashion trends, is devoting some of its proceeds to charity. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 06:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Q&A: Rodney Akinwunmi Jackson-Cole speaks about TaxiPark

TaxiPark, the first online taxi booking service in Lagos, is looking to make it easier to travel around the congested Nigerian city and hoping to launch in other cities in future. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 12:18 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Chike Maduegbuna talks about Afrinolly App

With Afrinolly App, millions of Nigerians now watch trailers of movies produced in the African movie markets, especially Nollywood. They can also watch African music videos, comedy clips and full length movies on Android, Blackberry and Nokia Smartphones. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 09:31 · Tefo Mohapi

Gust Pay introduces its iPad based point of sale solution

Gust Pay, the South African mobile payments startup, has introduced a new iPad-based point of sale (POS) solution for restaurants and coffee shops. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 14:01 · Richard Cutcher

Q&A: HealthQ Technologies co-founder Dr Riaan Conradie

Technology and health experts have been flocking to read all about the world’s first open-source metabolic chamber launched in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. HumanIPO spoke to the co-founder of HealthQ Technologies, Dr Riaan Conradie, about how the project came about, the processes involved and the motivation to make it open source. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 07:50 · Vincent Matinde

Suntech, Siemens and Mainstream to plug in 100mw in South Africa

Top Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings has said it will inject 100 megawatts of energy into Northern Cape, South Africa. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 16:10 · Tom Jackson

Q&A: Nikolai Barnwell, Program Manager, 88mph

Tomorrow, private seed fund and accelerator 88mph will be showcasing its six start-ups to investors and interested parties at the end of the three-month program in Nairobi. HumanIPO caught up with 88mph program manager Nikolai Barnwell to talk about the start-ups and the accelerator program. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 15:41 · Brandon Gregory

Start-Up Chile: how to get US$40,000

Ambitious South African tech entrepreneurs were given a lesson in how to successfully apply for US$40,000 of Chilean government money in a special presentation in Cape Town yesterday (Tuesday). → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:54 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian Communications Minister launches Technology Innovation Programme committee

The Nigerian Communication Technology Minister, Omobola Johnson, has launched a steering committee to be in charge of the Ministry’s Technology Innovation Programme (TIP), which will train young software developers. → Read more
Mon, December 10th, 13:14 · Brandon Gregory

Snapt user interfaces big in the US

Snapt, the South African snap-on user interface provider, has built a 95 percent American clientele and has opened its first store in the United States. → Read more