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Mon, April 16th, 08:53 · Elly Okutoyi

Teleworking solution gathers pace in Kenya

Medisoft East Africa Ltd has come up with a teleworking health solution named Teleradiology that enables medical specialists to read radiology results and give their opinions remotely. → Read more
Mon, April 16th, 08:17 · HumanIPO

SMS reporting app to end corruption in Kenya

A Kenyan non-profit organization, named Wamani Trust, last week Friday launched an SMS-based application aimed at ensuring anonymous reporting of corruption incidences within the country. → Read more
Sun, April 15th, 17:18 · HumanIPO

Kenya yet to fully embrace online shopping

Kenyan shoppers and merchants are yet to embrace online shopping, says Marcel Auja, M-shop co-founder. → Read more
Fri, April 13th, 13:02 · Vincent Matinde

Goodbuzz’s intent could set high advertising standards for Africa

A social media-marketing tool that expects to reach out its influence in Africa once it establishes headquarters in Kenya has vowed to change the continent’s online marketing trends by replicating its model for success in UK. → Read more
Fri, April 13th, 12:51 · Elly Okutoyi

Startup introduces Kenya’s first ever mobile phone personal loans

A Kenyan startup has developed a fully automated system dubbed M-Pepea set to revolutionize country’s credit system by offering instant loans to workers at a fee via their mobile phones. → Read more
Fri, April 13th, 08:13 · HumanIPO

Kenyan Internet firm embraces technology to control city traffic

Kenya could save up to Ksh25 billion lost annually as a result of traffic congestions once AccessKenya, an Internet service provider, fully installs traffic cameras in the country’s major urban roads. → Read more
Fri, April 13th, 08:02 · Gythan Munga

SCN to link Nigerian students via android phones

Students Circle Network (SCN), a global social network for College and High School students, has partnered with the Encipher Group Nigeria to make educational resources accessible to students in Nigeria via the android phones. → Read more
Thu, April 12th, 10:20 · Vincent Matinde

Twinpine considers East African presence

Twinpine, Nigerian phone-based advertising network, is at present assembling a remarkable list of East African clients following an expansion to Nairobi, Kenya, late last month. → Read more
Thu, April 12th, 10:15 · Vincent Matinde

Google’s nod braces South African arts up for global scenery

Google has announced inclusion of South African rock paintings in its Google Art Project, an online product set to allow users to view works of art from across the world. → Read more
Thu, April 12th, 09:26 · HumanIPO

African farmers set for turnaround as FarmPal promises better prospects

FarmPal, a new mobile app that allows farmers to access free information on farming trends and methods via SMS, could soon assure majority of Kenyan farmers of bumper harvests and reduced cost of production. → Read more
Thu, April 12th, 08:34 · HumanIPO

Surveys show ICT skills lacking in Africa

Technology training can reduce the skyrocketing unemployment rate in Africa, the 2012 study by Telecommunications Survey reveals. → Read more
Wed, April 11th, 11:52 · Vincent Matinde

!WayTag in a rare opportunity to showcase at TNW conference

The company, accredited for its online product named !WayTag, an application that lets people share their location using GPS coordinates, will have a chance to attract worldwide media interests, heavyweight business investors, developers, entrepreneurs, tech companies and social media strategists in one of the world’s major Web and mobile conference. → Read more
Wed, April 11th, 10:44 · Vincent Matinde

After Successful Kenyan stint, NikoHapa now eyes more African Frontiers

After a signup of an estimated 4,000 users and 70 businesses within a span of just eight months, NikoHapa, a Kenyan phone-based customer-loyalty card is now focusing on frontier markets in Nigeria and Uganda. → Read more
Wed, April 11th, 08:01 · Elly Okutoyi

Digitization rekindles African film glamour

For as little as US$5, lovers of African movies can now watch a variety of the films online thanks to African Film Library (AFL), an initiative started by South Africa’s M-Net to bring African films online. → Read more
Tue, April 10th, 15:21 · Elly Okutoyi

Ghanaian Startup enabling seamless customer correspondence

A Ghanaian startup has come with a web-messaging platform dubbed Dropifi that will see a shift in the way companies handle their contact page thus allowing, easy communication with prospective customers. → Read more
Mon, April 9th, 14:05 · Vincent Matinde

Hotels.com.ng wants to bring all hotels in Nigeria online

Hotels in Nigeria have gotten a boost. A new company is offering an opportunity for hotels in Nigeria to put their information online. And this trend is catching on quite fast. Hotels.com.ng is the site that wants to bring all hotels in Nigeria, online. → Read more
Mon, April 9th, 10:18 · HumanIPO

Top US graduate school opens diversity gateway for E. A. innovators

East African mobile application and Web developers now have an opportunity to diversify their skills through programs offered by Carnegie Mellon University, a major U.S. higher education institution that launched a campus September last year in Kigali, Rwanda. → Read more
Sun, April 8th, 12:22 · HumanIPO

Delays in patent registration a downer for Kenyan Startups

A number of unsuccessful law suits filed by Kenyan innovators to claim ideas derived by other players show that failure to patent the innovative ideas is a big letdown for would-be startups. → Read more
Fri, April 6th, 14:31 · Vincent Matinde

$55.1 million grant a boost to Kenyan ICT, says World Bank

The World Bank has served Kenya a grant of US$55.1 million (Ksh4 billion) to scale up the sprawling mobile and web development sector. → Read more
Fri, April 6th, 09:31 · HumanIPO

SMSsync Advances Emailing in African Regions with no Internet

Ushahidi’s SMSsync is fast changing the communication trends in Kenya’s thriving workplaces and societies with no Internet access, says Henry Addo. → Read more