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Fri, February 17th, 13:28 · Vincent Matinde

Orange Launches Facebook Access For Low End Phones

You have an Orange line and your phone lacks GPRS? Good news! Facebook will be in your reach in the coming months. Orange has announced its intentions to provide Facebook access through USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) in basic GSM phones. This is a major step to try and connect users with low end phones to enjoy the networking capabilities of Facebook. → Read more
Fri, February 17th, 10:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Nokia to Increase Investment in Kenyan Mobile Application Development

Nokia, the world’s largest handset manufacturer, is set to increase its investments in Kenya’s and East Africa’s mobile application development, by up to 25% compared to last year. This was said by Nokia’s Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop, during his high profile tour, which will see him tour only Kenya and South Africa, out of Africa’s 57 countries. → Read more
Thu, February 16th, 13:21 · Gythan Munga

Vodacom Smart Tab Launched in South Africa

Vodacom, South Africa’s 1st cellular network, quietly launched a range of 7 and 10 inch screen tablets to be used with the mobile operator’s contract and pre-paid plans. → Read more
Thu, February 16th, 10:28 · Gythan Munga

134 Million African Internet Users in a Decade

A decade ago, the number of African Internet users stood at 4.5 million. Today the figure has risen close to 140 million users which is a 2 988.4% growth according to a research by the Internet World Stats. → Read more
Wed, February 15th, 10:54 · Vincent Matinde

Startup Brings Pharmacy Closer to You with 37,000 Euros Investment

“The current ratio of doctor to patients in Kenya is 7,000 [patients] to one [doctor] most of whom are in the urban centres. The figure is almost triple that for practising community pharmacists,” says Dr. Louis Machogu, founder of Drugs.co.ke. Machogu highlights the problem that people face trying to access medical services in Kenya. → Read more
Tue, February 14th, 12:49 · Vincent Matinde

Watch Out World Pave Way for the Silicon Savannah

What is the future for African Technology scene? Nothing but an upward trend is being predicted. With over 50% of the African population being under 20 years, the fast broadband internet penetration in most of the African countries, then the developing countries need to take heed to this continent. → Read more
Mon, February 13th, 09:59 · Gythan Munga

iCow Introduced Livestock Trading on Mobile

ICow, the winning application in the Apps for Africa Competition in 2010 introduced a new feature the iCow Soko, allowing small- scale dairy farmers to trade livestock on their mobile phones in Kenya. → Read more
Fri, February 10th, 21:31 · Gythan Munga

Kenyan Businesses Going Online with Payment Aggregators

Just 8 years ago in Kenya, online businesses had to contend with international payment and money transfer services such as Paypal that offered little or no option of withdrawing money locally. Today, the invent of mobile money has businesses using the mobile payment to transact online via payment gateways. → Read more
Thu, February 9th, 12:21 · Vincent Matinde

Huawei Unveils Challenge Winners

The winners of the Huawei Challenge were recently unveiled. KaroPay, an Android app by Masai Abel Jevayi from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), was one of the winners with his app KaroPay. “Karo” is a Swahili word meaning fees. KaroPay enables parents and students to pay school fees using their phones. → Read more
Wed, February 8th, 15:53 · Vincent Matinde

Nigeria’s “Netflix” Attracts 100,000 Users in 2 Months

Taunted as Africa’s Netflix, iROKOtv has announced that by January, its user base grew to 100,000 users with over 1,000,000 hours of film viewed online. In December the site saw over 20,000 unique visitors daily. → Read more
Wed, February 8th, 10:56 · Vincent Matinde

Google’s Street View Goes to Botswana

In 2010 Google Launched street view in South Africa and now it has advanced its innovation right in Botswana. Street View is a Google Map’s project that allows users to have a 360-degree view of streets in the specified cities. → Read more
Tue, February 7th, 12:34 · Gythan Munga

Way-C: New African Tablet Goes on Sale

Apple’s iPad just got rivaled in the African market after the launch of Way-C, an Android tablet which came on sale last week in Congo. The African tablet is currently sold in Airtel stores in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire at $300. → Read more
Mon, February 6th, 12:18 · Vincent Matinde

Daily Deal Site Uses Radio to Stay Above Competition

So, how would you like to get your holiday cost halved by 50%? Or have a special dinner costs in your favorite restaurant cut by 60%? By now most Kenyans are familiar with the daily deal concept. → Read more
Thu, February 2nd, 12:38 · Vincent Matinde

TruSpot: Africa’s Own Spotify?

While studying at Houston Community College in the US, an Audio Engineering student from Nigeria, was missing home culture. Most importantly, the authentic African music he was used to. A lot of searches on the internet for African music yielded little. Then in 2006, he decided to start his own African streaming music site. → Read more
Wed, February 1st, 13:00 · Vincent Matinde

South African Money Manager Runs Into Uncertainty

Have you ever wished you could get a personalized money manager? Well a South African startup helps you to do exactly that. → Read more
Tue, January 31st, 09:04 · Vincent Matinde

Cellulant to Provide Barclays Banks with Mobile Banking Services

A leading local but continentally operating mobile commerce services provider Cellulant has sealed a deal to provide digital services for Barclays Africa across its key markets in Africa. → Read more
Fri, January 27th, 10:52 · Gythan Munga

Top Tweeters in Africa Revealed

According to results of recent study “How Africa Tweets”, South Africans are by far the most active tweeters of the continent (5.3 mill tweets in Q4), followed by Kenya (2,476,800) Nigeria (1,646,212), Egypt (1,214,062) and Morocco (745,620) in the top five. → Read more
Thu, January 26th, 11:57 · Vincent Matinde

Bidorbuy.co.ke Website Fuelling E-Commerce in Kenya

“A whole new and revolutionary way of trading is just beyond the horizon,” says Tawanda Dengu Kenya Office Manager, for Bidorbuy.co.ke. His sentiments echo the trend of online business in the greater Africa. “In my opinion Kenyans are embracing e-commerce,” he exudes. → Read more
Wed, January 25th, 13:43 · Vincent Matinde

More Players in the Mobile Money Market for Africa

Kenya led the fray of countries embracing mobile market years ago and more countries in Africa are embracing the idea. The latest entry is Uganda’s Warid Telecom and Obopay. They have come together to launch money payment system in the country. → Read more
Wed, January 25th, 12:08 · Vincent Matinde

Inoorero University Launches its Virtual Campus

For many working class citizens, furthering one’s education might seem a stringent move on their busy lives. But with the springing up of virtual campuses, many have completed their studies with ease, regardless of where they are → Read more