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Tue, January 24th, 17:14 · Gythan Munga

InMobi Pursues Mobile Advertising in Africa

InMobi, largest independent mobile advertising network with offices on 4 continents, is pushing its mobile and web content advertising in Africa. → Read more
Tue, January 24th, 14:44 · Gythan Munga

Tech-In-Education Focusing on Kids in Nigeria

You hardly find a tech event focused on improving learning of technology in primary and secondary schools in Africa without the agenda being to only equip the kids with computers and laptops. → Read more
Tue, January 24th, 12:16 · Vincent Matinde

Six African Countries to get 80 Digital Centers

Microsoft and the British Council have come together to launch the Badiliko project aimed to put up 80 digital hubs across sub-Sahara Africa. → Read more
Tue, January 24th, 11:31 · Vincent Matinde

East African Winners of Climate Change Competition Announced

Three East African mobile applications have been selected as winners for the Climate Change competition organized by the U.S Department of State through their Apps4Africa platform. The Climate challenge is a regional competition that engages developers to come up with mobile and web based applications that are eco friendly. → Read more
Sun, January 22nd, 20:26 · Gythan Munga

Professional Certification for Kenyan Developers

Kenyan developers will help test drive an initiative by Computer Scientists at the Carnegie Mellon University that aims at formulating a professional certification for Software Developers. → Read more
Sun, January 22nd, 20:08 · Gythan Munga

Facebook Launches 60 Timeline Apps

Facebook announced in a recent press conference the integration of 60 apps to the timeline. They also hinted at allowing developers to build applications that enable users to add just about anything to their timelines. → Read more
Sun, January 22nd, 19:51 · Vincent Matinde

Orange to Stream Live the African Cup 2012

Video streaming is slowly killing television views. The move by Orange to stream various matches online only goes to point to where the wind is blowing. Orange announced that thanks to its partnership with Confederation of African Football, it will avail some of the AFC matches. → Read more
Fri, January 20th, 16:32 · HumanIPO

Mobile Version of HumanIPO Blog Released

Like to read news on your phone? → Read more
Fri, January 20th, 14:05 · Vincent Matinde

Google vs Mocality Video Goes Viral

Close to 2000 views on Youtube is a feat for any video content provider in Kenya. And this is what the Google vs Mocality video has done. The video posted on the 14th of January, on the peak of the tussle has attracted views for its humour and wit. → Read more
Fri, January 20th, 10:06 · Gythan Munga

Kenyans Now Dialing Doctor Services 24h

Kenyans can now receive medical advice from qualified health professionals by dialing a service from their Safaricom line. → Read more
Thu, January 19th, 14:55 · Gythan Munga

Afghanistan Emulating Africa with M-Paisa

War infested third world country Afghanistan in 2008 became the first country after Kenya to launch mobile money transfer service in the country. The service, dubbed M-Paisa, was initially adopted as a service for the Afghan police force to pay salaries securely via mobile rather than in cash. → Read more
Thu, January 19th, 14:23 · Gythan Munga

103 Kenyan Government Websites Hacked

Hacking is a malicious practice that comes to no good involved parties. At best, you can only hope that a hacker is some guy just trying to prove his expertise rather than one trying access and destroy your data. → Read more
Thu, January 19th, 12:40 · HumanIPO

Groups on HumanIPO: Better Way to Collaborate with Advisors

3-4 people debating something in an e-mail quickly becomes a total mess. On the other hand there are many things in a company you do not want to debate with the world. → Read more
Tue, January 17th, 16:50 · Gythan Munga

Kenyan E-Commerce Site Accepting Installments

Ravenzo is an online shopping website launched in November 2008 where Kenyan consumers can purchase laptops, computers, accessories and gadgets at an affordable price. They deal in brands that include HP, Dell, Toshiba, Samsung, Acer, APC, Mecer, Epson, Canon, Microsoft, Kaspersky and many more. → Read more
Tue, January 17th, 15:43 · Gythan Munga

Mobile Web East Africa Returns to Nairobi

Mobile Web East Africa 2012 (#MWEA2012) is part of a series of Mobile technology events that include Mobile Web Africa 2009, 2010 and 2011, Mobile Web West Africa 2011 and Mobile Entertainment Africa 2011. → Read more
Tue, January 17th, 15:36 · Gythan Munga

New Android Africa Challenge with Courses Competition

The Africa Android Challenge (AAC) is an opportunity to discover the best developers and Android experts on the African continent. The contestants have an opportunity to create innovative applications and produce local "African" content. In addition, they can submit lectures related to Android on the Android Platform via the Google University Consortium Program. → Read more
Tue, January 17th, 13:10 · Gythan Munga

Wikipedia Blacks Out in Protest of Internet Censorship

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced through a tweet today that Wikipedia’s English Version would on Wednesday, 18th January go offline for 24hrs in Protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). → Read more
Tue, January 17th, 12:32 · Gythan Munga

Gathering of African Tech Entreprenuers in Kampala

The African Gathering is an annual conference that brings together thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs who inspire development in technology, health, social networking and good governance in the African Continent. → Read more
Mon, January 16th, 14:31 · Gythan Munga

Kenyan Football Site Futaa Redesigned

Futaa.com, a football website in Kenya covering local leagues and live score updates yesterday unveiled a new website design that enhances the look and readability of news content on the site. → Read more
Mon, January 16th, 13:29 · Gythan Munga

Android App Monitoring M-PESA Transactions

Android users can now download an app from the Android market that lets them track their MPESA transactions from one location. M-Pesa is an award winning mobile money transfer service launched in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan. In Kenya alone, the service had over 16 million subscribers as of November last year. → Read more