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Wed, May 22nd, 17:26 · Nanine Steenkamp

Ghana breaks SWIFT traffic record

Ghana has broken the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial (SWIFT) record with a 20 per cent annual traffic for the period ended March 2013, along with a 56 per cent security market increase. → Read more
Tue, May 21st, 14:42 · Martin Cheruiyot

Imperial Bank in co-branded card deal with Arsenal Football Club

Imperial Bank has partnered with English Premier League football club Arsenal to market their co-branded debit cards in Kenya and Uganda. → Read more
Tue, May 21st, 09:34 · Nanine Steenkamp

NRF partners with ESRF

The South African National Research Foundation (NRF) has gained access to European technology research through an agreement with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). → Read more
Mon, May 20th, 15:23 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan banks lose $17.5m to fraud

Kenyan banks lost KSh1.5 billion (approximately US$17.64 million) over the last year, with only a third being recovered by investigators. → Read more
Fri, May 17th, 15:27 · Tom Jackson

Altech shares soar over Altron offer

Shares in Altech have soared after Altron made an offer to acquire the firm, in spite of the company’s poor recent financial results. → Read more
Fri, May 17th, 15:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

Snakeskin boosts nanotech

The Gaboon snake has provided insight in nanotechnology after scientists studied light-absorbing material found in its scales. → Read more
Fri, May 17th, 08:16 · Tom Jackson

Bill Gates back as world’s richest person

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has regained his world’s richest person title for the first time since 2007, overtaking Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos Slim. → Read more
Wed, May 15th, 14:40 · Tom Jackson

Datatec reports earnings decline

South African ICT group Datatec has reported a decline earnings for its financial year ending February 2013, which it attributed to a weaker second period for subsidiary Westcon. → Read more
Tue, May 14th, 07:46 · Brandon Gregory

YouTube exposes diplomatic trouble

A mobile phone video clip has surfaced on YouTube, exposing an alleged diplomat’s security guards assaulting a cyclist on Roper Street, in Pretoria, last Wednesday. → Read more
Mon, May 13th, 14:29 · Martin Cheruiyot

WITIN repeat backing for Nigerian girls in ICT

Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) have repeated their commitment to ensuring girls gain technical knowledge through competition and training at incubation centres. → Read more
Mon, May 13th, 13:17 · Richard Cutcher

Bill Gates pays tribute to the late Steve Jobs

Speaking in an insightful television interview, Microsoft’s chairman Bill Gates has lauded his former rival and Apple supremo Steve Jobs, describing him as amazing. → Read more
Mon, May 13th, 09:56 · Susan Mwenesi

Horticulture farming goes digital in Kenya

The amount of paperwork needed to be carried out by horticulture farmers is set to be cut down after the launch of a new mobile based agricultural software. → Read more
Fri, May 10th, 16:27 · Richard Cutcher

Rockefeller Foundation invests US$100 million in Africa’s digital future

One million Africans will benefit from digital jobs or training after The Rockefeller Foundation announced a US$100 million fund for the continent’s ICT sector. → Read more
Fri, May 10th, 09:25 · Susan Mwenesi

Ugandans adopt waste removal technology

Faecal waste in water channels and ‘flying toilets’, polythene bag improvised lavatories, could soon be a thing of the past in Kampala after a new waste removal technology introduced by Germany’s corporate development arm GIZ and Water for People. → Read more
Thu, May 9th, 15:42 · Richard Cutcher

New finance chief at Microsoft

Microsoft has appointed its first female financial officer after promoting Amy Hood from its business division. → Read more
Thu, May 9th, 11:49 · Brandon Gregory

Q&A: SAINe, focussing on innovation

Linda Swart, a psychology graduate from the University of Pretoria and innovation promoter, spoke to HumanIPO about the non-profit South African Innovation Network (SAINe). → Read more
Wed, May 8th, 15:36 · Nanine Steenkamp

EA’s SA wing closing down

The South African division of international gaming company Electronic Arts (EA) is to close as staff retrenchments hit branches worldwide. → Read more
Wed, May 8th, 13:43 · Kamau Mbote

NGO embarks on giving Kenyan girls ICT training

Eighteen girls have been trained in a project meant to bridge the skills gap for high school graduates and encourage young women to consider careers in ICT. → Read more
Wed, May 8th, 10:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

SKA sets up UK presence

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope’s international head office has been established in the United Kingdom (UK), a year after its setup in South Africa and Australia. → Read more
Tue, May 7th, 15:05 · Mercy Makumi

Adobe starts subscriptions for its desktop apps

Adobe’s desktop apps, including Photoshop, previously known as Creative Suite (CS), will now be branded CC to reflect their integral part of Creative Cloud. → Read more