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Fri, November 16th, 08:09 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan developers take advantage of Windows 8

Microsoft’s next generation OS Windows 8 was officially launched in Kenya Thursday, even as Kenyan apps developers stole the show displaying their innovations for the new version. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 08:06 · Nanine Steenkamp

African App store opens next year

People Input will launch the first African App store before March 2013 for all French speaking countries. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 07:47 · Vincent Matinde

Western Union integrates money transfer with Ecobank

Money transfer giant Western Union has come up with an innovation that will see Ecobank account holders transfer cash from their accounts to recipients through Western Union. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 07:40 · Paul Adepoju

Opposition to competition major setback to Nigeria’s telecoms industry

Nigeria’s telecommunications industry regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has acknowledged that if left unaddressed, the current stiff opposition to competition by the nation’s various service providers could be a major setback to the growth of the industry. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 07:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

e-learning obstacles human rather than technologic, says expert

People stand in the way of the activation of e-learning in schools, says Kobus van Wyk, Head of Mustek Electronics. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 15:23 · Nanine Steenkamp

First African LTE Conference announced

The first Long Term Evolution (LTE) focused conference, will be held in July. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 14:44 · Gabriella Mulligan

‘Startup dynamic’ crucial to Internet market success, says Facebook official

The winners in the Internet market over the coming period will be those companies that focus on mobile, endeavour to understand real consumer needs and adopt startup dynamics, a Facebook official says. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 13:20 · Vincent Matinde

US$586M financing extended to two South African solar projects

Two South African renewable energy projects Letsatsi Project and the Lesedi Project will benefit from US$586 million funding from U.S. developer of utility-scale solar projects SolarReserve, the Kensani Group, an experienced financial advisory player in South Africa and Intikon Energy, a South African developer of renewable energy projects. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 12:44 · Tefo Mohapi

Botswana officially launches innovation hub

Botswana’s Innovation Hub (BIH) was officially launched in the Southern African country earlier in this week. The centre is an initiative by Botswana’s government to reduce the country’s dependency on mining, particularly diamonds, a key contributor to its economy. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 12:32 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria to get a new mobile payment service provider

Nigeria readies to introduce a mobile money services provider Virtual Terminal Network (VTNetwork Ltd), after the company announced that it would be rolling out its mobile payment services dubbed VCash across the country. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 12:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Nokia launches new cross platform brand for its location and mapping services

Finnish mobile phone-maker Nokia introduced a cross platform brand for location and mapping services dubbed HERE, billed as “the first location cloud to deliver the world's best maps and location experiences across multiple screens and operating systems.” → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 11:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Two new directors nominated to Telkom SA’s board

South Africa’s Telkom yesterday announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors, namely Jabulane Albert Mabuza and Kholeka Mzondeki, to its board. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 07:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Zambia’s Secret Service creating database of all mobile phone users

Zambia’s secret service OoP, or simply OP (Office of the president), is creating a database of all mobile phone users in the Southern African country. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 12:42 · Kamau Mbote

MultiChoice extends free DStv access to Kenyan schools

DStv Satellite Television services provider MultiChoice Kenya will establish 25 resource centres in public schools in 2012, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 150. The company hopes this will ease access to educational material in Kenya. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 12:32 · Kamau Mbote

Online advertising yet to catch up in Kenya

Kenya’s advertising revenue grew exponentially over the past decade from 3.2 billion shillings in 1999 to 49.2 billion in 2009, fuelled by a fragmented audience in the country created particularly by vernacular radio station, a study by research firm Ipsos Synovate indicates. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 11:52 · Elly Okutoyi

For the first time, BlackBerry Jam Session Super Hackathon comes to Kenya

Kenya will on November 17 host its first ever BlackBerry Jam Session Super Hackathon event, ahead of the launch of smartphone-maker Research In Motion’s next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 09:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Maliyo games now venturing into advergaming

Maliyo Games has ventured into the advergaming sector by creating a social game for Wema Bank, which will see the bank increase its market penetration and brand visibility. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 09:20 · Vincent Matinde

Real estate players in SA to benefit from new marketing app

Mobiprops is the latest real estate online platform that aims to enable property developers and managers to market their properties on various digital platforms. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 09:08 · Kamau Mbote

42 slain policemen to be honoured via social media

Social media users in Kenya will today at 1p.m. (Kenyan time) honour 42 policemen who were last weekend slain in Baragoi’s Suguta valley, after the government failed to fly flags countrywide at half-mast. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 08:22 · Tefo Mohapi

Quantum Edge now powers South Africa’s RICA engine

Previously, all SIM data was captured via Micosoft Excel and submitted manually for the process of registering SIM cards by South Africa’s Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication (RICA), according to the managing director of Quantum Edge Renier de Beer. The process has now been automated. → Read more