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Mon, October 1st, 08:04 · Dan Sudi

Fake handset users in Kenya express frustrations on social media

Grey handset users in Kenya have turned to the social networking sites to express their frustrations on the ongoing “Fake phone switch off” directed by the industry regulator Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
Sun, September 30th, 15:52 · Tom Jackson

CCK guarantees painless illegal mobile switch-off

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) will begin switching off more than 2.5 million counterfeit mobile phones tonight, and has assured the Kenyan public that the process will be a smooth one. → Read more
Sun, September 30th, 08:07 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian government rejects calls to ban social media

The federal government of Nigeria has rejected calls asking it to ban the use of social media in the wake of the gruesome murder of a young woman in Lagos by friends she met on Facebook. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 17:00 · Robert K'Odingo

Private sector to handle recycling of counterfeit handsets

Organisations in the private sector have been mandated to oversee the recycling of disposed counterfeit handsets in the wake of Sunday’s switch off by network service providers and the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), with the Kenyan National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) playing an awareness-raising role. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 16:37 · Dan Sudi

MTN Nigeria to receive news alerts through their handsets

Mobile service provider MTN Nigeria has introduced an application dubbed MTN Mobile Newspaper that allows subscribers to get prompt news alerts through their handsets. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 16:21 · HumanIPO

MasterCard Foundation injects US$500 million into education in sub-Saharan Africa

The MasterCard Foundation’s Scholars Program is providing funding of US$500 million to give talented students from developing countries a chance to continue their studies, especially focusing on the economically disadvantaged. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 16:00 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 1-7 October

To take full advantage of their potential entrepreneurs must attract like minded people in their industry. Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming technology events in Kenya and South Africa in a week. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 14:30 · HumanIPO

South Africa’s Citizen newspaper fires photographer after tweeting cloned photo

South African daily tabloid the Citizen on Thursday fired its photographer after he blew the lid on a photoshopped image published in the newspaper, with critics accusing the paper of unethical standards and compromising journalistic integrity. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 13:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Nokia/CCHub Growth Academy in Nigeria accepting applications

Leading phone manufacturing company Nokia, in partnership with Nigerian social innovation centre Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) has embarked on the second round of an academy programme aimed at enabling top Nigerian startups to grow into successful businesses and create world-class applications on the Nokia platform. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 12:25 · Vincent Matinde

Orange launches a $9M e-book distribution platform project

Kenya’s ePublishing sector has received a boost with Orange’s announcement that it is to launch of $9 million e-book distribution channel, making it easy for readers to purchase books and read them on different screens. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 12:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Jonas Bogoshi steps down as Gijima CEO, company reports decline in revenue

Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed IT firm Gijima has announced that its Chief Executive Officer Jonas Bogoshi has tendered his resignation, coinciding with the company reporting on Wednesday that they had a decline in revenue for the financial year ending June 30. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 11:35 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Ugandan government blind to cost of losing tech race

Never has a government’s total blindness to the opportunities offered by a vibrant tech sector been so perfectly demonstrated as in Uganda on Monday, when only five of 74 government ministers bothered to turn up on time for an Information Communication Technology sensitisation and training workshop hosted by the Prime Minister. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 10:20 · Tefo Mohapi

SA Revenue Service’s mobile app available on iOS and Android

The South African Revenue Service has rolled out its mobile app to Android and iOS mobile operating systems as it seeks to make it easier for citizens to communicate with them and submit tax returns. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 09:51 · Tefo Mohapi

CIOs make vendor decisions based on reputation and quality, report says

A report conducted amongst European CIOs indicates that they make their purchasing and IT vendor choice decisions mainly based on reputation and quality of product and service. Although conducted in Europe, the same seems to apply to African CIOs, as can be witnessed by the amount of “reputable” international IT vendor solutions they deploy in their organisations. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 09:48 · Paul Adepoju

MTN Ghana CEO arrest ordered

A Ghanaian court yesterday ordered the immediate arrest of the CEO and two other officials from the country’s largest mobile telecommunications company, MTN Ghana, due to their failure to appear before court for the third time. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:35 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Mr Price using Oracle Web Commerce Solution to offer customers consistent experience

South African fashion retailer Mr Price has implemented Oracle’s ATG Web Commerce solution as the platform for its new cross-channel commerce offering, which went live early this year. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:25 · HumanIPO

CCK defies President, set to lower mobile termination rates

Kenya’s telecom regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has defied the President’s orders against cutting Mobile Termination Rates (MTR), highlighting the autonomy of parastatals in the country. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:19 · Dan Sudi

Google rolls out ICT scholarship to African students

Web giant Google has announced a scholarship programme targeted at African female students who are enrolled in ICT courses, to encourage students to take an active role in the sector and become role models and leaders across Africa. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:07 · Robert K'Odingo

Hitachi’s new technology stores data for millions of years

Global high-tech storage giant Hitachi on Monday unveiled a means of storing digital information on pieces of quartz glass capable of enduring extreme temperatures and hostile conditions for millions of years without degrading. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 16:32 · Dan Sudi

Can Blackberry conquer African market?

South Africa and Nigeria will be amongst the first wave of countries to receive the BlackBerry 10, testifying to the importance of the two African nations to developers Research in Motion (RIM). → Read more