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Mon, September 24th, 14:31 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s Nduru road safety app available for Android phones

Nduru, a mobile app intended to end road carnage in East Africa, is now available for Android devices. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 14:30 · HumanIPO

Software to simplify grant seeking launched in Lagos, Nigeria

Nigerian enterprise solutions firm Afrigrants Resources has launched a crowdfunding app targeted at helping businesses and non-profits seek grants from international donors. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson

Kenya’s CCK appoints new Board Chairman

Industry regulator the Communications Communication of Kenya (CCK) has appointed businessman Ben Gituku as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors after previous incumbent Eng. Philip Okundi left to pursue a political seat. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 13:20 · Vincent Matinde

Broadband uptake in Africa still low

Globally, Africa has the fewest number of people actively accessing broadband Internet, despite the massive rollout of fibre-optic cables across the continent. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 13:17 · Dan Sudi

Two Egyptian scholars develop smartphone sensors for floorplans

Two students from Egypt’s Alexandria University have developed a mobile app that “ allows for crowdsourcing of data from smartphone sensors to create indoor floorplans automatically”. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 13:03 · Paul Adepoju

Ghanaians hail new SMS-based info service ahead of Dec’s elections

Ghana’s International Institute of ICT Journalism, through the institute’s African Elections Program (AEP), has launched an SMS-based information service ahead of the elections in December, a move warmly received for its contribution to transparency. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 12:45 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 24-30 September

Africa's technology sector is being harnessed for growth and investment in innovative ideas. Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming technology events in Kenya and South Africa in a week. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 09:11 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana to train 30,000 plus youths in ICT

Over 30,000 more youths in Ghana are set to benefit from a government-funded ICT training scheme dubbed Ghana’s National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), according to deputy minister for youths and sports Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 08:44 · Elly Okutoyi

Are hackathons killing entrepreneurial spirit in Africa?

Entrepreneurs and investors in Africa’s tech sector fear that the number of hackathon events held on the continent could kill the techpreneurship spirit, with the number of such events on the rise. → Read more
Sun, September 23rd, 13:33 · HumanIPO

Microsoft formally introduces Office365 in Abuja

Technology giant Microsoft Corporation has officially launched its next generation cloud computing suite, Office365, in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. → Read more
Sat, September 22nd, 15:44 · Tefo Mohapi

Cisco to sponsor SA’s SITA Govtech 2012

Cisco Systems has announced it will be sponsoring South Africa's State Information Technology Agency’s (SITA) GovTech 2012 next week. → Read more
Sat, September 22nd, 14:06 · Tefo Mohapi

False-positive detections on latest Sophos update cause chaos

Many systems running on Microsoft Windows operating systems have been experiencing false-positive alerts regarding a potential virus or malware, caused by a Sophos' anti-virus update that erroneously quarantined or deleted crucial files of the software. → Read more
Sat, September 22nd, 08:00 · Robin Okuthe

Microsoft addresses flaws in Internet Explorer browser

Microsoft yesterday released a security update it hopes will address reported attacks on PCs via flaws in versions of Internet Explorer (IE), after cyber criminals used the loophole to attack users' systems last week. → Read more
Sat, September 22nd, 06:02 · HumanIPO

Nokia brings its Asha brands to 15 in Nigeria

Nokia has released two of its latest series of Asha smartphones, Asha 311 and Asha 305, in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, increasing the total number of their brands there to 15. → Read more
Sat, September 22nd, 05:16 · Tefo Mohapi

Dimension Data MEA pays out US$152 Million to stakeholders

South African IT firm Dimension Data has announced the outcome of the US$152 Million Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) transaction it signed with the BEE Consortium eight years ago. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 15:10 · HumanIPO

Zambia’s PACRA embarks on US$ 200K digitalisation

Zambia’s Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) has approved a K 3 billion (US$ 200K) project to digitalise all its records in the hope of ending the “frustrations of missing files and long hours of manual records search”. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 14:24 · Elly Okutoyi

Zambia’s government hopes electronic system will tame errant casinos

The Zambian government is looking to deploy an electronic system to monitor activities in casinos operating in the country, with violation of gambling regulations on the rise. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 13:46 · HumanIPO

Gmail SMS hailed for simplifying business correspondence in Africa

Google’s integrated correspondence service Gmail SMS is being touted for promoting business growth in African regions barely three months after launching. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 13:13 · Tom Jackson

Global BlackBerry outages as iPhone 5 launches

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) today suffered significant outages across Africa, Europe and the Middle East coinciding with Apple’s iPhone 5 serial launches in Asia, Europe and North America. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 12:34 · HumanIPO

SA’s virtual tax assistant app TaxTim goes vernacular

TaxTim, a new South African virtual tax assistant, has been translated into local languages isiXhosa, isiZulu and Afrikaans to make it “much easier for more people to file their tax returns.” → Read more