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Wed, August 29th, 14:45 · Elly Okutoyi

Knight Foundation Mobile challenge now open for applications

The 2012 Knight News challenge on Mobile, a challenge seeking to accelerate media innovation by funding breakthrough ideas in news and information, is now officially open for applications. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 13:40 · Dan Sudi

FNB and Cell C introduces purchase of mobile broadband bundles

South Africa’s leading financial institution the First National Banking (FNB) has partnered with Cell C, a mobile service provider, to offer data bundle purchases and SMS to its customers. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 12:17 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s president suspends slashing of call rates

Mobile users in Kenya will once again have to wait longer to have the call rates reduced after President Mwai Kibaki intervened and stopped the planned slashing of Mobile Termination Rates (MTR). → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 10:17 · Vincent Matinde

Agency calls for forum for kids’ sensitisation on Internet use

Women In Technology in Nigeria (WITIN), non-profit organisation using ICT to empower women economically in Nigeria, is calling for a sensitisation forum to discuss on issues concerning the Internet’s influence on children. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 09:55 · Dan Sudi

Orange introduces handset promotion ahead of CCK’s fake phone switch off plans

Mobile service provider Orange Kenya yesterday launched a promotional offer branded “Chagua Original” (Choose Original) to provide subscribers with genuine 3G handsets at a discount rate of up to 60 percent. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 08:57 · HumanIPO

Econet’s 10 million subscriber base plans afoot

Zimbabwe-based cellular network operator Econet has confirmed it has acquired equipment for an expansion drive that will raise its subscriber base to around 10 million. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 08:57 · Elly Okutoyi

Tanzania targets investors with online investment portal

Tanzania’s government has introduced an online tool to help investors and entrepreneurs have an easy access to information on investment procedures, and investment opportunities in the country. This is seen as a step forward in wooing foreign investors into the country. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 07:38 · HumanIPO

SA’s Nedbank app for Android goes live

Nedbank unveiled its App for Android on Monday gaining a step further into the bank's digital pursuits to serve clients remotely. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 07:18 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s LAGbook launches “Sponsored Results” search ads

One of Africa’s largest and fastest growing social network LAGbook on Monday launched a new advertising service brand-named Sponsored Results. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 05:41 · HumanIPO

Binary Science launches The Phonebook

Binary Science, the startup behind a phone backup solution dubbed 6ix Degrees, on Monday launched The Phonebook, a cloud application service for contact storage that features events calendar and free automatic SMS reminders. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 04:04 · HumanIPO

Pastel the computerised payroll in Zimbabwe

Pastel, a developer of Payroll and HR software that offer comprehensive payroll solutions, recently held a forum to train companies on the use of its product, the Pastel Payroll. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 14:35 · Elly Okutoyi

VoguePay vows to upset online payments in Nigeria

Nigeria-based company Afrisoft Interactive has vowed to disrupt the way online payments are carried out considering that a majority of African countries cannot use international platforms such as PayPal. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 13:58 · Dan Sudi

Pupils in Rwanda benefit from Carnegie Mellon University’s 14-day training

Carnegie Mellon University provided a 14-day training to more than 300 pupils from Saint Vincent Pallotti primary school. The programme ended last weekend. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 13:38 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan university to host tech expo in November

Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has scheduled this year’s Tech Expo for November 1 and 2 at the college’s main campus in the capital Nairobi. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 13:00 · Dan Sudi

Shoemaker Bata introduces online store in Kenya

Kenya’s giant shoe maker and retailer Bata Kenya has moved a notch higher in its online ventures by introducing a Web store, a result of a partnership with payment platform firm Pesapal along with Aramex Delivery, a delivery firm. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 12:21 · HumanIPO

Base stations in Nigeria guzzling US$1.1 billion worth of diesel each year

With over 22,000 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) across Nigeria, it costs the country’s telcos an estimated N177.7 billion (about $1.1 billion) on fuel each year, reports the Thisday Live. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 09:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Samsung Week slated for Zambia

Lusaka’s capital Zambia is scheduled to host this year's Samsung Week from August 26 to September 1. The weeklong extravaganza would later be rolled out across Africa. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 09:51 · Dan Sudi

LG unveils L series Android smartphones in Kenya

Electronics giant LG officially launched its wider range of L series Android smartphone at Blancos Lounge in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 09:34 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigerian music streaming service iROKING hits 100,000 registered users

World’s top online distributor of Nigerian music iROKING has announced it has reached its 100,000-subscriber milestone barely seven months after launching. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 09:15 · Vincent Matinde

Lagos Innovation Hotspots maps out business areas in Nigeria

A startup in Nigeria called Lagos Innovation Hotspots hopes to map out business regions in Lagos, in a bid to show the business side of the city → Read more