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Tue, August 28th, 09:08 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya, South Africa part of the M2Work Hackathon

Kenya is part of the global M2Work hackathon slated for September 15 to 16 this year. The code-fest will take place in conjunction with MLab East Africa. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 08:08 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s competition regulator now charged with determining mobile voice rates

Kenya’s communications authority the Communication commission of Kenya (CCK) has directed the Competition Authority(CA), country’s consumer protection and fair competition regulator, to make a ruling on the mobile termination rate after it failed to reach an agreement with the country’s four mobile service providers. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 07:35 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile technology to help Nigerian Business women

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women has said it will be launching a new mobile phone service in partnership with Nokia and MTN Nigeria to help women looking to grow their small-scale enterprises in Nigeria. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 06:55 · Robin Okuthe

Bharti Airtel finds comradeship with Sproxil in battling Africa’s fake drugs

Giant telco Bharti Airtel yesterday announced it has partnered with Sproxil to stamp out the counterfeit drug market in Africa. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 19:55 · HumanIPO

Nigerian telephony project worth U.S$200million incomplete after 11years

A rural telephony project dubbed National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP) that started eleven years ago in Nigeria is yet to be completed. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 19:42 · HumanIPO

Airtel soccer clinic starts off in Nairobi

Some 50 boys and girls from across nine African nations were yesterday briefed on what they should expect from the Airtel Rising Stars soccer clinic run by Bharti Airtel Africa in partnership with the Manchester United Soccer Schools. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 14:12 · HumanIPO

Google highlights ways to enhance African maps

Google recently hosted an African map developer’s conference in Lagos, Nigeria with the aim of understanding the coders’ challenges as well as impart to them new ideas that would improve their skills and performances as they make use of the mapping app. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 14:11 · Dan Sudi

Ugandan farmers drawn into ICT use in climate change sustainability project

Climate Change Adaptation and ICT (CHAI) project that is targeted at facilitating water solution during dry seasons in Uganda was launched earlier this month in the capital Kampala. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 13:15 · Dan Sudi

Kenyan MP wants CCK’s fake phone switch off plans put off

Kenya’s Embakasi Member of Parliament Ferdinand Waititu is seeking a court order to hold over paralyzing of non-genuine handsets. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 12:56 · Elly Okutoyi

Near Field Communication technology catches up in Kenya

Kenyans today embrace the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology more than before thanks to the advancements in mobile and Internet technology, credited for having transformed the society into a more a cashless transaction economy. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 12:21 · Vincent Matinde

Cnectd opts to disrupt the traditional SMS market

With more phones becoming app-based, a number of telecom companies have cried foul in the past few months claiming that SMS apps are eating into their profits. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 11:52 · HumanIPO

YouTube extends advertising on mobile devices

YouTube is increasing its video advertising on mobile devices. The Google-owned firm is moving away from the normal ad formats it has had on mobile devices and launching a new mobile video streaming service called TrueView. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 11:31 · HumanIPO

Morocco begins a 10-year broadband for all programme

Morocco’s government has started a 10-year national broadband plan focused on ensuring a majority of the country’s population accesses the Internet. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 09:26 · HumanIPO

Telecom and NewTelco join forces to connect Namibia to West African cable system

Four international Points of Presence (PoPs) will be connected to the West Africa Cable System (WACS) following a recent partnership between Telecom Namibia and NewTelco South Africa, which is represented by Jasco Co-location Solutions. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 09:19 · Vincent Matinde

TechTrust ships more Apple products in Nigeria

TechTrust Integrated Services Limited is expanding its gadget stock by incorporating large shipment of Apple products in Nigeria. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 08:23 · Dan Sudi

Kenyan insurers to stop vehicle frauds using central data system

The Association of Kenya Insurers is working on a data system dubbed Integrated Motor Insurance Data System (IMDS) that is targeted at curbing fraud cases revolving around the motor vehicle insurance industry. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 07:49 · Elly Okutoyi

2nd Freedom Online Coalition Conference to be held in Kenya

Kenya has finalised on plans to host the 2nd Freedom Online Coalition Conference scheduled for September 6 and 7 at the United Nations Complex in the capital Nairobi. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 07:28 · HumanIPO

Blackberry-maker woos Kenya’s local developers

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) in its efforts to make a comeback after losing the smartphone market share to Apple and Google’s Android, has now vowed to woo Africa’s local developers into using its platforms. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 07:13 · Vincent Matinde

Time management company unveils new site in South Africa

Time and Attendance, a time management company in South Africa has unveiled a new looking website to market its products. → Read more
Sat, August 25th, 07:39 · HumanIPO

Econet takes back its termination pronouncement

Zimbabwe’s Econet and NetOne mobile subscribers who could not make calls across the two networks this week, were shocked when informed they had been disconnected. → Read more