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Thu, August 23rd, 12:37 · Vincent Matinde

Ugandan switch to digital TV dogged with decoder confusion

Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has courted controversy with its new standardisation of set boxes to be used for the digital broadcasting switch. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 12:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Etisalat Nigeria uses Oracle solution to accelerate data retrieval and analysis by 99%

Oracle Communications announced on Wednesday that Etisalat Nigeria, a leading Nigerian telecommunications service provider, has deployed and gone live with Oracle Communications Data Model solution. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 11:57 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom tightens security on M-Pesa with Fraud Management system

Kenya’s giant network operator Safaricom has signed a deal with a UK-based technology company Neural Technologies that will see the latter develop and implement a fraud management system for M-Pesa mobile money service. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 11:32 · HumanIPO

Telecommunications firm tells of Namibia’s next off-grid power

Diverse Energy, an energy and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced the outcome of a five-month PowerCube technology, during an event on Monday in Namibia's capital Windhoek. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 09:53 · Dan Sudi

Sofgen unveils Temenos T24 banking software in Kenya

Sofgen, a global leader in IT solutions, has launched a sharing model cloud platform software in Kenya branded Temenos T24. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 09:46 · HumanIPO

Barclays launches Pingit Mobile App in Kenya

Barclays on Monday launched Pingit in Kenya. Pingit is a fee free person-to-person mobile app for international money transfers between UK and Africa, beginning a new era of international money transfer almost six months following its UK launch. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 09:22 · Vincent Matinde

Tourism Radio makes its way into Angola

Hummba, a product from South African company, Tourism Radio is making in ways into Angola by releasing audio guides for the country’s capital Luanda. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 08:52 · Elly Okutoyi

Africa’s Savannah Fund contributes to biNu Mobile’s US$2 million investment

biNu Mobile, a startup that builds the mobile app platform that brings iPhone-like experiences to low-end smartphones and feature phones, has secured US$2 million investment from Savannah Fund and Tomorrow Ventures -- seed investment firms from Africa and America respectively. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 08:40 · Dan Sudi

Extra funding necessary for South Africa’s digital TV migration

South Africa’s plans of shifting to digital from analog Tv transmission will need more funding to facilitate smooth digital transition, according to Sentech. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 07:04 · Dan Sudi

SMS-related rules on hate speech to be released soon

The committee working on rules targeted at regulating SMS text messages on hate speech perpetrators in Kenya has already drafted the guidelines and unveiled it to the public to comment until August 27. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 06:51 · HumanIPO

Google apps begins country ccTLD registration in over 20 countries

Google Apps, in partnership with Domaindiscount24.com, has began offering 30 top-level domain (TLD) with 22 ccTLDs at $8 a year. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 06:34 · HumanIPO

LG introduces battery powered TV in Nigeria

Power outage is a major problem in Nigeria, in a move to solve this, LG Electronics last week introduced the world’s first battery TV branded LG 32LS3800 Bathery LED TV into the Nigerian market. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 04:00 · Vincent Matinde

iAfya blackberry app launched in Kenya

A new health app iAfya has been launched in Kenya and will be available on the Blackberry operating system. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 14:11 · HumanIPO

Nigerian Internet speed tops

Nigeria’s Internet is fastest in Africa, according to a report by Akamai Technologies Global Internet Platform, global technology research leader. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 13:51 · HumanIPO

SA’s digital TV launch set for September

South Africa’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) will be launched on September 26 and 27, the Department of Communications (DoC) has revealed. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 13:48 · Elly Okutoyi

70 Nigerian BlackBerry app developers trained by RIM

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that it has trained 70 Nigerian youth entrepreneurs at a developer training forum. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 13:08 · HumanIPO

SMSing overtakes voice calling in Tanzania

A report by Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) released last week shows a majority of mobile phone users prefer text messaging to making voice calls. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 13:03 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria boasts of US$25 Billion investment in telecommunications

Nigeria continues to maintain its position as Africa’s largest mobile market with investments now at US$25 billion in the telecommunications sector. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 12:57 · HumanIPO

Grey handset vendors must be arrested, says CCK

Phones lacking International Mobile Equipment Identity, IMEI, will be switched off while those selling the phones in Kenya will be arrested and prosecuted, says The Communications Commissions of Kenya (CCK) and The Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA). → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 12:30 · HumanIPO

Ethiopia to upgrade meteorological information system

Ethiopia is set to put up a new and modern meteorological information system to support the social and economic transformation in the country. → Read more