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Wed, August 22nd, 12:26 · Vincent Matinde

College Campus site brings e-Learning to South African Students

The American Public University and College Campus will in September this year launch a site called College Campus where distant e-learning can be facilitated. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 12:03 · Dan Sudi

ICT innovators’ contest slated for Kigali

This year’s ICT Innovators Contest in the ICT sector will be held in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 10:12 · Elly Okutoyi

Zimbabwe may not meet 2015 digital broadcasting deadline

It has now been revealed that Zimbabwe may not meet the 2015 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) deadline designated for analogue to digital broadcasting migration. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 09:32 · Tefo Mohapi

South African startup aims to revolutionise journalism

South African startup called Mampoer Shorts aims to challenge traditional article publishing and distribution models by offering journalists the opportunity to sell their long-form articles directly to the reader. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 09:30 · HumanIPO

MTN accredits dazzling employees

Lonestar Cell MTN, a leading GSM company in Liberia, paid tribute to its “foot soldiers,” referring to its SIM card and mobile registration agents, who dedicated their services toward enabling the company to reach its greatest peak in SIM card registration. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 09:27 · Vincent Matinde

NClose and Accellion partner to offer mobile file storage security

South African online security firm NClose has partnered with Accellion to offer more data protection, storage and file across a range of mobile devices. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 09:10 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s judicial commission goes SMS

Kenya’s judicial commission the Judiciary Service Commision (JSC) on Tuesday launched its Judicial Marches Week alongside an SMS service dubbed “SMS the Chief Justice” operation. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 08:16 · Dan Sudi

GOtv slashes subscription prices

Kenya’s pay television channel Gotv has slashed the monthly subscription prices of its offerings. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 06:48 · Tefo Mohapi

Coders to benefit from TrustPay’s sponsorship of Mobile Entertainment Africa

African App developers are set to benefit from TrustPay's announced sponsorship of Mobile Entertainment Africa 2012 conference to be held in Cape Town. The sponsorship comprises five access passes to the event for African App developers worth €650 (approx US$810) each. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 06:33 · HumanIPO

Mara Group to open innovation hub in Silicon Valley for African entrepreneurs

A top Ugandan tech entrepreneur Ashish Thakkar, 31, wants to set up a hub at Silicon Valley for entrepreneurs from Africa. The Mara Group founder confirmed last week after visiting Yahoo, Facebook, Zynga, Google, Stanford among other technology leaders at the Valley. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 06:28 · HumanIPO

The African technology path to be reviewed

An 8-member panel established last month is expected to guide the AU through the review of CPA’s (the Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action) achievements and failings, and later present its findings to a ministerial conference in Brazzaville, Congo in November. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 06:00 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel’s Pan-African soccer challenge kicks off in Nairobi

Pan-African soccer challenge the Airtel Africa Championships, run by Top integrated telecommunications company Bharti Airtel today, officially kicked off today in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 05:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Airtel to lay additional 2000km of cable in Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria has announced of plans to lay an additional 2,000 kilometres of cable on its fibre-optic cable system currently serving nearly 20 million of its subscribers in Nigeria. → Read more
Tue, August 21st, 08:51 · Elly Okutoyi

Full-scale campaign for mobile birth registration starts in Kenya

Kenyan parents can now access birth certificates of their newborns on their phones thanks to a project by PLAN International and World Health Organization (WHO). → Read more
Tue, August 21st, 08:06 · Dan Sudi

Rwanda to host IT education forum next month

Rwanda International Conference on Technology in Education (RICTE), a forum for education-related technologies, is scheduled for next month in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. → Read more
Tue, August 21st, 07:00 · HumanIPO

The African technology path to be reviewed

An 8-member panel established last month is expected to guide the AU through the review of CPA’s (the Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action) achievements and failings, and later present its findings to a ministerial conference in Brazzaville, Congo in November. → Read more
Tue, August 21st, 06:45 · HumanIPO

City law courts in South Africa connected to wireless network

LexisNexis South Africa and Law Credit last week launched Wi-Fi in high courts in Johannesburg and Pretoria. → Read more
Tue, August 21st, 06:10 · Robin Okuthe

ITC Global to focus investment in West Africa

Global provider of enterprise grade satellite communications ITC Global yesterday announced it is now in full acquisition of ITC Guinee SARL, a Guinea-based firm, after acquiring the remaining10 percent interest. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 11:47 · Robin Okuthe

Zambia to have more radio and TV stations

The Government of Zambia has issued out 10 full licenses and 16 construction permits to television and radio stations across the country in a move expected to promote citizenry participation in matters of national interest. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 11:31 · HumanIPO

Research and development companies missing out on government grants

South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology has offered incentives meant to encourage research and development (R&D) since 2007. Few technological companies have however applied for them, according to reports. → Read more