Uncategorized | HumanIPO

Uncategorized, Page 58

Mon, August 20th, 11:07 · Robin Okuthe

Rural areas in South Africa now using prepaid satellite broadband

Maxwell Technology, a developer and manufacturer of energy storage and power delivery-related solutions, has announced the launch of Satellite Hot Spot in South Africa’s rural and township areas. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 10:20 · Robin Okuthe

Ban adult sites, activists urge Senegalese authorities

The African Association for the Defence of Children's Rights has called for the banning of access to pornographic websites in Senegal following reports that the sites are fast taking over the country’s cyberspace. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 09:32 · Robin Okuthe

Developing world signalled to promote digital health innovations

Governments of the developing countries have to take hand in leveraging digital technology if they have to improve the healthcare industry, says a 2012 report by the Digital Innovation in Healthcare Working Group. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 08:44 · Robin Okuthe

Cellphones reduce maternal mortality by 30 percent

Two years following the launch of Abiye Safe Motherhood Project and the Mother & Child Hospital initiatives, significant improvement in the healthcare is evident, says Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 08:07 · Robin Okuthe

Ghana healthcare sector to benefit from MCN’s free Web-based resources

Africa’s healthcare systems are fast becoming dependent on technology. Ghana’s health sector has received another boost toward effective health management. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 07:26 · Robin Okuthe

Public private partnerships named as accelerating telemedicine in Africa

Telemedicine programmes could fast gather momentum in Africa if the governments partnered with the private sector to extend infrastructural development in the offgrid regions. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 06:48 · Robin Okuthe

LTE for roll out across Kenya by December

Kenya’s government is pushing for countrywide Internet coverage with Long Term Evolution (LTE) connectivity, also 4G technology, expected to be rolled out in most parts of the country by end of this year. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 06:06 · Robin Okuthe

Hackers attack Ugandan prime minister’s site over ‘gay activism’

Hackers last week Tuesday attacked Ugandan prime minister’s website. → Read more
Sat, August 18th, 06:14 · HumanIPO

Virgin Mobile SA appoints Marchbank as its new chief

Jonathan Marchbank has been appointed as Virgin Mobile South Africa’s new chief executive. He replaces Steve Bailey who stepped down in May this year → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 14:09 · Dan Sudi

Bank in South Africa launches Mobile banking in Lesotho and Swaziland

South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) has introduced a new mobile money service brand named pay2Cell service to its customers in Lesotho and Swaziland. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 13:52 · Vincent Matinde

Gaming in Africa growing with Kuluya landing $250K funding

In a span of a few months, we have seen Africans taking gaming seriously. Whether is on mobile or on the desktop or even on consoles. Nigeria’s Kuluya is the latest entry to the gaming world in Africa. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 13:43 · Vincent Matinde

Africa’s biggest digital agency merges with advertising college

Africa’s leading full-service digital solutions firm Quirk has merged with The Red & Yellow School of Logic & Magic, a premier advertising college in South Africa. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 13:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigerian games startup to expand to Kenya and SA

Nigeria continues to prove to the world of their fast-paced innovations with yet another startup dubbed Maliyo Games, looking to expand its frontiers, now eyeing Kenya and South Africa. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 13:10 · Dan Sudi

Zambia’s police broaden counterfeit fake handset crackdown

Zambian police after confiscating Samsung handsets in Lusaka and Copperbelt regions have now rolled out to a nationwide clean-up. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 13:06 · HumanIPO

TMS Fluke Interface for Ansur automation software now on retail

Global provider of test and measurement healthcare equipment Fluke Biomedical and Four Rivers Software Systems, a software solutions firm, have this morning announced the launch a joint TMS Fluke Interface. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 12:34 · Dan Sudi

Microsoft study stresses on ICT skills to empower youth in Sub-Sahara

Some 76 percent of workers in Africa Sub-Saharan Africa regions have low skills hence low quality jobs, according to a new report released by Microsoft Corporation yesterday. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 12:03 · HumanIPO

Former mayor sues MTN over ringtone allegations

Giant network operator MTN is on the spotlight following claims by former Kampala mayor Al Haji Nasser Ntege Sebaggala that the telco turned his speech into ringtones without his consent. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 10:28 · Elly Okutoyi

GIS-based enumeration kicks off in Rwanda’s 2012 census

Rwanda has officially started its fourth nationwide Population and Housing Census using GPS-based data capturing technology to map out the Enumeration Areas (EA). → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 10:03 · Vincent Matinde

TopTv satellite pay channel offers prepaid solution

South African TopTV has done what few pay TVs have failed to do. The company now offers prepaid vouchers for their subscribers. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 09:25 · Dan Sudi

Startup capital on offer courtesy of IDEA and Strathmore University

Kenya’s leading private higher-learning institution Strathmore University has partnered with the IDEA Foundation, a global philanthropic organisation, to offer students and graduates financial support to start ICT business-related projects. → Read more