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Fri, August 17th, 09:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom to host first Android developer workshop for women coders

Vodacom will tomorrow host South Africa’s first-ever Women’s Developer Workshop focused on providing women with the practical skills essential for developing Android mobile applications. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 08:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Kasuwa rebrands, targets entire African continent

Popular Nigerian online retailer Kasuwa has undergone a rebranding process and has now been renamed Jumia -- Jumiacom.ng. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 08:33 · Vincent Matinde

Google maps out over 1 million transit stops including in Africa

Google Maps continues with its upgrade by including various aspects of the service. It has recently included transit stops totalling 1 million across the globe. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 07:01 · HumanIPO

SEACOM cable links research networks across southern Africa

The national research networks based in southern Africa will benefit from high-speed Internet, after Zambia was linked up to South Africa last month, through a SEACOM submarine cable that passed through Zimbabwe. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 05:08 · HumanIPO

Nairobi’s city council to launch e-services

Nairobi City Council yesterday partnered with two mobile phone service providers in a venture focused on introducing e-payment services to the council. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 04:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Digital birth registration for Botswana

Botswana has officially launched digital registration services in four of the country’s hospital, in a bid to get more births registered, and eliminate the delays in the submission of birth and death certificates. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 15:17 · Robin Okuthe

Gambian security agents force independent radio station off air

Gambia’s national security agents have this morning closed down an independent radio station Taranga FM, saying they had received “directives from above,” according to Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) reports. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 14:12 · Dan Sudi

ICT consumer awareness forum kicks off tomorrow

East Africa’s leading research firm Infortrack Harris, commissioned by Consumers Federation of Kenya to carry out a research on the views of Kenyans in respect to switching off fake mobile phones and ICT awareness, is expected to release its report tomorrow during the Consumers Dialogue forum. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 13:42 · Dan Sudi

Airtel Kenya to sponsor Kisumu Dala rugby sevens

Airtel Kenya has announced it will sponsor this year’s Dala Sevens Rugby event scheduled for Kisumu Polytechnic grounds on August 18 and 19. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 13:36 · Vincent Matinde

African students shine in the Google online marketing challenge

Google offered students across the world US$250 to help local businesses by advertising their products and services on Google ad platform, AdWords. The jury is in and Africa has been represented by winners from various universities. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 13:06 · HumanIPO

Samsung’s game changer the GALAXY Note 10.1 now on retail

Samsung Electronics, an electronic market leader has today unveiled its new tablet the Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 in the US, UK and the South Korean market. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 12:53 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria broadband developments attracts the attention of US networking firm

US networking firm Transition Networks USA on seeing the great developments and potentials in Nigeria’s Internet market, has partnered with a Nigeria-based firm Teledom International Limited to build a network assembly plant in the country. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 12:10 · HumanIPO

Government agencies in Nigeria summoned to look into data theft

Data security training organised by Resourcery and Check Point Software for IT managers in Abuja, Nigeria this week served to look up for solutions that could counter high rise in the unauthorised access of data in the government agencies. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 11:47 · Vincent Matinde

Nevahold, a Ghanaian app makes it to Webit Congress finals

Every trying to reach any customer care representative for any brand? Then you would know how frustrating it is sometimes. One startup in Ghana helps to ease the frustration and their product has propelled then to the finals of the Webit Congress. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 09:51 · Elly Okutoyi

Tigo’s 100 million dollar countrywide network expansion plan underway

Mobile telecommunications operator Tigo Tanzania is looking to spend over US$100 million in an East African network expansion project. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 09:36 · HumanIPO

Android is still king of smartphone operating systems

A report released Wednesday by IDC indicates that more Android phones were shipped during this year’s second quarter than iPhones, a proof that Android OS continues to extend dominance over other smartphone operating systems worldwide. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 08:34 · HumanIPO

Etisalat spreads 3.75G Easyblaze broadband to 22 cities in Nigeria

Etisalat Nigeria’s 3.75G Easyblaze Internet service is now available in 22 cities, after six new cities were added this week. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 07:29 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s government restricts staff on social media use

Lagos State Government in Nigeria has issued a stern warning to civil servants who spend much of their time browsing and interacting on social media during office hours. The government Internet servers within the State Secretariat, Alausa have now been cut off social networking sites. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 07:22 · HumanIPO

Sierra Leone’s telecom operators summoned over poor service

Sierra Leone’s parliamentary oversight committee on information and communications asked the country’s mobile service providers Monday to improve on their services. → Read more
Thu, August 16th, 06:52 · Dan Sudi

Cell C builds up its network strength to gain an edge over competitors

Network coverage in South Africa is set to gain a boost after mobile service provider Cell C decided to improve its coverage and performance to reach the marginalised regions “for quality services.” → Read more