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Tue, August 14th, 12:48 · Vincent Matinde

SA’s Tourism Radio elated at Google’s buyout of Frommer’s

Five months of announcing their partnership with Frommer’s Unlimited, Tourism Radio the producers of Hummba audio guides, are happy that Google has acquired travel guidebook producer. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 12:15 · Dan Sudi

Innovation Prize for Africa challenge invites applications

African researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators in the field of Information communication and technology will converge in April 2013 for Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) forum focused on developing solutions aimed at stirring development in the continent. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 10:35 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africa’s unmatched love for Nokia and Blackberry phones let out

Phone-makers Nokia and RIM have both come under significant financial pressure in the recent month. However, this does not seem to be the trend in South Africa as the companies’ brands have remained popular, according to a study by research firm World Wide Worx. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 09:50 · Vincent Matinde

Nation Media to introduce NationHela, international money transfer service

Mobile money transfer services are fast edging out traditional money transfer systems particularly in Kenya, studies show. A new player has now entered the money transfer market combining the traditional money transfer and mobile money transfer services. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 09:34 · HumanIPO

Prezence Digital marks 10th anniversary, launches initiative to mentor students

South Africa’s leading full-fledged digital agency Prezence Digital is set to later this month launch a student support initiative branded ‘10Teams/10Brands/10Grand,’ to mark its tenth anniversary. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 08:44 · Dan Sudi

Controversy surrounds Konza Tech City’s land acquisition process

Kenya’s first-ever multi-billion technopolis project Konza Technology City is now on the spotlight over procurement procedures followed to allocate it about 5,000 acres of land in Machakos County. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 07:50 · Vincent Matinde

Developer meetup for Blackberry set for Nairobi

Research In Motion (RIM) has set its sight on Kenya’s capital Nairobi for its developer conference named Blackberry 10 Mini Jam. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 07:47 · Tefo Mohapi

iROKO in first African event sponsorship, hopes to extend content beyond Nigeria

The world's largest distributor of Nigerian entertainment iROKO Partners was last week announced by All Amber -- organiser of mobile related events in Africa -- as a Gold sponsor of this year's Mobile Entertainnent Africa event scheduled for Cape Town, South Africa. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Airtel’s Pan-African Rising Stars tourney unveiled

Airtel Africa yesterday unveiled a Pan African soccer tourney dubbed Airtel Rising Stars Africa Soccer Championship, which will provide an opportunity for up-and-coming stars to display and gauge their talents. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s USPF embark on telecom facilities enhancement plan

A recent consultative forum hosted by Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), a subsidiary of Nigerian communications commission (NCC), had the organisation reveal its plans for furthering information and communication technology (ICT) development in Nigeria in the next 5 years. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 13:35 · Dan Sudi

Vodacom starts out prepaid data bundles promotion

South Africa’s telecoms giant Vodacom has unveiled Internet data promotional offer dubbed ‘Pay-once Data Bundles.’ → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 13:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Bill Clinton to speak at Dell’s customer and partner event

Former US President Bill Clinton will speak at Dell’s second annual customer and partner event called Dell World 2012. The event brings together IT stakeholders from across the world. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 12:39 · HumanIPO

County-based SMS advertising takes off in Kenya with Info160

Info160 is a free location based information and advertising service in Kenya founded by Nick Hargreaves Onyango. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 12:31 · Vincent Matinde

Vodafone Ghana looking to list on the stock market

In two years or so, Vodafone Ghana will list on the stock exchange to raise more capital for the business, this is according to Vodafone Ghana CEO, Kyle Whitehill. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 11:56 · Tefo Mohapi

Zambia’s communications regulator seizes fake Samsung handsets

Zambia’s police alongside officials of the Bureau of Standard and Cycorp Zambia Limited have cracked a whip on fake mobile phones arresting over 2600 suspected counterfeit Samsung handsets in Lusaka and Copperbelt area. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 10:48 · Elly Okutoyi

Airtel unveils its 3.75G Internet in Uganda

Airtel has taken its 3.75G Internet service to Uganda, a move expected to enable East Africans to enjoy faster browsing and download speeds at reasonable prices. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 09:13 · HumanIPO

Zunguz develops ‘secure’ Facebook payment cards

Facebook payment app ZunguZ is working on what it says is a more secure online payment card than credit cards. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 08:49 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s information authority undertakes archives digitisation

Kenyan government's information department the Kenya News Agency (KNA) has set out to digitalise the audio-visual archives currently under its custody. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 07:42 · Elly Okutoyi

IBM set to open research lab in Nairobi by end-year

Global technology conglomerate IBM is in the final stages of opening an Information Technology Research lab in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 07:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter Olympic records

Twitter reports that over the 16 days that the Olympic games took place, it saw more than 150 million Tweets being sent about the games on its platform. → Read more