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Mon, August 6th, 12:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Glo Mobile doubles market share, report

With less than five months of operation in Ghana, telecoms operator Glo has doubled its market share in the country, according to a report released by Ghana’s National Communication Authority (NCA). → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 12:29 · Vincent Matinde

Interesting facts from Kenya mobile market – InMobi research

Inmobi has released a research showing the Kenyan mobile Web and telecommunication trends. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 12:29 · Tefo Mohapi

Oracle to appeal court ruling made in favour of HP

Having lost the ongoing litigation regarding providing its software on HP’s Itanium servers last week, Oracle has released a statement saying that it will appeal the court’s ruling. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 11:52 · HumanIPO

Rwanda seeks faster Internet in fostering cross border trade

Trademark East Africa (TMEA) in collaboration with the Rwanda’s government have developed a system known as RESW (Rwanda Electronic Single Window) to enable speedy delivery of documents within the agencies. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 11:31 · Elly Okutoyi

High-speed data capacity coming to Africa with launch of Avanti Satellite

Avanti, a London-based communications group, has officially launched its Ka-band satellite, intended to deliver high-speed data capacity to Africa, Middle East and Caucasus. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 11:19 · Dan Sudi

Wi-Fi network to be rolled out across Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is set to receive Wi-Fi Network after Edgewater Wireless Systems confirmed to have been paid US$4.9 million by Edgewater Wireless Systems to facilitate the project. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 08:38 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa’s first smart-feature phone with 60-day standby time launched

In a bid to address the barrier of cost of smartphones in Africa and their limited battery life, African mobile phone company Mi-Fone has launched the Mi3000 model -- the first-ever “smart feature phone” with a 60-day battery standby time and EDGE connectivity. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 07:50 · Dan Sudi

‘Tigo Internet Mega Boksi’ to offer low-cost data bundle rates in Tanzania

Mobile phone service provider Tigo Tanzania has unveiled an Internet service dubbed ‘Tigo Internet Mega Boksi’ which hopes to link its subscribers across the world. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 07:14 · Robin Okuthe

Nations worldwide differ over Internet control by UN

The U.S. has vowed to resist attempts to have the Internet under the control of the United Nations. A number of countries including Russia, India and China are however reported to disagree with the stance. → Read more
Mon, August 6th, 04:30 · HumanIPO

Bank in Ghana calls for government to regulate e-banking

The United Bank for Africa (UBA), which introduced the card-less ATM withdrawal service in Ghana, has called on the government to implement policies that would enhance electronic banking countrywide. → Read more
Sat, August 4th, 05:37 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom SA prepaid customers to receive two hours free talk time

Vodacom SA has introduced a new promotional offer for its prepaid customers called the Day-Night Double promotion. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 14:49 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan Judges embrace technology with new iPads and BlackBerry devices

The Kenya Judiciary is keeping its promise of embracing transparency and efficiency by now including the use of technology among its strategies towards fulfilling the pledge. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 14:38 · HumanIPO

FrontlineSMS introduces user support sessions for users

FrontlineSMS has introduced a new program to train its software users on how to use its new version of the software it launched in June. The training sessions will allow the software’s users to ask questions, share ideas and experiences on using the software. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 14:09 · Dan Sudi

African nations readying for broadband boost

Africa’s Internet connectivity could improve further following the partnership of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Nexpedience over a broadband project targeted to cover parts the continent. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 13:46 · HumanIPO

Developers in South Africa get down for a 48-hour hack

This weekend in Cape Town, South Africa a team of hackers will compete for R25,000 ($3,500) in the first-ever Code4Democracy Hackathon. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 13:19 · HumanIPO

South African LTE dinner sheds more light on industry issues

A bi-monthly innovation dinner hosted by IT News Africa assemble business people and professionals in an intimate relaxed environment, over good food and wine to create new relationships as well as promote organizations. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 12:59 · Elly Okutoyi

Can’t access Live Olympics on YouTube in SA? Here is the reason

While other 64 countries are viewing live Olympic Games on The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Youtube channels, South Africans are not part of the pack. Most citizens of the country have not understood the reason behind this as most of them expected the fibre-optic internet connection will ease their viewing. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 12:45 · Vincent Matinde

After Nigeria stint, Jobberman eyes Africa

One of Nigeria’s rising job sites Jobberman has revealed its intentions to be a force to reckon with throughout Africa. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 12:06 · Tefo Mohapi

Sophos launches mobile security app for Android devices

With the amount of mobile based malware increasing rapidly especially on the Android OS, Sophos on Monday officially released its Sophos Mobile Security. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 11:42 · Tefo Mohapi

HP wins court battle against Oracle

HP has been involved in ongoing litigation with Oracle regarding HP’s Intel Itanium platform. The contract now requires Oracle to port its software to Itanium-based servers. → Read more