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Fri, August 3rd, 10:23 · Dan Sudi

Safaricom motivates paralympians ahead of London competitions

As Kenya’s Olympics team prepared to leave for the ongoing Olympic Games in London, the country’s top mobile phone service provider Safaricom rose to the occasion and pledged tokens to outstanding performers. Now the company has turned to the Paralympians. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 09:55 · Elly Okutoyi

RIM’s latest 4G LTE Blackberry PlayBook coming to SA

[CDATA[Canada-based BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has confirmed that South Africa will be among the few countries in the world set to receive its latest 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.]]> → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 09:10 · Tefo Mohapi

GustPay trials wristband NFC payment system

South Africa's first geo-fenced mobile payments startup GustPay held a launch party last week from where it introduced to an estimated 400 people smartphone-payment system. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 08:22 · Tefo Mohapi

Yahoo! unveils new version of IntoNow

Yahoo! unveiled the next evolution of IntoNow on Monday. The technology powered media company says the new version will deliver “a more innovative and engaging way for people to capture, communicate and discover television content.” → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 07:42 · HumanIPO

MWeb, South Africa’s leading ISP, slashes ADSL prices

South Africa’s second leading Internet service provider MWeb has cut the prices of its uncapped Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), a technology for high-speed Internet access that uses copper telephone lines to send and receive data. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 07:19 · HumanIPO

Google releases cloud-based app for its Wallet

Google has released a new version of its Google Wallet app now available on Google Play. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 07:04 · HumanIPO

Econet introduces chat service dubbed EcoChat in SA

Econet last week launched EcoChat in South Africa after engaging with Pattern Matched as its technical partner. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 06:34 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN Business App of the year winners announced

The winners of the first ever MTN Business App of the year awards were announced Wednesday at an awards ceremony hosted at The Venue in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. → Read more
Fri, August 3rd, 04:00 · Dan Sudi

Free mobile money transactions in Tanzania, courtesy of Airtel

Mobile phone service provider Airtel Tanzania has unveiled Airtel Money promotion enabling free cash transactions within Tanzania. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 12:11 · HumanIPO

Cell C levels rates for calling overseas

Subscribers on Cell C, a South Africa-based cellular network, can now make calls to Brazil, Indonesia, Spain and Finland at 99 cents per minute on per second billing during peak and off-peak hours. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 11:58 · Vincent Matinde

A year on, TwinPine Network records 500 million ad impressions

One of Nigeria’s top mobile advertising companies TwinPine Network has just celebrated one year of operations in the country with some exciting stats to show. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 09:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Samsung Africa launches its third engineering academy in Nigeria

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under global ‘Hope for Children’ initiative, Samsung Electronics West Africa has launched its third African engineering academy in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 08:26 · Dan Sudi

South Africa to become continent’s first nation to have Windows 8

The highly anticipated Windows 8 Software will be released to the South Africa market on October 26 this year, as revealed by Microsoft South Africa Windows 8 group leader Colin Erasmus. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 07:52 · Vincent Matinde

Project to extend rural telecommunication piloted by Vodacom Business

Vodacom has partnered with Agri SA to launch an initiative that will connect the rural folk in South Africa and Agri SA members with telecommunication avenues. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 07:50 · HumanIPO

Africa’s greatest gaming expo returns this year

South Africa’s 53-hour computer gaming event dubbed NAG LAN, the biggest PC LAN gaming event in the continent, returns this year. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 07:27 · Vincent Matinde

Tablet Wars: Apple iOS is still big in Africa

A report by PingDom suggests that iOS is the biggest operating system in use in tablets in Africa. → Read more
Thu, August 2nd, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Duka1.com partners with top firms to retail genuine phones ahead of grey handset switch off plans

Nagare Tech Limited's site Duka1.com is barely a month old but has partnered with major electronic manufactures, including Samsung, Sony, Nokia, Blackberry and HTC, to retail original electronics in Kenya and across East Africa. → Read more
Wed, August 1st, 14:10 · Elly Okutoyi

Tanzanian government halts India-owned OnMobile’s operations

The Tanzanian government has stopped an India-based data and value-added services [VAS] company OnMobile from operating in the country following accusations that it [OnMobile] has no trading license. → Read more
Wed, August 1st, 14:00 · Tefo Mohapi

Cisco buys video software and content security company

Cisco Systems yesterday announced its acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software and content security solutions that enables service providers and media companies to securely deliver and monetize new video experiences. → Read more
Wed, August 1st, 13:51 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter’s general counsel apologises as journalist’s account is unsuspended

A day after suspending Guy Adams’ -- a British journalist who had repeatedly criticized NBC’s Olympics coverage -- Twitter account, the microblogging service has reinstated him and restored his old tweets after much public outcry. → Read more