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Thu, July 5th, 07:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom appoints new group chief executive

Vodacom has this morning announced the appointment of Shameel Joosub as Vodacom Group Chief Executive Officer to the Vodacom Group Board. He succeeds Pieter Uys who stepped down after almost 20 years with Vodacom including four as a chief executive. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 06:40 · Tefo Mohapi

Google reveals butter smooth Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Late last month, the search engine giant Google revealed the next Android operating system version, the 4.1 Jelly Bean, at Google I/O. The version’s operability is centred on the improvement of the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 06:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Popular music streaming service now available for Blackberry smartphones

Popular music streaming service Spotify is now available in the BlackBerry App World store. BlackBerry smartphone users can now play, discover, and share their favourite music tunes right from their devices. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Samsung Smart App Challenge winners to take home US$4.08-million

Samsung Electronics will give 80 mobile developers US$4,08 million as prize money for its global mobile app developers challenge. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 04:00 · Dan Sudi

Old Mutual and Safaricom partner to start i-invest

Multi-national financial services company Old Mutual on Tuesday launched a new mobile-based unit product called i-invest in Kenya's capital Nairobi following a partnership with telecom operator Safaricom. The new service will allow easy money transactions in the country, in investments and withdrawals. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 15:00 · HumanIPO

Firefox mobile OS set for integration on smartphones

Firefox Operating System for smartphones is underway courtesy of the back up of a number of global mobile networks. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 13:48 · Igor Hobotov

Eskimi starts mobile money marketing platform in Nigeria

Eskimi, a fiercely competitive Lithuanian startup with an estimated 7 million customers now, has half of its audience from Nigeria. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 13:18 · Vincent Matinde

Internet Society to give grants to help IT innovation in Africa

Internet Society has released over US$10,000 each, to several African projects that help communities access technology. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 13:14 · Igor Hobotov

The Mxit revolution: Alan Knott-Craig’s tale of Mxit acquisition

In the book, “Mobinomics: Mxit and the mobile revolution,” Knott-Craig Jnr tells us how he came to own Mxit. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 12:30 · Vincent Matinde

Samsung launches Galaxy S III in Lusaka

Samsung Electronics has launched Galaxy SIII in Zambia’s capital Lusaka. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 10:01 · Elly Okutoyi

South Africa Revenue Service upgrades its technology portfolio

South Africa Revenue Service (SARS), South Africa’s tax authority, has unveiled five new technologies on its technology portfolio aimed at returning assessments in less than three minutes to the country’s tax payers. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 09:15 · Dan Sudi

With e-tax system, Uganda’s revenue authority would tax “all imported vehicles”

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has upgraded its e-tax system to now allow for taxation of imported vehicles. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 09:14 · Vincent Matinde

Android is our backup plan, says Nokia

In an interview on a Finnish television, Risto Siilasmaa, of the Nokia board, said that Android OS would be their backup option if their Windows OS integration fails. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 07:45 · Vincent Matinde

Virtual shopping mall spreads out online shoppers’ options in Nigeria

A new player has entered Nigeria’s ecommerce scene promising to change the way shoppers splash out on merchandise online. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 07:27 · HumanIPO

WMO picks on West Africa to pilot its global climate monitoring system

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) forecasts countries within west Africa would face severe drought in a year. It has selected the region for its pilot project -- a new climate monitoring system scheduled for launch in October. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 07:03 · Elly Okutoyi

Vodafone’s headstart fibre network project now connects Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso

Vodafone has launched its fibre network that now connects of Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso in the first of its kind project in West Africa. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 05:00 · Tefo Mohapi

Report shows smartphone users prefer social networking and games to calling

A report commissioned by UK mobile operator O2 found that making calls comes just fifth in the ranking among the things smartphones are used for. Smartphones have become a digital “Swiss Army Knife” the report says. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

CheqOut targets millions of Africa’s unbanked with its swipe technology

The CheqOut app launched on Monday in South Africa is expected to enable millions in Africa to transact on their mobile phones using a plug-in card reader, which allows the phones to accept credit card payments. → Read more
Tue, July 3rd, 14:40 · Vincent Matinde

Nigeria’s mobile payment system, Paga, gets new investors

Paga, one of Nigeria’s leading mobile money transfers says it has processed over 276,000 transaction since its inception in September 2011. → Read more
Tue, July 3rd, 14:09 · Tefo Mohapi

Bharti Airtel and HP linkup will offer cloud services to enterprises

Telecoms giant Bharti Airtel will partner with Hewlett-Packard (Hp) to ensure that their customers can access and enjoy using their cloud services in “a business perspective.” → Read more