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Thu, June 28th, 12:47 · Elly Okutoyi
Ghana CID in a linkup to quash cybercrimes
The Ghana Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has signed a memorandum of understanding with e-Crime Bureau Inc to develop a national investigative response team to deal with the problems of cybercrimes and other electronic-based crimes. → Read more
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Thu, June 28th, 12:23 · HumanIPO
Startup pushes for social lending in South Africa
With just a week away from a scheduled launch on July 3, RainFin says it is ready to revolutionize South Africa’s financial services sector with an immediate overhaul of conventional lending and borrowing. → Read more
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Thu, June 28th, 10:02 · Dan Sudi
Safaricom says its chief shouldn’t testify in court case
East Africa’s leading telephone network operator Safaricom has challenged the decision by a Kenyan court to have its chief executive Bob Collymore produce Short Message Service (SMS ) transcripts for a fraud transaction pitting two banks -- Equity Bank, and Dyer and Blair Investment. → Read more
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Thu, June 28th, 08:17 · Vincent Matinde
Testing of Wi-Fi Passpoint devices starts
The Wi-Fi Alliance has said the testing of a seamless Wi-Fi experience called the Passpoint will start soon. The technology helps mobile devices to access Wi-Fi from any hotspots while on the go. → Read more
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Thu, June 28th, 07:36 · Vincent Matinde
Google unveils own branded tablet
Google finally unveiled its own tablet during the recently held Google I/O developers conference. → Read more
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Thu, June 28th, 06:21 · HumanIPO
Samsung to sell around 200 million Galaxy S III smartphones by end of year
Samsung Electronics released its Galaxy S III last week in the US. According to the South Korean electronics manufacturer, the phone’s demand by mobile operators and consumers is “tremendous.” → Read more
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Thu, June 28th, 04:30 · Robin Okuthe
24 cybercriminals arrested in a worldwide FBI-led sting operation
A worldwide FBI-led sting operation, dubbed Operation Card Shop, targeting illegal credit card information traffickers has led to the arrest of at least 24 cybercriminals from13 countries. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 13:15 · Tefo Mohapi
SA’s Dimension Data receives the “Systems Integrator of The Year” Award from McAfee
Dimension Data, a US$5.8 billion global IT services and solutions provider company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has received the McAfee Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA) ‘Systems Integrator of the Year 2012 award.’ → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 11:01 · Elly Okutoyi
Hackers in Uganda arraigned in court
Four people suspected to have hacked into the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) taxes systems between 2010 and 2012 have been arraigned in a court in Uganda. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 10:45 · Elly Okutoyi
Botswana and Namibia finally install first broadband cable
Botswana and Namibia finally launched their links to the 14,000-kilometre underground sea cable system on Tuesday. The sea cable is expected to provide speeds of up to 5.12 terabits per second. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 10:29 · Dan Sudi
14 Arrested for SIM Card fraud in Nigeria
Fourteen people have been arrested in Nigeria following allegations of SIM card fraud. This comes after Nigeria’s communications regulator, the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), cracked a whip on the vice. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 08:17 · Elly Okutoyi
Vodacom to reward customers for using mobile money
Vodacom Tanzania has unveiled a reward program set to reward customers using the M-Pesa service with free airtime for every transaction. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 08:15 · Robin Okuthe
Zimbabwe’s first commercial radio now on air
Star FM, Zimbabwe premier commercial radio went on air Monday ending a 3-decade domination by a state-controlled broadcaster. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 08:07 · Elly Okutoyi
Huduma Kenya, Kenyan government’s service delivery portal unveiled
Kenya’s government has launched a new portal to improve transparency and accountability in public service delivery. → Read more
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Wed, June 27th, 05:00 · HumanIPO
Nigeria set to go cashless with a new wireless service
A new wireless service is set to make banking in Nigeria cost effective and contactless courtesy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and telephone network operators in the country. → Read more
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Tue, June 26th, 15:19 · HumanIPO
The iPhone would soon go NFC, experts say
Speculators at Apple hint the iPhone 5 will be NFC enabled. → Read more
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Tue, June 26th, 14:40 · Dan Sudi
Microsoft intent on buying Yammer
Microsoft Corporation is set to acquire Yammer, a social-networking startup, at US$1.2 billion following a negotiation meeting between the two firms yesterday. → Read more
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Tue, June 26th, 13:19 · Dan Sudi
Safaricom schedules Lewa marathon for Saturday
Safaricom, Kenya’s top telecoms operators, has said this year’s Safaricom Marathon will take place Saturday at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy -- where Prince William proposed to his girlfriend Kate Middleton. → Read more
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Tue, June 26th, 11:35 · Vincent Matinde
Kenyan developer wins Nokia codefest’s top prize
Skinswap, an app that lets you create wallpapers on your phone bagged the ultimate prize of KSh1 million ($US11,800) at a 2-day hackfest hosted at Nairobi’s Startup Garage last weekend. → Read more
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Tue, June 26th, 10:13 · Tefo Mohapi
Facebook nominates first female to board of directors
Facebook announced yesterday its current Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg will be joining the company’s board of directors. → Read more
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