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Wed, May 30th, 15:32 · HumanIPO
Global mobile payment transaction value to exceed US$170 Billion this year, Gartner says
Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will this year surpass US$171.5 billion, according to a report by Gartner, world's leading information technology research and advisory company. → Read more
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Wed, May 30th, 12:41 · HumanIPO
Africa’s ‘traditional medicines’ get own mobile app
A new mobile application called M-Ganga designed to document information on herbal medicine is set to hit the mobile app stores next month, the developers now say. → Read more
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Wed, May 30th, 10:35 · Vincent Matinde
SA’s First National Bank adds e-Wallet to its mobile banking application
After launching the geo app payment earlier this month, FNB has now upgraded its banking app and added e-wallet. → Read more
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Wed, May 30th, 10:30 · HumanIPO
Technology reduces mother-to-child HIV infection in Africa
A new machine to machine technology enabling HIV Positive expectant mothers to get results in record time to begin anti-retroviral drugs much earlier is reported to have reduced the chances of transferring the virus to the newborns from 40 percent to less than 1 percent in Mozambique. → Read more
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Wed, May 30th, 08:01 · HumanIPO
Agencies rally to spread Internet access to Africa’s remote regions
Remote regions in the Sub Saharan Africa, known to have no Internet connection, are set to enjoy the facility to boost education, innovation and development, Global Research Alliance (GRA) has announced. → Read more
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Wed, May 30th, 07:00 · HumanIPO
Two students in Kenya pledge to curb country’s chronic famine with a mobile app
Two students in Kenya have developed a new mobile phone application called M-SHAMBA set to link farmers in rural Africa with timely information from industry experts, researchers, meteorological departments and other agricultural agencies. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 18:00 · Vincent Matinde
Egypt now paces up investments in gaming technology
Egypt-based Information Technology Institute (ITI) has initiated a programme that could see the country's computer and online gaming field change for the better, it said. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 17:05 · Vincent Matinde
Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei sets up a training centre in Kinshasa, DRC
Chinese electronic giant Huawei has opened up a state-of-the-art training centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 16:52 · HumanIPO
Nairobi’s OIAS summit names youth empowerment as key to innovation growth
Patrick Awuah former Microsoft Program Manager, also renowned for having started Ashesi University College in Ghana, believes the future of technology and development belongs to the youth. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 15:47 · HumanIPO
West African creditor takes to fingerprint biometrics to rein in on frauds
Benin’s largest microcredit bank ASMAB has resorted to fingerprint biometrics technology to identify its customers and cut loan fraud. This is also expected to sustain customer trust in the banking system, it says. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 13:24 · HumanIPO
Fleecing staff at MTN Uganda fired over US$8.0 million fraud
MTN's Uganda Mobile Money staff have reportedly been fired after investigations into a fraud that cost the firm an overwhelming USh15 billion (US$8 million). → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 11:44 · Vincent Matinde
Google contemplates launching own tablet
The IT gadget race is on. The world leader in online search Google Inc is now venturing into gadgets. The company now plans to launch its tablet in July this year. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 10:33 · Vincent Matinde
Eatout.co.ke founders all set to launch a travel site Sleepout.co.ke
After great success with Eatout.co.ke, the site’s founders say they are now ready to unveil another site to help local and international tourists locate accommodation in Kenya. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 08:00 · HumanIPO
Nokia launches education delivery project to boost content delivery in rural Kenya
Nokia has launched education delivery project set to use mobile technology to bring up to date content to schoolchildren in Kenya’s remote regions. → Read more
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Tue, May 29th, 07:00 · HumanIPO
Agencies to install solar panels to boost ICT use in Kenya’s remote regions
International Institute for Communication and development (IICD) has installed solar panels at Ilkerin in Turkana, Kenya, set to enhance the quality of education among the Maasai tribe that live in the region. → Read more
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Mon, May 28th, 18:30 · Robin Okuthe
Facebook could soon acquire Opera browser, report says
Social networking giant Facebook may acquire the Norwegian browser maker Opera Software, developer of the Opera and Opera Mini browsers for desktops and mobile phones, a report says. → Read more
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Mon, May 28th, 18:00 · HumanIPO
Lack of enough funding hampering innovations in Africa
Lack of enough funding facing Africa’s innovations and startups extensively stagnate the continent’s innovation and technological growth, delegates at the African summit (OAIS) agree. → Read more
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Mon, May 28th, 16:40 · Vincent Matinde
Mozambican network operators lower calling tariffs in fierce battle for subscribers
A mobile phone company in Mozambique M-Cel says it now has the lowest calling rates in the country after having reduced its tariffs drastically. → Read more
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Mon, May 28th, 14:50 · Elly Okutoyi
Digicel debuts first non-bank mobile payment system
New Zealand-based currency exchange company KlickEx and Digicel, a Telecoms service provider, in partnership with VeriFone, a global leader in electronic payment technologies, last week announced the launch of a digital merchant payment system in the Kingdom of Tonga. → Read more
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Mon, May 28th, 12:00 · Vincent Matinde
Tanzania urged to seek new regulations on mobile banking
Tanzania’s government should put in place regulations to oversee telecom and mobile banking firms, an assistant minister has said. → Read more
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