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Mon, May 28th, 11:15 · Elly Okutoyi

Nokia partners with Nigeria’s CCHub to start a mobile software accelerator academy

Nokia has partnered with a social innovation centre in Nigeria called Co-Creation Hub (CCHUB) to launch Africa’s first Growth Academy for early stage mobile technology startups. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 10:25 · HumanIPO

A new Zimbabwean SMS platform aims at tending country’s saving culture

A firm in Zimbabwe called Victory Savings Club has innovatively incorporated the use of mobile technology in a pioneering effort aimed at promoting the culture of saving, wealth creation and empowerment among the country’s citizens. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 07:00 · HumanIPO

Zambia seeks to automate land supervision in June

Zambia’s Land administration says it will from June computerize its operations to enable the government to capture data in a move aimed at eradicating corruption in the department. → Read more
Sat, May 26th, 08:52 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya turns to satellite technology to quench thirst for water

Faced with chronic shortage of water, Kenya has now turned to satellite technology to locate and explore underground water. The satellite technology called Watex System will map water wells in Turkana, one of the country’s most affected areas. → Read more
Sat, May 26th, 08:16 · HumanIPO

Sage Pastel’s new app enabling tracking of salaries using mobile phones

Sage Pastel, a global business solutions provider, has developed a new mobile-based human resource solution called Sage VIP it says is set for launch in July in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 16:06 · HumanIPO

IMImobile honoured at Cloud Africa Awards in SA

IMImobile, a global mobile data technology infrastructure and solutions provider, last night won the Multimedia Content Management Solution of the Year award at the Cloud Africa Awards hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 14:40 · Vincent Matinde

Vodacom receives accreditation from Microsoft

South Africa-based mobile network operator Vodacom yesterday became Africa’s first telephone company to receive Microsoft OCS and Lync's SIP trunking Certification. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 11:10 · HumanIPO

Kenya now resorts to installing CCTV in cities to curb Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab

Major Kenyan cities are set to benefit from CCTV camera installations to help fight terrorism and crime-related activities. This follows the US$100 million grant given to Kenya by the People’s Republic of China to curb terrorism. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 10:40 · Vincent Matinde

Econet Wireless secures US$307 million to finance its Zimbabwean subsidiary

Econet Wireless, telecommunications provider with operations and investments in Africa, Europe, South America and the East Asia Pacific, has announced it has secured US$362 million for its African subsidiary. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 10:21 · HumanIPO

Airtel Uganda lowers calling rates to African destinations

Airtel Uganda has announced a new calling rate to all African destinations widely expected to cut costs for Ugandan’s looking to make voice calls across the continent. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 08:00 · HumanIPO

Uganda’s radios hailed for fostering progress in a once war-torn nation

Despite being one of the smallest countries in Africa in terms of size, Uganda has more than 244 radio stations making it the nation with one of the highest number of local radio stations in the continent. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 07:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Zimbabwe unveils country’s first universal electronic payment system

Zimbabwe has received its first ever Universal Electronic Payment System (UEPS) thanks to a local firm, SmartPay. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 17:50 · HumanIPO

Agencies develop weather alert systems to cut Lake Victoria fishing fatalities

Six agencies operating in Uganda are partnering to launch a weather alert service expected to cut down on the number of fatal accidents associated with fishing in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 16:10 · Vincent Matinde

After closing purchase, Motorola Mobility now becomes Google’s latest acquisition

After months of speculation, the search giant Google has finally acquired Motorola Mobility at a price of US$40 per share bringing the total acquisition to US$12.5 billion. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 15:35 · Elly Okutoyi

Satellite still drives broadband in Africa even with fibre cable influx

Even with the scores of fibre optic cables that have landed on the African coasts, satellites are still being used to boost Internet connectivity in the African regions, this is according to satellite operators attending the Satcom Africa conference this week in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 13:08 · HumanIPO

Celltick gets a new VP as battle for Africa’s mobile market heats up

Celltick, a global mobile home screen marketing company, has appointed a new VP for Africa. The company yesterday said the appointment of Moshe Rint comes as part of its strategy to extend its influence in the continent’s fast-paced mobile market. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 13:06 · Elly Okutoyi

FAO links with Zambia’s MTZ to offer e-Vouchers set to ease farmers’ mobility

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Mobile Transactions Zambia (MTZ), an enterprise in Zambia focused on providing financial services, have teamed up to develop a means by which e-Vouchers can be used to provide the country’s ministry of agriculture and livestock with bicycles for use by the lead farmers. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 12:00 · Vincent Matinde

Highly rated Samsung Galaxy Pocket finally launched in Kenya

Samsung Electronics East Africa yesterday unveiled its fancy low-cost Android powered smartphone named Samsung Galaxy Pocket in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 10:02 · HumanIPO

Mauritius sets deadline for 8-digit mobile numbering system migration

Mauritius’ Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) says the country is now ready to move to the 8-digit phone numbering protocol and has since set the deadline for the country's telephone network operators to migrate. The three operators now have until September 1, 2013. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 08:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Country’s first ever phone-based share-trading platform launched in Kenya

AIB Capital, a Kenya-based stock broking firm, has launched the country’s first ever interactive phone-based share trading platform called AIB-Mobile set to enable users to buy and sell shares as well as monitor and top up their accounts -- using mobile phones. → Read more