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Mon, May 21st, 17:00 · Elly Okutoyi

New e-payment platform to launch in Zimbabwe

SmartPay had launched a new Universal Electronic Payments System (U.E.P.S) in Zimbabwe. The first of its kind in the country, it is set to help ease the banking problems currently facing the country. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 16:22 · Elly Okutoyi

Ghana Post launches e-payment system to cushion revenue fall

Ghana Post has launched an electronic payment system expected to make it easier for mobile phone users, financial service providers and merchants relate through a platform accessible from different mobile devices. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 15:20 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s pay TV industry lacking competition

A report by Kenya’s communication regulator Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) and Deloitte and Touche, a consulting company, show that the broadcasting frequencies in the country are not fully utilised. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 13:05 · Vincent Matinde

Mozambique welcomes third mobile network operator

Last week, Movitel switched on its network in Mozambique. This is the third mobile network operator in the country. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 12:05 · Vincent Matinde

Top level domains for SA cities

South African domain registry has confirmed plans to have three of its cities including Johannesburg, Durban and Durban receive a top level domain extension. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 10:04 · HumanIPO

Ghana set to manufacture own smartphones

TECNO Ghana intends to manufacture and assemble its brand of affordable smartphones for sale exclusively within the west African country. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 09:55 · HumanIPO

Econz Wireless hits SA with GPS asset,employee tracking app

Econz wireless has launched a GPS tracking application in South Africa essential for tracking employees and assets. → Read more
Sat, May 19th, 06:18 · HumanIPO

With C-SAM and MasterCard’s mobile wallet, Africa expects a stir in payment services

Mobile technology firm C-SAM Friday announced a partnership with a global payments and technology company MasterCard to offer "mobile wallet" solutions in Africa, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 18:10 · Elly Okutoyi

French firm enables a virtual tour of Egyptian pyramids

A French company called Dassault Systems has come up with an interactive virtual tour of Egypt’s Giza Plateau in a 3D Internet project using archives from the museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 17:50 · Elly Okutoyi

Namibia forges ahead in Internet speed with a 4G technology

Namibia’s Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has launched a new 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in Windhoek. This makes the country among the few in the world to have the technology, and the second in Africa. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 15:58 · HumanIPO

Ghana widens scope on intellectual property rights with a new policy

The government of Ghana has come up with the country’s first intellectual property (IP) document, called National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (NIPPS) document, aimed at strengthening the management of the intellectual property system in Ghana. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 14:08 · Vincent Matinde

Travelstart finally launches in Nigeria as it eyes more African countries

Barely two months following entry into West Africa, Travelstart, an online booking and travel information site officially launched yesterday in Nigeria. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 12:41 · HumanIPO

19-year-old girl in Egypt invents a spacecraft propulsion device

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 12:20 · HumanIPO

More than 28 million Kenyans still anxious to make calls even as prices hike

More than 28 million mobile phone subscribers in Kenya rely on phones for voice calls, Internet and text messaging each day, says Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK), Kenya’s communication regulator. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 11:33 · Vincent Matinde

iMaverick and Snapplify partner to bring newspaper to your iPad

iMaverick, a digital South African newspaper, has introduced an iPad version of its editions following a partnership with Snapplify, a mobile solution for publishers. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 10:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Online Christian course development tool launched

Acts 2 Technology, a leading resource for Christian eLearning, has launched its new online course software called Acts 2 eBridge intended for authors, speakers, preachers and ministries across the globe. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 09:43 · HumanIPO

Turning old PCs into digital TVs is Africa’s latest green revolution

The plant known as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) becomes east and central Africa’s first ever recycling centre that converts old computers into TV sets. Started by Kenya’s Tom Musili, he says this is intended to end electronic waste in the country aside from making TVs affordable. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 18:04 · Vincent Matinde

Colleges in SA to be connected in country’s technology investment drive

South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology is set to connect the country’s colleges and universities to lay groundwork for increased investments in science and technology. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 17:55 · HumanIPO

SA’s Logikal counts on Africa’s tech growth to prompt expansion drive

Although a South Africa-based IT consulting company, Logikal Consulting, has operations in more than 15 African countries, Kevin Mani, the managing executive, says the firm is not ready to abandon its African expansion drive just because of that. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 16:50 · HumanIPO

A Taiwanese phone manufacturer focusing on SA market more attentively

A Taiwanese smartphone manufacturing company has swore it would concentrate more on the South African market, four months after launching a local office. High Tech Computer Corporation, HTC, announced the move while focusing on its new One-series range of devices. → Read more