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13 days ago

Founder Institute to launch in Johannesburg

Entrepreneurial training establishment Founder Institute will launch on Sunday, making the Silicon Valley programme available to South (more)

13 days ago

Paynet partners with MasterCard Kenya to drive local migration to EMV cards

MasterCard Kenya has signed a deal with regional card processor Paynet Group to partner in a local initiative dubbed “The great migration (more)

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Uganda launches system for sending documents

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has launched the Automated System for Customs Data World (ASYCUDA) that will allow individuals and (more)

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SANRAL must pay ZAR25 million per month to e-tolling contractor

ZAR25 million (US$2.5 million) is the approximate amount which the South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has to pay per month to the (more)

13 days ago

Kenyatta University to create entrepreneurs, not jobseekers

Kenyatta University (KU) has launched its Innovation and Incubation Centre, aiming to give Kenyans an opportunity to transform their dreams (more)

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ITU bring continental and international conferences to Ghana

African broadband policy, cyber security and the ICT sector will be the main focus of an International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) (more)

13 days ago

News24 launches memorial site

Online South African news publication News24.com has launched a website to honour people who have passed away.

13 days ago

Kenyan banks to clear cheques in a day after systems upgrade

A new clearing system has been adopted by all Kenya’s commercial banks, allowing cheques to be cleared and the money accessed within one (more)

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Africa’s tech revolution a big gain for new sites - Ian Isherwood

Ian Isherwood, founder of Kenya’s first online dating site DateMe Kenya, has lauded the ongoing tech revolution in Africa saying that (more)

13 days ago

MPs diagnose ICASA with cancer

Capetonian members of parliament (MPs) have accused the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) of being unfair to (more)

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CCK slashes mobile termination call rates

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has slashed the mobile calling tariff by 20 per cent after a gruesome price war among the (more)

13 days ago

No quick fix to social media

Most companies are anxious to cash in on the benefits social media provides, but Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer for South (more)

13 days ago

E1M reveals ONE petition results

African mobile specialist Every1Mobile (E1M) has released results of the ONE campaign, following the partnership with ONE.org.

13 days ago

TCS adds Zambia to its African portfolio for e-tax services

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has awarded a three year contract to Tata Cosultancy Services (TCS) to modernise the country’s (more)

13 days ago

Oracle launches cloud database

Oracle has released a cloud-based extension to promote business efficiency.

14 days ago

Zimbabwe elections - reports of intimidation minimal, no violence

The Zimbabwe general election, taking place today, proceeded with no violence in comparison with the previous election of 2008, though (more)

14 days ago

Shinn to meet Carrim tomorrow, SABC a “decades long” problem

Yunus Carrim, South Africa’s latest communications minister, will tomorrow meet his opposite number, the Democratic Alliance’s Marian (more)

14 days ago

CCK on brink of extinction

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) may be replaced with a new regulator should the Kenya Information and Communication Amendment (more)

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Kenya’s new dating site prioritises safety

Vetting new members and guaranteeing user safety are among the driving forces behind DateMe Kenya, which launched at the weekend.

14 days ago

NSA’s XKeyscore project revealed by Snowden

United States security agents have been able to access, with no authorisation, enormous databases containing emails, online chats and (more)

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ICASA to gather stats

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will be gathering ICT information to compile a statistic report on the (more)

14 days ago

COFEK and ICPC criticise Kenyatta’s private Safaricom and Airtel case

A suit by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s International Criminal Court (ICC) lawyer Steven Kay has sparked reactions from various lobby groups (more)

14 days ago

ZANU-PF supporters tweet threats and insults

President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has taken to Twitter to issue threats to voters in (more)

14 days ago

Orange Uganda launches LTE network

Orange Uganda has launched its 4G LTE network, making it the third operator to do so in the East African country.

14 days ago

Facebook starts mobile game publishing

Facebook has launched its Mobile Games Publishing pilot programme for online community promotion.

14 days ago

Kenyan mobile subscribers drop almost one million

Kenyan mobile subscriptions decreased significantly following the deactivation of unregistered SIM cards, a Communications Commission of (more)

14 days ago

Mobile services in Borno state could jeopardise safety

The government of Borno State has said the region is not ready for the restoration of telecommunications services.

14 days ago

New task team set to bring stability to the SABC

A new task team has been set up by Yunus Carrim, minister of communications, and Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, deputy minister, in a bid to (more)

14 days ago

Spammers use Steve Jobs success story to seek attention

Spam levels continue to increase with June rising by 1.4 per cent and averaging 71.1 per cent, according to a spam report by Kaspersky Lab.

14 days ago

LG unveils Digital Signage Broadcasting and pocket photo mobile printer for Kenya

LG Electronics East Africa unveiled two products for the Kenyan market today, in a bid to take advantage of digital migration and (more)

14 days ago

Tinapa Knowledge City hosts hackathon

The Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar, Cross Rivers state, are hosting a hackathon organised by the Information Technology Developer (more)

14 days ago

Microsoft assists AWDF

The Microsoft Citizens Programme (MCP) has donated computer software to aid the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF).

14 days ago

MTN Group’s BBBEE scheme sees financial improvements

Shareholders in the South Africa’s largest telecommunications black economic empowerment scheme, MTN Zakhele, will be able to begin (more)

14 days ago

Google beats Apple double

Google saw off the challenge of Apple in both tablet sales and app downloads, though the quality of Android’s achievements remain (more)

14 days ago

Safaricom named among world’s top 10 Facebook brands

Kenya’s leading operator Safaricom has been ranked to have the sixth best Facebook brand in the world by Social Bakers.

14 days ago

Nigeria to use satellite technology in electoral review

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will deploy satellite technology in its quest to review (more)

14 days ago

Zimbabwe elections a hot topic in southern Africa

Zimbabweans are at the polls today to vote either for a new leader or to retain president Robert Mugabe and #ZimElection is a hot topic, (more)

14 days ago

Alcatel-Lucent records small revenue increase, announce Qualcomm partnership

Global telecommunications vendor Alcatel-Lucent has increased its revenue by 1.9 per cent in the second quarter, compared to the same (more)

14 days ago

Solidarity will not strike

Members of South African union Solidarity will not be striking at Telkom, though negotiations are still underway to come with terms with (more)

14 days ago

African smartphone spike by 2018 predicted

Currently the world’s lowest smartphone owners, Africans need five years to catch up to become a major stakeholder, a recent report has (more)

14 days ago

Nigerian Army email hacked

The Nigerian Army has announced one of its email addresses has been hacked by cyber criminals who are now using it to solicit for funds (more)

14 days ago

President Zuma receives his smart ID card

South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma received his smart ID card yesterday (Tuesday) from the Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria, the (more)

14 days ago

Tanzania to switch to IPv6

Tanzania will soon move from its current Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) to version 6 to prevent the country from having a digital (more)

14 days ago

SATNAC conference set for September

The Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks Applications Conference (SATNAC) will discuss the socio-economic benefits of broadband in (more)

14 days ago

Postal Corporation launches Posta Pesa payment gateway

The Postal Corporation of Kenya’s newest e-payment gateway can become the primary payment in the system in the country and boost (more)

14 days ago

Globacom Nigeria celebrates 10 year anniversary with NGN500 million promotion

Globacom Nigeria has announced its Recharge to Stardom promotion including cash prizes between NGN10,000 (US$62) and NGN25 million (more)

14 days ago

DStv partners with cricket East African to showcase live matches

SuperSport will be broadcasting the East African Cricket Competitions set for August after DStv announced the partnership.

14 days ago

Google launches SafeSearch

Google has launched new SafeSearch features for safe family browsing.

15 days ago

Viable product key to e-commerce – League of Beers

South African craft beer e-commerce business League of Beers believes a viable product is the key to success in online sales.

15 days ago

Airtel Money joins forces with Kenya’s Equity Bank

Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have partnered to offer m-commerce solutions to their customers through Airtel Money.

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