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  • 14 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)

  • 14 days ago

    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)

  • 15 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)

  • 16 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)

  • 16 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.

  • 17 days ago

    US calls on East Africans to participate in Nairobi TechCamp

    The United States’ State Department, through its Office of eDiplomacy, is calling upon all technologists living in East Africa passionate (more)

  • 17 days ago

    2013 World Cyber Security Conference postponed

    The organisers of the 2013 World Cyber Security Conference, scheduled to be held tomorrow in Abuja, Nigeria have announced a postponement (more)

  • 20 days ago

    Nigeria to host 2013 World Cybersecurity conference next week

    Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja will host the 2013 World Cybersecurity conference next week including presentations the First Lady Dame (more)

  • 22 days ago

    Visa sponsors Lagos Financial Literacy Challenge Bootcamp

    Co-Creation Hub Nigeria is hosting a Financial Literacy Challenge Bootcamp in Lagos this weekend, sponsored by Visa.

  • 22 days ago

    Digital job security starts will self – SA stakeholders

    Leading South African women in the digital industry took the chance to encourage aspiring technologists at the latest Geek Girl Dinners (more)

  • 23 days ago

    SA e-gamers battle out in first local championship

    Capetonian e-gamers have won the first national Electronic Sports (e-Sports) championship to take place in South Africa, following its (more)

  • 23 days ago

    IEBC to identify voters electronically in Makueni by-elections

    Electronic Voter Identification Devices (EVID) will be used in the Kenya’s upcoming Makueni Senatorial by-elections, the Independent (more)

  • 24 days ago

    m:lab and Intel to host app training on Android and HTML

    m:lab East Africa, in partnership with Intel, will be conducting a five week training course on developing apps for Android and HTML5 (more)

  • 24 days ago

    CSZ gather for women in ICT meeting

    The Computer Society of Zimbabwe (CSZ) has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, July 23, to discuss the influencing factors regarding women in (more)

  • 24 days ago

    Get tips for a digital job at GGDCPT

    Geek Girl Dinners Cape Town (GGDCPT) will be hosting an evening with female role models giving tips for securing digital jobs tomorrow (more)

  • 28 days ago

    DRC seeks to be continental connecting hub for fibre

    The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is positioning itself to be the connecting point of various regions on the continent for internet in (more)

  • 28 days ago

    Kenyan Ushahidi co-founder wins award for outstanding social commitment

    Juliana Rotich, Ushahidi co-founder and managing director, has been honoured with with an Impact Award at the DLDwomen 2013 conference in (more)

  • 28 days ago

    Konza phase one to begin in Q4 of 2013

    Construction of Kenya’s technology city Konza is set to kick-off in the fourth quarter of 2013 according to ICT principal secretary (more)

  • 28 days ago

    EMC Forum Review: Lagos addresses fundamental business challenges for organisations

    The first ever EMC Forum in West Africa was held in Lagos, Nigeria, yesterday, and was attended by stakeholders, senior decision makers and (more)

  • 29 days ago

    Panasonic strengthens presence in Africa with Nairobi Plaza

    Panasonic has opened its first Panasonic Plaza in East and Central Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, to act as a launchpad for similar ventures (more)

  • 29 days ago

    Kenyatta University launches Alumni Card

    Kenyatta University has unveiled a new prepaid, PayPass-enabled card for its alumni, the KU Alumni Card, which will allow former students (more)

  • 29 days ago

    EMC records dramatic increase in investment in West Africa

    Rasheed Jimoh, EMC regional manager for West Africa, has revealed the company has seen a dramatic increase in its investment in the region.

  • 29 days ago

    Fixed-line broadband more beneficial than basic 3G

    Africa needs to invest in fixed line broadband if it is to prosper and gain from internet access, according to Richard Bell, Wananchi Group (more)

  • 29 days ago

    ICT essential to successful delivery of various objectives by Africa

    ICT sectors will fuel the successful delivery of various goals by African states if they are well supported by governments and (more)

  • 29 days ago

    First ever Lagos EMC Forum underway

    Lagos is hosting the first EMC Forum in West Africa today, giving advice to attendees on how to lead their business transformation with IT.

  • 29 days ago

    AU sets ICT week to celebrate organisation’s 50 years

    The African Union (AU) has set aside a week in December for member countries to organise activities surrounding the ICT sector on the (more)

  • 30 days ago

    South Africa to host its first e-commerce conference

    The winners of the eighth South African eCommerce Awards will be announced during the country’s first dedicated conference to e-commerce (more)

  • 30 days ago

    Entrepreneurship research project by GSMA and iHub Research

    iHub Research and the Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA) are inviting Kenyan mobile and ICT innovators to take part in an (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kenya, SA dominate CNN/MultiChoice journalist competition nominations

    Kenyans and South Africans make up almost half of the finalists of prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition for 2013.

  • 1 month ago

    iHub announces Barcamp 2013

    Kenya’s iHub has announced the return of Barcamp, an event that brings together the tech community to share ideas as well as exciting new (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Visa partners EATP to boost tourism in East Africa

    Visa has partnered with the East African Tourism Platform (EATP) to strengthen tourism interest in the region and promote inbound tourism (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kenyan companies top CIO 100 awards

    The third annual CIO 100 Awards, which celebrates organisations using ICT in innovative ways, concluded in Rwanda on Friday, with Kenyan (more)

  • 1 month ago

    BlackBerry assists fight against rhino poaching

    BlackBerry has launched a new internship programme that aims to help conservation interns learn the ropes around safeguarding endangered (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Great Rift Valley ICT Summit set for next week in Tanzania

    The two-day Great Rift Valley ICT Summit will be held next week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, allowing ministers in the sector in East Africa (more)

  • 1 month ago

    LTE and broadband positive for GDP growth

    LTE and broadband have far-reaching socio-economic benefits, according to Ernest Ndukwe, chairman of the Openmedia Group and former chief (more)

  • 1 month ago

    eThekwini Municipality and partners host Innovation Summit

    The eThekwini Municipality and its partners Nedbank and the Technology Innovative Agency (TIA) are hosting the Innovation Summit today in (more)

  • 1 month ago

    WAPA propositioning SA operators to connect the dots

    Wireless internet service providers (WISPs) are a ready-made solution to connect the whole of the country up to high-speed web access, if (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kinetic partners with ICT board for Kenya IT Week

    International business-to-business conferencing firm Kinetic has partnered with the Kenya ICT Board and Kenya Information Technology and (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Safaricom in no rush to activate LTE network

    Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom is still pumping the majority of its data investment into 3G services, although there are signs (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Somalia to get LTE, but targeted at military bases

    Somalia is seemingly next on the African LTE watchlist, after it was revealed to HumanIPO a new entrant into the market has been granted a (more)

  • 1 month ago

    LTE could bring big revenue to Africa through roaming

    Christian Laruelle, regional sales director for SAP Mobile Services, has said it is important for Africa to provide efficient LTE roaming (more)

  • 1 month ago

    VoLTE is the future for Africa

    Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) is a viable solution for African communications given there are 800 million mobile subscribers on the continent, (more)

  • 1 month ago

    MTC Namibia in aggressive LTE push to consumers

    A higher proportion of Namibia’s population is already covered by LTE than 3G services, although connection to the faster network remains (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Lack of devices Africa’s biggest hurdle to LTE rollout - operators

    African network operators have emphasised the importance of having affordable LTE compatible devices in the market to allow them to provide (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Spectrum availability key to LTE roll out

    Making the best use of available spectrum will be the key to a successful LTE rollout in South Africa, according to Amith Maharaj, senior (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kenyan ICT Ministry and CCK hold forum on review of regulatory framework

    A Working Group established by Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) to align the ICT sector policy and (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Kenya’s rainy season affects Safaricom’s backhaul

    Kenya's rainy season tends to unearth certain parts of trenched cables, according to Safaricom’s Thibaud Rerolle.

  • 1 month ago

    Building and launching an LTE network in Africa

    Pablo Brito, director of wireless strategies and business development for Huawei in Germany, spoke at the LTE Africa conference in Cape (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Huawei alone has 44 LTE networks in Africa, but many not operational

    Huawei has 44 LTE networks across Africa, many of which are “invisible” and can be switched on immediately once the respective (more)

  • 1 month ago

    Surfline and Alcatel-Lucent to roll out West Africa’s first LTE network

    Alcatel-Lucent and Surfline Communications have announced a partnership that could provide Western Africa with its first commercial 4G LTE (more)

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