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February 6, 2015 •
Company News, East Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Kenya: Microsoft unveils ICT course for policymakers
Microsoft and an American-based university have partnered to offer executive level training programs to Kenyan government leaders. Microsoft has collaborated with University of Albany’s Center for Technology in Government (CTG) to execute its School of Government (SOG) program, an initiative by Microsoft 4Afrika. This is according to CIO East Africa....
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February 5, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Wallettec integrates Snapscan into its service in SA
Mobile wallet integration company Wallettec has integrated Snapscan into its service. According to the company, the move is intended to assist it to become a single interface point between the Point of Sale and any mobile or e-wallet solution. According to...
February 5, 2015 •
East Africa, Lists, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
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Africa is home to some of the richest countries in the world, in part due to its oil-rich soil and human capital. With GDPs going up as high as $594.257 Billion. According to statistics provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), these are currently,...
February 3, 2015 •
Company News, East Africa, North Africa, Opinion, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on “He who connects wins” – SAP Africa CEO
In this brave new world of the Networked Economy, one adage rings truer than ever: no company is an island. Mobile, cloud, social media and machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies are creating connections between people and organisations in more ways than we...
January 30, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Opinion, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on “PPP’s key to fighting international epidemics” – Airtel MD
In August 2014, the World Health Organisation (WHO) formally declared Ebola an International Public Health Emergency – the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in four-decade history of the disease. Since then, it has been a race against time to...
January 28, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Telecom Namibia to complete phase 1 of fibre grid in Q1
Telecom Namibia has stated that plans are at an advanced stage to construct a fibre-based network to connect all regional capitals in the country. Telecom Namibia’s senior manager of corporate communications, Oiva Angula, said that the construction of...
January 28, 2015 •
East Africa, North Africa, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Facebook denies social network hack
On 27 January 2015 social networking platforms Facebook, Instagram and Tinder suffered an hour long outage. The outage resulted in Facebook and Instagram users within Africa, as well as the rest of the world, being unable to connect to these services. While...
January 28, 2015 •
East Africa, North Africa, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Twitter unveils group messaging and mobile video experience
Social networking giant Twitter has unveiled the roll-out of two new services: group messaging and a new mobile video experience. According to Twitter, the following features will be available in Africa as well as globally once the roll-out commences....
January 27, 2015 •
East Africa, Finance •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Kenya: Microfinance institution to expand beyond tea sector
Greenland Fedha Limited (GFL), a microfinance institution for small-scale tea farmers in Kenya, has implemented a new software solution to improve its efficiency and remain competitive in the market. According to the institution, it had chosen the Microsoft...
January 23, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on WhatsApp makes a move to PC
Popular messaging service “WhatsApp” has made its way to PC browsers across the African continent. The reveal was made public by the firm’s CEO Jan Koum – on the company’s Facebook page. Loum stated that: “Today, for the...
January 21, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Kenya: Nokia to modernise Safaricom network infrastructure
In a public statement, Kenyan operator Safaricom has revealed that it has selected Nokia Networks as one of its partners to modernise and expand its 2G and 3G network infrastructure. In addition to this, Nokia will also assist Safaricom to launch the first...
January 21, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on MTN inks major Mobile Money partnership for Africa
Online money transfer service WorldRemit and telecoms operator MTN have inked a global partnership that will enable WorldRemit customers to send remittances instantly to MTN’s Mobile Money customers. The agreement is expected to extend WorldRemit’s...
January 20, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Smartphones make up 75% of GCC mobile market
According to the latest figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) shipments of 4G LTE handsets have increased more than four times over the last year and are now close to accounting for one half of all smartphones...
January 16, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Former Apple CEO, John Sculley, is preparing to launch Obi Mobiles in Kenya as well as other countries located in East Africa. The launch will be accompanied by the company’s distributor for the region, DESPEC. The company is set to roll-out a number of...
January 15, 2015 •
East Africa, Features, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Gartner: IT leaders must embrace marketing
Increasing marketing technology investments are demanding more involvement from IT leaders to enable marketing to achieve full business value from its investments, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2015, IT leaders supporting marketing will need to build a...
January 14, 2015 •
East Africa, Features, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Bringing the ultra-broadband revolution to the people of Africa
Michel Combes, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent has shared his vision for Africa. According to Combes, “Africa is among Alcatel-Lucent’s most promising markets,” and here is why: Combes writes: I am particularly pleased to present today my vision for Africa....
