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Porting Access Kenya gagged by high court
The High Court of Kenya has put a gag order on Porting Access Kenya Limited, prohibiting it from accusing Safaricom of sabotaging the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) or making statement against Safaricom in regard to Mannie The orders…
Interactive Intelligence Launches Technology Blog
Interactive Intelligence (Nasdaq: ININ), a global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has launched “The Tech Lounge,” a new blog for software engineers and developers. The new blog, which supplements the company’s industry trends blog launched in 2009, provides…
Nigeria resumes e-loading for petroleum tankers
The Petroleum Equalisation Fund has announced that it will commence the electronic loading of petroleum products for trucks throughout all petroleum depots in Nigeria with effect from mid May, an official told ITNewsAfrica.com. The e-loading process tagged “Project Aquila” is…
Uganda Telecom to appeal US$2 bn ruling
Uganda Telecom announced over the weekend that it intends to appeal a ruling that orders the company to pay MTN Uganda five billion shillings (approx US$ 2 billion) for charges, damages and interest. The decision to appeal means the battle between…
Web4Africa acquires Alireta.com hosting service
Web4Africa Ltd., a West African web hosting company, has acquired the web hosting & domain names services of Alireta Nigeria Limited. Founded in March 2003 under the name DomainStandard.net, Alireta broke new ground by offering domain registration and web hosting…
HP awards Southern African distribution rights to Comztek
Comztek, a Southern African technology distributor, has announced that it has been awarded the HP Networking distribution rights for the Southern Africa region. This is a significant expansion in the relationship between the two companies and follows the announcement, in August…
AxizWorkgroup to host Adobe Creative Suite 5.5
Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 is now available in South Africa, local Adobe distributor, AxizWorkgroup, has announced. The Creative Suite 5.5 product line enables designers and developers to target popular and emerging smartphone and tablet platforms. The mobile communications revolution has…
Main One, SEACOM pan-African capacity available
Main One and SEACOM have interconnected their West and East African Cable Systems to launch capacity services from Nigeria to South Africa, from a STM-1 level and above. This partnership extends the Main One and SEACOM networks to create a…
Groupon partners with Neo in SA
In an unusual move, Groupon has appointed a South African digital media agency to negotiate advertising on it’s behalf. Neo@Ogilvy, Ogilvy Cape Town’s digital media agency, has seen significant growth in 2011 and now boasts the digital media account for international…
Huawei sues ZTE over patent, trademark infringement
Huawei today filed lawsuits in Germany, France, and Hungary against ZTE Corporation (ZTE) for patent and trade mark infringement. The lawsuits were filed on the basis that ZTE is infringing a series of Huawei’s patents relating to data card and…
Technology to boost reconstruction of Southern Sudan
Google and the World Bank have joined hands towards supporting development in the war ravaged South Sudan with Diaspora-driven Mapathon. Following many years of civil war, Google and the World Bank have joined forces to train 60 South Sudanese in…
iPad2: Thinner, Lighter, Sooner!
South African distributor, Core Group, has announced that the Apple iPad 2 will be available locally tomorrow (29 April 2011). The company has released a statement which lays out the recommended purchase price and retail outlets where the device will…
Nigeria: Central Bank tells telecoms to offer mobile transfers
The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered telecommunications companies in the country to begin offering mobile money transfer services. It added that they want the telecom operators to begin rolling this service out as quickly as possible. The CBN recently…
Second generation Wii announced
A new version of the Nintendo Wii gaming console will be available in 2012, Nintendo has announced. In an online statement, the company confirmed that a “playable model” of the system will be on show at the E3 Gaming Expo in…
Egypt’s Ghonim to leave Google, form NGO
Wael Ghonim, Egypt’s face of the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, announced over the weekend that he was leaving Google in order to form an NGO to fight poverty and foster education in the country. On Saturday, he…
Shocked Ugandans recovering from Facebook blackout
Ugandan activists and Internet users are still reeling from the 24 hour blackout of Facebook this week, which Kampala hoped would curtail protest action against their government. “It is still simply shocking that they would follow the same practices as…
