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LinkedIn attracts two million South African users
LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 187 million members globally, today announced it has signed up more than two million South African professionals. “Two million South Africa members is an important milestone for us. It shows that…
Kenya: calls to oppose new ITU regulation
Kenya’s The Star reports that the country’s Information PS, Bitange Ndemo, has called on the communications industry to stand against a set of new regulations as proposed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). According to the report these regulations include a…
Gulfsat chooses O3b for satellite Internet in Madagascar
Madagascar is to receive a boost to its satellite Internet services after Gulfsat Madagascar inked a long-term deal with the satellite provider O3b Networks for a new service aimed at increasing infrastructure. Madagascar has been hit with a series of…
simfy Africa song tally now over 20-million
simfy Africa has announced that more than 20 million songs are now available on South Africa’s first legal music streaming service. The company advises that 22,500 songs have been added every day in 2012, with an average track length of…
Namibia supports ZACR .africa bid
The Republic of Namibia has become the 40th African country to formally endorse the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for the rights to administer the proposed .africa generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). Namibia’s formal Letter of Support was prepared by…
Can a re-launched MySpace take on Spotify and Pandora?
Social network MySpace, once one of the biggest social networks on the Ínternet, is in the process of lobbying for $50-million to re-launch the service and serve as a direct competitor to music streaming services Spotify and Pandora next year.…
Kenya delays Open Data Portal launch
Kenya has announced that it was delaying the launch of the Open Data Portal after initial reports said the portal would go live on Friday. According to the country’s ICT Board, the move has been delayed by the government in order for…
UN, Tunisia host first digital journalism training
Tunisia and Google, in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the World Bank Institute, have hosted a one-day bootcamp in the Tunisian capital this week for 30 journalists from North Africa to develop their online and web skills.…
Microsoft launches specialised program for regional small businesses
Microsoft has announced the launch of a brand new program focused on providing support, benefits and tools for the small and medium businesses (SMB) segment in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. The online program, titled ‘Keep Your Business…
Mobile, M2M and data driving Africa’s connectivity
There are 695 million mobile connections in Africa, representing 65% penetration, with one in four people connected by mobile phones and 22 million mobile broadband subscribers. These were just a few statistics communicated to delegates at AfricaCom 2012, hosted in…
Kenya goes Google over app development
Google Kenya is looking to push development of the IT sector in the country and will host an event to promote technology development and application, it said in a statement. The Internet giant has launched a campaign to “promote innovation and…
Re-elected Obama tweets into history
Re-elected American President Barack Obama has not only secured himself another term as the President of the United States, but also tweeted himself into the record books of hugely-popular microblogging site Twitter. Late on Tuesday night (US time) Obama tweeted…
Google, Kenya’s Wananchi partner for public wi-fi
Kenyan operator Wananchi Group and Google have entered into a partnership to launch public wi-fi hotspots across the country to in order to boost the local Internet and wireless market. According to a statement from the companies, the Wazi Wi-Fi service is to…
iROKO partners wins online trademark infringement case
iROKO Partners, one of the world’s largest online provider of African movies and music, has announced a win against a domain name infringing on its trademarks. In the case iROKO Partners Ltd v. Iroko TV Movies, a complaint was filed…
Microsoft served notice on browser selection breach
The European Commission has issued a notice to technology giant Microsoft of its understanding that the company failed to give users a choice of different browsers if they did not want Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as their default internet browser. The Commission signed a legally…
Facebook posts $59 million net loss
Facebook, Inc. has reported financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 30, 2012. “As proud as I am that a billion people use Facebook each month, I’m also really happy that over 600 million people now share and…
