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Nigeria: Airtel unveils Airtel Insurance
Airtel Nigeria has collaborated with MicroEnsure and Cornerstone Insurance in order to launch its latest, free insurance product. The product offers Airtel customers life and hospitalisation insurance with increasing benefits based on monthly airtime recharge. The product, which is named…
Ghana: Nokia X updates set to roll out
Microsoft Devices has stated that Nokia X smartphone users, located in Ghana, will soon gain access to new features. The new features will be accessible through the introduction of new software by the company. According to Fred Oriunuebho, Communications Manager…
Q&A: Microsoft clears the air over YALI confusion
Microsoft recently announced that it was extremely excited to be one of the official YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative) partners. So what does it mean to be an official YALI partner? There has been some confusion around this. In order…
Gartner: Gamification is a vital tool in the Digital Business
Gamification can be a powerful tool for engagement in the digital business, according to Gartner. “While people have used badges and points as motivational tools for hundreds of years, gamification can shift this motivation to a digital environment, enabling organisations…
Ghana’s Fidelity Bank chooses IBM to drive Transformation Agenda
At the U.S. Africa Business Forum in Washington, D.C, Ghana’s Fidelity Bank announced its choice of IBM to manage its technology infrastructure and services. The five year deal will help the bank deliver advanced customer services and secure its reputation…
South Africa: Meet Vodacom’s R549 smartphone
Vodacom has launched the Smart Kicka, a new smartphone that is intended to appeal to the pockets of consumers looking for a cost-conscious smartphone. According to Vodacom, the device is the first ever Vodacom-branded device. The device has been designed…
FNB offers iPhone price cut in SA
FNB has revealed that it has cut the price of the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c. According to FNB, these prices are available to new and existing customers who sign up during the month of August. South Africa’s smart…
Google & Pep working on cost conscious Android for SA
South Africa’s cost conscious clothing retailer Pep Stores, and software giant Google are allegedly teaming up to create an Android operating system that is essentially lighter on the pockets and bank accounts of South African citizens. To prevent consumers from…
Nigeria: Airtel launches data bundles for Android devices
Airtel has launched a new data offering for Android users in Nigeria. This marks Airtel as the first telecoms company in Nigeria to offer the service. According to Airtel, this move is in line with its goal of making internet…
BlackBerry unveils BBM for Windows Phone
BlackBerry has revealed a collaboration with Microsoft, which brings BBM to mobile devices running Windows Phone 8 and higher. Bryan Biniak, Vice President and General Manager, Developer Experience, Microsoft stated that: “We are intent on bringing the most popular application…
JHB City Council terminates BWired contract
The City of Johannesburg has terminated its contract with CitiConnect Communications, the company that was chosen to set up and manage the city’s broadband project. According to a report by Businesstech, the ZAR 1.2 billion project was supposed to go…
Web Africa offering 50TB of free data
Web Africa, a South African based ADSL provider, has launched a new ADSL promotion this month. The promotion sees the ADSL provider giving capped subscribers 50TB of free data – between the hours of midnight and 6am. The promotion called…
IT News Africa: top stories of the week
August 2014 has official begun and with it comes a vast amount of tech news. West Africa has been hit by a vicious outbreak of Ebola. If you would like to gain more insight to what is happening across the…
UbuntuNet reveals new research network in Africa
The Ubuntu Alliance and European research network Dante have commissioned the UbuntuNet network. The network is a a regional high-speed internet network that will connect educators, students and researchers in southern and eastern Africa to their peers both regionally and…
Acer Extensa 15 series revealed
Acer has revealed the Acer Extensa 15 notebook series, which according to the company, has been designed to meet the essential needs of professional users, SMB and SOHO users looking for portability, productivity, and efficiency. The Extensa series is available…
Vodacom set to redesign m-pesa for SA market
First launched in Kenya in 2007, m-pesa is now used by more than 18 million people across 13 countries to perform banking and money transfer services via mobile phone. Vodacom introduced m-pesa to South Africa in 2010 and while the…
