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IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week
Christmas has come and gone; however, we are now slowly moving out of 2014 and into 2015. With 2014 almost over, we take a look at this week’s top tech articles.
Looking towards Kenya, Nokia staff have been spared the axe in Microsoft’s global retrenchment plan. Also gracing the headlines this week, IT News Africa has listed 2014’s most important Africans in tech.
While Ebola has raised a lot of concerns over the past few months, ITU has launched a free mobile Application to be used in the campaign against the Ebola disease outbreak.
The team at IT News Africa hopes you had a wonderful Christmas and we hope you have a fantastic new year.
Top Stories of the Week
2014′s Most Important Africans in Tech
The technology space in Africa is growing at an exponential rate. Naturally, the African continent is booming with potential in this sector.
Over the past few months, we have seen a great number of influential technology leaders as well as entrepreneurs greet the technology scene with innovative concepts and inspirational ideas. These African tech leaders are essentially placing Africa on the “map of innovation”. View the list here.
ITU launches Ebola-Info-Sharing mobile app
The “Ebola-Info-Sharing” mobile App facilitates coordination among organisations responding to the Ebola crisis and offers the general public access to the latest Ebola news from official sources, including an interactive map on Ebola. Read More.
Kenya: Nokia staff spared the axe
Nokia staff based in Kenya have been spared the axe in Microsoft’s global retrenchment plan. The global retrenchment plan is expected to be concluded in January 2015. Read More.
Albrecht appointed as Deezer CEO
Music streaming service Deezer has appointed Hans-Holder Albrecht as CEO. The former Millicom CEO will take on his role effective 1 February 2015. Albrecht comes from Millicom, a telecom and media group that is present in Africa and Latin America, where he was president and CEO. Read More.
AfriCallShop slashes call rates this festive season
When developing the AfriCallShop app, the team wanted to provide a platform that stuck to their key core values: Reliability, Honesty and Respect. AfriCallShop constantly strives to provide its customers with superior quality calls that are cheap. Read More.
Darryl Linington
