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Innovation & Science
Seven Innovative Technologies Fighting Against Ebola.
Since the recent, and most deadly outbreak of the Ebola, more than 12,000 people have been infected and much of West Africa’s economic progress has been regressed, especially in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the...
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Mobile
Ashish Thakkar To Battle WhatsApp With New Messenger App.
Africa’s youngest billionaire and Founder of The Mara Group, Ashish Thakkar, is set to challenge the dominance of WhatsApp in Africa, with the launch of a new messaging App made for Africans across the globe.
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Mobile
Getting Past Nosey Neighbours And Data Theft In The Cloud.
With its cost and efficiency benefits, the cloud is here to stay. But overcoming nosey neighbours and security risks are still top of mind concerns for CIOs, says Networks Unlimited.
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Security
Security A Top Priority As Africa Moves To LTE.
Securing the network is a top priority for telcos and carriers as LTE becomes increasingly mainstream across Africa, says Fortinet, an American multinational in the business of selling high performance network security products and services.
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Mobile
Sub-Saharan Africa To Surpass 500m Mobile Subscribers Before 2020.
The GSM Association (GSMA) has asserted in its latest report that sub-Saharan Africa has been the world’s fastest growing mobile market over the past half-decade.
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Mobile
Globacom Sees Massive Turnout As iPhone 6 Hits Stores.
Globacom Limited, Nigeria’s second largest telecommunication company, has emerged the first retailer of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Nigeria.
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Innovation & Science
MasterCard, Visa To Do Away With Unpopular 3D Secure.
Global payment firms MasterCard and Visa have decided to remove the 3D Secure from 2015, replacing it with the ‘next-generation’ systems based on biometrics and token-based prompts, it emerged this week.
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Innovation & Green Tech
Microsoft Partners North African Startup on Wind Energy Development.
Microsoft 4Afrika, an initiative of technology giant Microsoft, has signed a strategic alliance with Saphon Energy, a Tunisian renewable energy startup that specialises in the research and development of wind energy.
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Innovation & Science
These Cities Have The Ingredients To Become The Next Silicon Valley.
When asked to name the world’s startup capitals, people normally think of Silicon Valley, London or New York.
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Innovation & Science
Digitising The Nigerian Marketplace: The Kano State And eTranzact Model.
When Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the Emir of Kano State, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II commissioned the eTranzact powered “Kano State eCommerce business improvement and empowerment project”, they triggered an economic chain reaction, initiating a potential...