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Vodafone Takes M-Pesa Regional.
British telecommunications firm Vodafone has launched transfer services between Tanzania and Kenya on M-Pesa in a bid to increase access to mobile money in the region.
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Innovation & Science
A Peculiar Challenge for Africa? Managing Power Consumption in Data Centres.
VENTURES AFRICA – Data centres have for years been known to be excessive consumers of power, consuming up to 3 percent of all global electricity production, and roughly ten times more per square metre than the average...
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Innovation & Science
Designing for Emerging Markets: Africa’s Distinctive Challenges.
Designing for emerging markets, specifically those in Africa, requires an enquiring mind, the determination to question every assumption, and both the confidence and humility to engage with the right partners.
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Mobile
Nigeria’s Local Content Policy Should be Extended to its $12bn Software Market.
Africa’s largest economy has recorded some significant progress in implementing the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Content (NOGIC) act which centres on promoting the use of local content, including human resources and raw materials, in...
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Innovation & Science
With MTN’s Help, One of South Sudan’s Oldest Schools Now has a Computer Lab.
At a public school, one of the oldest in South Sudan, pupils mill around a newly built computer lab, taking a peek at a new technology they can hardly comprehend.
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Innovation & Science
Africa is Just Waking Up to the Potentials of ICT.
Since the turn of the 21st century, Africa’s has become more aware of the potentials of ICT.
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Mobile
Samsung’s newest mobile phones to hit South African stores in April.
Samsung’s latest launches, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – unleashed at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain – will be sold in South Africa early next month. This was revealed by Vodacom,...
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Innovation & Science
Microsoft to mentor 20 Nigerian start-ups.
Twenty Nigerian entrepreneurs will enjoy mentorship under the ‘Cloudpreneur Project’ aimed at providing participating startup with entrepreneurship, Cloud and ICT training.
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Mobile
Assessing Africa’s tech boom.
Chika Nwobi and Kresten Buch of Nigerian startup accelerator and funding programme 440ng assess the key tech trends which will shape Africa in the next five years The western media may not always focus on...
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Innovation & Science
Rural dwellers in Africa will be able to power their homes by walking.
Samsung Electronics Africa has partnered with British based technology company, Pavegen Systems, to launch a new campaign called “What if I Can”.