Ushahidi: Fail Smart: 8 Points for Pilot Planning 24 May 2013 - [Ed. Note: This guest post by Alix Dunn, Engine Room, is very much in line with suggestions in the Ushahidi Toolkits. About Alix: Alix Dunn has a background in research about and training in the use of technology and media for social change. She currently acts...
iHub: Pivot East 2013 Finalists. 24 May 2013 - Pivot East is about catalysing the growth of mobile startups. A key objective for Pivot East 2013 is “To facilitate discovery of the next wave of high potential mobile startups”. This year there are five categories: Finance, Enterprise, Society, entertainment...
iHub: Characteristics of Incident Reporters on Twitter 24 May 2013 - By: Chris Orwa As part of our Crowdsourcing Validation project, during the general Kenyan elections in March 2013, iHub Research collected over 2.5 million tweets related to the polls. We are now in the process of crunching the data to unravel the profile of...
IT News Africa: Samsung GALAXY S4 hits 10 million milestone 24 May 2013 - Samsung today announced that global channel sales of its GALAXY S4, a life companion for a richer, fuller, simpler life, has surpassed 10 million units sold in less than one month after its...
IT News Africa: MTN combat Sim Swap fraud with Absa 24 May 2013 - MTN and Absa have formulated a task team that will keep a close eye on fraud and bring about new ways to rapidly clamp down on it. This follows an urgent meeting where executives from Absa and MTN...
CIO: eMobilis helps JKUAT students develop Windows Phone apps 24 May 2013 - 10 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology students have released new applications targeted at Windows Phone users. The students underwent training by eMobilis, who offer training in mobile application development for various ecosystems. The...
Techweez: See World’s thinnest phone in leaked Press shots: Huawei Ascend P6 24 May 2013 - Article by Martin GicheruHuawei is expected to announce a new Android smartphone in the high end next month, June 18th. The Huawei Ascend P6. Huawei calls it “Beauty worth waiting for”, but we won’t dwell on that. This thing also has another...
TechMoran: SearchAfrica.org Wants To Be Africa’s Dedicated Search Engine 24 May 2013 - Launched January 2011 SearchAfrica, wants to be a dedicated search engine for Africa. The search engine wants to make Africa visible on the web as it is physically- the second largest continent in terms or population and size in the world. According to the...
TechMoran: ECOBANK APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR TO HEAD KENYA / EAC 24 May 2013 - Ecobank Group, the Pan-African lender has appointed Ehouman Kassi, an accomplished banker, as the new Managing Director for its Kenyan subsidiary, Ecobank Kenya. Mr Kassi, who now takes the reins from the outgoing Managing Director Anthony Okpanachi, has worked...
IT News Africa: Botswana innovates with SAP Business One 24 May 2013 - The Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) has appointed local SAP Business One specialists 4most to implement an affordable, easy-to-use business management software application. SAP Business One will help...
TechMoran: IBM & Waterfund To Develop a Water Cost Index For Uganda 24 May 2013 - Waterfund LLC and IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced that they have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Republic of Uganda that makes the country the first in Africa to become a member of the pioneering Water Cost Index (WCI)....
IT News Africa: Airtel’s marketing head moves on 24 May 2013 - Olu Akanmu, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Airtel Networks Limited, has resigned his appointment with the company to pursue other interests-with effect from Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Airtel is a...
IT News Africa: Kenya’s Ory Okolloh joins Omidyar Network 24 May 2013 - A CIO East Africa report states that policy manager for sub-Saharan Africa with Google and co-founder & executive director of the mobile open source platform Ushahidi, Ory Okolloh, has joined...
Kachwanya: Pivot East 2013 Finalists 23 May 2013 - Mlab East Africa has announced Pivot East 2013 finalists. Pivot East final pitching competition will take place on 25th and 26th June in Kampala Uganda. I think it is great that in this year competition focus on startups becoming sustainable enterprises as...
Kachwanya: Ushahidi Founder Ory Okolloh Joins Omidyar Network from Google 23 May 2013 - The Ushahidi Founder and well known blogger Ory Okolloh has joined Omidyar Network . According to Omidyar Network , Ory Okolloh has joined as a director, investments within the philanthropic investment firm’s government transparency initiative. So that...
Kachwanya: Samsung Accidental Damage from Handling Cover for Galaxy S4 23 May 2013 - Accidental Damage from Handling Cover by Samsung for GAlaxy S4 is great news for those who have bought or planning to buy Galaxy S4
Accidental damage cover has been incorporated into the existing 24 month Warranty Cover on the Samsung Galaxy S4. According to...
Nation Tech: Samsung sells more than 10m Galaxy S4 smartphones 23 May 2013 - South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday its latest flagship Galaxy S4 had become its fastest selling smartphone to date, topping 10 million units globally less than a month after its debut.
IT News Africa: 52% of gamers “underwhelmed” by Microsoft’s Xbox One 23 May 2013 - A poll carried out by www.VoucherCodesPro.co.uk asked 1,112 UK gamers for their opinion on Microsoft’s latest console offering as part of research into consumer opinion. The study initially asked...
IT News Africa: It is not all Android and iOS 23 May 2013 - Within a few weeks, Mozilla – the not-for-profit company that has largely made a name for itself in the Internet space – is set to make waves in the mobile industry with the launch of a new Firefox...
CIO: Big data to drive private water investment projects 23 May 2013 - Waterfund LLC and IBM today announced that they have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Republic of Uganda that makes the country the first in Africa to become a member of the pioneering Water Cost Index (WCI).
IT News Africa: Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition comes to PC 23 May 2013 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for PC. Windows PC players can now face-off with Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition, named the Fighting Game of the...
TechMoran: Battle For Airwaves 23 May 2013 - Guest Post by Karuku Mwangi Zuku is long on fiction and short on TV content In as far attempts at misinformation go, the Wananchi Group’s, ChiefExecutive Richard Bell’s shot at it is at best flimsy and at worst ridiculous when he tries to paint MultiChoice as a...
TechMoran: SA Payroll Industry To Gather For Accsys’ Interactive Forum 23 May 2013 - Key role-players within the South African payroll industry are scheduled to meet at an Interactive Forum at the Woodmead Country Club on 12 June 2013 to discuss pertinent topics affecting payroll within commerce. The Payroll Interactive Forum will be hosted by...
CIO: UNHCR, Microsoft and HP to boost refugee education in Dadaab 23 May 2013 - The UN Refugee Agency in partnership with Microsoft and HP, and with the support of the Innovation and Education units, has officially launched the Community Technology Access (CTA) project in Dadaab, a comprehensive initiative to harness the potential of ICT...
