February 11

• M-PESA Set for Features Upgrade

  Nairobi Star

  Safaricom's mobile financial service M-PESA will close for six hours starting midnight Saturday night to allow the addition of new features. Read more »

• Cell C Goes to Foxp2, King James, Prima Plus, Trigger/Isobar

  Biz-Community

  FoxP2, King James, Prima Plus and trigger/isobar have been appointed as the next team of agencies for South African mobile operator Cell C, it was announced Friday afternoon, 10... Read more »

February 10

• Increase in Electronic Waste Threatens Environment

  UN News

  West Africa is facing a significant increase in waste generated by electronic equipment which poses mounting health and environmental risks, according to a United Nations report... Read more »

• Govt Shows Support for Small Tech Companies

  Egypt Online

  Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched today its development program for the advancement of small and micro information technology companies at a total cost... Read more »

• Nokia Taps APP Talent to Increase Sales

  Business Daily

  Mobile handset manufacturer Nokia will establish a regional research and development centre in Nairobi in an effort to capture the growing number Kenya's software developers to... Read more »

• Samsung Out to Give Back to Customers

  Daily News

  SAMSUNG, an electronic giant, on Thursday launched a promotion that will reward its Samsung Galaxy mobile phone customers with various prizes including a two-day trip to Cape Town,... Read more »

• Hellocomputer Reinforces Corruption Watch

  Biz-Community

  HelloComputer, one of South Africa's leading creative digital agencies, was called upon to construct and initiate a website for non-profit organisation, Corruption Watch. Read more »

• ICT Skills Development Gets Private Sector Boost

  Biz-Community

  Information and communication technology (ICT) skills development in South Africa received a boost after business systems software giant SAP and the Media, Advertising and ICT... Read more »

• Global Carbon Exchange Partners Carbonsystems

  Biz-Community

  Global Carbon Exchange (GCX), a local carbon and sustainability consultancy, have announced a partnership with global sustainability software providers, CarbonSystems. Read more »

• Abbreviated, Some Social Media Lingos [opinion]

  Daily Trust

  One of the ills of illiteracy or lack of knowledge is noticeable in the way the English language is misused. Read more »

• Executive Implements Environmental Technology Programmes

  ANGOP

  Angolan Executive continues making efforts to further stimulate the implementation of environmental technology programmes, mainly in the economic sector, for a greener future in... Read more »

• Unitel Roaming Service Reaches Six New Countries

  ANGOP

  Angola's privately-owned Unitel mobile phone operator has expanded its voice roaming and data services to six more countries from various continents, like Gabon, Australia,... Read more »

• Oyinlola, Ex-Perm Sec to Face EFCC Over N2.5 Billion ICT Fraud

  The Moment

  THE Osun state government on Thursday vowed to recommend the former governor of the state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and a permanent secretary in his government, Abiodun Oladapo to the... Read more »

• New OB Technology in Time for Parliamentary Broadcast

  Biz-Community

  Kaya FM has installed virtual equipment in its outside broadcast unit, reportedly making it a first for South African radio. Bob Mabena, host of 180withBob and veteran talk-show... Read more »

• New Tools to Extract Data, Aggregate Campaigns, Manage Sms

  Biz-Community

  Three companies have announced new tools for mobile marketing. MicroStrategy has a suite of tools that allow marketers to use their Facebook apps to mine and use customer data... Read more »

• Safaricom and Huawei Tap Local Innovations

  Nairobi Star

  Mobile network operator Safaricom and Chinese phone maker Huawei partnership to get local university students to develop software applications to serve local purposes and further... Read more »

• TRA, Traders Team Up Against Tax Evasion

  Daily News

  TANZANIA Revenue Authority (TRA) and the business community have agreed to adopt Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) effective next month, a move that is observers say will... Read more »

• Econet Offers Video Conferencing Services

  The Herald

  Econet Wireless has started offering video conferencing facilities to companies and parastatals that can afford the service. Read more »

• Choosing a Good Computer Password [opinion]

  The Herald

  Passwords are part of our daily security measures we will always need and make use of. The strength and reliability of passwords have, however, been questioned always because with... Read more »

• Unity Bank to Create More Jobs Through Mobile Banking

  Daily Trust

  Unity Bank Plc said yesterday that it will create more jobs for Nigerians through its mobile payment service called 'UnityBank QikQik Mobile Payment Solution'. Read more »

• Government Plans to Connect All Counties

  Nairobi Star

  The government is rushing to have internet connectivity countrywide before the new county governance system takes shape. Read more »

• Actionaid Boosts Fight Against GBV

  New Times

  National Police's anti-gender based violence (GBV) offices received computers and cameras worth Rwf 8.5 million from Actionaid Rwanda to support their efficiency in curbing the... Read more »

• Telecoms to Pay for Poor Services

  Monitor

  Telecoms with poor service quality will soon start to pay 10 per cent of their gross income in penalties, if the communications regulator goes ahead to implement a new penalties... Read more »

• TRA to Roll Out New Tracking System

  Citizen

  Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is in the process of introducing an Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) aimed at monitoring the movement of goods under customs control. Read more »

February 9

• Software APPs for Farmers Win Prizes

  SciDev.Net

  The increasing use of software applications (widely known as apps) in solving Africans' problems has been highlighted by the three winning entries of the Apps4Africa: Climate... Read more »