UN, Egypt Hold Hackathon
18/04/2019The United Nations Egypt in partnership with the Ministry of Social Solidarity, RiseUp, and PepsiCo are organizing a three-day Hackathon where 21 teams of youth aged between 18-29 will compete.
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IDU South Africa Partners With Microsoft Azure
25/03/2019South Africa’s Idu-Concept has collaborated with Microsoft Azure to expand its cloud offering. IDU has made its flagship idu-Concept suite of products available on both a private and public cloud.
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Ericsson Launches 5G and IoT University Competition in Egypt in Cooperation with the MCIT
21/03/2019Ericsson, in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, is organizing a competition on the use cases of 5G and IoT in the digital city. The.
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Researchers Develop Vector-controlled Repellent
20/02/2019Tanzania’s Ifakara Health Institute has developed a repellent to control mosquitoes that spread dengue, Chikunganya and Zika diseases, a senior research scientist revealed on Monday. Nico Govella, IHI Senior Research.
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Vodacom, Facebook to Launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho
17/02/2019Vodacom Lesotho has recently announced a new partnership with Facebook to launch Facebook Flex, a connectivity service that allows peoples to stay connected with news updates all free of charge..
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Malawi To Crack Down On Cyberabusers
17/02/2019Clara Mwafulirwa , the Corporate Communications Manager, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), has warned that the authority would punish all abusers of the internet because doing so was contravening the.
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Two Kenyan Telco’s Merger Awaits Government Approval
11/02/2019Two of Kenya’s second tier Telco’s namely Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya announced plans to merge, with the emerging entity to be referred to as Airtel-Telkom. The signing of the.
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$600 Million Deal, Veon To Buy Out Egypt’s Global Telecom
05/02/2019Telecoms operator VEON Ltd has said it will offer 5.30 Egyptian pounds ($0.3005) per share for the 42.3 percent of Cairo-listed Global Telecom Holding it does not already own. The.
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MTN South Africa slashes data rate.
01/02/2019Africa’s communication giant, MTN, has slashed its out of bundle (OOB) data rate by up to 75 percent for prepaid customers in South Africa. The mobile operator will also be.
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Safaricom’s M-PESA Global Nominated For Global Mobile Awards 2019
25/01/2019Safaricom’s M-PESA Global has been shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards 2019 (GLOMO Awards). The service which was launched in November last year has been nominated under the Best Mobile.
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