Silvertree Capital invests in Nigerian e-commerce

Two Nigerian e-commerce sites have received capital investment from South African fund Silvertree Capital, as internet shopping in the West African country continues to attract outsider investment.

We will boycott operators if surveillance begins - SA consumers

A consumer pressure group has fired a warning to telecommunications companies in South Africa that may be under pressure to provide private data to local or foreign governments.

OPINION: Why Ndemo was shown the door

Dr Bitange Ndemo departed his post as permanent secretary at Kenya’s Ministry of ICT with praise ringing in his ears, but his strong public presence and willingness to wade into a fight could also have been what resulted in his downfall.

Africa reacts to US data surveillance, Zimbabwe labels States hypocrites

African officials have reacted to the growing revelations surrounding the United States government’s secret collection of phone and internet data, with Zimbabwe labelling them hypocrites.

DA donates ZAR1 million to OUTA

The Democratic Alliance (DA) announced today it will contribute ZAR1 million (US$101,000) towards the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (OUTA) pending court case against e-tolling.

BlackBerry launches third app lab in SA

A third BlackBerry app lab launched in Johannesburg today to accelerate mobile application development in South Africa.

EcoCash halfway to success - expert

Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless may be halfway to creating an effective mobile money platform, but success on the M-Pesa scale should not be considered, a mobile money expert has told HumanIPO.

SA Bitcoin traders not concerned by "illegal mining"

South African Bitcoin traders and merchants have played down the latest high-profile security breach of the digital currency as “no big deal”.

Startups invited to apply for 88mph's second Nairobi programme

African accelerator 88mph is accepting applications for its next three month programme in Nairobi, Kenya, with investments of up to US$100,000 available.

Let entrepreneurs in and drop exchange controls - DA

The South African government must back-up its encouraging words on making it easier for entrepreneurs and foreign investors to move to the country, according to opposition finance spokesperson Tim Harris MP.

SA e-commerce startup sees rapid sales increase

An online cable vendor has seen average sale order sizes grow by around 80 per cent in the past two months as they bid to increase South Africans’ confidence in e-commerce.

Q&A: Social media not a replacement, but complement to traditonal PR

Melissa Attree, creative director at Cerebra, spoke to HumanIPO about social media as complementary, rather than a replacement, to traditional channels of public relations (PR).

Kenya’s Not In My Country appeals to citizens' patriotism

Not In My Country launched in Kenya last month and is hoping to appeal to people’s sense of patriotism as they look to highlight and tackle corruption and poor academic teaching in the country.

Dimension Data bids for AccessKenya

South African IT solutions giant Dimension Data is reported to have tabled a bid of more than KSh3 billion (US$36 million) for Kenyan IT firm AccessKenya as it looks to expand across Sub-Saharan Africa.