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By Nigel Gambanga The 17th edition of the Annual Africa Com conference, the continent’s largest technology gathering is around the corner and with it, the AfricaCom Awards that recognise the continent’s leading tech and telecoms forces. The nominees list (available here) which was released over a week ago, has reaffirmed…

By Nigel Gambanga A little over a month ago Powertel drew cries from many of its subscribers when it switched from an unlimited package to a pricier usage based system that left subscribers buying 1GB of data for $23. In a market that is highly price sensitive it wasn’t surprising…

By Garikai Dzoma Just over a week ago Canonical the people behind Ubuntu released its latest iteration of its flag ship operating system nick named Utopic Unicorn. The release also coincided with Ubuntu’s 10th birthday. For an operating system named after a magical creature, the release might strike some of…

By Nigel Gambanga This week Airtel Kenya made the news because of a free Twitter promotion being extended to its subscribers from now until January 2015. Subscribers will have unlimited access to the micro blogging site through web browsers and the official Twitter Android or Windows Phone apps. This is…

By Prince Jones Gtel has continued with its onslaught against the established flagships on the local market, bringing to the table a new device with specs similar to the big time marquees. The latest offering is the Gtel SL 5.5 a phone dubbed as the second slimmest in the world…

By Zack Chapepa A little over a few months ago, the Facebook owned, non-profit organisation, Internet.org debuted a service in Zambia via an app that allowed locals to access a curated list of services on the web for free. Part of the promise included the expansion to other countries across…

By Nigel Gambanga Last night we attended the launch of Gtel’s new flagship phone, called the Gtel A755 SL5.5 or simply the SL5.5. The new device which will be available from the 1st of November 2014 (this Saturday) has a cash price of $490. The event also included the unveiling…

By Nigel Gambanga Yesterday Facebook reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. The figures posted by the social media giant showed a strong performance across several areas despite losses from its IM acquisition WhatsApp. Revenue for the third quarter came to $3.2 billion which was a 59%…

By Nigel Gambanga EcoCash, the mobile money arm of Econet Wireless, is set to launch a new service that allows Western Union money transfers to be made directly into a recipient’s EcoCash wallet. Western Union already has a similar web to mobile money transfer arrangement with network operators in and…

By Garikai Dzoma On Friday the 3rd of October I woke up and for the first time in a while (what is two years) could not go online using my Rocket modem.On every attempt to connect I kept getting stuck with a “PPP link control protocol” was terminated error. At…