Eaton Towers partners with Telkom Kenya

Pan-African tower company Eaton Towers announced on Friday that it had signed a deal with Telkom Kenya to cover its existing portfolio of more than 1‚000 towers. 18 Jun 2013 13:09

CNBC Africa to launch Mauritius bureau

CNBC Africa, Africa's business television news channel, will launch its eleventh African bureau in Mauritius next month as it continues to widen its African reporting footprint. 14 Jun 2013 11:34

AdFu partners with Yookos to reach into Africa

AdFu, the audience and display inventory network of sites owned by Kagiso Media, has extended its reach into the African online market by adding the Africa-born social network, Yookos, to its portfolio. This adds even more inventory to AdFu's African value proposition while also helping Yookos to drive revenue growth by maximising inventory yield. 14 Jun 2013 11:10

SA losing to Kenya in tech race

[Duncan McLeod] South Africa appears to be losing its status as the preferred investment destination on the continent for international technology companies. That honour, increasingly, is going to Kenya, which may be on the cusp of a technology-fuelled era of economic growth. 10 Jun 2013 09:09

Hundreds of SA Facebook profiles cloned

[NIivashni Nair] Hundreds of South African Facebook profiles have been cloned in the past five days and used to solicit money from the victims' contacts. 28 May 2013 10:15

Alan Winde impresses at Net Prophet 2013

[Sindy Peters] Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Alan Winde impressed attendees at the annual Net Prophet conference last week with news of exciting tech innovations for the province. 24 May 2013 19:00

Ugandan students take part in MTN's Y'ello Care aptitude tests

Over 250 students from across Uganda have taken part in an online aptitude exam to win a fully paid scholarship from MTN Uganda. The winners will be announced on 21 June. 18 Jun 2013 13:11

Independent daily suspended indefinitely in Somaliland

The acting attorney general in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland should withdraw his request to suspend the independent daily Hubaal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday, 13 June 2013. A court ruled on Tuesday that the paper had been indefinitely suspended at the request of Aden Ahmed Mouse, according to news reports. 14 Jun 2013 14:31

TCRA acts to solve 'TV Wars'

[Pius Rugonziba] Digital broadcasting operators have been instructed to observe licensing conditions and best practices governing the sector, as Tanzania struggles to spread the service across the country. 11 Jun 2013 19:20

African Union celebrates Border Day, launches guidebooks

The African Union celebrated the African Day of Borders, also known as Border Day, on Friday, 7 June 2103, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as officially launching the African Union Border Programme guidebooks. 10 Jun 2013 11:18

Kenyan journalists threaten parliament with media blackout

Kenyan journalists threatened to stop covering parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday, 5 June 2013, after National Assembly Clerk, Justin Bundi barred them from the parliamentary media centre. 7 Jun 2013 10:29

Somali journalist shot, seriously wounded: officials

Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a Somali journalist in the volatile southern port city of Kismayo, officials and colleagues said Thursday [30 May 2013], the latest in a string of attacks against the media. 31 May 2013 09:17

Vodafone's Healthline wins a fourth award in Ghana

[Issued by Launch Factory] Launch Factory Experiential, the producers of Healthline, have announced that the show has been awarded two more awards to increase the award tally to an unprecedented four awards. 30 May 2013 22:54

Monitor, Red Pepper closures spark protests in Uganda

Ugandan police on Tuesday, 28 May 2013, assaulted and detained several journalists who were among a crowd of demonstrators protesting the government's closure of four independent news outlets, according to news reports and local journalists. 30 May 2013 11:24

Media Council orders The Star to apologise to Uhuru

[Eugene Okumu] The Star Newspaper has been ordered to retract and apologise over an article it published about President Uhuru Kenyatta in February last year. The order was issued by the Media Council of Kenya's (MCK) arbitration panel, the Complaints Commission which was chaired by Grace Katasi with Peter Mwaura and Murej Mak'Ochieng being the other members of the Commission. 29 May 2013 14:05