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Zambian farmers could gain faster access to agricultural products and services with an electronic voucher scheme.

The ‘e-voucher project‘ the first of its kind on the continent, according to participant Mobile Transactions Zambia Limited (MTZL) covers the delivery of products including seeds, fertilisers and herbicides.

Initial tests carried out in 12 districts this summer showed promising

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How can I write a movie script for Nollywood? How does the stock exchange operate in Johannesburg? What is the recipe for bitter leaf soup? What is the best company for car insurance in Kenya? English and French speaking Internet users in Africa, with local questions, can now turn to each other for expert advice on almost any topic, using Google Baraza. Baraza, which means ‘taskforce’ or ‘council

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Google today announced the launch of Street View in South Africa. Google’s Street view now includes photos of South African wildlife, tourist attractions and the new soccer stadiums that were built or refurbished for the World Cup. From today people can see Street View images and 3D models in Google Earth.

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New social media aggregator Jamiix, which was developed in the Western Cape’s impoverished Cape Flats, is set for global launch. Jamiix works by bringing social media and instant messaging functionality into a single application, allowing users to manage many accounts, and carry on several conversations at the same time, using a computer or mobile phone.

Jamiix developer and CEO Marlon Parker

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Kenya's second largest mobile operator Zain plans to roll out a third-generation (3G) service in July this year after an expected cut in license fees by the regulator, its managing director said on Monday.

Data is the main growth area for operators in east Africa's largest economy and Kuwait-listed Zain, which along with Essar's Yu and Telkom Kenya have a combined market share of just over 20

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At Google we’re always working to bring our rich suite of tools to users all over the world. One of my personal favorites is iGoogle, the Google homepage that lets users personalize their search experience with a theme and gadgets to bring them their favorite content from all over the web. You can read the news, check the weather and even play a game of chess with a friend, all on one page. And i

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Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Mickael Ghossein announced today that Orange mobile subscribers are now able to watch digital television programs on their phones, reports Kenya’s Broadcasting Corporation.
This comes in response to demand from consumers for more value added services and immersive content in the mobile industry.

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It is one thing to drool over the coming digital age in Africa just by studying the numbers, charts and info-graphics. It is a whole other experience to encounter the early signs of all of those numbers and projections in real life. An even bigger experience when you stumble upon genius in the making right in your back yard.

Remember these kids that built their own toys? Turns out creative gen

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Over 100 students of the Makerere University of Uganda took part in a digital mapping process of their city in a Google competition.

The event dubbed “mapping your world” was used to create and improve maps of places that the students know and love.

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Google today officially launched a South African YouTube.co.za service

YouTube has recently exceeded 2 billion video views per day, with 450 million users worldwide. With 24 hours of YouTube content uploaded every minute, it is hardly surprising that it is one of the biggest bandwidth consumers on the Internet today.