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Google bursts into the wireless industry

Follow Us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The search giant unveils a new service that switches between cellular and Wi-Fi signals and lets customers pay for only what data they use.  Google wants to be your wireless carrier. The search giant on Wednesday announced its long-anticipated wireless service in the United States, called Project Fi. Google hopes to […]

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Ooredoo Qatar reveals free calls with Mobile Money transfers

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Ooredoo Qatar has announced that its Mobile Money service will give 20 free international minutes, with all international transfers to selected African countries, until 25 July 2015. According to the company, the offer will be valid in: Cameroon, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya. For Hala customers, the 20 international minutes

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MEA smartphone shipments boosted by low cost devices

Smartphone shipment volumes to the Middle East and Africa grew 83 percent in 2014, boosted the increased availability of cheaper models and dual-Sim devices, according to a media release issued by the IDC.

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ISS 2015: Intel Compute Stick has great potential in Africa

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Smartphones and tablets have boomed in Africa; however, the standard desktop PC has been left behind. At the Intel Solutions Summit 2015, Intel unveiled its latest innovation – the Intel Compute Stick. Laura Crone, Intel’s VP of the Client Computing Group (CCG) and general manager of Channel Platforms and Operations at

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PayPal to protect purchases of Uber rides, digital music

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork On July 1, the payment-services company will start offering buyer protections for services, e-books, software downloads, digital music and much more. A lot of the stuff you buy these days isn’t stuff at all. With consumers spending more money on digital goods, PayPal decided it was time to start offering

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Facebook unveils free VOiP video calls

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Facebook has announced the launch of free video calling via its Messenger VOiP app in the US, Canada, UK, Nigeria and 14 other countries. The new feature allows users to start a video call within an existing Messenger conversation by tapping the video icon in the corner of the screen. Video calling

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New Possibility for Controlling Malaria Mosquitoes: Africa: Chemical Cons Malaria Mosquitoes About to Lay Eggs

Follow us on Twitter@GoAfricaNetwork Around 600,000 people die from malaria every year. The vast majority of these deaths occur in Africa, where female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting malaria between people. Current mosquito control methods, which include insecticide-covered bed nets and indoor insecticide spraying, have dramatically reduced malaria transmission in many communities. But

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The 3DR Solo Is One Scary-Smart Drone

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork GREAT DRONE FOOTAGE is mesmerizing, no matter what it depicts. (Exhibit A: This video of a truck driving through mud in super-slow-motion.) But perfect shots—the swooping landscapes, the hovering overheads—are hard to come by. A new drone from 3D Robotics (a company co-founded by former WIRED editor-in-chief Chris Anderson) is

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New online job portal launches in Cameroon

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork According to online portal Everjobs, it has now launched Cameroon’s latest online job portal. During a press conference, Co-founder and Managing Director for Africa, Eric Lauer introduced the company officially to the public. According to Lauer, Everjobs’s mission is to simplify the job search and hiring process by connecting job

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ZNews Africa Wants to be the Emerging Markets News Aggregator of Choice

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Founded Alpha Bah Founder, ZNews Africa aims to be the go-to place for the latest news content across Africa from vital markets such as Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Guinea, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Cote D’Ivoire. Now available on the Google Play, ZNews Africa is beautifully build with an

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