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High Court Halts NTSA’s Automated Traffic Fine System Over Tech Concerns

A major digital crackdown on motorists has been suspended after the High Court in Kenya issued conservatory orders barring the enforcement of an instant, algorithm-driven traffic penalty system. The ruling, delivered today morning by Justice Bahati Mwamuye, marks a significant intervention into how the state uses automated decision-making (ADM) to police public roads. The orders effectively...

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South Africa’s first news-radio app has arrived

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Mobile Data Bomb In Latin America & Middle East

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Google Gets Nod For White Space Broadband Technology Across The US

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Tunisia’s Wajjahni.com Wants To Help The Youth To Build Careers

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Ideas Can Better The World

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World’s Most Advanced Commercially Available Tablet Computer Developed In Africa

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490 Million Dollars to Boost Rural Phone Coverage in India

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Introducing “.africa” Domain For Africans

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Good bye AccessKenya, Hallo Dimension Data

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CEO Weekends:China’s WeChat With Over 70 Million Users Launches In Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa & Rest Of Africa

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CEO Weekends: Zimbabwe’s Clinton Mutambo On How Esaja.com Will Link Businesses To Opportunities In Africa

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CEO Weekends:Rocket Internet’s JUMIA.com.ng Brings E-commerce Conference To Nigeria With Mrs. Omobola Johnson, Minister for Communications Technology

Founded in 2012, JUMIA has grown to be the 4th most visited website in Nigeria with over 500 employees.  Jumia which celebrated its first...

CEO Weekends: Nigeria’s Knack International Founders Eyiolawi Peter & Mark Afolabi | Building Tablets & Laptops For Africa

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DRC gets assistance from Airtel Money

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Kenyan Parents against Laptop Project for their Children

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Will Huawei Overtake Ericsson in R&D Investment?

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Nigeria’s Public Secondary Schools receive 120,000 PC’s from USPF

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Uganda’s Civil Service Embrace E-Gorvernment

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India Takes Satellite To The Skies As Kenya Hesitates To Pay Its Teachers

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Windows Phone 8 Facebook App is now Upgraded

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