Nigeria bans sale of unregistered Sim Cards [Story]

Zain Kenya, now owned by Bharti Airtel, is set to roll out 3G services in Kenya after it was granted a vlicence by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). [Story]

TedXAbuja & TedXVictoriaIsland [Story]

Jobberman has just announced the release of their mobile version which allows jobseekers to get real-time information about the latest jobs in town right from their mobile phones. [Story]

Adlevo Capital announced its first closing of a $52 million capital commitment focused on technology-enabled businesses across sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria and South Africa. [Story]

Gmail is available in Swahili and Amharic, adapting to over 100 million speakers located in East and Central Africa, and in the Diaspora.[Story]

Africa’s collective GDP, at $1.6 trillion in 2008, is now roughly equal to Brazil’s or Russia’s. [Story]

Zoopy the South African social media platform has created a new iPhone application. [Story]

New regional air carrier, doing what Africa needswhich is point-to-point services.[Story]

Cresta Marakanelo, Botswana’s largest hotel operator, is on track for a June 17 listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) judging by enthusiastic public response to the sale of 62,9 million shares in the company by Botswana Development Corporation (BDC).[Story]

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