Zinger Systems began as a business idea in the minds of a few
Cameroonian entrepreneurs. After they spent one year developing their
academic software and business model at Activspaces, a technology hub in
southwest of the country, they eventually launched their business and
now employ eight people.
Activspaces is a shared office space where designers, software
developers, artists and more can gather. "We've realized that many
enterprising techies work in isolation in Cameroon," said the space's
community manager, Al Banda.
The Environmental Conservation Organisation (Himaka) based in Karatu district has embarked on a special project to save trees in northern highland forests through the adoption of a new brick and block making technology. 
As one major meeting on agriculture ends, another begins: farming is truly back on Africa's agenda.
"Africa's agricultural sector has the potential not only to feed its own people but to become the breadbasket of the world," Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda said in Windhoek.
"Africa also has 60 per cent of the world's uncultivated arable land, and the potential exists for African yields to grow in value by more than three-fold by the year 2030, from $280 billion today to $880 billion."
Facebook users carrying their smart phones will soon be able to "check in" to real-world locations such as bars, parks and live concerts as the social network makes its first foray into the location services craze."Where are you?" is joining "What's on your mind?" as Facebook lets its users declare their whereabouts to their friends and people nearby.
Facebook has acquired Hot Potato in a move that could help further its move into location-based services. Hot Potato announced the deal on its blog Friday but did not reveal the purchase price.Hot Potato aims to let people share what they're doing with friends and connect with other people doing the same thing. People visit the page and choose the beginning of a sentence like "I'm attending..." or "I'm listening to..." and then fill in the rest of the sentence. They then join a group of people who have posted similar ideas. The group can share photos and videos and ask each other questions.
Former Chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of South
Africa (ICASA), Paris Mashile, has been appointed CEO of Vunani
Technology Ventures, a company which specialises in offering ICT
advisory and investment banking to high-growth, mid-market ICT
entrepreneurs.
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications
network solutions for operators around the world, today announced the
arrival in Nairobi, Kenya of the Mobile Broadband (MBB) Huawei Truck
for the second leg of its Sub-Saharan Road show. 
Kenyans can now save towards the cost of childbirth at the country's
largest maternal hospital thanks to a medical smart card system. 
