Month: September 2015
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News
Mobile networks and data liberalization hold key to successful ITS deployments – HERE and SBD whitepaper
In the effort to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety with intelligent transportation systems (ITS), government and the private sector…
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HERE selected to provide real-time traffic data to transportation departments across U.S.
Georgia, Alabama and Missouri state departments of transportation (DOT) in the United States have selected HERE as their provider of…
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Google celebrates the discovery of water on Mars with a Doodle
Following new findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) that provided the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently…
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IBM’s African Skills Initiative equips over 1600 students with certification courses in Kenya
Since its launch in September 2014, IBM’s African Skills Initiative in partnership Kenya Education Network (KENET), have so far equipped…
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SimbaPay wins DEMO Africa 2015. Next stop: Silicon Valley
SimbaPay was on Friday, 25 Sep 2015 announced as the winner of the prestigious DEMO Africa 2015 event which was…
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Google’s new project to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi in 400 train stations across India
Google has announced a new project to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi in 400 train stations across India. This is in…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta wins ‘The ICTs in Sustainable Development Award’ at UN Headquarters
The International Telecommunications Union has given President Uhuru Kenyatta an award for promoting the use of information and communication…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: 6 ways you can protect your business from hackers
Your business is invaluable. You put in a lot of hard work towards the growth of your business and gaining…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: Are Attacks on Online Freedom Really Making Us Safer?
If you’ve ever tried to access a website and found that it was blocked, you may have been a victim…
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Interviews
Video Interview: Yululate enables you vent about any business through reviews
Yululate is a website that enables you to howl, scream, shout, vent or simply Yululate, about any business through writing…
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Samsung to take part at 5th Innovation Africa Summit in Uganda
Samsung Electronics Africa has announced that it will be taking part in the fifth Innovation Africa Summit scheduled to take…
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Gmail Rolls out ”BLOCK” button to banish annoying senders
Most of the times we keep receiving annoying emails from people we do not know or they could be even…
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Airtel and Liquid Telecom Sign Pan-African Fibre Connectivity Deal
Bharti Airtel’s mobile broadband subscribers in Africa will soon be able to enjoy faster Internet access speeds on its 3G…
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Nokia and the French Government announce agreement on a shared vision of innovation
Nokia together with the French government have announced an agreement that will see Nokia help to drive innovation in France…
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Gadgets
Tecno Mobile unveils the Phantom 5 into the Kenyan Market
Tecno Mobile Limited has today its much anticipated flagship device, the Phantom 5 into the Kenyan market. The company says…
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Apps
Easy Taxi app now available for Outlook
Easy Taxi users will now be able to request a taxi within their Microsoft Outlook email. This is after the…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya post-paid customers can now pay bills online
Airtel Kenya post-paid customers can now pay their bills online. This is after the telecommunication company unveiled a new platform…
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IBM Partners with Rwandan government to increase country’s development
IBM has partnered with the government of Rwanda to bolster the country’s development, public safety, citizen engagement and economic opportunities.…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya continues to record growth in data, mobile voice and SMS traffic
The quarter under review exhibited mixed trends in terms of local mobile voice traffic per operator with Airtel Kenya Limited…
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PwC report:Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industry
After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new landscape, one…
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Car and General donates engines to technical training institutions
Car and General- Kenya has donated over 40 engines to twenty one technical training institutions from across Kenya. The engines…
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Airtel Kenya’s #FaceOfKenya campaign Promotes Upcoming Photographers
Airtel Kenya has been working with with top Instagrammers; Asif Khan , Mutua Matheka and Sarah Waiswa, to use the…
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BUSINESS
Video: What you missed from the Airtel Sondeka Festival 2015
Sondeka is Africa’s first annual creative festival, which serves as a platform for numerous events, activities, exhibitions that showcase Africa’s…
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mi-Fone objects to Xiaomi entering Africa with similar name
mi-Fone the FIRST African Mobile Devices brand objected to Chinese Smartphone giant Xiaomi and their African distributor upcoming plans to…
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Nokia, Ericsson and Intel collaborating on Next-Generation Wireless Connectivity for Internet of Things Market Segment
Nokia, Ericsson and Intel Corporation have announced their support for Narrow-Band Long-Term Evolution (NB-LTE) technology as the ideal wireless connectivity…
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Orange partners with HelloAsso to launch first ever mobile crowdfunding platform in Africa
Orange has partnered with French leader in crowdfunding for charities HelloAsso to launch Africa’s first mobile crowdfunding platform in Côte…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya Headquarters staff visit Nairobi Markets
Airtel Kenya staff from its Nairobi headquarters lead by their CEO Adil El Youssefi visited various customer segments to gain…
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Gadgets
New iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to come with 3D touch screen technology
Apple has unveiled its iPhone 6s and 6s Plus that come with a new 3D touch screen. At a special…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya launches Smartika na 5x bonus promotion,50 cars to be won
Airtel Kenya has today unveiled a new consumer promotion that will see its prepaid customers walk away with 50 Toyota…
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News
Is your business infrastructure strong enough to carry the weight of Big Data?
Analyzing and deciphering information from the endless ocean of Big Data is one of today’s great IT challenges. How can…
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Startups
13 Start-ups selected for Appwiz challenge
13 start-ups have been shortlisted to proceed to the incubation phase of the Safaricom Appwiz Challenge, following an interview session…
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News
Safaricom opens up M-Pesa platform for Developers
Safaricom has opened up its M-PESA platform to allow local and international developers to come up with next-generation applications…
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Apps
Video: Just what is VirtualPessa?
VirtualPessa is an online app that allows its members access airtime for Safaricom, Orange, YU and Airtel and automatically generates…
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BUSINESS
Multichoice says Continued depreciation of the Shilling causes adjustment to DStv subscription
MultiChoice has announced a price adjustment on DStv subscription fees in Kenya effective from 1 October 2015. The increase according…
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Epson revamps Kenya product line to target schools, counties
Epson has today announced the launch of a new range of printers and projectors for the Kenyan market. The devices…
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MainOne’s Tier III Data Center, MDX-i partners Microsoft on Cloud Computing
MainOne’s Data Center subsidiary, MDX-i, today announced the launch of its new cloud-based service offering with Microsoft. The solution which…
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Intel introduces 6th Generation Intel Core to deliver enhanced at low power levels
Today Intel Corporation introduced the 6th Generation Intel Core processor family, the company’s best processors ever. The launch marks a…
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Facebook bans photos of Europe’s refugee crisis
Facebook has banned the photos of the Europe’s refugee crisis that saw last week, approximately 150 bodies of migrant refugees…
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HiiL Innovating Justice’s SME Empowerment Challenge enters a voting phase for East & West Africa Innovators
The online campaign phase for the SME Empowerment Challenge East and West Africa has officially started. This Challenge was developed…
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Gadgets
IFA 2015: ASUS BRINGS A WATERCOOLED LAPTOP
Taiwanese firm Asus is has brought a bevy of new products spanning several different branches of the tech world in this…
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Gadgets
IFA 2015: Toshiba introduces A 12-inch convertible laptop with 4K display
Toshiba has introduced its latest 2-in-1 convertible laptop dubbed Satellite Radius 12 that has a 12.5-inch screen and a 4K Ultra HD display…
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Worldreader and Opera Software Partnership Reaches 5 Million Readers in Africa via Mobile Phones
Barely four months into their partnership Worldreader, a global nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy in the developing world through digital…
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Government unveils Proposed Laws to protect Kenya’s critical infrastructure
The Government will soon set up a special unit to protect Critical infrastructure in the country. The unit is proposed…
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Google’s look evolves, introduces a new logo
Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years—from the range of its products to the evolution of their…
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