Month: December 2016
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CYBER SECURITY
Cybersecurity: Hacking the vote -Should Alshabaab make us worried about 2017 polls?
Cybersecurity is one of the biggest challenges Kenya has been trying to fight. Reports of government institutions being hacked by…
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Apps
Rambo Launches Real Money Casino Mobile App in Kenya
Gambling company Rambo Resource Ltd has released the first ever casino mobile application in the country. The application which is…
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CYBER SECURITY
Ex-Manchester City Star Samir Nasri’s Twitter account hacked
It’s not the first time we have told you about Twitter accounts of celebrities being hacked. Earlier in May,…
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News
Samsung is releasing the Galaxy S8, but will it really kill the Note series?
We all remember what befell Samsung with its Galaxy Note 7 devices. What most of us were waiting for is…
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CYBER SECURITY
Zcash Fever: Criminals Exploiting Users PCs to Make Profits Mining Cryptocurrency
At the end of October, the new cryptocurrency Zcash was launched. It is positioned by its creators as a more…
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Startups
Mozambican startup develops a solar powered tablet to provide internet to rural African homes
Mozambican technology start-up Kamaleon has developed a solar-powered mobile tablet to connect more Africans to the internet. Launched in November…
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New Appointments
New Appointments: Lizz Ntonjira joins IBM as regional PR lead
Former NTV Business reporter and news anchor Lizz Ntonjira has joined IBM as the firm’s External Relations Lead for East…
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BUSINESS
Transport CS says SGR Locomotives are of high quality, to be in Kenya in January
This is probably something most Kenyans have been waiting for. Six of the 56 diesel locomotives for operations of the…
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Startups
Bonjour Idée launches first African edition of the Startup of the Year competition
Bonjour Idée, the collaborative magazine for startups has launched the first African edition of the Startup of the Year competition.…
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News
Security Increasing Priority for Tech Investments by World’s Airports
Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Travel Launches “Travel Wednesday” across its platform
Jumia Travel has launched a campaign dubbed “Travel Wednesday” running every Wednesday to Friday on the company’s official website. The…
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News
Infinix Mobility hosts 2nd Annual Infinixer Fan Festival in Nairobi.
Infinix Mobility, last Saturday held the 2016 end of year Infinixer Fan Festival in Nairobi. The festival is held annually…
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News
Christmas On Shoe-String Budget: Make Merry on the Cheap!
The festive season does not only call for time to spend time with friends and family, but also our budgets…
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BUSINESS
Here are some basics of getting around over the festive season with Uber
Last week Uber released a set of guidelines aimed at making riders enjoy their rides. Many of those rules were…
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News
Liquid Telecom receives regulatory approval for ZAR 6.55 billion acquisition of Neotel
Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom has received approval from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) for the acquisition…
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Reviews
Tecno WinPad 2 Review: Your perfect ‘’Mobile Office’’ device
The Tecno WinPad 2 is the latest tablet from Tecno Mobile to be launched in 2016, a year that saw…
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News
Kenya’s Kids Comp Camp among winners of FIRE Africa Award 2016
Kids Comp Camp, an initiative helping young learners in marginalized communities in Kenya gain technology skills is among the winners…
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COLUMNS
Investment in Fleet Management and Vehicle Tracking Technologies should become key for businesses in 2017
Transportation and logistics could be the next billion-dollar business opportunity for companies. In fact, according to the World Bank, Boeing,…
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Reviews
Huawei Y5 II full review: Is it worth your cash?
Huawei launched the Huawei Y5II a couple of months ago, in Kenya. The Y5 II brings every good feature that…
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COLUMNS
Here are Six Holiday Survival Tips For Introverts
The sting of being an introvert is perhaps felt most during the festive period; from corporate end of year parties,…
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News
Garmin partner with MTN to launch a range of wearable tech watches in Ghana
Garmin, an innovative lifestyle technology company has partnered with MTN to launch a range of wearable tech watches in Ghana. The…
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News
Huawei defies device norms by supporting 3G on the Mate 9 second simcard
Huawei Mobile Kenya officially launches Mate 9 in the Kenyan market months after unveiling the Huawei P9. This follows the…
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News
Uber will ban you from using the service if you do the following
Uber will soon ban you from the service and drivers suspended from the app if you violate any of the…
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Reviews
Infinix ZERO 4 Review: Full Package with Amazing features
I have been interacting with the Infinix ZERO 4 device for a while now. During the unboxing article, I did…
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News
Airtime transfer Startup Senditoo raises £260K to expand across Africa
Just two months after its launch, UK-based startup Senditoo has raised £ 260,000 to expand and become the leader in…
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News
Secure Your Router from Internet of Things (IOT) Takedowns
The Communications Authority (CA) fourth quarter report for 2015-2016, notes Kenya has about 10.8 million broadband internet subscriptions. This means…
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BUSINESS
Report: Online Reviews Key Driver in Customer Purchase Decision
Customers reviews are viewed as unbiased and truthful, therefore forming the initial stop-by for buyers. Traders across different spheres of…
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News
Safetrac Ltd Partners with DAMCO for Cargo Tracking Solutions
Safetrac Limited , a leading Fleet information, Tracking, and Management company has announced a new partnership with Damco one of…
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BUSINESS
Japanese Pharmaceutical Giant Rohto Mentholatum Group launches Operations in Kenya
Leading Japanese Consumer Healthcare company, Rohto Mentholatum Group, has launched its operations in Kenya as it targets to foray into…
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CYBER SECURITY
Number of the Year 2016: One Billion Items of Malware Held in Kaspersky Lab’s Cloud Database
Kaspersky Lab’s cloud malware database now carries a billion malicious objects, including viruses, Trojans, backdoors, ransomware, and advertisement applications and…
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News
Samsung partners with Virtual Essence to deliver digital primary school content
Samsung Electronics East Africa has partnered with Virtual Essence to provide a technological way of engaging school children with educational…
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News
Here are the winners of the TECNO Mobile #TECNOWatchMeGrow campaign
Following TECNO Mobile’s #TECNOWatchMeGrow campaign that ended two weeks ago, TECNO finally awarded the winners. The campaign according to the…
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News
US-based IT firm, Cognizant Technology Solutions, under probe for bribery
The ongoing bribery investigations on Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTL) could spill over to the firm’s clients based in other countries,…
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BUSINESS
Great News! Dasheroo is not shutting down, it just got acquired
A couple of months ago, Dasheroo, the business analytics software platform announced that it was closing down. I was one…
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Reviews
Tecno WinPad 2 Unboxing and first impressions
It’s been a week since Tecno Mobile unveiled the WinPad 2 into the market. In the first article, we did…
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News
TECNO Mobile now Official Tablet and Handset Partner for Manchester City
Tecno Mobile has unveiled a new partnership with English Premier League side to their official to be the official tablet…
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BUSINESS
Staying Relevant: #7 Travel and Tourism Trends to Watch Out For in 2017
From the advent of bleisure and braggies to the constitution of travel as a human right by the UNWTO, 2016…
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BUSINESS
Societe Generale partners with American Express in Africa on online sales and POS payments.
Societe Generale has announced that it has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan…
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