Month: February 2017
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Announces Unified Security and Control solution for Mobile Devices, Laptops and IoT devices
Sophos has today announced its the latest version of its Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution. Known as Sophos Mobile 7,…
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News
#MWC17 : Meet the Huawei P10, first phone with 4.5 LTE Capabilities
Huawei has launched Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 plus, the first phone to have 4.5G LTE supporting 4 antennas to…
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Gadgets
MWC2017: The Nokia 3310 is here, complete with a colour screen and Internet access
Yes, the Nokia 3310 is finally here. The device has been launched at the 2017 Mobile World Conference in Barcelona,…
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News
GSMA urges policymakers to advance The digital economy in new report
The GSMA today launched a new report that encourages governments to pursue policies that incentivise investment and promote development of…
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News
Huawei launches the GR5 2017 smartphone as it seeks to grow its market share in Kenya
As we had earlier in the month told you, Huawei Mobile had promised to launch its advanced dual camera device,…
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News
Sage Foundation launches $1 Million Enterprise Fund for African non-profits
Sage has today launched a $1 million enterprise fund open to non-profits from Africa. The fund according to Sage is…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Travel launches local and international flight services
As the continent marked Africa Aviation Day 2017 Jumia Travel, has announced the launch of flight services for both local…
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News
Eutelsat hits new milestone of 1,000 High Definition channels
High Definition TV continues to gain ground across the broadcast satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications with the 240 HD channels…
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COLUMNS
Opinion: A look to the bank of the future
Imagine a world where you could predict when your customers will have their first thought about retirement planning and be…
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News
Asus showcases its products at Ongea Festival, boasts of amazing products and features
Technology company ASUS was among the companies that showcased their products at the recently concluded 2nd Eastern Africa Music summit.…
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BUSINESS
Nikon beats Canon to become the most favored camera brand in Kenya
The Kenyan electronic market is always very competitive. From smartphones, television, and others, all these brands are always trying…
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News
Dubai becomes the first city to have driverless electric powered flying taxis
Technology advancement has made the evolution of the transport sector seem like science fiction. Who knew the world will ever…
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News
Microsoft and Liquid Telecom partner to provide cloud services across Africa
Microsoft East Africa has joined hands with Liquid Telecom to improve and accelerate the use of cloud services across Africa.…
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News
Kenyan universities set to add accommodation for 0.5m students in next five years
Kenya’s universities are set to build accommodation for more than half a million students in the next five years,…
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INSURANCE
Resolution Insurance launches Marine Cargo Insurance Cover
Resolution insurance has today launched a comprehensive marine insurance cover for importers, manufacturers and logistics providers. Dubbed ‘Resolution Marine Cargo’…
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News
Facebook launches Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge for Middle East and Africa
Facebook has launched a Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge for developers across the Middle East and Africa. The challenge will…
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Apps
Monitor what your children are doing on Skype through TheOneSpy spying app
An Overview The last two decades have surely been all about the internet, new applications, new software and a whole…
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News
Andela named most innovative company in Africa
Andela has been named among the most innovative companies in Africa by Fast Company. Each year, Fast Company recognizes enterprises…
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News
Nokia launches next generation fiber technology delivers high capacity, low latency mobile transport solution for 5G era
Nokia has announced that it is introducing a broad set of next-generation fiber access solutions that deliver on the capacity…
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Gadgets
Guys, Nokia is bringing back the Nokia 3310 this month
Listen, guys, something incredible is about to happen in the mobile phone world. What am I talking about? Well, reports…
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News
Intracom Telecom to showcase its New E-Band Radio at MWC 2017
Intracom Telecom has today announced the launch of its new E-Band radio. The Point-to-Point UltraLink™-GX80 is expected to be…
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CYBER SECURITY
Guest Post: Ransomware – Should you pay?
Ransomware, a form of extortion malware is often disguised as innocuous emails, links or pop-ups, thereby easily hoodwinking gullible users to…
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News
How wildlife conservancies are using #IoT to track location of endangered rhinos in Tanzania
By Lilian Mutegi. By 1970 there were an estimated 65,000 rhinos left globally. Today, the black rhino remains a rare…
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News
Pan-African Liquid Telecom Group officially acquires Neotel
South African communications network operator Neotel has today officially become part of the pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom. This comes…
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COLUMNS
Valentine Gift Ideas for the Plugged-in Lover
The month of February is a close replicate of the just ended festive season; a month to celebrate love, giving…
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COLUMNS
How Mobile Technology and Application can help improve your fleet operations
Mobile technology is exactly what the name implies – technology that is portable. This technology is being used everywhere including…
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CYBER SECURITY
How secure is your data, really?
More than 554 million data records were stolen during the first half of 2016, a 31% increase from the previous six…
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News
Sophos acquires Invincea for advanced machine learning for its Endpoint Protection Portfolio
Network and Endpoint Security leader Sophos has announced that it is acquiring Invincea from its current shareholders for a cash…
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News
Silvertree acquires Nigeria’s TopCheck, forming Africa’s largest price comparison group
Africa’s leading Internet platform Silvertree Internet Holdings has acquired Nigerian price comparison site TopCheck for an undisclosed amount. TopCheck is Nigeria’s…
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News
Aga Khan Academy Mombasa students showcase projects to address key challenges in Kenya
The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa last week held an exhibition to showcase some of the innovate projects by their students.…
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News
Huawei to launch the GR5 2017 smartphone in Kenya this month
Huawei Mobile has announced that it is be launching the GR5 2017 smartphone in the Kenyan market later this month.…
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BUSINESS
Kenyan SMEs leverage e-commerce to compete with the big boys
80% of the products on online retailer platform Jumia are from accredited small businesses (SMEs), the company has revealed. This…
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News
Infographic: 5 Ways Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Can Deliver Return On Investment (ROI)
Business owners usually measure ROI (Return On Investment) based on its added statistical value on various business processes- from financial…
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BUSINESS
Uganda is Kenya’s Leading Source Market, While USA Beats UK to the top Position
In a surprising turn of events, Uganda took the lead as Kenya’s top source market in Africa, while Germany and…
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BUSINESS
Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom’s M-Pesa.
A few days ago I visited Chinese internet finance museum for a blockchain event organized by okcoin, one of Bitcoin’s…
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Startups
Applications for the 2017 DEMO Africa now open
Applications for the 2017 edition of DEMO Africa are now open. African Startups can now apply for a chance to…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Kenya names new CEO as Adil Youssefi exits
Airtel Kenya has announced the appointment of Prasanta Das Sarma as the new Managing Director. Prasanta Das Sarma takes over…
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News
GitHub introduces New Feature to help users discover interesting repositories
GitHub has added a new feature to its code project platform to help users classify GitHub repositories and find others…
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