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Why the Infinix Note 2 should be your next smartphone.
When Infinix Mobility announced plans to release a new flagship product into the African market before the end of the…
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Top Smartphones Reviewed on TechTrendsKE 2015, The Choice is yours.
As promised this month we are focusing on some of the interesting stories TechTrendsKE covered. This Tuesday we are on…
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BUSINESS
NetGuardians brings anti-fraud software solutions to Kenyan banks
Recent times have seen Kenyan banks being hit by several high profile fraud cases despite the Central Bank pledging tougher…
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Airtel Nigeria takes Christmas celebrations to Charity Homes and orphanages
Airtel Nigeria has announced of its Christmas charity campaign in the country. Dubbed ‘5 Days of Love,’ the campaign will…
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Reviews
Review: Hands On with the Infinix Note 2
As I had mentioned in my unboxing article, the Infinix Note 2, from Infinix Mobility is probably one of the…
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WrapUp: Some of the interesting stories featured on TechTrendsKE in 2015
2015 is almost coming to an end, a year that has seen so much growth in Kenyan and African tech…
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Court Bans WhatsApp in Brazil for 48 hours
WhatsApp users in Brazil will for the next 48 hour be blocked from using the Facebook owned the service. This…
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Tigo announces winners of the Tigo Digital Changemakers competition.
Tigo Tanzania and Reach For Change, a Tanzanian NGO have announced the two winners of the Tigo Digital Changemakers competition.…
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Liquid Telecom to build new undersea cable Linking Africa to Middle East
Liquid Sea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liquid Telecom, has started a project to build a new subsea cable linking Africa…
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Terror group ISIS launches App to spread its terror agenda
Islami State Terror Group (ISIS) has reportedly launched an app to spread it terror agenda, adding teeth to its internet…
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Reviews
Infinix Note 2 Unboxing and Photos
It is probably one of the coolest gadgets one would wish to have right now in town; I am talking…
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Start A Library Campaign raises Nine Million Kenya Shillings
The Start A Library Campaign has raised 9 Million Kenyan Shillings to support the development of 30 libraries to be…
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ESET to develop USB drives with built in antivirus
ESET is set to develop a new range of secure USB flash drives that will come with in-built antivirus. The…
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BrighterMonday sets its sight on Kenya’s recruitment challenges
Job-listing site BrighterMonday has today announced a new career centre that will be used to communicate with various audiences who…
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ESET Unveils New tool to help parents monitor their children’s online activities
Global Security software provider ESET has unveiled a new tool to help parents monitor what their children are doing online.…
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Reviews
Review: Hands On with the SNOKOR Rocket Z5000 Smartphone.
Snokor Rocket Z5000 is the latest Smartphone to enter the Kenyan market, coming at a time when the number of…
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Huawei introduces new entry level Smartphones into the local market
Huawei has today announced the introduction of two entry level smartphones, Y5C and Y360, into the Kenyan market as it…
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What you need to know about Joseph Mucheru, New ICT Cabinet Secretary
Joseph Mucheru MBS, is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary nominee for ICT. The ICT docket was initially headed by Dr.…
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BUSINESS
Travelfix.CO, an Online Travel Agency launches in Nigeria
Travelfix.CO, Africa’s fastest growing travel solutions provider has launched an online booking portal, that will offer Nigerian travellers discounted rates…
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News
Philips showcases its healthier innovations solutions at the Innovation Experience 2015
Around the globe, disruption, innovation, and the rapid pace of technological development is reshaping consumer experience, as well as the…
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Gadgets
SNOKOR, new smartphone brand enters the Kenyan market
Recent times have seen different Smartphone brands invade the booming Kenyan Smartphone market. The recent one being SNOKOR, a Smartphone…
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Second phase of the ACE submarine cable system to expand broadband connectivity in Africa starts
Orange, together with other members of the ACE consortium have announced the start of the next phase of the ACE…
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BUSINESS
E-Commerce: Beware of potential customs charges when sending or receiving gifts internationally
In the lead up to the festive season, consumers are increasingly turning to e-commerce shopping portals instead of visiting physical stores…
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Social Media
Welcome the new revamped Google+
Google+ is here to stay, this could be the message Google is trying to send if the new announcement by…
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Airtel and Facebook launch Free Basics Services in 17 African countries
Bharti Airtel has today announced its new partnership with Facebook which will see the two companies launch Free Basics in…
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Liquid Telecom to provide free WiFi at this Year’s Rhino Charge
Liquid Telecom has announced that it will be providing free WiFi during this year’s Rhino Charge, East Africa’s most challenging…
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Oracle Cloud Day: CEOs should help drive business transformation
Oracle Kenya last week held its annual Cloud Day event at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. The event attracted customers;…
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SimbaNET Launches SimbaSKY to enhance internet access in remote rural areas
SimbaNET has launched an SME-based product aimed at enhancing internet access in remote rural areas as it seeks to diversify…
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BUSINESS
Cheki to hold free automotive educational event in Nairobi
In a bid to increase the public’s knowledge on issues in the automotive sector, Kenya’s online car trade platform, cheki.co.ke will on…
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BUSINESS
Orange signs agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its stake in Telkom Kenya
Orange has signed a binding agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya,…
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BUSINESS
Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) Launches Food Traceability
Ethiopia Commodity Exchange has officially announced the launch of its IBM enabled national traceability system, eATTS at an event…
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BUSINESS
MTN Chief Executive Sifiso Dabengwa resigns
Africa’s largest telecommunications company, MTN Group Ltd Chief Executive Sifiso Dabengwa has resigned. His resignation came at a time when…
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BUSINESS
Liquid Telecom named Best African Wholesale Carrier at Global Carrier Awards
Liquid Telecom has for the fourth consecutive year been named the Best African Wholesale Carrier at the 11th annual Global…
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COMESA and Microsoft collaborate to promote access, skills and innovation in 19 African Countries
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)through the COMESA Business Council (CBC) and Microsoft have signed an MOU…
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Startups
How WeFarm is helping farmers share information via text across the globe
Technology has become an integral part in the growth of most economies in the world. Most of the countries…
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BUSINESS
Co-op Bank and SimbaPay partner to offer Diaspora Remittances
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has today announced a new partnership with SimbaPay to offer international money transfer services to…
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BUSINESS
Siemens to build 1,000km power line between Kenya and Ethiopia
Global engineering firm Siemens has been appointed in consortium with construction company Isolux Corsan to build a 1,000 kilometre power…
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Report: Over 70 per cent of Kenyan businesses exposed to cybercrime attacks
A new report by Cyber Security consulting firm Serianu in partnership with PKF consulting and USIU Africa has revealed that…
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Social Media
Facebook is changing how your notifications look
Your Facebook notifications on your phone are about to look different, Facebook has announced. Your notifications will now show friends’…
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Social Media
Twitter Introduces ability to Embed Basic Two-Choice Polls In Your Tweets
For the past one month or so Twitter has been playing around with polls and yesterday the Social media site…
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BUSINESS
MoneyGram Partners with Econet Wireless to allow international money transfer via Zimbabwe’s EcoCash
MoneyGram and Econet Wireless yesterday launched a new service that will enable customers from more than 200 countries and territories worldwide…
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BUSINESS
M-Pesa to now indicate recipients’ last name to stop worrying transactions
M-pesa will now indicate recipients last name to stop its users over worrying transactions this is after Safaricom introduced a new enhancement…
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BUSINESS
Viettel launches mobile and internet services in Tanzania
Viettel has today unveiled mobile and internet services in Tanzania, under the brand name of Halotel. According to the telecom…
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News
Etihad Airways Signs Technology Services, Cloud Collaboration agreement With IBM
Etihad Airways has signed a ten-year technology services agreement with IBM worth US$ 700 million. This, according to the Airline…
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Google and Kenya National Archives Launch Digitised National Archives
The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with the Kenya National Archives to launch digitised National Archives, an initiative that celebrates…
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Gadgets
This laptop tracker will direct you to where your stolen laptop is
Losing a personal laptop computer can be the most devastating thing one can ever go through in life. Most of…
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Reviews
REVIEW: Hands On with the TECNO Phantom 5
Quick Key Specs • Display: 5.5 inch HD touchscreen (1080 X 1920 pixels) • OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop • Processor:…
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News
TECNO Mobile Present Cheque to Arise Children’s Home
A team from TECNO mobile has today presented a cheque to the Arise Child Development Organisation (ACDO) in Dagoretti Naiobi.…
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Gadgets
Meet Acer’s New Windows 10 Tablet And 14-inch Convertible Laptop
Acer has unveiled two new devices today at a Windows 10 event in Taipei. The Aspire R 14 convertible notebook, and…
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Gadgets
A look at the New Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled its first Windows 10 Smartphones together with a range of other new devices to try beat the…
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Social Media
Twitter launches ‘Moments’ to follow Trending Stories
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE It is just a day since Twitter announced its co-founder Jack Dorsey would now be the…
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News
TECNO Mobile raises money to support a children’s Home in Nairobi
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE TECNO Mobile Kenya last month raised Kshs.356,680 to support the Arise Child Development Organization, a Childrens…
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BUSINESS
Mobile Money: Beyonic Partners with Mobile Accord to Expand Further into Africa
Beyonic , a technology company that aims to eliminate the rampant use of cash in emerging markets has announced a…
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News
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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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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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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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Social Media
LinkedIn rolls out ‘Chat-Style’ messaging Interface
If you are having a bunch of unread messages on LinkedIn, this might just look different the next time you…
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BUSINESS
SimbaPay announces Instant Deposit Service to all Choice Bank accounts in Kenya
SimbaPay has today announced the expansion of its free instant deposit service to Choice Microfinance Bank in Kenya. The digital…
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Social Media
Instagram now supports Landscape and Portrait photo Formats
Instagram will now allow users to upload portrait and landscape photos and video in addition to the Square format that…
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Reviews
Review: Why you should buy The Microsoft Lumia 640
When Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 640 together with a range of other Lumia devices into the Kenyan market in May…
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Social Media
Facebook witnesses one billion users in a day: Mark Zuckerberg
In what Facebook CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg described as a milestone, one billion people used Facebook in a single…
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News
Google to aid Kenyans plan public transport trips through Google Transit
Google has partnered with Digital Matatus – a Kenya-based startup – to launch Google Transit. Google Transit is a feature…
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News
MTN and Huawei unveil award winning P8 smartphone in Uganda
After a successful global launch in Asia, Europe and South Africa, the sensational award winning Huawei P8 smartphone is being…
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75 Million devices now running on Windows 10
75 Million devices have so far been connected with Windows 10 as the company edges towards its target of 1…
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BUSINESS
Mobile Money: Nigeria to host #RemitAfrica2015 Conference
This year, Nigeria will play host to the REMITAFRICA2015 conference, a mobile money conference organized by MobileMoneyAfrica. The conference, which…
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News
MTN, Liquid Telecom partner to extend footprint and offering in Africa
Customers of MTN Group and Liquid Telecom are set to benefit from a larger connectivity footprint across the Africa. This…
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Gadgets
Asus unveils a 256GB Smartphone
Asus has unveiled a new 256GB Smartphone model of the ZenFone 2 Deluxe at a colorful event in Sao Paulo,…
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News
Liquid Telecom unveils Hai as its new retail ISP brand for Africa
Liquid Telecom, the pan-African fibre operator has today announced the launch of its new ISP brand for Africa, Hai. Hai…
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News
Airtel Kenya connects Kisumu and Nyeri Police County Headquarters with free internet
Kisumu and Nyeri Police County Headquarters will benefit from internet for free internet thanks to Airtel Kenya. The telecommunications company…
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BUSINESS
DHL Africa Launches pocket-sized, all-touch computers to meet increasing delivery demands
DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa has launched pocket-sized, all-touch computers that capitalize on the latest technological advancements, and ensure customers on…
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Social Media
No more 140-Character limit for Twitter Direct Messages
If you have used your twitter DM recently you must have noticed something interesting, apparently, the social media site no…
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News
Winners of Africa Tech Challenge Mobile App Competition announced
The winners of the just concluded Mobile App Challenge held at Kenya Teachers Training College in Gigiri, Nairobi. The Mobile…
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News
Hellofood spreads its wings to Mombasa County
Hellofood, Nairobi’s leading online food delivery company is now expanding its services to Mombasa County. Since it first launched in…
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Social Media
Hahaha vs. Hehehe: Facebook new research reveals e-laughter data
So how exactly do you express laughter on Facebook? – lol’, ‘haha’ or ‘hehe’? Facebook has just published new data…
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Gadgets
Leaked photo of the Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 5
On August 13th Samsung will be holding the Samsung Unpacked event in New York at 11am Eastern (8am Pacific) and…
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News
CIO’s to focus on winning the digital era of ICT in this year’s CIO100 Awards
The CIO100 sixth edition awards are almost hear and CIO’s this year are focusing on winning the digital era of…
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News
Memorable Quotes From #GES2015Kenya
Now that the dust of Global Entrepreneurship Summit has that was held in Kenya for the first time last weekend…
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News
IBM Research Africa to use data-driven technologies to address challenges faced by Schools in Mombasa County
IBM Research Africa is piloting a data collection and analysis programme in schools in Mombasa County to assist the Kenyan…
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News
Windows 10 is here, Available in 190 Countries
Its finally here, Microsoft has now released the much anticipated Windows 10 giving users to upgrade to its new operating…
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Social Media
Facebook users can now appoint ‘heir’ to manage account when they die
By Nixon Kanali / TechTrendsKE For some time now, Facebook users have been wondering what happens to someone’s account when…
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Gadgets
Garmin Vivosmart fitness tracker now in the Kenyan Market
Activity trackers are the hot new gadget to have in this day and age. Like high-tech pedometers, these gadgets can count your…
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News
#GES2015Kenya: IBM rolls out a $60m investment in African Skills Initiative
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit just ended in Nairobi Kenya. The summit brought together investors and entrepreneurs from across the globe…
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BUSINESS
Interview: The evolving role of E-commerce in the travel industry
The most amazing aspect of e-commerce is its ability to impact sales and marketing efforts immediately, however, the uptake of…
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