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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Startups
DEMO Africa 30 Technology Start-ups list for 2015 released
DEMO Africa has today released a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the…
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News
RTI International and IBM deploy big data analytics and cognitive technologies in Mombasa County Schools
RTI International, a leading nonprofit research institute in partnership with IBM Research Africa have unveiled a new partnership to deploy…
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IBM Experts complete big data-oriented pro bono projects in Machakos and Isiolo Counties
A team of some of IBM’s top experts have completed big data-oriented pro bono projects in Machakos and Isiolo counties…
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BUSINESS
Standard Group unveils new 24hrs news channel, KtnNews
The Standard Group will today unveiled a new television station, KtnNews Channel. The company says the 24-hour station will focus…
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BUSINESS
This is what happens to money in your M-Pesa Account when you pass on
So many questions have always been asked on what happens to the money in an M-Pesa account if the account…
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Gadgets
Huawei unveils the P8, wants to redefine the smart phone experience
Huawei last week unveiled its Huawei’s 2015 flagship smartphone, the Huawei P8 at a colorful event in Johannesburg. According to the…
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News
IBM Research Africa app to help manage Nairobi Garbage menace
Data Research Scientists from IBM Research Africa have developed an application that could soon help curb the menace of garbage…
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Apps
Truecaller unveils its new redesigned dial pad app Truedialer
Truecaller has today unveiled the new look of its popular dial pad app Truedialer. Truedialer has been designed to replace the…
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Apps
Time Buddy App lets you check and compare time anywhere in the world
Have you ever wished to talk to someone in a different country, maybe via Skype or even a phone call?…
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News
Microsoft empowers communities in Laikipia County with TV Whitespace technology
When Kenya’s High Commissioner to Belgium, His Excellency Mr.Johnson Weru watched a video on the Mawingu project and noting that…
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News
Taifa, Kenya’s first locally assembled laptop launched
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), has rolled out Taifa Laptop to the Kenyan market. The TAIFA Brand…
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News
Business of big data and Kenya’s place in the thriving market
Big data is an evolving term that describes any voluminous amount of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data that has the…
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Startups
Startups: SokoText changing lives of small and medium enterprises via SMS
After featuring Olivine Technologies, a Kenyan Startup that specializes in the design and development of software solutions for small and medium…
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Gadgets
Samsung unveils the Galaxy s6 edge iron man edition, with a video unboxing
As we reported yesterday, Iron Man fans are in for a special treat with this special edition of Samsung’s Galaxy…
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Gadgets
Galaxy S6 Edge Iron Man Edition official, launches May 27
It is now official; Samsung and Marvel will unveil the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Iron Man Limited Edition tomorrow,…
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Startups
Startups: Olivine Technologies wants to expand beyond Kenya and Africa
As promised today today here at TechTrendsKE we will be looking at three Startups this week. We want to learn…
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Reviews
Product Review: Microsoft Lumia 535
Introduction: One of the most “what if” questions came to pass in 2013, when Microsoft announced the buyout of the Nokia…
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Gadgets
Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge now available in two new colours
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets will now be available in two new colors, Blue Topaz Galaxy S6 and…
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Startups
VIDEO: Farm Capital’s story and achievements so far
Farm Capital Africa (FCA), a Kenyan Startup has been nominated for the 2015 annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards. The company…
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Interviews
INTERVIEW: Farm Capital Africa founder talks on how to scale up amidst challenges faced by start-ups
He was among the final 10 nominees for the 2015 annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards. His start-up Farm Capital…
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News
SAP and Endeavor study says Young Kenyans need 3.9 million more jobs
Kenya needs to create more than 3.9 million jobs for young people by 2020, this is according to a study…
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