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Reviews
Asus Zenbook S16 (2024): Peerless Performance
2024 is the era for AI PCs and the just-launched Asus Zenbook S16 comes packed with the new AMD Ryzen…
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CYBER SECURITY
Liquid expands cyber security offering for businesses in EA
Liquid Intelligence Technologies has announced the expansion of its Cybersecurity Fusion Center (CSFC) product line with an exciting new cybersecurity…
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COLUMNS
The Importance of Knowledge Management Systems in Modern Businesses
The pervasiveness of information in the digital age has transformed how businesses operate, making knowledge management an essential aspect of…
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News
NCBA collaborates with SACCOs to enhance cybersecurity measures
NCBA on Monday hosted its SACCO Banking Division customers in a forum focused on helping them bolster their defenses against…
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BUSINESS
Equity wins four awards at 2024 Euromoney Awards in London
Equity Group has triumphed at the 2024 Euromoney Awards in London, winning four accolades. The Group says these awards are…
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Nokia to build new 5G neutral host core network in Ghana
Nokia has announced that it is further strengthening its partnership with Next-Gen InfraCo (NGIC) by building a 5G mobile core…
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International Youth Day emphasizes SDGs and the role of youth in digital innovation
Ahead of International Youth Day (IYD) on 12th August 2024, the government, through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports,…
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BUSINESS
NCBA Bank: Unpacking the Bank’s Digital Transformation Landscape
Banks have for decades been relied upon to protect their customer’s personal details and financial information. Traditionally, sensitive information has…
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Blockchain
Inside Bitcoin: What Makes the Consensus Mechanism Work
As a potential investor interested in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, you know that understanding how Bitcoin works under the hood is…
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News
Tips for Implementing Customer Journey Orchestration in Omni-Channel Marketing
As businesses strive to deliver exceptional customer experiences, the incorporation of customer journey orchestration into omnichannel marketing has emerged as…
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News
#RejectFinanceBill2024: Foreign and Local organisations raise concerns about possible internet shutdown in Kenya
Amidst massive protests planned in Kenya on Tuesday over the controversial Finance Bill 2024, several international and local organisations are…
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News
Won-joon Choi: Human-centric, Hybrid AI Opens Up New Possibilities
We are at the beginning of the most exciting, and probably one of the most historic moments in technology. The…
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How Kenya is using technology to protect endangered species
In a new episode of Inside Africa, CNN highlights groundbreaking tech EarthRanger, one of the first technologies that has been…
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Gadgets
Redmi A3: Performance on a budget
Xiaomi recently unveiled the Redmi A3, a budget phone featuring some impressive features for just Ksh. 11,600. At the launch,…
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Featured
Why Should You Buy CBD Vape Pens Online In 2024?
The 2024 year has witnessed a tremendous rise in the use of CBD vape pens, with more people opting for…
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Gadgets
Redmi A3 with 6.71″ 90Hz display, glass design launches in Kenya for Ksh. 11,599
Xiaomi has officially launched the Redmi A3 budget smartphone in Kenya. Launched on Thursday, the phone features a 6.71″ 90Hz…
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Reviews
Canon EOS R100: Worth a second look
We recently opened our new TechTrends Media podcast studio and when Canon reached out about providing the Canon EOS R100,…
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Startups
Empowering Innovation: OPPO’s Strategic Collaboration with Startups on Tech Advancements
Today, with 150 million startups worldwide and another 50 million launching each year, innovation and creativity are reshaping industries. However,…
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COLUMNS
[Mark Doumba] Kenya’s Innovation Boom: Thriving on Foreign Capital, But Can It Chart its Own Course?
As Foundry Fellows at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, we have the unique privilege to travel and dissect innovation and…
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COLUMNS
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[Kgothatso Meka] Building Africa, Our Way – A Foundry Fellow’s Reflections from Kenya
South African entrepreneur in affordable housing Kgothatso Meka, reflects on his Foundry Fellowship journey, highlighting Kenya’s innovation ecosystem and the…
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News
LG Smart TVs Unlock Limitless Entertainment and Personal Growth With New Apps
LG Electronics (LG) presents an array of new apps available on the company’s smart TVs to meet users’ individual preferences…
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Gadgets
LG set to unveil the future of living with its Smart Home AI Assistant
LG Electronics (LG) will unveil its state-of-the-art Smart Home Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024…
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News
Remote Patient Monitoring: Drawbacks and Its Importance in Africa
1. Introduction Did you know that Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) has been around for almost 150 years? In 1948, the concept…
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News
Improving Your Technical Writing and Why This Matters
Have you ever had those breathtaking “Aha!” moments when everything suddenly clicks into place? It could be solving a stubborn…
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News
Some Reflections on the Health Tech Landscape in Africa and Why It Matters
During the 1990s, Africa faced considerable economic challenges that had a detrimental impact on the health status of its population. Unlike…
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News
Continued growth of Africa’s FinTechs can unlock greater economic prosperity
Africa is one of the fastest growing FinTech markets with revenue forecasted to grow 13 fold to $65-billion by 2030.…
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News
Kenya-assembled (Safaricom) Neon Ultra First Impressions Review
Neon Ultra Review: The Kenyan-assembled smartphones were finally unveiled a couple of weeks ago. The devices feature the Neon branding…
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News
Vertiv announces partner programme for Africa to reward its distributors
Vertiv has announced its enhanced partner programme for Africa, with a strong focus on rewarding its local network of expert…
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News
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED (UX5304) Quick Review
I spent a few days with the Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED and I was sold. Of all the laptops…
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Reviews
WD My Passport HDD (2TB) Review: A well-rounded choice
WD My Passport HDD Review: I own a number of external hard drives due to the nature of my work…
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News
Vertiv opens new office and customer showroom in Nigeria
Vertiv has today announced the opening of a new office and Customer Showroom in Lagos, Nigeria. The Lagos office is…
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News
Then & Now- 5 ways Google is improving Search in Africa
There’s a lot that goes into building a search engine. While it seems simple enough — you type a question,…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Launches Managed Detection and Response for Microsoft Defender
Sophos has launched Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) for Microsoft Defender, a fully-managed offering that provides the industry’s most…
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CLOUD
Mukesh Bector: The Future Lies in Cloud Printing Solutions
Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate, and its impact has extended to the print industry as well. Cloud…
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News
Here are the five startups pitching at the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative Kenya edition
Payments firm Visa has unveiled the five finalists shortlisted for the final round of the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI).…
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News
The Fluentalk T1 Translator device might be your perfect foreign travel companion
Fluentalk T1 Translator device: One of the biggest challenge I always have when in a foreign country has always been…
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News
Anzisha Prize launches digital resource library for African entrepreneurs
The Anzisha Prize on Monday officially announced a new online digital resource library aimed at powering entrepreneurship education across Africa. …
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News
SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Review
SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Review: In my line of work as a tech journalist and tech review editor at…
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News
Vertiv hosts first ever end user event in Rwanda
Vertiv recently hosted an end-user event in Rwanda in collaboration with PCTL Automation, a leading provider of industrial automation and…
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News
[Interview] Canon’s Somesh Adukia on the company’s investment and plans for Africa
In this lengthy interview, TechTrends Media sits down with Somesh Adukia, the Managing Director, Canon Central & North Africa to…
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News
Nigeria health-tech Helium Health raises $30m Series-B funding
Helium Health, the Lagos-based health tech firm Helium has raised $30 million in Series-B funding The funding round was led…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Power pilots smart poles for its home internet supply business
Kenya Power has been mooting the idea of providing fixed internet for some time now. As of last year, the…
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News
Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event will be hosted in Korea instead of US
We are looking forward to the next Samsung Unpacked event where the company is set to Unveil the Galaxy Z…
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BUSINESS
AfriLabs Welcomes 19 New Members, Expanding to Two New Cities
AfriLabs, the largest network of technology and innovation hubs in Africa has announced the admission of 19 new members to…
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CYBER SECURITY
South African government is now prime target for threat actors
The South African government has now become the main target for global threat actors, with less focus now being put…
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News
Flutterwave selects Nairobi, Kenya as its regional headquarters for East Africa
Flutterwave, the African fintech firm is setting up its regional headquarter for East Africa in Nairobi Kenya. This announcement was…
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News
Infinix Takes Mobile Gaming to New Heights with the All-New HOT 30 Series
Infinix Kenya has officially launched the HOT 30 series, which includes the HOT 30, HOT 30 Play, and HOT 30i…
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News
Brian Mallari: Why You Need to Back Up Your Business
Worrying about losing data isn’t something you have to lose sleep over if you have an active data backup strategy.…
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Creative Edge partners with global agency FCB for integrated marketing Solutions
Marketing communications agency, Creative Edge, has announced a partnership with FCB (Foote, Cone, and Belding), a global, fully integrated marketing…
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Nigeria’s Autochek appoints US automotive industry veteran Robert Granados to its board
Autochek, the Nigerian startup making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa has appointed US automotive industry leader and…
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News
What Do Internet Service Providers Do? Definition And 3 Examples
Have you ever wondered what your Internet Service Provider does for you? You trust them with your data and internet…
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[Interview] Wasoko’s Neeti Kaushik on e-commerce and how the company is formalizing trade in Africa
Wasoko is one of Africa’s leading and most dynamic e-commerce platforms helping to make same-day deliveries of fast-moving consumer goods…
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Sophos Demonstrates How to Make ChatGPT a Cybersecurity Co-Pilot
Sophos today released new research on how the cybersecurity industry can leverage GPT-3, the language model behind the now well-known ChatGPT…
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COLUMNS
Christopher Budd: Three Simple Steps Twitter Users Need to Take to Stay Secure Amidst Twitter Turmoil
Twitter is in an unprecedented era of uncertainty. When security professionals face uncertainty, we plan for the worst. In the…
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News
AfDB opens ICT hub at USIU to boost digital skills
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has opened an ICT Centre of Excellence at the United States International University (USIU) Nairobi…
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News
[Interview] Sendy’s Don Okoth on shaping the future of logistics and fulfillment in Africa
The logistics and fulfillment sector in Africa continues to thrive, driven by innovative technology that boosts efficiency and propels business…
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BUSINESS
Workstyle Africa and SNDBX target African SMEs with new workspaces
Serviced office space provider, Workstyle Africa, has partnered with SNDBX International to open five one-stop-shop entrepreneurship centers and workspaces in…
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News
Mukesh Bector: What Will Work Look Like In 2030?
The world of work and industry has changed immeasurably in the past few years. Remote working and automation have become…
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LG unveils 2023 strategy anchored on its 2030 sustainability blueprint
LG Electronics has rolled out its 2023 blueprint aimed at creating innovation for a better life and ensuring a sustainable future…
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News
ASUS unveils the world’s first glasses-free 3D OLED laptop at CES 2023
ASUS has announced its latest lineup of innovations, world-debuting products, and sustainable actions during its Seeing An Incredible Future virtual…
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News
2022 Layoffs: Cisco sends home 4,100 employees
Networking giant Cisco is the latest firm to implement mass layoffs. Earlier this week, the company announced that it will…
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BUSINESS
Glovo Local launched to help small businesses digitize their products and services
Glovo has launched a new program targeting SMEs in the retail and restaurant industries. Known as Glovo Local, the multi-category…
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News
Ex-Jumia executives launch new e-commerce platform
Former Jumia executives have teamed up to launch a new e-commerce company called “Kapu”. Launched on Monday, the new platform…
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Nigerian food-tech Orda raises $3.4 million seed round to digitize African restaurants
Nigerian food-tech platform Orda announced has raised a $3.4 million seed round to further digitize food businesses across the continent.…
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CYBER SECURITY
Criminals “Follow the Money” by Commercializing Cybercrime, Sophos report
A new Sophos today published its 2023 Threat Report has detailed how the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level…
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BUSINESS
Equity Bank: Safeguarding Yourself and Your Bank Account
As the world continues to adopt digital banking be it on mobile or online, it is important that all of…
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TRENDING
#KenyaDecides: What role are Mobile Network Operators playing during the elections?
Kenya goes to elections on August 9th to elect new leaders from the county to the National level. A key…
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Startups
Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies raises $3.7M to expand across Africa
Kenya-based insurtech startup Lami Technologies has raised a US$ 3.7m seed extension to expand its insurtech product across Africa. The…
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News
How Africa’s sports photography scene has evolved and what it’s like now
A brilliant capture speaks a thousand words. They are incredible moments in a game that showcase the sheer determination, perseverance,…
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News
Winner of Season 3 of Microsoft’s GoL University Students Competition Announced
A student’s innovation featuring a website that encourages the public to plant trees has been named the winner of this…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos X-Ops debuts to tackle increasingly complex cyberattacks
Sophos today announced Sophos X-Ops, a new cross-operational unit linking SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and Sophos AI, three established teams of cybersecurity…
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Google Analytics banned in Italy
The use of the popular data collection and analysis tool Google Analytics has been declared illegal in Italy. The Italian…
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies to acquire Israeli-based tech firm Telrad
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Telrad, an Israeli-based technology company as it seeks to…
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Gadgets
Huawei Launches Business to Business Devices
Huawei Mobile Kenya has launched a set of business to business products for the East African market. The company has…
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Reviews
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Review: A Good Consideration
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Review: Xiaomi Kenya officially launched the Redmi Note 11 series in Kenya a few weeks ago,…
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News
How an API Gateway Can Give You More Control of Your Company
If you’re looking into an API gateway for your microservice architecture, but you’re unsure of how an API gateway service…
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News
Connected Summit 2022 will look into how government can accelerate the country’s digital transformation
Connected Summit is back. The thought leadership forum which was first held in 2009 brings together industry players from the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Conti Gang Encrypts Karma’s Extortion Notes in Dual Ransomware Attack, Sophos Research Reveals
Sophos today released findings of a dual ransomware attack where extortion notes left by Karma ransomware operators were encrypted 24…
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News
Refugee communities in Uganda still prefer using cash despite increase mobile phone ownership, report
There is increased use of cash at home as refugees seek easy access to money in case of emergencies, despite…
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News
Pan Africa Gaming Group launched to grow gaming industry in Africa
The Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG) has been unveiled today, bringing 10 studios together under a single umbrella across Africa.…
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News
Angola Cables ranked in latest Top 100 CAIDA global rankings
The US-based Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) has released its latest global Autonomous Systems (AS) rankings. The international ranking system…
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Startups
Wealth-tech startup Ndovu launches in Kenya to provide users with easy access to global financial market
Wealth-tech startup Ndovu has today officially launched in Kenya. Founded by Radhika Bhachu, Ro Nyangeri, and Gianpaolo De Biase, Ndovu…
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Reviews
Telkom Kenya T-Kash App: Here’s everything you can do with the app
Telkom Kenya officially launched the T-kash app last week, an easy-to-use application that will enable its customers to access a…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: 2022 will be an interesting year for cloud in Africa
As we come to the end of the year, there is so much to look forward to in 2022 when…
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Startups
Kenyan e-health startup Zuri Health launches in Senegal
Kenyan health tech startup Zuri Health has launched its operations in Senegal. The startup has partnered with Expresso Senegal to launch…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Surge of companies moving to the cloud set to continue throughout 2022
On Monday, we published a column by Andrew Cruise is the managing director at Routed. In the column, Andrew notes that one thing…
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News
LG appoints William Cho its new CEO
LG Electronics has today announced the appointment of William Cho as its new CEO effective December 1. Mr. Cho has…
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Full Time
Computer Science Teaching Job
Africa Nazarene University (ANU) is a fully chartered, non-profit, Private Christian University and is part of a Network of 21…
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News
Music streaming service Mdundo records 16 Million users in Q3 2021
Pan-African music streaming service, Mdundo, has announced that the platform recorded 16.4 Million unique users for the quarter ending September…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Cloud is transforming the education sector in Africa
In our last Africa cloud review column, we highlighted how cloud can help power smart cities in Africa. Cloud provides the digital infrastructure…
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News
CIO100 Awards targets over 500 entries across Africa
CIO100 Awards now goes Africa with a target of over 500 entries for the upcoming tech excellence awards scheduled for…
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Reviews
Nokia C30 Review: A sturdy entry-level device with a huge 6000mAh battery
Nokia C30 Review: HMD Global has been very aggressive when it comes to the Kenyan market. The company has unveiled…
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News
Mastercard Launches a Global Small Business Initiative to Accelerate Economic Recovery
Mastercard – through the Center for Inclusive Growth – on Thursday launched Strive, a global initiative focused on strengthening the…
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News
Safaricom Neon Ray 2 Review: The Most affordable 4G smartphone in Kenya
Safaricom Neon Ray 2 Review: On Wednesday morning, I posted a question on my Twitter timeline asking my 8,500 followers…
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News
Some Quick Thoughts on the Infinix HOT 10i
The Infinix HOT 10i is one of the devices we have seen from the company being unveiled this year. Infinix…
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News
Safaricom to roll out 5G to smartphone customers in coming weeks
Safaricom 5G: In July this year, Ericsson released a new report on the state of 5G in Sub-Saharan Africa. The…
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News
LG Unveils Ksh 2 Billion Global Startup Innovation Contest
LG Electronics has launched Mission for the Future, a global contest for startups to unlock innovative technologies and business ideas…
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News
![[Interview] Kenneth Munyi, Managing Director, Echo Kenya: We Are Helping Organisations Optimise Their Workforces](https://techtrendske.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/KennethMunyi_EchoKenya-390x220.jpeg)
[Interview] Kenneth Munyi, Managing Director, Echo Kenya: We Are Helping Organisations Optimise Their Workforces
Interview With Echo Kenya MD Kenneth Munyi: Businesses across the world have spent the last two years adjusting to the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Acquires Refactr to Optimize MTR and Extended Detection and Response with SOAR Capabilities
Just a week after acquiring Braintrace to Boost Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, Sophos has announced yet another acquisition. The endpoint security…
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News
Telkom Kenya Scaling Up Its 4G Network: What Does It Mean For The Everyday User?
Following the end of the Loon project and Kenya’s deal with Google, there’s a new need for accessible internet in…
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News
The Changing Face of Cyber Crime Actors
ESET and other players in the cybersecurity sector have raised the red flag on the increase of state and state-sponsored…
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