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TECNO Camon 16 Premier Review
The Tecno Camon 16 Premier went on sale in the Kenyan market about three weeks ago. The device is a…
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Huawei drives 100 typical scenario-based solutions built on robust partnership
At HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, Mr. Peng Zhongyang, Board Member, President of Enterprise BG, Huawei, delivered a keynote speech on the…
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MEST Africa is investing a combined $700k in seven startups from its 2020 graduating cohort
Pan-African incubator, MEST Africa will invest a combined $700,000 in seven early-stage startups from its 2020 graduating cohort. The selected…
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Huawei Kenya’s 2020 Seeds for the Future program kicks off
Huawei Kenya has kicked off its seventh cohort of students participating in the global Seeds for the Future program. The…
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Mastercard Launches New program to Empower Fintech Startups in Africa
Mastercard has launched Fintech Express, a program to provide tailor-made solutions that boost market entry and expansion for fintech startups…
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Reviews
Unboxing The TECNO Camon 16 Premier
TECNO Camon 16 Premier unboxing: TECNO officially unveiled its new Camon device, dubbed Camon 16 Premier two weeks ago. The…
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Apps
TikTok Owner Rejects Microsoft’s Acquisition Bid, Selects Oracle as ‘trusted tech partner’
Microsoft ‘s TikTok acquisition bid has finally come to an end. The American tech company says ByteDance, TikTok’s owner rejected…
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Gadgets
Huawei AppGallery Boasts 490 Million Monthly Users Globally
Huawei’s annual developer conference saw the company share exciting news on the future of their mobile software business. For Huawei…
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BUSINESS
Zoho Workplace platform new updates bring Business Context to Productivity Apps
Zoho Corporation, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm has announced some major updates to its Zoho Workplace single software platform. The platform…
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CYBER SECURITY
Liquid Telecom unveils Cyber Security unit for its customers
Liquid Telecom has today unveiled its Cybersecurity unit which offers end-to-end managed services for digital security solutions. The offering is…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Announces Its 2020 Africa Partner Award Winners
Sophos today announced its fiscal year 2020 awards for top performing channel partners in the Middle East and Africa. The…
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Startups
Early investors in fourth industrial revolution startups set to reap rewards
Early investors in startups with exposure to the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) are benefiting from significant revenue growth despite the…
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Gadgets
TECNO Camon 16 Premier Price and Specifications in Kenya
Last evening, Chinese tech company TECNO unveiled its new Camon series device, TECNO Camon 16 Premier. TECNO Camon 16 Series…
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Gadgets
TECNO Camon 16 Premier Launched with 90Hz FHD+ Display and 8GB of RAM
TECNO last evening officially unveiled its new Camon device, dubbed Camon 16 Premier. The new phone boasts a high display…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Amrote Abdella: How investing in digital infrastructure can make the difference to Africa’s economic recovery
Africa faces many challenges on its path to becoming a global economic competitor. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on…
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BUSINESS
Telkom Kenya Restructuring its Business after Merger Fallout With Airtel
Telkom Kenya is restructuring its business after the unexpected fallout of its merger plans with Airtel Kenya. Announcing the company’s…
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News
PAIX Data Centres enters The Kenyan market
PAIX Data Centres (“PAIX”), a Pan-African provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services has entered the Kenyan market.…
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Featured
Huawei launches a technology lecture series for University lecturers and students in Kenya
Huawei Kenya has today launched UniTech Talk, a regular lecture series for University lecturers, students and tech enthusiasts to share…
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Huawei opens applications for its Seeds for the Future Sky program for Kenyan youths
Huawei Kenya has opened applications for its Seeds for the Future Sky program for University undergraduates undertaking ICT related degrees…
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Blockchain breakthroughs in Africa signal enterprise adoption readiness
Technological breakthroughs such as blockchains and distributed ledger technologies are digital infrastructures that enable innovation. Businesses across the globe are…
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COLUMNS
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[Column] Mark Walker: Defining the Digitally Determined
Digital has become so commonplace as a term that it has almost lost its value. It is all digital. Digital…
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CYBER SECURITY
Remote working has led to increased cybersecurity threats
Cybercriminals have certainly been using the pandemic in their relentless phishing and ransomware attacks. They even disguise themselves as the…
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Presidential Digital Talent Programme Award Winners announced
The ICT Authority has announced the winners of the Presidential Digital Talent Programme (PDTP). The Authority hosted a virtual graduation…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Andrew Bourne: Onsite and remote – taking a best-of-both-worlds approach to your business operations
Companies around the globe have had to adopt remote working in a short period of time. Some have thrived and…
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Why AI is the next best thing for customer experience management
While an omnichannel approach has become the norm across most industries, forward-looking businesses are considering the next level to gain…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Soromfe Uzomah: How global disruption can have local implications
The global impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had not only on public health, but on business, cannot be underestimated.…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cybersecurity Spending to Grow by up to 6% in 2020, Report
The global cybersecurity spending is expected to grow by 5.6% in 2020 in its best-case scenario, says Canalys, with investment…
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News
Huawei and Rain Launch Africa’s First Standalone 5G Network
Huawei, in partnership with Rain, South Africa’s data-only mobile network, has launched Africa’s first standalone 5G (SA 5G) network. Unlike…
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Dell reinforces commitment to driving development of future-ready digital enterprises across emerging markets in Africa
Dell Technologies has reinforced its commitment to providing its customers with advanced technologies that drive business continuity and growth in…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Andrew Bourne: It’s time to get serious about user data
Over the past few years, tech-savvy customers and younger, more dynamic, employees have forced businesses in all sectors to completely…
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TRENDING
Building the 5G future on an LTE foundation
The latest report from GSA shows, by the end of May 2020, 386 operators globally had announced they were investing…
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News
A move towards online exams gathers pace in Africa
New Leaf Technologies, which provides best-of-breed learning software and services to corporations, training companies and educational institutions throughout Africa and…
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News
Covid-19: Most employees won’t be returning to the office, Citrix survey
Regardless of the easing of lockdown, most employees still won’t be returning to their offices. This is largely due to…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Jack Ngare: Organisations need to think critically about digital skills for the new world order
More than ever before, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the place of technology and elevated the need for employees to…
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News
5G’s Impact on Global GDP over $7.5 trillion
Huawei recently held its 5G+, Better World Summit, where various operators and industry partners shared their experiences of how 5G…
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BUSINESS
Kenya’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Now Official, To Take Effect From January
The proposed 1.5% digital services tax in Kenya is set to start being implemented from January 1, 2021. This is…
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COLUMNS
[Opinion] Restriction on the use of U.S technology and its impact on the tech ecosystem
Day by day, our lives become more digital. We use digital technology in everything from cooking to communications. As the…
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Startups
VC4A Calling On African Startups To Apply For 2020 ‘Venture Showcase Series A’ program
VC4A is calling on African startups looking to raise between $500K and $10M to apply for the 2020 ‘Venture Showcase…
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ICT Authority and Huawei begin recruitment of fifth cohort of DigiTalents
The ICT Authority has announced that it has begun recruitment for its fifth cohort of DigiTalents. The authority will work…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos unveils an updated version of its EDR solution
Sophos today unveiled an updated version of its Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), the first solution designed for both security…
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COLUMNS
Top business tools for effective remote working
With social distancing measures likely to remain strictly in place for the foreseeable future as we seek to contain the…
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News
Growth in edge computing could generate new revenue opportunities for telecom operators, report
Growth in edge computing could generate new revenue opportunities for telecom operators. This is according to a new report by…
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BUSINESS
Banking Sector urged to go digital to build resilience and sustainable growth post Covid-19
Bankers from Sub Saharan Africa and China who attended the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Services Industry Online Summit 2020 agree…
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BUSINESS
KRA Wants Netflix, Uber, and Other Online businesses To Start Paying Income Tax
Kenya is going all-in in the taxation of online-based businesses according to a new digital Tax proposition by Kenya Revenue…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Never Normal is the New Normal: A supply chain perspective
Disruptions can come in many sizes. From those smaller, everyday disruptions of machines going down, unexpected orders, suppliers missing, or shorting…
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News
Relevant Online Content Imperative for Digital Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
The lack of compelling online content has been identified as one of the major reasons why millions of people are…
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BUSINESS
Maintaining Enterprise Resilience during Systemic disruption
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the global economy hard. While it is hard to exactly tell the extent the damage…
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Koch Industries Completes Close To $13B Acquisition of Infor
Koch Industries announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining portion of Infor from Golden Gate Capital. Details…
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Gadgets
Harmony OS Can Rival Google and Apple, Huawei Exec Says
Last year after the US banned Chinese OEM Huawei from freely trading with US-based companies, the company went ahead and…
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Huawei’s initiative to support E-learning during Covid-19 pandemic
The Corona virus global pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis. Due to this most countries have made the…
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Andela Partners with Microsoft To Launch Azure Training For African Developers
Andela through its Andela Learning Community has partnered with Microsoft 4Afrika to launch the ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020 in Kenya…
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CLOUD
Zoho’s software applications now available at a fixed Kenyan Shilling price
Zoho Corporation, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm has announced that all its 45+ business software applications are now available at a…
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BUSINESS
Facebook Partners With Telcos To Build A 37000km, 180Tbps Undersea Cable To Serve Africa
Facebook has partnered with several telcos in Africa to bring faster internet connectivity. The social media giant together with a…
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Annual IBM List Celebrates Global Women Leaders Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
IBM has unveiled its list of 35 Women Leaders in AI at its Think Digital conference held last week. The list…
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BUSINESS
#Covid-19: Airtel Uganda and Avaya Partner To Enable Remote Work And Learning
Airtel Uganda has partnered with Avaya to enable organizations in the country to implement remote working and learning initiatives. This…
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CYBER SECURITY
Zoom is Bringing The Real End-to-End Encryption This Time, But There’s a Catch
Zoom is finally taking the big leap to bring an end to end encryption (E2EE) as it continues its 90-day…
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Apps
Facebook SDK Bug Crashes Major iOS Apps including Spotify, TikTok and Tinder
Last night several iOS users took it on Twitter complaining about app crashes. The most affected apps were major apps…
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CLOUD
Teraco is building a second data centre facility in Cape Town
Teraco today formally confirmed the construction of Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), a new 30MW data centre facility. This follows…
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Windows 10X Will Be Available To Single Screen PCs First
Microsoft’s future of Windows, Windows 10X, will be first available to single-screen devices. In a blog post, Microsoft’s Chief Product…
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CLOUD
Amazon’s First African AWS Region Opened In Cape Town, South Africa
Amazon Web Services, commonly referred to as AWS, has opened its first-ever AWS Region in Africa. The new AWS Africa…
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News
Staying connected in a crisis: How emerging technology and data can reduce the impact of a pandemic
The world is facing a once in a generation crisis, its scale matched only by the Spanish Flu pandemic of…
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BUSINESS
Samsung Electronics Posts Better Than Expected Profits In Q1 Despite Covid-19 Crisis
In the recently ended January to March quarter, Samsung Electronics realized a slight increase in its revenue debating expectations. The…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom And Vodacom Fully Acquire The M-PESA Brand From Vodafone
Safaricom and Vodacom have announced that they have now completed the full acquisition of the M-PESA brand from Vodafone through…
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Apps
Zoom Isn’t End To End Encrypted, Report Reveals
Popular video conferencing Zoom has long stated that it’s end to end encrypted, but that is not the case, a…
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New Appointments
South Africa’s Fintech Firm e4 Appoints Fikile Sibiya as its Chief Information Officer
South Africa’s fintech software specialist, e4, has announced the appointment of Fikile Sibiya as its Chief Information Officer. Fikile will…
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BUSINESS
Coronavirus: This could be the right time to get home internet
The demand for home internet and wireless connectivity in Kenya might go high as more Kenyans work and learn remotely…
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Deloitte report highlights how 5G can help fight Coronavirus
5G can enhance the effectiveness of pandemic prevention and treatment, and drive the digital transformation of healthcare systems in response…
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COLUMNS
Coronavirus: Only connected businesses will succeed
The disrupted business environment, as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has made it essential to provide everyone in…
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CLOUD
Opportunities abound for edge computing, but security concerns remain
From less than $1.5 billion in 2017 to an anticipated $9 billion by 2024, the worldwide edge computing market is set…
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CLOUD
[Column] 5G security is all-important for governments
The 5G revolution is about to flip us from a society that “uses networks” to one that “runs on networks”.…
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CYBER SECURITY
More than one billion Android devices at risk of hacking attacks
Security updates in the android smartphone world are quite limited. Most smartphone companies have rarely been updating their devices once…
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COLUMNS
The Road To 5G: Understanding What’s New With The Next-Gen Network
In 2019, 5G came to the world. In 2020, it’s going mainstream, and bringing with it an entirely new mobile…
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SEACOM is patnering with Tata Communications to offer high-speed pathways between Africa, Europe and Asia
Pan-African telecommunications service provider, SEACOM has joined forces with digital infrastructure provider Tata Communications to offer high-speed, reliable pathways between Africa, Europe…
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Microsoft launches initiative to support social enterprise startups
Microsoft has today announced the launch of the Global Social Entrepreneurship programme to support startups in 140 countries around the…
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CLOUD
Safaricom Becomes Amazon Web Services Reseller In Kenya and EA
Safaricom has today announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services, which will see the telco resell AWS services in Kenya…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos launches ‘Xstream’ version of XG Firewall
Sophos has introduced a new “Xstream” architecture for Sophos XG Firewall with high performance Transport Layer Security (TLS) traffic decryption…
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COLUMNS
Data: Africa’s “new blood”, rather than the “new oil”
Data protection and privacy regulation in most, or even all, African countries are often less mature – particularly when compared…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy S20 Vs S20 Plus Vs S20 Ultra: Price And Specifications
Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy S20 Series comes in three models – Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra. But what…
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CYBER SECURITY
Facebook Promises To Improve User Data Security After Several Breaches
Facebook has promised that they will improve their security protocol to ensure user data is safe, after several breaches. The…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Achieving digital ecosystems in rural Africa remains a challenge
Creating digital ecosystems in rural areas requires collaboration with local suppliers if long-term success is to be achieved. This is…
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CYBER SECURITY
Strangers Might Have Downloaded Your Private Videos On Google Photos, Google Warns
Cloud storage services are a must have service in this time and age. Many people rely on these services to…
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News
Here Is How Much Revenue Google Makes From YouTube
For the first time since Google acquired YouTube in 2006, we have the real figures that the company makes from…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos’ Intercept X secures Android and iOS mobile users from fleeceware applications
Sophos introduced Sophos Intercept X for Mobile with new security capabilities for Chrome OS devices and improved mobile threat defense for Android…
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CLOUD
[Column] Stay ahead of those data security woes
The very factors that have helped to make Kenya such a motivated and major African player in the Digital Age…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 18: Mobile Money and Mobile Banking Transaction Rates in Kenya
Do you use mobile money services? Okay, what kind of a question is that? Kenya is very synonymous with mobile…
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CYBER SECURITY
250 Million Microsoft Customer Service And Support Records Exposed Online
Microsoft was involved in a data breach with millions of customer service and support records exposed. The report was revealed…
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Apps
New Mobile App Trends That Will Help Businesses Succeed In 2020
Mobile apps are reshaping all industries and business leaders need to quickly adopt the latest mobile app trends in order…
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Gadgets
Microsoft Ends Support For Windows 7 Today – How To Upgrade For Free
Windows 7 lovers and users, I’m hoping this information finds you well. Loving the old Windows 7 OS for all…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Artificial Intelligence gaining grounds in Africa?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) brings a whole new dimension to the drive for customer intimacy. The convenience customers experience weighs heavier…
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Social Media
India Plans To Tackle Fake News By Holding Social Media Companies Responsible For Content Posted On Their Platforms
India has been a haven for tech companies to thrive. Not only considering the large numbers available, but also the…
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News
Sophos enhances MSP Connect to enable its service providers unlock new revenue opportunities
Sophos has announced that it is introducing enhancements to MSP Connect, a program that makes it easier for Managed Service…
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News
Leveraging Digital Transformation to drive corporate performance across businesses in Kenya
In a move that reaffirmed the organisations commitment to streamlining and enabling digital transformation across various service industries. Microsoft in…
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CLOUD
Internet Solutions partners with icolo.io to enhance its Data Centre Services Offering
Converged ICT Services Provider Internet Solutions has signed a partnership with IT infrastructure company, icolo.io, to boost its data centre and…
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News
Stakeholders meet to discuss future of mobile money platforms in Africa
Key representatives from over 8 countries in Africa gathered at a workshop organized by Vodacom to look into trends and…
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Gadgets
Nokia 6.2 Officially Available in Kenya Starting at Ksh 26,500
The long-lost Nokia 6.2 is now available in Kenya. The phone was announced together with Nokia 7.2 in 2019’s IFA…
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Apps
NordVPN Officially Launches NordLocker, Its File Encryption Tool
NordVPN, one of the world’s most popular VPN providers, has launched its file encryption tool – NordLocker. The tool can…
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News
Safaricom, Huawei among companies shortlisted for AfricaCom Awards 2019
Safaricom, MTN and Huawei are among the companies that have been shortlisted for the 2019 AfricaCom Awards. AfricaCom Awards 2019…
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CLOUD
[Column] Technological disruption looming for Africa’s data network market
Sometimes a disruptive technology can loiter for a while, before it changes everything. Yet change it will bring, because nothing…
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News
SEACOM Partners With Vodacom To Expand Reach Across Africa
SEACOM has partnered with Vodacom Business Africa, the enterprise-focused ICT subsidiary of the Vodacom Group, to expand across Africa. Since…
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News
SheHacks 2019: Microsoft commits to support women Cybersecurity Engineering
Microsoft through its Cloud and AI Security Engineering team has reiterated its commitment to advocate for women with an interest…
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News
Used hard drives being sold on eBay still contain people’s sensitive personal data, report
42% of hard drives purchased on eBay still contain sensitive data. 15% of these hard drives hold personal information on…
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