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Digital transformation of Service Economy can drive growth across Middle East and Africa says World Bank
Investment into digital transformation in the major Cities of the Middle East and North Africa region can unlock huge potential…
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COLUMNS
Picking up the Pieces: What’s Next for Zimbabwe’s Economy?
Dustin Homer, Director of Client Solutions, Fraym “Bob is gone.” At the end of November 2017, under intense pressure, Robert…
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Zimbabwe to use fingerprint identification technology for its upcoming 2018 general elections
Zimbabwe will use fingerprint identification technology for its upcoming 2018 elections. According to a report published by iafrikan, Zimbabwe’s government…
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Blockchain
Kenyan startup Nurse in Hand signs MOU with Apla Tech Company to develop blockchain-based mobile app
Kenyan startup Nurse in Hand has signed a memorandum of understanding with Apla Tech Company to develop blockchain-based mobile app…
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Smart City Global Summit to be held in Africa in June
International government and industry leaders are set to gather in Algiers, Algeria for the Smart City Global Summit to held…
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‘’Our focus is to bring the best photography and selfie experience to consumers’’- OPPO
Chinese smartphone brand OPPO has been making some good strides in the Kenyan market. The brand, known for its cameras…
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How to remain relevant in the Facebook age of meaningful social interactions
With Facebook announcing that it is pushing brand and publisher content out of news feeds, how can businesses, especially small…
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Blockchain
Top blockchain myths to be busted in the year 2018
Blockchain has shown a great potential to be the next disruptive technology, with some experts claiming it to be the…
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5 Top Smartphones with Facial Recognition
Mobile phones are becoming increasingly smarter. If we take a look back to the days of the popular mobile phones…
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Gadgets
HMD Global unveils the legendary Nokia 8110 and four other Android devices.
Lots of interesting things are coming out of the 2018 Mobile World Conference in Barcelona and HMD Global has not…
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CYBER SECURITY
DDoS in the cloud: who’s watching your back?
Cloud computing is seeing a steady and undeniable growth in adoption across all types of industries. Growing just as progressively,…
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BUSINESS
Key Tips On How To Help Prevent Business Litigation
By Monika Hall, Law Office of Ronald D. Weiss Disclaimer: This article should not be treated as legal advice. It’s recommended that…
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Growing Africa’s digital ecosystem by bringing high touch to high tech
The international tech community is nurturing Africa’s digital ecosystem by supporting skills development, technology adoption and the growth of digital…
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COLUMNS
Opinion: The Overlooked Potential of Africa’s Rural Spaces and Consumers
Rural areas are arguably the most overlooked spaces in Africa. This is true both in terms of government services as…
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Tecno launches the Tecno Camon CM, available on Jumia for Ksh.16,999
TECNO Mobile has been teasing the Camon CM, its latest device in the Camon series for a while now. In…
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BUSINESS
What To Consider In Finding A Property For Business Start-Up
If you’re planning for a business start-up, you must be excited for a lot of reasons. After all, you’re going…
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BUSINESS
JUMIA TRAVEL launches the 2nd edition of KENYA TRAVEL AWARDS
Jumia Travel, Africa’s leading online travel agency, is set to hold the second edition of the Kenya Travel Awards 2018.…
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Allianz Risk Barometer: Business interruption dominates business risks in Africa
They take aim at the backbone of the connected African economy and, when they strike, can jeopardize the success, or…
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COLUMNS
Tapping into Africa’s Fastest Growing Markets through the Power of Data
As competition for lucrative business opportunities becomes even fiercer in regions like Europe and North America, Africa is attracting more…
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Nokia 5 Quick Review: A classy device running on Android
I have been interacting with the Nokia 5 for a while now. Remember the device was among the Android Nokia…
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COLUMNS
Africa : What is at stake with the Data Centers?
By Olivier Labbe, CAP DC IT is an economic area where Africa has dramatically bridged its gap. Thanks to 350 million smartphones…
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Reviews
OPPO F5 Review: All about the selfies
We have told you so much about the OPPO F5 already. The flagship device from OPPO Mobile was launched in…
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Top Five Online Courses in African Perspective
E-learning and online courses (the so-called edtech) are booming, also in Africa. Often we talk about online courses in a…
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COLUMNS
Beginner’s Guide to VPN Terms
Kenya is the Internet freedom-friendly country while Nairobi is dubbed as a Silicon Savannah and the next tech capital of…
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Fintech firm AllenHark launches pre-ico sale targeting $250,000 to build its cryptocurrency trader platform
AllenHark Group has launched a presales initial coin offering (ICO) to build its AllenHark Terminal (HRK). AllenHark Terminal is a…
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The Black Friday Craze! Understanding the Buzz Around the Biggest Sale Event
With less than two weeks to the biggest annual sale event, everyone is on their marks for this year’s Black…
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Mastercard launches #Girls4Tech programme to Drive Interest in STEM among Girls in Kenya
Mastercard has launched a new programme aimed at driving interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) among girls in…
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“No Platform Immune from Ransomware”, SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast report reveals
Sophos today announced its SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast report. The report recaps ransomware and other cybersecurity trends based on data…
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CYBER SECURITY
French firm OT-Morpho says IEBC voting system was not hacked
OT-Morpho has dismissed claims that the electronic system it supplied to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to biometrically…
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Opera rolls out new Opera Mini iOS for iPhone users
The developers behind the popular Opera Mini web browser have released a new version of Opera mini browser for iOS…
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CYBER SECURITY
Android Security: Mobiles Phones Spying is it Legal or not?
Smart phone is an individual’s property and it contains most personal and private data of a person. Every person has…
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Battle of the Brands: Infinix vs Tecno.
Let us just agree that Tecno and Infinix Mobile are some of the most popular mobile phones in Kenya right…
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Gadgets
Infinix Note 4 Pro with Stylus pen (X-Pen) launching in mid August 2017, here are the specs
By now you already know that Infinix Mobile has two variants of the Infinix Note 4. We have the Infinix…
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COLUMNS
Developing a successful future: Why coding is essential for today’s students
By Sebuh Haileleul, Microsoft Country Manager for East Africa. With five million jobs set to be lost to automation by…
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CYBER SECURITY
Key Signs To Watch Out For To Know If You’re Being Scammed Online
These days pretty much everyone is on the internet, unfortunately, not everyone is a good person. Online scammers are prevalent…
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COLUMNS
How to Fix Grainy Photos on iPhone
Digital noise in your photos makes it look grainier and imperfect. The grains in your photos appears due to various…
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News
Nokia enables companies in MENA to capatilise on the opportunities of IoT
Organizations across the world are investing in the digital transformation to remain relevant to their customers and survive disruption. The…
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Sophos honors top Channel Partners from the Middle East and Africa region
Network and endpoint security Sophos has awarded six of its top performing channel partners from the Middle East and…
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COLUMNS
How is digital transformation changing the medical profession?
By Kunle Awosika, Microsoft Kenya’s Country Manager The future of personal healthcare goes something like this. An asthma patient wakes up…
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CYBER SECURITY
Kaspersky Lab Presents Cybersecurity Trends in the META Region
Kaspersky Lab brought together company experts, journalists and business guests from the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa for its annual…
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Nairobi rank top destination for Fortune 500 companies establishing international headquarters
The Middle East Africa (MEA) region has become increasingly important for the majority of global Fortune 500 companies. This is…
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News
Huawei donates computers to support the Digital Literacy Programme
Huawei Technologies has partnered with the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority to set up a computer lab at Kwale…
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The Kenyan Blog Awards 2017 nominees Full List
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE), yesterday announced the nominees for this year’s BAKE Awards. The submission phase for the…
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Microsoft gathers African leaders in Nairobi to discuss digital transformation in the public sector
Microsoft is bringing together government decision makers from across the African continent to discuss digital transformation in the public…
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Eutelsat hits new milestone of 1,000 High Definition channels
High Definition TV continues to gain ground across the broadcast satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications with the 240 HD channels…
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Kenyan universities set to add accommodation for 0.5m students in next five years
Kenya’s universities are set to build accommodation for more than half a million students in the next five years,…
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COLUMNS
How Tech Entrepreneurs Can Leverage Millennials in Africa
Millennials are determining the conduct of business the world over. In Africa, they form 37% of the population. This bulge…
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Sophos acquires Invincea for advanced machine learning for its Endpoint Protection Portfolio
Network and Endpoint Security leader Sophos has announced that it is acquiring Invincea from its current shareholders for a cash…
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LinkedIn just made a huge redesign to its website, take a look
LinkedIn just made huge redesign to its website. It is calling this complete overhaul of its technology architecture the largest…
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COLUMNS
Five Guides to Becoming an Eco-friendly Traveler
Tourism is no doubt a world leader in employment, global GDP, and socially; a great aid to cultural integration.…
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CYBER SECURITY
Ex-Manchester City Star Samir Nasri’s Twitter account hacked
It’s not the first time we have told you about Twitter accounts of celebrities being hacked. Earlier in May,…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Travel Launches “Travel Wednesday” across its platform
Jumia Travel has launched a campaign dubbed “Travel Wednesday” running every Wednesday to Friday on the company’s official website. The…
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BUSINESS
Staying Relevant: #7 Travel and Tourism Trends to Watch Out For in 2017
From the advent of bleisure and braggies to the constitution of travel as a human right by the UNWTO, 2016…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom named 2016 Best Mobile Operator in Africa
Safaricom has been named the ‘African Mobile Operator of the Year’ at the annual CommsMEA Awards for 2016. Safaricom was…
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CYBER SECURITY
Simple ways to protect yourself from Phishing attacks
Phishing is a form of identity theft where cybercriminals try to obtain private details such as usernames, passwords, and credit…
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CYBER SECURITY
Kaspersky Lab Indicates Main Threat Vectors for Europe
Global cybersecurity company, Kaspersky Lab, held its annual European Cyber Security Weekend in Malta from 20 to 23 October. The…
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Safetrac Limited to launch in Kenya, brings latest technologies in vehicle tracking and fleet Management.
The ability to manage a fleet with vehicle tracking systems is increasingly being utilized in businesses today in Kenya. Technology…
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Social Media
Is Instagram about to roll out a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature?
It looks like Instagram could soon be rolling out a new feature that will allow users to save their photos…
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News
Nearly a quarter of Wi-Fi networks around Olympic venues in Rio are unsecure
In the lead-up to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Kaspersky Lab analysts and researchers mapped and assessed the…
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Law Enforcement and IT Security companies join forces to fight Ransomware
The Dutch National Police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab have launched an online portal aimed at informing the public…
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CYBER SECURITY
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account hit by hackers
No one is immune to to getting their social media accounts hacked. Last month we told how the most followed…
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CYBER SECURITY
Guest Post: Advanced cyber threats, demystified
A few years from now someone will start writing the history of advanced, highly sophisticated cyber threats. This person will…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Kenya names Sam Chappatte new Managing Director
Jumia has named Sam Chappatte as their new Managing Director for its Kenyan operations to replace Parinaz Firozi. Prior to…
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Sneak preview: What you need to know about Tecno Camon C9 innovative dual camera
Most Kenyans nowadays take photos at almost any confluence around them, thanks to the trend in smartphone photography. Despite the…
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Social Media
The most followed account on Twitter with 89M followers has been hacked.
Social media accounts get hacked all the time. Kenyan Tweeps and other Twitter users across the globe have always reported…
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BUSINESS
FINCA and First Access Announce World’s Largest Microfinance Fintech Collaboration
FINCA and First Access, whose technology predicts the credit risk of borrowers in informal markets, has announced a new collaboration…
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Reviews
UC Browser Review, Best Browser for Downloads
UC Browser is China’s leading and most popular mobile browser. The browser recently launched in Kenya and other African markets.…
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Sophos discovers customized malware for specific countries
Sophos, a network and endpoint organization has revealed a research that indicates a growing trend among cybercriminals to target and…
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Here’s how hackers are making it so easy for an ATM to obey their commands
So many cases have been reported of people losing their ATM Cards and after visiting their banks they find out…
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Webfluential Launches new tool to help influencers calculate how much their tweets are worth
Twitter usage in Kenya has been doubling year in year out. In fact recent statistics have always placed Kenyans as…
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Kaspersky Lab Releases New Version of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server with Protection against Cryptomalware
Kaspersky Lab has today unveiled new version of Kaspersky Security for Windows Server application, which it says has been developed…
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Social Media
Instagram Videos now at 60 seconds
Twitter tried to talk about it but the response seemed to be out of control. In regards to the situation,…
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Gadgets
Apple Just Launched iPhone SE; Here is the pricing and Availability
Apple has today introduced a 4-inch iPhone SE, what it is calling it the most powerful phone that has been…
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News
Microsoft begins roll-out of Windows 10 Mobile to select Windows Phone 8.1 devices
Microsoft has began the roll-out of Windows 10 Mobile to select Windows Phone 8.1 devices. The roll-out had originally been…
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Apps
No more Skype for TV come June
Letters, phone calls, telegram, fax and e-mail were the most commonly used mode of communication to the distant world. One…
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Science, Technology and Policy leaders gather in Dakar for Next Einstein Forum (NEF)
From March 8th more than 700 participants from 80 countries will be gathering in Dakar, Senegal for the Next Einstein…
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Here is how Kenyan companies should use tech tools to add value to their recruitment process
The job market in Kenya is a paradox. On the one hand, an estimated 2.5 million youth are unemployed; on…
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News
Microsoft Launches Lumia 650 With 5-Inch Display
Microsoft has on Monday unveiled its latest Windows 10 device, the Lumia 650. The Lumia 650 comes in matte black…
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Google Says No To Fake or Luring Download Buttons
When browsing on the net you can find something interesting. This may be a video, song or document that you…
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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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Winners of the 2015 Orange African Social Venture Prize Annouced
For the fifth year in a row, the Orange Group is recognizing three innovative projects that are set to stimulate…
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Reviews
Review: The Huawei Ascend P8
Intro: Seven years ago Huawei was manufacturing HSDPA modems for Vodafone. It was making smartphones that other companies could brand…
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News
Orange Digital Ventures invests in Afrostream
Orange Digital Ventures has announced that it is investing in Afrostream, a subscription video on demand service (SVOD) of African,…
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Big Data: Why you can’t afford to ignore it.
Due to the emergence of new technologies, communication means like social networking sites & devices, the amount of data being…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: 6 ways you can protect your business from hackers
Your business is invaluable. You put in a lot of hard work towards the growth of your business and gaining…
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News
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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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
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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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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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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Social Media
Facebook’s Internet.org bringing more people online, hosts developers day at iHub
One year after launching internet.org app, Facebook is celebrating this milestone by hosting a Developer app at iHub in Nairobi…
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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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News
#GES2015KENYA: 1,000 Entrepreneurs Surveyed Across Five African Countries
GeoPoll, the Global Entrepreneurship Network and the U.S. State Department have released a survey of 1,000 business owners throughout sub-Saharan…
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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
HERE expands its leading real-time traffic coverage to 50 countries
Nokia has today announced that it is expanding its real-time traffic service to 50 countries, from the current 44. Next…
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News
Terrific new Google website helps you find the Android phone of your dreams
There are dozens of Android phones on the market – in fact, there are so many that it can be…
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News
Google will now count calories from your food pictures
Research scientist from one of Google’s experimental labs has spilled some beans about an intriguing artificial intelligence project. This new…
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News
e-Commerce: MOBOfree’s CEO Shares Top Security Tips with African Consumers
With Africa experiencing an e-Commerce revolution, more and more African consumers are looking for ways to protect themselves against scammers.…
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Social Media
Facebook Introduces Video Calling in Messenger
Facebook has announced that they will be introducing video calling in Messenger enabling Facebook user to have face-to-face conversations with…
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News
Truecaller Launches Redesigned App for Windows Phone 8 Now With Real-Time Spam Detection to Protect You From Telemarketers
Truecaller today announces its completely redesigned app for Windows Phone 8, which supports the company’s global mission to transform the…
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Tech community gears up to celebrate ‘Girls in ICT Day’ around the globe, today
Every year on the fourth Thursday in April, ITU and the global technology community celebrate ‘Girls in ICT Day’, an…
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