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Startups
Kenyan Startups invited to apply for this year’s DataHack4FI competition
Nairobi Garage is calling on Kenyan startups to apply for the for this years DataHack4FI competition with the winning team…
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How to save money with remittances to Africa
International money transfers to Africa are rising. There are good reasons for that. With the choice of the right online…
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CYBER SECURITY
Opinion: Cloud computing evolves, becomes enterprise cloud-as-a-service
Over the past two decades or so, the concept of cloud computing has evolved dramatically, as new data centre and…
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CYBER SECURITY
5 Ways to Secure Your Identity in the Data Breach Era
By Patrick Rono, Security Technical Professional- IBM East Africa With major cybersecurity incidents dominating headlines for the past several years,…
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BUSINESS
KRA says its new CRMS has enhanced service delivery
The Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) says its new Customer Relationship Management Solution (CRMS) has enhanced taxpayer experience, improved service delivery and…
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News
KODAK, WENN Digital partner to launch major Blockchain Initiative and Cryptocurrency
Kodak and WENN Digital, in a licensing partnership, announced the launch of the KODAKOne image rights management platform and KODAKCoin,…
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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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How to skyrocket your skills
Education, it has been said, is the key to success. One easy to access education tool are online courses. Online…
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Dubai sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORD title for largest light and sound show on a single building on New Year’s Eve
The UAE once again captivated the world this New Year’s Eve with a dazzling spectacle to usher in 2018. The…
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CES Announces it has added 5G Keynote to CES 2018
Ahead of CES 2018, to be held from January 9-12 in Las Vegas, The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), owner and…
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Nadine Tinen appointed to lead the Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa region for PwC France and Francophone Africa
PwC has named Nadine Tinen as the Regional Senior Partner of PwC Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa, taking over from Edouard Messou.…
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COLUMNS
The Differences and Similarities between Digital and Informational Technology
4800, the number of SMEs McKinsey surveyed across different industries to analyze the impact of web technologies on business. The…
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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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Reviews
TECNO Phantom 8 Review: Classic Design, Great Camera and Performance
I have been interacting with the Tecno Phantom 8 for two weeks now. The device was launched close to a…
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CYBER SECURITY
ESET Releases 2018 Report: Predicts Trends in Cybersecurity
Global cybersecurity services leader ESET has warned that the ransomware menace is likely to continue into 2018 with further growth…
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COLUMNS
Being open about being open: priorities for IT in 2018
By Thomas Di Giacomo, CTO at SUSE There are some big things set to come in 2018. In fact, we…
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News
Infinix Mobile partners with ANGA IMAX to give Infinix user free movie tickets.
Infinix Mobile has entered into a two-year partnership with ANGA IMAX that will see Infinix smartphone users get free movie…
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TransUnion Kenya’s Mobile Score Card to Clean up Mobile Loan Industry
As the mobile lending industry in Kenya continues to flourish, TransUnion recently introduced the TransUnion Mobile Score Card, which provides…
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COLUMNS
4 Key Essentials of E-learning in Africa
The rate of technological advancement in Africa is growing rapidly. Introduction of computer and internet in the 20th century has…
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News
Andela Kenya reaches out to aspiring developers in different counties
Andela Kenya is now reaching out to aspiring developers outside Nairobi. The tech company that trains developers in Africa and…
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5 major facts that could drastically increase your conversion rate
Conversion rate optimization is a systematic process of increasing the percentage of your website’s visitors into customers or potential clients…
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BUSINESS
TransUnion Africa launches a mobile credit platform for the Rwandan market
TransUnion Africa, an Infomation Solutions provider for assessing and managing risk has launched a mobile credit reporting platform for the…
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News
#AfricaCom2017 – Driving Digital Democracy in Africa
The 20th anniversary of Africa’s largest tech-focused event may have come and gone, but beyond the record-breaking number of visitors,…
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News
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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News
Konnect Africa unveils new hotspot service to bringing Wi-Fi to rural Africa
Eutelsat-owned satellite broadband service provider Konnect Africa has unveiled a new hotspot service aimed at bringing Wi-Fi to rural communities…
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News
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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Social Media
How to Grow Your Small Business by Using Social Media Effectively
Everyone is acquainted with the significance of social media in every aspect of life. It is to be considered in…
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News
What does the future African city look like?
What does the future African city look like? How do we identify the impact and trends resulting from urbanization? What…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Food announces plans to hire more female riders
Online food delivery company, Jumia Food has announced plans to recruit more women riders. The company’s new Managing Director Shreenal…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Travel to revive its Business in Sudan after economic sanctions against the country were revoked
Jumia Travel has announced that it is reviving its operations in Sudan after the revocation of economic sanctions against the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Personal Cyber Security:How To Protect Yourself From Cyber Criminals
The Importance of Online Security (Personal Cyber Security) Online security has never been more important both for business or individual…
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BUSINESS
Impact of Innovation on Real Estate
Among the various factors that have disrupted the world’s economic growth is the enormous impact that technology has had, and…
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News
AfricaCom 2017 packs a punch with global speaker line-up
In less than a month anyone who’s anyone in African telecoms and technology will be in Cape Town at AfricaCom…
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BUSINESS
DHL, MallforAfrica partner to sell Made-in-Africa products in the United States
DHL Express has announced a new partnership with e-commerce company MallforAfrica to facilitate the selling of made-in-Africa products to customers…
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Digital health among the top agenda at the AfricaCom 2017 conference
Mobile technology is, without doubt, the next great ‘enabler’ in healthcare in Africa. A mobile phone has become a biosensor,…
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BUSINESS
How to market your property online
By Joyce Mbaire, As a homeowner, you may decide to cash in on your real estate investment for one reason or…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos expands its partner program to enables partners to secure Cloud platforms
Sophos is expanding its Partner Program for its channel partners to now training, certification and financial incentives that will help…
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News
Safaricom, CA dismiss NASA claims that the telecommunications operator helped rig August polls.
Telecommunications operator Safaricom has dismissed claims by Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga that it was complicit in manipulating the August…
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Could blended learning be Africa’s recipe for educational success?
More and more learners are turning to online courses that enable them to participate in primary, secondary and tertiary education…
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BUSINESS
World Bank Report: Changes in Technology and Trade Disrupting Manufacturing-Led Development
A new report by World Bank has revealed how advances in technology and changing trade patterns are affecting opportunities for…
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News
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#AfricaCom2017: New #IoT conference stream added to AfricaCom agenda
Recognising the role the Internet of Things (IoT) will play in redefining our world, especially across Africa, AfricaCom 2017 has…
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BUSINESS
Kenya’s Entertainment and Media Industry worth US$2.1 billion in 2016, to hit US$3 billion mark in 2020.
The Entertainment and Media Industry in Kenya was worth US$2.1 billion in 2016, up 13.6% in 2015. This is according…
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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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News
Addressing Financial Inclusivity through Digital Democracy: Is Bitcoin the digital version of gold?
Financial inclusivity is a pre-requisite for building any economy, none more so than in Africa. Acknowledging the role Fin-Tech is…
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GE Partners with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for Digital Solutions across MEA and Turkey
Digital Industrial Company GE signed a $25 Million strategic partnership agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise that will bring GE Digital’s breakthrough…
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East Africa Data Centre featured in the latest issue of African Business Review
As the first and most connected data centre space in East Africa, East Africa Data Centre (EADC) faces the challenge…
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Nokia wants to ease mobile operators entry into IoT market
Nokia has announced that it’s expanding its Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) to make it easier for mobile operators to…
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COLUMNS
The Mobile Revolution And The Struggle For Identity In The Digital Age
By Eugene Muhando (@e_muhando), Nairobi. Life is a mystery, so we are told. Just take an adventure and realize the…
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News
Huawei and Microsoft sign an MOU on Cloud Service
Huawei and Microsoft signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Cloud Service under which Microsoft applications will be released…
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News
SQL Server Health Check List
Between updating your database, retrieving information from your database, and the several other tasks it performs… Your SQL server has…
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AfricaCom 2017 – Celebrating 20 years of Africa’s telecoms and technology journey
Header: A look back at 20 years of AfricaCom shows how far we have come …and where we are yet…
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Report, Changing markets driving gradual increase in EAS spend
Despite economic uncertainties and political instability, large and medium-sized organizations in South Africa continue to steadily increase their software investments…
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BUSINESS
Unlocking Africa’s Potential Through Tourism: The Role of Online Travel
The services sector, in particular tourism, is one of the major contributors to Africa’s economy through such functions as providing…
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BUSINESS
Kilimall to be the sole online sellers of Infinix and Tecno’s new smartphone models
Online shopping mall Kilimall has partnered with phone brands Infinix and Tecno to be the sole online seller of Tecno’s…
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News
More consolidation on the cards for Ghanaian ICT market, says IDC
While the Ghanaian ICT market is more mature in comparison to other West African countries, quality of service (QoS) remains…
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Mastercard invests in building a cashless Ghana
In a bid to become an African economic powerhouse, Ghana has announced a new partnership with Mastercard to smartly integrate…
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BUSINESS
Do you want to sell property online?
As people move toward a more digital existence, real estate agents must adapt and be visible where buyers and sellers…
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COLUMNS
How to Build More Connected and Inclusive Cities
By Carlos Menendez, When thinking about the cities of the future, I know that they will be more connected, and I…
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News
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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News
Online Education: Linking Up Africa With Some of the Best Colleges in the World
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Answer to Higher Education Bill Gates wrote in his 2015 letter to his foundation, that soon, world class…
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News
Sophos Announces Super Star Campaign to motivate its Silver and Authorized MEA Partners
Sophos has today announced a new motivational campaign for its authorized and silver partners from the Middle East and Africa (MEA).…
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BUSINESS
New technologies Boosting SMEs Profits in Kenya
A couple of weeks ago, a friend sent me a very interesting article on Kenya’s paradigm shift in technology. The…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: 3 basic EdTech features everyone should know
A new educational frontier for Africa EdTech is the use of digital education technology to facilitate teaching and learning. It’s…
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News
Pupils from Kibera Sub-County to benefit from Burhani Engineer’s computer programme
Pupils from Kibera Sub-County government are set to benefit from Computer systems and Engineering power classes. This is after the…
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Kwale County Government launches free street WIFI and online portal for service delivery
Residents of Kwale County will start enjoying free WIFI thanks to a new partnership between the County government and Liquid…
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COLUMNS
Consumer Connection System (CCS) at the Forefront of Consumer Research in Kenya
The economy’s instability due to recessions, budget cuts and dollar fluctuations have hit marketing budgets hard. One, therefore, needs to…
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News
AfricaCom 2017 to be held from 7th-9th November as it celebrates its 20th Anniversary
One of Africa’s leading technology event AfricaCom will be held from 7th to 9th November 2017 in Cape Town, South…
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BUSINESS
Opinion: Intellectual Property is just that, property
Intellectual property (IP) is as vital to the lifeblood of the small business as it is to the enterprise. The…
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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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BUSINESS
Jumia Named Among MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies 2017
Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group), has for the second consecutive year been named in the list of MIT’s 50…
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COLUMNS
East Africa is the edtech hotspot
Opportunities Arising from Increases In Affordable Internet Access For many people Africa is known for the poverty of the people,…
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News
Facebook announces winners of its First Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge
Facebook has finally unveiled the winners of its Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge for developers across the Middle East and…
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CYBER SECURITY
The annual CIO East Africa Security Summit kicks off in Nairobi
CIO East Africa in conjunction with the International Data Group (IDG), yesterday held its second annual Africa Security Summit at…
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COLUMNS
The Case for Digitalization: 5 Signs You Are Lagging Behind
Dear business owner, Your customers have been spoiled. Thanks to companies like OLX and Uber, they now expect you to…
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News
It’s time for CIOs in EA to be less engineering and more pioneering
The role of the East African CIO has never been more critical to business success — leading innovation, driving ROI…
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BUSINESS
Uganda Bankers Association and Mastercard partner to Strengthen the country’s Financial Services Sector
Mastercard has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Uganda Banker’s Association (UBA) to develop a framework that will strengthen…
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Microsoft partners with GrowthAfrica to launch the #Insiders4Good East Africa Fellowship
Microsoft has partnered with GrowthAfrica to launch the #Insiders4Good East Africa Fellowship programme. The programme. seeks to support emerging entrepreneurs…
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News
Guest Post: Happy Wi-Fi Makes Happy Guests
By Riaan Graham, sales director for Ruckus Wireless sub-Saharan Africa Over the past few years, we’ve seen a new trend…
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New Appointments
Ogilvy Africa names Mathieu Plassard as its new CEO
Ogilvy Africa has named Mathieu Plassard as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mathieu takes over from Nadja Bellan-White who is…
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News
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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Social Media
Olx SoMA Award nominees urged to use online networks to empower followers
Social media experts have been challenged to use digital channels to impact the society by disseminating informative and educative content…
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Andela announces the launch of its third African market in Kampala, Uganda.
In June last year, Andela announced that it was planning to unveil its third African country. The announcement came…
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COLUMNS
Guest Post: Kenya’s paradigm shift in technology
By James Ngige (@Jaykulll), Nairobi Technology has become part and parcel of culture, well, every culture, but Kenya however, is…
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News
Microsoft announces plans to deliver Microsoft Cloud from Data Centers in Africa
Microsoft has announced plans to deliver the complete, intelligent Microsoft Cloud for the first time from data centers located in…
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News
Rwanda Government pioneers Smart City Innovation with SRG and Nokia
Rwanda, Kigali – Nokia and SRG will collaborate with the Government of Rwanda to deploy Smart City technology to improve…
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News
Infographic: Should You Outsource Your Data Entry? Here are 5 Questions to Ask!
When done properly, an efficient and accurate data entry management program can open up new opportunities for business. However, it…
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New Appointments
Laura Chite replaces Harry Hare as the new CIO East Africa CEO
CIO East Africa has announced the appointment of Laura Chite as its new Chief Executive. She succeeds Harry Hare, who…
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COLUMNS
What impact has IoT made in Africa?
Getting connected via the web has long been an issue in Africa. This is especially true when it comes to…
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News
Connected Learning Key to Improving Education in Africa, says Internet Society Study
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the Internet, in particular, can have a transformative effect on education in Africa.…
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News
Siemens signs MoU with Uganda and Sudan to develop solutions in power supply, transportation, industry and healthcare
Siemens has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda and Sudan improve power supply, industry, transportation. The corresponding MoU…
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COLUMNS
5 Traits That Make A Great Techpreneur
Who is a Techpreneur? A technopreneur or techpreneur is an entrepreneur who gets a technology idea and finds an opportunity to…
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CYBER SECURITY
ICT CS Joe Mucheru urges private sector to boost investment in cybersecurity
ICT Ministry Cabinet Sectretary Mr. Joe Mucheru, has urged the private sector to bolster investment in cybersecurity to curb the…
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News
World Bank’s XL Africa Program to Support Africa’s Top Digital Entrepreneurs
The World Bank Group has launched a five-month acceleration program to support 20 most promising startups from Sub-Saharan Africa. Known…
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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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COLUMNS
Guest Post: Technology and Business Transformation
By Dennis Nginya. ‘Millennial’ is a marketer’s term that classifies a generation according to their response to the technology of…
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CYBER SECURITY
Kenyan companies accruing massive losses amidst rising cyberattacks
Banks have become the leading target of cybercrime as people increasingly adopt the use of financial technology. In fact, according…
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BUSINESS
Africa telecom and finance leaders to gather in London for TMT Finance Africa 2017
Telecom and tech companies are increasing investment across Africa as the rapidly improving digital infrastructure and services, and the take-up…
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COLUMNS
Why Electronic Dealers Need The Online Marketplace
With Kenyans becoming more and more tech-savvy, the demand for certain electronic goods in the country has grown rapidly with…
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BUSINESS
Total Kenya Records Kshs 3.9 Billion Profit Pre-Tax
Total Kenya has announced an increase of 50.3 percent in pre-tax profit of Kshs 3.94 billion for the year ended…
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News
Huawei and Honeywell partner for smart city projects across the globe
Huawei has announced a new partnership with American based technology firm Honeywell Home and Buildings Technologies to pursue large-scale smart…
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BUSINESS
Online sports betting craze in Africa is here to stay
We have previously sports betting has become popular in Kenya and other African countries. This rise of these betting sites…
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