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BUSINESS
Tanda Launches Out of Beta To Help Retailers Source Their Inventory & Offer Credit on the Go
Tanda, a Kenyan platform designed to make it easier to run a shop by allowing shop owners order and manage…
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BUSINESS
Fintech may have a more profound impact on financial services in Africa
Fintech may have a more profound impact on financial services in Africa than in Europe or the US. this is…
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CYBER SECURITY
Be cyber-savvy: Employees should not be secondary to technology
“Our employees are our greatest asset” is a phrase that continues to be published far and wide in a plethora…
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Finnovation Kenya 2018: Collaboration way forward to driving constructive economic outcomes from the FinTech ecosystem in Africa
Finnovation Kenya 2018 summit kicked off today at the Radisson Blu Nairobi, bringing together more than 200 FinTech experts to…
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Reviews
Huawei P20 Lite quick review: Best mid-range smartphone in the market?
I have been interacting with the Huawei P20 Lite, a budget-friendly version of the standard P20 flagship phone for a…
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Blockchain
Finnovation South Africa 2018: How FinTech is Accelerating Digital Transformation of Banking in Africa
The unique environment for financial services in Africa is fertile ground for innovative FinTech players who are capitalising on the…
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Gadgets
Huawei P20 Lite Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
Huawei launched the Huawei P20 Lite in Kenya a couple of weeks ago through e-commerce site Jumia. The device was…
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News
Safaricom Foundation Launches New Strategy To Bolster Health, Education And Economic Empowerment
Safaricom Foundation has today launched it’s 2018 -2021 strategy that will focus on three pillars, namely; health, education and economic…
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China Telecom Global and Liquid Telecom Partner to Step Up Network Collaboration between Africa and Asia
China Telecom Global (CTG), a subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation Limited and Liquid Telecom have signed of a historic strategic…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom hits Ksh.55.3 billion in full-year profit as Collymore announces comeback
Safaricom net profit for the year ended March 2018 grew to Ksh.55.3 billion. This is according to the company’s financial…
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BUSINESS
Why reporting and analysis is an important part of fleet management business.
In today’s society, technology has been changing at an unprecedented pace. When you consider that tablets sales are now about…
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Infinix Mobile is teasing the HOT 6 Pro, Might feature full view display and Dual-Cameras.
If you follow Infinix Mobile on social media you might have seen them teasing their next device, the Infinix HOT…
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Startups
Submissions for Ecobank’s 2018 Fintech Challenge now open, targets African Startups
Ecobank has launched its 2018 Ecobank Fintech Challenge for African startups. Now in its second year, the initiative gives African…
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Gadgets
What it takes to develop a slow motion capture capability on a mobile device
The camera has become an integral part of our lives with every moment presenting an opportunity to snap a photo.…
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COLUMNS
The Big Six of Smart Cities
The term Smart City is not a new one and, while some examples already exist on the African continent, it…
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News
Kenya’s mSurvey Secures $3.5m Series A Investment
Kenyan SaaS Mobile Consumer Feedback Company mSurvey has announced a Series A round of USD$3.5m, led by Africa focused venture…
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Industry Leaders Define How FinTech is Accelerating Positive Transformation of Banking in Africa
The FinTech space in Africa is witnessing rapid growth as innovative new financial services players disrupt the traditional modalities of…
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BUSINESS
ASEA holds 7th edition of African Financial Market seminar
The 7th edition of the Building African Financial Markets (BAFM) seminar has kicked off today, April 19, 2018, at Villa Rosa…
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COLUMNS
Cloud computing can improve local realities in Kenya
Corine Mbiaketcha Nana, Managing Director Kenya Hub covering East, Central and West Africa at Oracle Kenya has distinguished itself as…
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News
Visa opens up the first Visa Everywhere Initiative to young developers at the Nairobi Tech Week
Visa has announced that it will be opening up the first Visa Everywhere Initiative for Sub Saharan Africa to young developers…
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COLUMNS
Nurturing Africa’s Growing Private Healthcare Market
Dustin Homer, Director: Client Solutions for Fraym The African socio-economic landscape – much like its geographical landscape – is characterized…
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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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News
Jim Rogers: Cashless Africa – A dream tech investment
It took the chance encounter of being held hostage in the Congo in the 1990s to awake in James Beeland…
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COLUMNS
Call Tracking and Start-Ups: How It Can Help Your Business
By John Taylor Setting up and establishing a small or start-up company can be expensive, and it usually demands a level…
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Blockchain
4 Organizations Spearheading Blockchain Education in Kenya
Currently, the blockchain hype is at an all-time high, not only in Kenya but also across the globe. There are…
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BUSINESS
Mortgage lender HF Group records records a 77% profit decline, seeks growth through leveraging digital channels
Mortgage lender HF Group has today announced pretax profit of Shs 311 million for the year ending December 31st 2017…
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News
Key highlights from the Jumia Mobile Week 2018 White paper
On March 15th, Africa’s leading online shopping platform Jumia released its Mobile Week 2018 white paper. The report noted that…
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COLUMNS
Editorial: Introducing Generation Z
By Ben Roberts, CTO, Liquid Telecom, A new generation is emerging across Africa who have never known life without the internet…
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News
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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News
FinTech in South Africa: Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Banking & Financial Services
Ethico Live has announced the launch of Finnovation South Africa summit. The event will see participants from established banking powerhouses…
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Social Media
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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Startups
Agriculture based startups dominate Pangea’s application list
Just two months after launching in Kenya, Norwegian accelerator Pangea has closed its application platform recording a total of 403…
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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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COLUMNS
Online vs Offline Software – Make the right choice!
Managing the stock and inventory of a pharmacy is a difficult task. The wide variety of medicines in varying strengths…
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News
Mastercard and M-KOPA Solar Partner to Light Up Homes and Businesses in Africa
Mastercard has announced a new partnership Kenyan pay-as-you-go solar provider M-KOPA to light up homes and businesses in Africa. Under…
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Orange and OpenClassrooms partner to provide digital technology training to young Africans.
Orange has announced a new partnership with online education platform OpenClassrooms to provide digital technology training to young Africans. …
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News
FinTech players to gather in Nairobi for the Finnovation Africa Series summit
More than 300 participants from established banking powerhouses to FinTech start‐ups will in May gather in Nairobi for the Finnovation…
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COLUMNS
The 5 Golden Rules for Content Marketing in 2018
By Jessica Watson, Today everyone wants to build a brand with an enormous audience, Promoting and building your brand through social…
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CYBER SECURITY
Artificial Intelligence: Your Bot Will See You Now
Next time you contact your insurer there is a good chance that you will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI).…
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News
72 network operators across the globe already testing 5G
As mobile operators race to deliver next-generation services for subscribers and IoT connectivity, the pace of 5G field trials and…
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Blockchain
Trescon’s World Blockchain Summit Series 2018 is coming to Nairobi
Trescon will be hosting the next edition of World Blockchain Summit on 22-23 March 2018 in Nairobi City, the capital…
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News
Liquid Telecom and other Industry leaders to gather in Kigali for the Africa Tech Summit.
Industry leaders will from 14th -15th February gather in Kigali Rwanda for the Africa Tech Summit. They will include international…
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COLUMNS
Still waiting to catch the IoT bus? Here’s where it’s going in 2018
The breakthroughs that change our lives do not, usually, arrive in the world with a loud fanfare and an instant…
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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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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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