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Data security and privacy laws develop across Africa
Numerous countries in Africa have developed or implemented data privacy and security laws in their countries in the last few…
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Oracle, ICT Authority launch Digital Skills Development Initiative for Presidential Digital Talent Program graduates
ICT Authority and tech firm Oracle Kenya have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce a specialized training programme…
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JACK NGARE: Tech trends for 2022 and what they mean for the African continent
We have observed a significant march toward complete digitization of the world in recent years. The usage of and reliance…
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How to get more from watching sports
Sports were always on the edge of technology, but most high-end solutions aren’t accessible for regular fans. That doesn’t mean…
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EFAYOMI CARR: Africa’s youth hold the key to the expansion of agritech across the continent
The Covid pandemic has focused global attention on the drastic need for food systems to change and become more efficient,…
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ELIZABETH COOK: Technology and Collaboration for the Good of the Environment
Climate change and the push to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) are becoming matters of greater importance.…
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[Column] Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh: Women are playing a key role in driving impact through technology in Africa
The past year has been very challenging, from the stress of living through a global pandemic to the various lockdown…
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Humanity must agree on the benefits of technology, says Huawei Senior VP
Technology holds significant benefits for humanity and digital technology can be an indispensable tool for helping the United Nations achieve…
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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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BUSINESS
Kenya TradeNet System User Acceptance Testing set to commence
In December 2019, KenTrade commenced upgrading the Single Window System (Kenya TradeNet System) to enhance system productivity, avoid technological obsolescence…
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Does The Future Of Bitcoin Lie In Africa?
Bitcoin, since its inception in the fintech space, has been very highly regarded in most African countries. While challenges and…
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Safaricom, UNESCO and Eneza Education launch digital mentorship programme for high school students interested in STEM
Safaricom has today announced a new partnership with UNESCO, and Eneza Education to implement a digital mentorship programme for high…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Revenue Growth Slows Immensely Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, business is not doing good for most industries around the world. Huawei ‘s revenue growth has…
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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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How technology has optimized the viewing experience
Just a few years ago, if you told someone that the viewing experience through the evolution of TV would be…
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#CIO100AwardsEA: Hernovation forum puts focus on soft skills for women in tech
CIO East Africa today held it second edition of Hernovation, a platform that aims to empower women in technology across…
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Augmented Reality Art Show Launched to Champion Africa’s Tech Leaders
African augmented reality art experience “Nyota” has been unveiled by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB). The Augmented Reality Art Show was unveiled…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
[Column] Secure digital control
The world is fast embracing the technology and potential of emergent solutions such as the Internet of Things (IoT), automation…
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News
Microsoft and AGRA to co-create technology solutions in agriculture
Microsoft, through its 4Afrika Initiative, has announced a new collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to co-create technology…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
[Column] Passing the Torch to the Millennial Generation
There was a time during the tumultuous 60s and 70s that the younger generation was admonished to “never trust anyone…
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BUSINESS
Standard Chartered Bank launches its Mobile Digital Platform in Kenya
In February 2018, Standard Chartered announced that it will launch its digital solution in four key markets during the first…
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Government and Private Sector to collaborate on Mobile Phone Data Protection & Privacy Framework
The Government has committed to work with telecommunications companies and civil society advocates to develop a data privacy and protection…
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Cars & Tech
Guest Post: Driverless cars: The future of Transportation
By Rilind Elezaj. Driverless cars, which are also known as self-driving or autonomous vehicles, are the future of transportation. Various…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Column: Automation vacation – technology driving change in the Kenyan travel industry
By Corine Mbiaketcha Nana, Managing Director Kenya Hub covering East, Central and West Africa at Oracle. It is often said…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Column: Kickstarting the future- The South African entrepreneur
By: Chetan Goshalia, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at SqwidNet The small to medium enterprise (SME) is the lifeblood of…
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News
Korea Invests $9 Million to Support Development of Science and Technology Skills Across Sub-Saharan Africa
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) has signed an initial US$ 3.8 million grant agreement with the…
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Startups
Two Kenyan startups among Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program graduates
Two Kenyan startups, Cloud9xp and PayGo Energy were among the second class of 11 startups who graduated yesterday from Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Corine Mbiaketcha Nana: Three early industry adopters of autonomous technologies
Automation has already transformed industries in which complexity and performance demands must meet the challenges of fewer available resources, narrower…
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Interviews
Tech In Film: Why It Makes No Sense To Ban Films In 2018
Creativity and technology are an integral part of the film industry and hence help the industry grow beyond the regular…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
IT Leadership: These five technologies are transforming the travel experience
The whole notion of what today’s hyperconnected travellers want, and what they value, has changed. While cost, choice and convenience…
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Avic International, Education ministry partner to launch Season 5 of Africa Tech Challenge
AVIC International in partnership with the Ministry of Education today launched the 5th edition of the Africa Tech Challenge which…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Internet of Things: Pandora’s Box or enterprise enabler?
By: George Kalebaila, Research Director for telecommunications, media, and Internet of Things (IoT) at International Data Corporation (IDC). The enterprise…
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Tech Tamasha annual conference launches to celebrate Kenya’s technology space
Last week together with a number of tech enthusiasts and industry leaders we gathered at Nailab for the launch of…
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Microsoft to sponsor Best Technology blog category for 2018 BAKE Awards
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) unveiled the full list of the 2018 BAKE awards nominees a few weeks ago.…
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CYBER SECURITY
Enlisting blockchain technology in the war against DDoS onslaughts
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are certainly on the rise. Arbor’s 13th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report showed that…
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BUSINESS
Significant smartphone penetration and supportive government regulations driving global consumer telematics market growth.
The significant penetration of smartphones, lowered connectivity costs, high-speed internet technologies and supportive government regulations is driving the growth of…
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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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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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Blockchain
5 Major Ways Blockchain Can Help Telecom Providers
By Shelby Solomon Darnell- IBM Blockchain Affect and Vision Scientist Telecom providers are hearing the Siren’s call of blockchain. Though…
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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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24Bit – Listen and subscribe to our latest Podcast
24Bit is an ongoing conversation around technology trends between tech bloggers. Every weekend we gather around to talk about interesting happenings…
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BUSINESS
Technologies that will enhance hotel experience in 2018
As we look forward to closing the year, Jumia Travel takes a keen look at emerging and growing hotel technologies…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
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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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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Opinions & Guest Posts
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
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
How telematics is revolutionizing the Fleet Management industry
Telematics is a combination of two words; Telecommunication and informatics. In broad sense, Telematics is the integrated use of telecommunications…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
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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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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Opinions & Guest Posts
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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BUSINESS
Epson outlines technology solutions to support growth in Kenya
Epson has today outlined its commitment to the Kenyan market and its growth strategy for FY17. Based on a commitment…
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BUSINESS
Five Technologies that Have Majorly Shaped Modern Meetings and Conferences
Since the invention of the worldwide web and the coining of the term ‘internet of things’, the rate of growth…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
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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Startups
What does it mean for technology to be innately African?
Mobile and cloud may be global technologies, but African start-ups have explored their functionalities, shaped their applications and used them…
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Gadgets
Samsung wearables to support Under Armour’s suite of fitness apps
Samsung has announced a new partnership with Under Armour that will see the mobile technology company’s wearable devices and smartwatches…
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BUSINESS
Transport CS says SGR Locomotives are of high quality, to be in Kenya in January
This is probably something most Kenyans have been waiting for. Six of the 56 diesel locomotives for operations of the…
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News
Security Increasing Priority for Tech Investments by World’s Airports
Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high…
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US-based IT firm, Cognizant Technology Solutions, under probe for bribery
The ongoing bribery investigations on Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTL) could spill over to the firm’s clients based in other countries,…
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Safaricom opens internship applications for its Women In Technology initiative
Internship applications for the Safaricom Women in Technology initiative are now open. The internships will target 40 female university students…
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Safetrac partners with Arvento to deliver World-Class fleet management Technology Solutions in Kenya
A few months after announcing its plans to launch in Kenya, Safetrac Limited has announced a partnership with Arvento to provide…
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Tigo Tanzania launches 5th edition Annual ‘Digital Changemakers’ Awards
Tigo Tanzania has patnerered with Reach for Change, a Tanzanian bases non-profit organisation to launch the 5th annual ‘Tigo Digital…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Has the nerd become too unfriendly?
Recently, I asked a friend to accompany me to a meetup of tech savvies in Nairobi. Being in Nairobi, I…
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News
Leading decision makers in Africa to gather in Lagos for the 2016 Telecom Media Technology conference
Leading decision makers in African telecoms, media, and technology (TMT) will gather in Lagos on September 20, for the 2016…
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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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Interviews
How PortableVoices is changing information sharing in Kibera
With the world changing at a rapid pace, so many industries rising, technology leading to more efficient and effective ways…
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News
Philips showcases its healthier innovations solutions at the Innovation Experience 2015
Around the globe, disruption, innovation, and the rapid pace of technological development is reshaping consumer experience, as well as the…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
The technology tale of the Shanzhen town
Over three decades ago Shanzhen was a small town in the Southern part of China where its residents were mainly…
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News
Simple technologies can tackle the most pressing problems in the developing world
Innovations in science and technology have transformed the world in recent decades. But a good innovation aimed at solving basic…
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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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BUSINESS
DHL Africa Launches pocket-sized, all-touch computers to meet increasing delivery demands
DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa has launched pocket-sized, all-touch computers that capitalize on the latest technological advancements, and ensure customers on…
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BUSINESS
Stima sacco launches m-pawa, a revolutionary mobile solution
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Stima Sacco has unveiled a new service that will see its members access an array of…
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News
Squad Digital Launches Innovation Lab to support Tech-preneurs
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Squad Digital has today launched an innovation lab that is aimed at spurring technological growth through…
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African business leaders to focus on scientific progress in partnership with the World Bank
Dr Álvaro Sobrinho, the prominent African businessman and Chairman of the Planet Earth Institute NGO , led the first meeting…
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Interviews
Interview: How The Nairobi Dev School is equiping youth in East Africa with computer programming skills
The Nairobi Dev School equips youth in East Africa with computer programming skills and helps them build technology-based solutions to…
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News
Tech enthusiasts to gather for the 2015 CMS Africa Summit on 13th-14March in Nairobi
From March 13 to 14th, great technology minds will be gathering at the Catholic University of East Africa in Nairobi…
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M-KOPA Solar wins Zayed Energy Future Energy Award
M-KOPA Solar has won the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize at the opening ceremony of the annual Abu Dhabi…
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News
1,800 cameras to be mounted on Nairobi streets to improve security
In a project aimed at improving the security situation in the country through technology, 1,800 cameras will be mounted in…
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SAP Skills for Africa gains wider appeal among recent graduates
A total of 63 recent graduates were presented with SAP Certification at a graduation ceremony held at the University of…
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Namibia becomes first African country to embrace E-Voting
Namibia becomes the first African country to adopt the e-voting technology. The counry will vote in Africa’s first electronic ballot coming…
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#CIO100EA: Players Discuss the Trends of Tech in East Africa
In the just concluded, 4th annual CIO100 Awards IT key players across the East Africa region came together to discuss…
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