Archive for November 1st, 2011
Shahab Meshki moves to KDN from Cisco East Africa
Shahab Meshki has been appointed the chief executive of Kenya Data Networks (KDN) from November 1 replacing the firm’s former chief executive Rikus Matthyser who held the position for less than one year. KDN, a subsidiary of South Africa’s Allied Technologies (Altech), is a Kenya-based communications company that provides data and internet backbone solutions in [...]
Samsung set to launch solar-powered internet schools in Kenya
After the recent launch of its solar-powered internet schools project in South Africa, Samsung has announced plans to launch the project which boosts computer literacy and expand internet access at the basic education level in Kenya’s schools. Samsung solar-powered internet schools, pioneered at the Samsung Engineering Academy in Boksburg, South Africa, feature a fully equipped [...]
Burkina Faso president appointed new chair of ITU’s cyber security advisory board
Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, has been appointed chair of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), ITU’s executing arm on cyber security issues. Mr Compaoré, elected at ITU’s Telecom World 2011 event in Geneva recently, takes over from former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who [...]