Archive for December, 2011
ICANN sets aside $ 2 million to support internet domain applicants
The board of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US-based body that manages the global internet, has set aside $ 2 million to provide financial assistance to new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applicants who are in need of the assistance to help them succeed during the process that begins in January 2012. [...]
Cisco Cius tablet set to hit African markets in early 2012
Just like 2011, the new-year is expected to have some exciting tidings for device enthusiasts, with networking firm Cisco announcing early that its Android-powered tablet, Cisco Cius, could be available in other African markets – including Kenya, Nigeria and North Africa – in early 2012 for the corporate market. Speaking during the Cisco Expo 2011 [...]
aptantech’s predictions for Kenya’s ICT scene in 2012
As the 2011 comes to an end and we prepare to usher in 2012, here is our list of top 5 predictions for the coming year in the country’s vibrant ICT sector: Essar Telecom Kenya’s YU will continue to lose subscribers: despite having the cheapest calling rates in the country, YU will continue to lose [...]
Kenya-based Akili Dada to benefit from Google’s $ 40 million grant kitty
Kenya’s Akili Dada, which supports young female leaders through education, mentoring and leadership training, is among 11 organizations selected to benefit from Google’s $ 40 million grant which covers areas of education, technology for social good and how to end modern day slavery. Akili Dada, an international Nairobi-based non-governmental organization (NGO) which focuses on provision [...]
Samuel Eto’o launches Cameroon’s third mobile network, Set’Mobile
Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o on Thursday launched his own mobile phone network, Set’Mobile in the country’s commercial capital Douala. Set’Mobile, launched with a capital base of $ 199,203 (100 million CFA), becomes the country’s third mobile network after Orange and MTN. The mobile network, unveiled in the presence of the Indomitable Lions captain, bears the [...]
LG and Intel in wireless display (WiDi) technology deal
LG Electronics and Intel have entered into a strategic alliance to adopt and jointly promote Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) technology. According to George Mudhune,LG’s head of marketing and communications, East and Central Africa, Intel WiDi will be embedded into 2012 edition of LG CINEMA 3D Smart TVs, making them the first in the TV [...]
Orange Money services to be available via Nakumatt outlets
Orange Money has expanded its reach with the opening of more mobile money transfer outlets in all Nakumatt Supermarket branches countrywide through a partnership between Telkom Kenya and Pep Intermedius, a financial intermediary with exclusive access to all Nakumatt stores. During the signing of the partnership, Telkom Kenya chief executive Mickael Ghossein, said that the [...]
IBM in partnership with five Kenya-based banks
IBM has announced details of five strategic agreements in the Kenyan financial services sector as banks across Africa turn to advanced technologies to support rapid growth, increase profitability and launch innovative new services such as mobile and internet banking. According to a media release, over the last six months, IBM has signed contracts with five [...]
Microsoft to establish software development centre in Maluana Mozambique
Microsoft has announced that it will set up premises in the Science and Technology Park under construction at Maluana, in Maputo province. Dr Cheick Diarra, Microsoft Africa president made the announcement during a recent visit to Mozambique at the invitation of the country’s science and technology minister, Venancio Massingue. After his visit to Maluana Park, [...]
Ethiopia holds inaugural science congress
The first Science Congress of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, meant to assess the overall status of science and technology in the country and identify major gaps, was held in Addis Ababa from December 15 to 16. The conference, with the theme, “Science and Technology – Survival of a Nation,” also aimed to seek the way [...]