Archive for March, 2012
Nairobi Water customers to pay bills via PesaPoint ATMs
PesaPoint has launched a system that will enable Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company (NCWSC) customers to pay their bills from their debit cards at PesaPoint ATMs located in strategic places in the city and estates. According to Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company (NCWSC), customers will now have an additional payment method via PesaPoint ATMs [...]
Airtel Kenya launches new data bundle packages
Airtel Kenya has launched new unlimited data bundles in a bid to offer more value for its customers. “As we had promised, Airtel will ensure that our customers have access to affordable superior quality communication and service on our network. The launch of the 3.75G platform promises profound changes to how subscribers in the Kenya [...]
Telkom Orange targets corporates with new data service
Telkom Orange has introduced a new service that will help corporates reduce costs on their operational expenditure and increase efficiency in their communication systems. The Orange Business Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a network access solution that allows organisations with more than one business operation to run their communication system on a robust, effective and [...]
Samsung showcases its 2012 Africa vision at Samsung Africa Forum
Samsung has showcased its diverse array of new, and specifically tailored to the African market, products at the 2012 Samsung Africa Forum held in Cape Town, South Africa. While embracing its new guiding philosophy of “Built for Africa – Inspire the Future,” Samsung shared its strategy to expand its African market and deliver connectivity and [...]
Telkom Kenya reacts to negative media reports
The Board of Directors of Telkom Kenya Limited has expressed confidence in the direction the management team is taking and faulted recent media reports that the telecommunication services provider is facing a financial crisis. Orange Kenya board chair, Eddy Njoroge and the firm’s CEO, Mickael Ghossein, termed the reports as “painting a bad image of the [...]
ICT Board’s Paul Kukubo to speak at Cloud Computing Forum 2012
The Kenya ICT Board chief executive Paul Kukubo is among industry leaders set to make keynote speeches at the forthcoming Cloud Computing World Forum to be held in South Africa on May 8 at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg. The Cloud Computing World Forum Africa offers delegates an opportunity to discuss the latest topics [...]
Kenyans shun SMS use due to reduced voice tariffs
The number of text messages or SMS sent by Kenya’s over 25 million mobile phone subscribers continues to decline significantly as the country’s four mobile network providers – Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, Telkom Orange and yuMobile – reduce both their on and off-net calling tariffs. According to the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) 2011 Annual Report, [...]
NEPAD signs EUR 1.35 million ICT grant deal for UmojaNet implementation
The NEPAD Agency has signed a Grant Facility Agreement (GFA) with the French Development Agency (AFD), a French public institution. The AFD, a specialised development financial institution, funds sustainable development projects carried by government local authorities, public companies, and the private and associative sectors on five continents – with primacy given to Africa. The EUR [...]
DTB joins PesaPoint InterConnect system
PesaPoint’s new interconnect ATM system which is converting bank’s ATMs into universal cash machines that serve any customer is now live at DTB Bank, according to the bank’s group chief executive Nasim Dveji. DTB has become the latest adopter of the PesaPoint ATM Interconnect system – lauded as pioneering in enabling both card payments and [...]
Africa Peering Forum set for August in South Africa
South Africa is set to host the third Africa Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Johannesburg, an annual conference organized by Internet Society to discuss the regional infrastructure, content and policy issues that are critical components of transit deficits. With the theme: “Regional Interconnection – Addressing Africa’s Internet Transit Deficit,” and to run from August 22-24 2012, at [...]