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Month: June 2016

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75% of cyber-attacks in East Africa caused by disgruntled staff – Serianu

June 30, 2016 admin 0

Data base administrators and security professionals have been urged to take a proactive approach to data security by making encryption a priority if they wish to effectively protect the most vulnerable elements of their IT […]

CSR

Cherie Blair Foundation using technology to mentor Africa’s women entrepreneurs

June 30, 2016 admin 0

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women hosted a special event to champion mentoring as a powerful tool for empowering women entrepreneurs in developing and emerging economies, drawing on findings from an evaluation of its Mentoring […]

Events Noticeboard

GEM-TECH award winners to be announced at ITU World Telecom in November

June 30, 2016 admin 0

Companies, government offices, NGOs and individuals have exactly one month to get their nominations in for the annual Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology (GEM-TECH) Awards, a joint ITU/UN Women prize recognizing outstanding efforts in […]

Analysis & Features

Tinba was fourth most prevalent banking malware in Kenya in May – Check Point report

June 30, 2016 admin 0

Check Point Software Technologies has published its latest Threat Index for May 2016, revealing that the number of active global malware families increased by 15 percent in May 2016. The May Threat Index presents a […]

News

MasterCard targets 40 million micro and small merchants in next 5 years

June 30, 2016 admin 0

MasterCard has set a goal to connect 40 million micro and small merchants to its electronic payments network within five years. This expands on the company’s Universal Financial Access 2020 commitment made last year. To […]

News

Airtel Kenya’s data users increase as Safaricom, Telkom Kenya’s drop

June 30, 2016 admin 0

The number of data subscribers controlled by each of the country’s three mobile network operators – Safaricom, Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya – as well as the respective market shares changed during the last quarter […]

News

Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe named ‘ICT Company of the Year’

June 30, 2016 admin 0

Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe and its sister company ZOL were both recognised at the recent Mashonaland Annual Business Awards hosted by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC). These awards are the most prominent and prestigious […]

News

Samsung crowned 2016 Creative Marketer of the Year at Cannes LIONS

June 30, 2016 admin 0

Samsung Electronics has won 29 awards, including “Creative Marketer of the Year,” at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The awards highlighted Samsung’s deliberate focus on meaningful consumer-centric campaigns, as well as the company’s […]

News

Microsoft to offer free Windows 10 upgrade on August 2

June 30, 2016 admin 0

Microsoft has announced that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is coming to all Windows 10 devices – for free – on August 2. Windows 10 continues to be the fastest growing version of Windows ever and […]

News

After Nairobi and Mombasa, Uber expands services to Thika

June 30, 2016 admin 0

After Nairobi and Mombasa, Uber has today announced that its services will now be available in Thika town. In an email, the firm stated: “uberX has arrived in Thika…We are incredibly excited to announce that […]

News

Orange Digital Ventures acquires stake in BandwidthX

June 29, 2016 admin 0

BandwidthX has announced a strategic investment by Orange Digital Ventures in BandwidthX, the developer and operator of BxMarket, a cloud based real-time Wi-Fi marketplace.  This investment demonstrates Orange Group’s priorities in exploring and encouraging new forms […]

Events Noticeboard

#SMDayKE to be marked tomorrow at Nailab

June 29, 2016 admin 0

This year’s Social Media Day will be marked tomorrow Thursday, June 30, 2016 at the Nailab, Bishop Magua Building, Ngong Road from 6pm. This year’s Social Media Day – #SMDayKE – will be held under […]

News

Liquid Telecom to buy Neotel for $439 million

June 29, 2016 admin 0

Liquid Telecom, a privately owned pan-African telecoms group, majority owned by Econet Global, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire South African communications network operator Neotel. The shareholders of Neotel –Tata […]

News

Voice, SMS and data traffic among East Africa countries in record increase

June 29, 2016 admin 0

Kenya’s mobile subscribers roaming-out voice traffic posted 35.8 million minutes, 30 million of which were to East African Community (EAC) countries in the three months between January -March 2016 according to latest sector statistics released […]

News

MTN Group defends choice of white CEO following BMF’s criticism

June 29, 2016 admin 0

South Africa-based MTN Group has defended the appointment of white CEO – Rob Shuter – to replace Sifiso Dabengwa who resigned following the dispute in the firm’s Nigeria subsidiary. The telco, which has operations in […]

News

Goldgenie seeking franchise partners ahead of iPhone 7 launch

June 29, 2016 admin 0

Bespoke items vendor Goldgenie is seeking franchise partners ahead of the iPhone 7 launch. A message sent by the firm’s founder  Laban Roomes states that the firm is looking for potential investors that have shown […]

News

Kris Senanu leaves Access Kenya, to head Telkom Kenya’s Enterprise division

June 29, 2016 admin 1

Telkom Kenya has announced the appointment of Kris Senanu as the MD of its Enterprise Division, effective Monday, August 1, 2016. The Enterprise Division comes up as a result of a name change from the […]

News

Warrior Insight launches new security system for Kenya’s businesses

June 29, 2016 admin 0

Risk management experts Warrior Insight announce the launch of their latest product RS24, a security system created specifically for the Kenyan market using a combination of 24-hour smart cameras, virtual trip wires, and voice intervention […]

News

Equitel subscribers can now get loans to buy smartphones

June 29, 2016 admin 0

Equity Bank is now offering its customers smart phone loans for their Equitel lines. Equity through the “Loans for Smartphones” promotion offer will provide credit to customers, to buy Dual SIM smartphones. Equity has partnered with leading […]

News

Two Multistakeholder Ethos Award winners announced at ICANN56 in Helsinki

June 28, 2016 admin 0

ICANN has announced recipients of the 2016 Multistakeholder Ethos Award. This year’s awards, during which the community evaluation panel recognized two long-time members of the ICANN community – Chuck Gomes and Keith Davidson – were […]

News

100 million calls made via Whatsapp daily – Jan Koum

June 27, 2016 admin 0

Messaging app Whatsapp has recorded another global milestone, announcing that 100 million calls are being made via the platform daily. Whatsapp founder Jan Koum shared the information via his Facebook profile on June 24, by […]

News

ZTE now fifth most shipped smartphone brand in Europe

June 27, 2016 admin 0

ZTE Mobile Devices has announced that it has secured the fifth position for highest smartphone shipments in Europe from January to March 2016. According to Counterpoint Technology Market Research, ZTE’s market share continues to soar and the […]

Up&Ap

Up&Ap: Shayan Rostam on the rise and rise of dotXYZ domain

June 25, 2016 admin 0

Many in the domain industry were surprised when Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc, chose .xyx (dotXYZ) for its online identity – that is abc.xyz – instead of settling on other existing domain extensions like .com […]

News

Africa Internet Group rebrands, consolidates 8 platforms into Jumia

June 24, 2016 admin 0

Africa Internet Group has connecting its companies into Jumia’s  ecosystem with a new vision, “Expand your horizons”. The new Jumia ecosystem will give access to products and services from its 8 leading platforms. After 4 […]

News

East Africa’s govts, telecoms and financial service providers top target for cyber attackers

June 24, 2016 admin 0

In East Africa, governments are the top target sector for cyber attacks (33%). Telecommunications (22%) and financial services (17%) follow in close succession. Contrary to the perception that cyber breaches are a problem unique to […]

News

Kenya’s Queen’s Young Leaders Award winners in Twitter challenge

June 24, 2016 admin 0

Three Kenyan youth – Alex Mativo, Peris Bosire and Susan Mueni Waita – who were among the  winners of the 2016 Queen’s Young Leaders Award were this week presented with their prizes in UK. Coinciding with […]

News

GE opens $33 million Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa

June 24, 2016 admin 0

GE, one of the world’s major digital industrial companies, has opened its R500 million (US $33 million) 2,700m2 facility, the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg South Africa. The centre, a first for GE in […]

BLOG

Corporate Citizens need to make real impact on Africa’s SDGs

June 24, 2016 admin 0

By Abey Tau The roll-out of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comes with a “leave no one behind” strategy that moves from reducing to ending poverty, and one that puts sustainability and growth at its core. […]

CSR

Airtel hosts special Iftar for Muslims in Mombasa County

June 24, 2016 admin 0

Airtel Kenya yesterday evening hosted a special Iftar dinner for Muslim faithfuls at the Ummu Khulthum Mosque in Mombasa County. The Iftar dinner was graced by Mombasa County Governor Hassan Ali Joho, Airtel Kenya’s CEO […]

News

T.D. Jakes Enterprises, Econet Media partner to develop and distribute Christian TV content in Africa

June 24, 2016 admin 0

T.D. Jakes Enterprises International, and Econet Media have announce that they are entering into a relationship to form a multi-year partnership to develop and distribute faith and values-based content across Africa.  Africa is one of the key […]

News

New body formed to promote development of Africa’s audiovisual and cinema industries

June 24, 2016 admin 0

The Ministers of Culture, Youth and Sports of African Union member states have established the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission as a specialized agency of the African Union. The establishment is the result of concerted […]

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