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LG names new CEO for mobile division, global head of marketing and PR units

November 30, 2017 admin 0

LG Electronics has announced the appointment of new executives to lead its Mobile Communications unit, Chief Technology Office (CTO) and Global Marketing Center as part of its corporate restructuring been made in order to better […]

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Google launches Datally, a mobile app that helps users save on data usage

November 30, 2017 admin 0

Google has introduced Datally, a simple Android app that helps smartphone users understand, control, and save mobile data. Datally works on all smartphones running on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and the subsequent higher versions. It is […]

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After phasing out myOrange app, Telkom unveils new mobile app, ‘My Telkom’

November 30, 2017 admin 0

After phasing out the previous myOrange mobile app after the rebrand, Telkom has launched My Telkom, a self-care mobile app, for use on smart phones and other mobile devices. My Telkom app, that will be available […]

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Safaricom opens 5 new shops, expands outlet footprint to 48 countrywide

November 30, 2017 admin 0

Safaricom has announced the opening of five new retail shops in order to cater to rising demand across the country. In Nairobi, a new Ronald Ngala Shop will serve customers in the Central Business District […]

CSR

Vera Songwe launches new contest to spur digital innovation among girls, women

November 30, 2017 admin 0

The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe has called on countries to give female creativity and innovation “all the opportunities required in order to bear fruits and achieve sustainable […]

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Two UK-based startups win top awards at 2017 Nokia Open Innovation Challenge

November 30, 2017 admin 0

Startups focusing on wearable nanotechnology and connected media won top honors at the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge. In partnership with NGP Capital, the Challenge called for ideas, technologies and new business models that will help […]

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Liquid Telecom named best operator in an emerging market at WCA

November 29, 2017 admin 0

Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, was named Best Operator in an Emerging Market at the World Communications Awards (WCA) in London. Now marking its 19th anniversary, the World Communications Awards is one of […]

News

Sony unveils new audio system, new headphone models in Kenya

November 29, 2017 admin 2

Sony has launched a 1.7m tall High Power Audio System MHC-V90DW and a new range of Wireless Noise Cancelling headphones in three style variations – the headband style WH-1000XM2, the behind-the-neck style WI-1000X, and the truly wireless WF-1000X. Taro Kimura, […]

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Android 8.0 Oreo now available for Nokia 8, coming to other models later

November 29, 2017 admin 0

HMD Global, the vendor of Nokia-branded phones, has announced that Android 8.0 Oreo is now available for the Nokia 8. Those who a Nokia 8 device can latest secure version of Android Oreo, packed with the latest […]

News

Kenya by-passed in seven-country dotAfrica awareness campaign and roadshow

November 29, 2017 admin 0

Kenya is not among the seven countries being covered dotAfrica (.africa) flag roadshow launched at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit. The countries in the roadshow include Tanzania (the only one picked from East Africa), Ethiopia, […]

BLOG

Securing customers’ networks as their workforce becomes more mobile

November 29, 2017 admin 0

By Phil Keeley The growth of mobile devices (there are 4.9 billion unique mobile device users globally) and the use of the cloud to access corporate information from any device and any location have given employees the ability […]

CSR

Safaricom facilitates training of Kisii County youth on diabetes management

November 29, 2017 admin 0

Fifty-four children from Kisii County and its environs have received specialized training courtesy of the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre (DMI) and Safaricom Foundation. The children aged between two and 18 years were accompanied […]

BLOG

Coca-Cola, Tigo online adverts among the most recalled by Africa’s youth

November 28, 2017 admin 0

By  Njeri Wangari The Youth demographic in Sub-Saharan Africa encounter digital advertisements more frequently on a daily basis than any other form of advertisement; Coca – Cola advertisements are the most memorable due to their creativity, […]

News

Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Wireless in talks to acquire Tigo assets in 4 African countries

November 28, 2017 admin 0

Econet Wireless group is reportedly set to expand its mobile network operations to four additional markets in Africa through the acquisition of Millicom assets, which operates here under the ‘Tigo’ brand. Econet, founded by Zimbabwean […]

Media

Huawei to showcase new perspective of Kenya through photography campaign

November 27, 2017 admin 0

Huawei Technologies is set to launch a global photography campaign aimed at showcasing Kenya from a different perspective through photographs taken from Safaricom’s various base stations across the country.  The photographs have been taken Mutua […]

News

Cambium Networks signs up BeIP as alternative distributor for Africa and Europe.

November 27, 2017 admin 0

Cambium Networks has announced a new distribution agreement with BeIP which will further expand its presence across Europe and Africa. Under the agreement, BeIP, a networks and security specialist distributor, will be able to offer Cambium Networks’ entire […]

News

ICT ministers reiterate need for Africa to be actively involved in cyber-security, cybercrime

November 27, 2017 admin 0

Since the previous session of the Special Technical Committee on Communication and ICT which took place in September 2015, key developments have taken place in the sectors of communication and information technology and in the […]

Analysis & Features

How Microsoft’s Policy Innovation Centre will help create a future-ready workforce in Kenya   

November 27, 2017 admin 0

Kenya’s education sector is currently undergoing a transformation. A new curriculum, which has undergone a pilot in some 470 schools country-wide, with 10 from each of the country’s 47 counties, will replace the current education […]

News

Rapelang Rabana to join BCX as Chief Digital Officer from this December

November 27, 2017 admin 0

BCX, a South Africa-based IT services firm and a subsidiary of Telkom SA, has picked Rapelang Rabana for the role of Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Ms Rabana is currently the CEO of Rekindle Learning, a […]

BLOG

Email Security: Teams weigh in on email phishing mitigation

November 26, 2017 admin 0

We regularly discuss the prevalence, and pure dominance, of phishing attacks and their impact on email security and the world. We’ve previously proclaimed 2016 as having been the year in which phishing went mainstream, and predicted it to […]

News

Charles Elliman, ex-MWEB exec, to lead Safaricom’s foray into e-commerce industry

November 26, 2017 admin 0

Finally, Safaricom last week launched its e-commerce portal, Masoko, (Swahili for ‘markets’), through which it aims to leverage the mobile phone to provide local merchants with an alternative channel to sell their products online. Masoko, which enables […]

BLOG

Showmax now pilots a new package bundled with data for subscribers in Kenya

November 26, 2017 admin 0

Towards the end of June this year, we did a post in which we asked Showmax to consider having its various subscription packages to be bundled with data (or internet). This is because subscribing to […]

News

Ken Njoroge, Cellulant founder, to receive ‘Company of the Year’ award at ADA event

November 26, 2017 admin 0

Ken Njoroge, the founder and CEO of Cellulant – a mobile payments and digital commerce service solutions provider – is set to be honoured during the African Diaspora Awards (ADA). Also set to be honoured […]

BLOG

After Airtel Kenya, Telkom follows suit with its own 1GB daily bundle for Kshs 99

November 25, 2017 admin 0

When it comes to attracting and retaining subscribers with irresistible data bundle offers, the competition among the telcos is definitely between just two – that is Airtel Kenya and Telkom. Of late, whenever Telkom develops […]

BLOG

Predictions for cyberthreats in the financial sector in 2018 – Kaspersky Lab

November 25, 2017 admin 0

Kaspersky Lab always keeps a very close eye on the changing cyberthreat landscape. Knowledge of past and present makes the future more predictable and allows us to make annual forecasts for various verticals. Today we […]

News

BLAZE mentorship summit moves to Mombasa County this weekend

November 25, 2017 admin 0

BLAZE will hold its fifth Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) regional summit of the year on November 25, 2017 at the Mombasa Sports Club. This is part of the second season of BYOB which has seen […]

News

Lumos deploys 60,000th Y’ello Box home solar electricity device in Nigeria

November 25, 2017 admin 0

Lumos Mobile Electricity Service has this week deployed its 60,000th Y’ello Box, an at-home solar electricity device that lets users gain access to reliable electricity at an affordable price. The Lumos service is combining the power […]

News

Adrian Clarke, former Microsoft CTO, joins Modex as technical advisor

November 24, 2017 admin 0

Former innovation director and principal technical strategy advisor at Microsoft, Adrian Clarke, is the latest tech star to join forces with Modex, the UK-based blockchain firm developing a smart contract marketplace. In the wave of […]

CSR

Embu to host Eastern region finals of ‘Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom’ football tournament

November 24, 2017 admin 0

Eight teams will take part in the Eastern region finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth tournament to be held on Saturday and Sunday at Embu stadium. Over 190 games were played across the region with 140 teams […]

BLOG

Why you need to be cautious of cyber-attacks this Black Friday

November 23, 2017 admin 0

It is easy to feel overwhelmed by numerous Black Friday deals seemingly to fall out of the sky. They might be very tempting but not all of them are worth, some might be cyber traps […]

Analysis & Features

Vodafone launches 4 devices under a new IoT brand, V by Vodafone

November 23, 2017 admin 0

By Peter Richardson Vodafone has launched four devices under a new IoT brand, V by Vodafone. The devices cover a number of different areas: V-Auto, a dongle that plugs directly to the car’s OBD port; […]

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