Airtel Nigeria has enhanced its network capacity and quality with the roll-out of the 3.75 Generation (3G) services across the 36 states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. With the pan-Nigeria launch of [c]
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Management (WEE) Centre for handling of e-waste is now ready to build local and regional capacity of other players in the sector on skills to handle and manage e-waste. A [c]
Comviva, a global provider of mobile solutions and value added services, has announced the launch of Hola!, a one stop shop application to access social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, email as well [c]
Samsung Electronics East Africa, has moved to step up its nationwide market expansion plans with the opening of a fully-fledged service centre in Kisumu. The move by Samsung which is part of a global expansion [c]
Iconosys, which develops mobile apps and technologies for both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS smartphones and tablet computers, has unveiled the Digital Pillbox, an app and widget optimized for smartphones and tablets which reminds, [c]
Airtel One8 super group has started the year with international recognition from the Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale (MIDEM) held in France on January 28, 2012. The group was the first runner [c]
The search for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) next chief executive has narrowed down to 27 applicants following the closure of submission of applications on Friday February 17 this year. ICANN [c]
Barclays Bank of Kenya has announced its support for the AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA Conference in a partnership that will see the bank host a one-day media workshop aimed to enhance reportage of [c]
Orange Kenya has launched an additional bonus to its loyalty programme, Orange Ziada that is tailor made to suit the individual needs of its 2.3 million subscribers. Speaking during a media briefing, Telkom Kenya chief [c]
The latest edition of the Cisco Virtual Network Index (VNI) released recently indicates that Africa and Middle East will have the highest regional mobile data traffic growth rate with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) [c]
Teachers and students drawn from three East African Community (EAC) member states – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – as well Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria, are set to benefit from a $ 2 million ICT training [c]
Just a few weeks after over 100 Kenya government websites were taken down by an Indonesian student hacker, the Uganda government is the latest victim of the same practice, this time perpetrated by a group [c]
The commercial arm of Emirates Group IT, Mercator partners with USA-based Revenue Technology Services, RTS, have entered a deal to provide integrated cargo revenue management solution for airlines globally. In partnership with USA-based Revenue Technology [c]
Professional bankers and financial services regulators from the East African Community and the COMESA region will have the opportunity to benefit from insights and experiences of the Nigeria Central Bank in the debate on banking [c]
A global study on the habits and priorities of mobile users has shown that those using mobile broadband services frequently are the most likely to switch their operator. Over 40 per cent of the of [c]
Four of Kenya’s IT start-ups – PesaPal, Rupu (a group discount site), Ushahidi mapping software and Sembuse (mobile social networking service) – have been named among the top 20 start-up companies by Forbes Africa magazine. [c]
Efforts to curb increased incidences of cyber crime within Africa’s financial institutions have received a boost with the planned Banking Cyber Security Workshop set for March 23 at Kigali’s Serena Hotel in Rwanda. The one-day [c]
UK-based All Amber has announced partnerships with two organisations – iHub and m:lab East Africa – for its upcoming Mobile Web East Africa 2012, set for February 22 to 23 in Nairbi. As part of [c]
Nokia has announced its plans to make changes in its factories in Komarom (Hungary); Reynosa (Mexico) and Salo (Finland). The measures follow a review of smartphone manufacturing operations that Nokia announced last September and aim [c]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking volunteers who will assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD). “The volunteers [c]
Companies looking to increase sales and make volumes of returns need to adopt the digital marketing concept. This form of marketing that is constantly penetrating the Kenyan market refers to the use of the internet [c]
Huawei and Safaricom have awarded winning android applications for the inaugural inter-universities Huawei Android Applications Challenge (HAAC) under the Telecom Seed for the Future programme. The programme was launched by the two companies and three Kenya-based [c]
In a move meant to spur adoption of e-health services and solutions, the Kenya government has developed a national e-health strategy through the ministry of medical services in order to help enhance health service [c]
The Altech Sameer East Africa Data Centre, otherwise called Kenya Data Network’s (KDN) Data Centre, which has been under construction since 2009, was opened today at the Sameer Business Park along Nairobi’s Mombasa Road. While [c]
The UK-based Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has invited applications developers and organizations to apply for series of technical grants meant for developers in developing countries willing to use ICTs to “repurpose and contextualise research [c]
Nokia, the global mobile phone manufacturer, has announced the launch of a new 12-month warranty program which allows consumers who purchase phones in East Africa, access to after-sales support across the region. The new warranty [c]
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