The director of the ICT, Science & Technology Division of the Addis Ababa-based United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA) Dr Aida Opoku-Mensah has been bestowed with the ‘Geospatial World Leadership Award for Making a [c]
AccessKenya Group has launched a new dynamic and interactive website in a renewed bid to scale up online interactivity with its customers and internet users as it continues to focus on growing its online presence [c]
MobiKash is counting on a deal signed with PesaPoint Limited, Kenya’s largest independent ATM network, to replicate the success of rivals M-PESA and Airtel Money in providing its customers the critical 24 hour service availability. The [c]
Bob Collymore, the Safaricom chief executive, has been named by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, to the UN Global Compact Board, a voluntary initiative aimed at recognizing businesses committed to adopting sustainable and socially-responsible policies. [c]
Bharti Airtel, a global telecom services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced the appointment of Shivan Bhargava as managing director for its Kenyan operation. Shivan was previously the firm’s Chief [c]
Cisco has launched the first Africa Women Initiative, that targets young talented women at college and universities who have already shown motivation, talent and are potentially successful in their local environments, but in need of [c]
Here’s an announcement from the country’s second largest mobile network operator in terms of subscriber numbers, Airtel Kenya, which will make those with un-used and idle Airtel SIM cards to dust them up and connect [c]
Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones, is set to introduce a series of updates to its apps store over the coming days to make it easier for users to stay connected with [c]
Safaricom will double the number of its Mobile Phone internet users from 4 million to 8 million by the end of this year, according to the firm’s general manager for consumer business unit (CBU) Peter [c]
Nokia has announced that Orange UK will be the first operator to stock its Near Field Communication (NFC) version of the recently-launched Nokia Lumia 610, the most affordable smartphone in the Lumia range and [c]
The Government of Rwanda has launched the Rwanda Innovation Endowment Fund (RIEF) to fund research and development in innovative market-oriented processes and products in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) [c]
As part of inflight entertainment improvements, Emirates has announced the launch of a new, enhanced, Graphical User Interface (GUI) developed by Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic). The new GUI will make accessing Emirates’ inflight entertainment system, ice Digital Widescreen, [c]
Vodacom Tanzania customers can expect huge roaming savings when travelling to 9 African countries where Vodacom and its various affiliates operate. These countries include South Africa (Vodacom), Mozambique (Vodacom), Lesotho (Vodacom), DRC Congo (Vodacom), Ghana (Vodafone), [c]
Less than a month after she left Orange Kenya as deputy chief executive, Ms Jane Karuku has now joined the Koffi Annan-founded Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) as the new President according to [c]
Safaricom and Qualcomm have announced the launch of an ‘experiential tour’ for 3G products and services in Kenya which will take place from April 14 to June 31. The roadshow will allow consumers to test-drive [c]
Essar Telecom Kenya’s (ETK) yuMobile has unveiled a new day and night calling offer that will see its subscribers enjoy extended talk time all day and night, allowing the network’s subscribers who already enjoy free [c]
The US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that it will on April 30 announce the names of people, institutions and corporates that had applied for specific new generic top-level domains [c]
Kenya’s corporate news distribution service, PRAlerts, has launched a mobile application for journalists and media to receive real time announcements from all of the country’s leading PR agencies and corporate. PRAlerts has quickly emerged as [c]
LG Electronics has been awarded for its energy conservation and environmental sustainability efforts at the 2011 Energy Management Awards (EMA) presided over by Kenya’s energy minister Kiraitu Murungi. The LG Air Conditioning Academy was recognized [c]
Telkom Orange has announced that it will from today midnight (00:00hrs) till 3am undertake a system upgrade on its mobile platform, during which times various services for subscribers in Nairobi and adjacent areas. A statement [c]
Google has announced that it’s set to give $ 350,000 (Kshs 28 million) to Nairobi-based Innovation Hub (or *iHub) and Kenya Education Network (KENET) to help strengthen an independent internet community. The contribution will enable both organisations to expand [c]
The Broadband Commission for Digital Development has named eight new Commissioners drawn from technology leaders and development champions from around the world, according to a media release sent out on April 2. The new Commissioners are: Dr [c]
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