New figures released today by ITU confirm strong sustained demand for information and communication technology (ICT) services, with uptake spurred by a steady fall in the price of broadband Internet. ITU’s The World in 2013: [c]
The Nokia Asha 305 has won a GSMA Global Mobile Award for ‘Best Feature Phone or Entry Level Phone’ during Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. The Nokia Asha 305 edged out two other [c]
Philips Electronics has launched “Fabric of Africa” – a collaborative campaign to drive public-private partnerships and to improve healthcare access across the continent. The main intention of the campaign is to develop meaningful partnerships with [c]
Nokia has announced that Nokia Life, its popular mobile services for high growth markets, will launch in Kenya. Continuing on its path to connect ‘the next billion and beyond’, Nokia Life services will be available [c]
The use of mobile technology has helped financial services company, Old Mutual Kenya (OMK) to increase its sales to customers aged between 25 to 34 years. Isaac Maluki, OMK’s Research and Development Manager, said since [c]
In order to ensure that consumers are guaranteed of quality user-experience whenever they purchase a new handset or device in the increasingly competitive global market, Ericsson has introduced its Device and Application Verification service help [c]
Afroes has launched its Haki: Chaguo Ni Lako mobile phone game at the just-ended Mobile Web East Africa 2013 conference in Nairobi. Haki: Chaguo Ni Lako or Justice: The Choice is Yours, is a mobile [c]
Nokia has confirmed sponsorship of the“Best New Blog” category at the upcoming BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards, the annual awards ceremony that recognizes excellence amongst bloggers which is set for Saturday May 4 at the Southern [c]
Safaricom has entered into a partnership with KCB Group which will see M-PESA agents benefit from a Kshs. 1.5 billion unsecured loan facility dubbed “M-PESA AGENT MKOPO NA KCB.”. In the new proposition, M-PESA agents [c]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa with the ultimate goal being to facilitate wider public access to official statistics and to support countries [c]
Mi-Fone mobile phones are now available at one of Kenya’s photography chain stores Fuji Colorama. The collaboration between Mi-Fone and Fuji Colorama is aimed to enable the latter to offer customers more complimentary products from [c]
Tigo Tanzania has been named among the top global socially devoted brands on Facebook in a report issued by SocialBakers on the 7th of February 2013, covering a study on the world’s top 10 socially [c]
Ericsson has provided the network infrastructure and services to bring voice and data communications to the Millennium Village Project (MVP) in Koraro located in a remote part of northern Ethiopia. With access to 3G connectivity [c]
Safaricom subscribers will from today – Sunday February 17, 2013 – launch Internet Sambaza, a service that enables customers to share data across devices including peer to peer transfers. The new proposition is fashioned around [c]
Microsoft has launched the YouthSpark programme, a global initiative that aims to create opportunities for 300 million youth in more than 100 countries during the next three years. The company-wide initiative includes Corporate Social Investment [c]
Ericsson has announced winners of the Apps for African City Life Competition. Team Shinsekai from Senegal won first prize for developing an app that aims to support environmental sanitation and hygiene development in cities. [c]
Safaricom is the latest corporate organization to lend its support to the AITEC “Finance for Your Future”- (FYF) expo slated for the 14th to the 16th of February at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre Nairobi. [c]
Mr Chris Mugambi, a Nairobi-based medical doctor, has won Kshs 600,000 in the first DStv Rewards draw done today at the Nairobi Incubation Laborotary, popularly called NaiLab in Nairobi. DStv Rewards is a Subscriber Incentive [c]
Airtel Kenya has unveiled a new Airtel Xpress at the ground floor of Commerce House, Moi Avenue, in Nairobi. The unveiling of the new Airtel Xpress outlet comes with the promise of superior quality customer [c]
MultiChoice Africa is giving away cash prizes to its subscribers through the newly revamped “DStv Rewards” promotion – which is worth Kshs 6 million – to thank users for their loyalty to the brand. In [c]
Africa and Middle East are expected to have some 849,226,090 mobile users by 2017 according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2012 to 2017. The expected steady increase [c]
Telkom Kenya-Orange has launched a sales offer for its customers during this Valentine’s season. Starting from Monday February 11, 2013, specific mobile phones and data devices will be on offer at discounted prices. Orange’s Chief [c]
Remu deposit taking micro finance institution (DTM), will leverage on PesaPoint’s ATM and Point of Sale network to enhance its geographic spread and efficiency in service delivery by affording its clients access to their cash [c]
Samsung consumers can now get a free decoder for every purchase of a television set enabling them enjoy the benefits of digital TV immediately. Speaking during the launch of the “digital migration” consumer promotion, Samsung’s [c]
Software maker Microsoft and China’s Huawei are set to launch the Huawei 4Afrika – a full functionality Windows Phone 8 smartphone which comes pre-loaded with select applications designed for local conditions – in Kenya later [c]
Telkom Kenya-Orange customers will be able to talk more for less during the valentine month and beyond, thanks to a bonus airtime top up promotion the company launched for its mobile pre-paid customers last evening. [c]
Samsung has agreed to partner with Kenya’s online publishers by taking up sponsorship of the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) blog awards, an annual award that recognizes best practices amongst bloggers. Confirming the sponsorship, Samsung Electronics [c]
K-NET, an African telecoms company offering triple-play service – voice, data and video services – across sub-Saharan Africa has announced the launch of a new range of broadband internet service packages which offer businesses and [c]
IBM has announced a partnership with three of Kenyan universities – JKUAT; Stratthmore and Riara – to create an advanced educational and training environment in an effort to meet the growing demand for highly skilled [c]
(This is a guest post) Individuals of all age groups and different walks of life around the world use cell phones these days. Cell phones have revolutionized the way of communication with text messages, voice [c]
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