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Month: January 2016

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Kolab Systems, Collabora Productivity partnership to produce first 100% open source, enterprise-grade cloud Office Suite

January 31, 2016 admin 0

Kolab Systems, creators of Kolab, the leading open source groupware and collaboration framework, today announced a partnership with Collabora Productivity, the architects behind LibreOffice Online, the cloud-based office productivity suite. Collabora’s CloudSuite web-based document solution [c]

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2 Kenyan students crowned winners of @iLabAfrica- Waterloo University Agribusiness mobile Tech challenge

January 31, 2016 admin 0

Two Kenyan students who developed agribusiness mobile App ConviFarm are the winners of the top prize for the @iLabAfrica- Waterloo University Agribusiness mobile Tech challenge. Norman Muga of Strathmore University and Mburu Njunge of Kenyatta [c]

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ITU Forum recognizes key role of ICTs in preventing, mitigating disaster impact

January 29, 2016 admin 0

  Over 500 participants from 70 countries attending ITU’s 2nd Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications: Saving Lives (GET2016, Kuwait City, 26-28 January), underscored the importance of ICTs in disaster early warning and response through the launch of [c]

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Hundreds attend Sage’s first African Business Partner Conference in South Africa

January 29, 2016 admin 0

More than 700 Sage Business Partners across Africa gathered at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg for the Sage Business Partner Conference 2016. The conference, featuring keynote presentations from Sage CEO Stephen Kelly and Sage International [c]

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Airtel’s Africa subsidiaries record growth in data users, revenues in Q3 2015

January 29, 2016 admin 0

Bharti Airtel’s subsidiaries in Africa recorded growth in revenues, data consumers as well as data ARPUs according to the firm’s audited consolidated IFRS results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2015. According to the [c]

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Opera Max app to help Africa’s Android users save data while streaming video

January 28, 2016 admin 0

Opera has introduced the Opera Max, a free VPN app that helps Android users in Africa manage and save data on streaming video, audio and photo-rich apps through both mobile and Wi-Fi connections. Opera Max [c]

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KeNIC moves serves to East Africa Data Centre, targets 1 million .ke domain registrations

January 28, 2016 admin 1

More than 50,000 websites with the .ke domain name will now have their businesses connected globally, quickly and securely following a partnership between Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC) and the East Africa Data Centre (EADC) [c]

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Publicis Groupe to fund 90 digital startups as it marks 90th anniversary

January 28, 2016 admin 0

Global communications firm Publicis Groupe has announced its intention to offer funding and mentorship to 90 digital startups as it celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. The owner of Saatchi & Saatchi and Starcom Mediavest Group is [c]

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WorldRemit, MTN Group partnership to enable instant mobile money transfers to Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia customers

January 28, 2016 admin 0

WorldRemit and MTN Group have announced that WorldRemit customers can now send money instantly to MTN Mobile Money wallets in Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia.  The launch follows the signing of a global partnership agreement earlier [c]

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Kisumu’s LakeHub seeking $5,000 to fund its activities   

January 28, 2016 admin 0

Kisumu’s LakeHub – a technology innovation hub which provides open working spaces for entrepreneurs, technologists, investors and makers – has launched an online fundraising with a target of US $ 5,000. The campaign, launched yesterday [c]

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Mark Zuckerberg: Our community now has more than 1.59 billion people

January 28, 2016 admin 0

Facebook has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015 where it reported several milestones in terms of growth of user names as well as revenues. Commenting on the [c]

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Nailab holds its first VC carousel

January 28, 2016 admin 0

Nailab yesterday held its first ever VC carousel in order to create of a direct link between startups and investors. The first of its kind among local incubators and accelerators, the carousel saw entrepreneurs who [c]

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President Magufuli sacks Tanzania’s National Identification officials over expenditure of US $ 82 million

January 27, 2016 admin 0

President John Magufuli has sacked National Identification Authority (NIDA) Director General Dickson Maimu and suspended four other officials from the organisation. According to an article in the Citizen, the NIDA officials were sent packing following [c]

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ICANN55 finally goes to Morocco after ICANN52 was moved over Ebola fears

January 27, 2016 admin 1

Morocco’s capital city Marrakech is set to host the ICANN55 meeting in March this year, over a year after the global body in charge of the internet decided to move the venue of its ICANN52 [c]

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Huawei, HiPipo partner to honor Uganda’s musicians

January 27, 2016 admin 0

  Huawei has partnered with HiPipo to honor the Ugandan Music fraternity through the fourth edition of the prestigious HiPipo Music Awards. The awards that started in 2013, aim at appreciating and promoting Ugandan Music [c]

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Travelport, Jambojet in multi-year global full content agreement deal

January 27, 2016 admin 0

Travelport, a global Travel Commerce Platform, has announced a new multi-year, global full content agreement with Jambojet Ltd. Jambojet is also connecting to Travelport’s Universal API technology and is the first carrier in Sub-Saharan Africa [c]

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Airtel Kenya now engages Tell-Em to manage its PR affairs  

January 27, 2016 admin 0

Kenya’s subsidiary of the Bharti Airtel Group, Airtel Kenya, has appointed Tell-EM PR to act as its communications and PR agency in the country. The move to appoint Tell-Em PR comes just weeks after the [c]

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Safaricom’s M-Pesa subscribers can now access statements free of charge via email

January 27, 2016 admin 0

Safaricom  has announced a new service that allow M-PESA customers to access monthly statements free of charge via email. The service is one of the enhancements made possible to the system following the relocation of [c]

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Sage Foundation launches in Africa, supports Little Rose Centre in South Africa

January 27, 2016 admin 0

The Little Rose Centre is a safe haven for vulnerable children from the Kliptown informal settlement community. Started over 20 years ago using a double decker bus, the centre now has five colourful containers used [c]

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SILK smartphone – Here to stir up the patriot in Kenyans

January 26, 2016 admin 3

Let’s go round the continent, in an anti-clockwise direction, seeking to identify locally assembled smartphones, or just mobile phones for that matter. Here we go… The Nigerians in 2012 launched their SOLO phone brand to [c]

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TESPOK rebrands, replaces ‘telecoms’ with ‘technology’ in its name

January 26, 2016 admin 0

Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK) rebranded in the last quarter of 2015 from Telecommunications Service Providers of Kenya. The decision to drop the Telecommunications and take up Technology is driven by the vision of [c]

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Equity Bank partners with Entersekt to guard digital channels

January 26, 2016 admin 0

Nairobi-headquartered Equity Group Holding’s banking subsidiary, Equity Bank, has selected Entersekt’s mobile-based, multi-factor authentication products, Transakt and Interakt, to boost the security of its online banking, mobile banking, and payments product set. Entersekt, a provider [c]

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Intel’s new online learning platform to empower Kenya’s women and girls

January 26, 2016 admin 0

Intel has launched an online learning platform –Intel She Will Connect – My Digital Journey–aimed at providing an opportunity for women to learn, connect and share online. My Digital Journey is a web-based application with [c]

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January 26, 2016 admin 0

Kenya has in the past decade seen a growth in incomes with more people joining the middle class which has in time led to a change in lifestyle and behavior. Over this period the growing [c]

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Kenya ranks 51 out of 56 countries in ITIF’s study on how domestic policies support worldwide innovation

January 26, 2016 admin 0

Here’s some not very pleasant news for the country’s ICT industry: Kenya ranks 51st in how its domestic policies support worldwide innovation, according to an analysis released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a [c]

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World Bank’s #Blog4Dev contest seeking innovative ideas from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda youth

January 25, 2016 admin 0

Youth from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda have until Sunday January 31 to submit their entries for the World Bank’s #Blog4Dev contest through which the bank seeks to get the youth within the 18 – 28 [c]

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Airtel Kenya introduces new UnlimiNet 20 daily bundle

January 25, 2016 admin 0

Airtel Kenya has introduced a new “UnlimiNet 20 bundle” (#UnlimiNET20), that is the most affordable bundled offer for voice, SMS and data on the Airtel Kenya network. The launch of “UnlimiNet 20” bundle demonstrates the [c]

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a hot button issue as of late

January 23, 2016 admin 0

Last week while watching behind the scenes video of one of East Africans most coveted male artists Diamond Platnumz, I remember the excitement we had on noticing the different audio visual equipment employed into making [c]

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KoTDA, Nol-Turesh Water Company partner to ensure efficient supply of water to Konza Techno City

January 23, 2016 admin 0

Investors at Konza Techno City will access clean water whose supply has been guaranteed by Tanathi Water Services Board. This follows an agreement signed between Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) and Nol-Turesh Loitoktok Water and [c]

Analysis & Features

Upsurge in Kenya’s courier shipments driven by growth in e-commerce

January 23, 2016 admin 0

On the parking lot outside Africa Internet Express (AIX) warehouse in Nairobi’s Baba Ndogo estate, close to twenty semi-trailer trucks, a hundred motorcycles decorated with logos of different companies providing courier services wait to be [c]

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KFC, Ocean Basket partner with Hellofood to sell food online in Kenya

January 23, 2016 admin 0

Kenya’s most popular chicken restaurant chain, KFC and South Africa’s chain of sea food restaurant, Ocean Basket have partnered with Hellofood to sell food online. Hellofood will now deliver food bought from the two restaurants [c]

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