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Month: March 2016

Analysis & Features

Google searches reveal interests, concerns of different demographic groups

March 31, 2016 admin 0

Researchers have found that data on Google searches could provide insight into the interests and concerns of different demographic groups. The study by academics at Warwick Business School, UK, found that while internet users in [c]

CSR

Mombasa-based SwahiliPOT to provide tech, cultural enthusiasts platform to develop projects

March 31, 2016 admin 0

Mombasa’s technology and cultural community is set to benefit from SwahiliPOT, a new innovation hub thanks to a partnership between SEACOM, Cisco Systems and the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). The project, which is the [c]

News

DRC’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila wins 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature, pockets $ 16,950

March 30, 2016 admin 0

Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila was on Saturday, 19th March 2016 announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his first novel, Tram 83.Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated [c]

News

Get upto 80% discounts from April 5 – 7 at Jumia Kenya’s 3rd anniversary sale

March 30, 2016 admin 0

Jumia is celebrating its third anniversary with discounts for its customers between 5 and 7 April. Jumia opened its Kenyan operations in March 2013 with a paltry workforce of four employees in an apartment office. Three years [c]

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Kenya-based loan app Branch secures $9.2 million from Andreessen Horowitz to fund Africa expansion

March 30, 2016 admin 0

Mobile-based financial services company Branch has raised a Series A equity funding round of US $9.6 million, as it positions itself for further growth and expansion into new markets. The funding will allow for the [c]

News

Strathmore Law School to host an East Africa Innovating Justice event

March 30, 2016 admin 0

HiiL Innovating Justice in collaboration with Strathmore Law School will host an Innovating Justice event in Nairobi to gauge the readiness of East Africa for Justice Technology. The event which is set to take place [c]

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Joint Huawei, Siemens solution passes interoperability testing in France

March 29, 2016 admin 0

Huawei has announced that Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) over Long Term Evolution (LTE) joint solution validation on which Huawei and Siemens collaborated passed the interoperability testing in France at the end of 2015. During [c]

News

Mahindra Comviva upgrades its PreTUPS electronic recharge and prepaid management solution

March 29, 2016 admin 0

Mahindra Comviva has announced the launch of PreTUPS 6.4, a smarter and advanced version of its widely deployed electronic recharge and prepaid management solution. PreTUPS is already deployed by over 55 mobile operators in more [c]

Analysis & Features

The “Dark Net” should be shut down – CIGI, Ipsos survey

March 29, 2016 admin 0

Whether it be child abuse imagery, the purchase of illegal narcotics or planning an assassination, a growing amount of the world’s criminal activity takes place on a part of the Internet known as the “Dark [c]

BLOG

How can MNOs make up for being 10 years behind in e-commerce?

March 29, 2016 admin 0

By Bora Kizil and Julien Muller Analytics, predictions, recommendations and customisation are some of the innovations used in e-commerce since the 1990s to sell the right service to the right customer. Some VOD players in the [c]

News

Winner of Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation to pocket US $35,750

March 29, 2016 admin 0

The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation – which encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges – is receiving applications till June 30, 2016. The [c]

News

Prof Neil Turok donates $ 10,000 prize money to African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

March 29, 2016 admin 0

The 2016 winner of the American Institute of Physics’ John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics, Prof. Neil Turok, announced that he is donating the monetary portion of the award, a US $10,000 [c]

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Countries not extending sufficient support to young entrepreneurs – Anzisha survey

March 29, 2016 admin 0

The Anzisha Youth Entrepreneurship Survey is based on an emailed questionnaire answered by a selection of young entrepreneurs within the 15 to 25 age group, and located across the African continent. The survey focused on [c]

News

Liquid Telecom Kenya now unveils mobile app to help you find it’s 350 free WiFi zones

March 29, 2016 admin 0

Liquid Telecom Kenya, which is investing US $1 million in 2016 in hundreds of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Kenya, has launched an app mapping the more than 350 free Wi-Fi hotspots it has installed so [c]

Analysis & Features

Powerful cartel behind blogger defaming National Bank of Kenya (NBK)

March 29, 2016 admin 2

By Guest Author  “Treasury and a cartel is frustrating a professional team that has delivered under very difficult circumstances and that could have done better if Treasury had in the least, approved the rights issue [c]

News

World Bank announces East Africa winners of 2016 #Blog4Dev contest

March 28, 2016 admin 0

The World Bank recently announced the winners of its 2016 edition of the #Blog4Dev contest from the 1,300 applications submitted by entrants from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. The youth drawn from the three countries – [c]

News

APO inks deal to distribute AfricaCom 2016 press releases

March 28, 2016 admin 0

Informa Telecoms & Media has announced that APO will be the Official Newswire of AfricaCom 2016, Africa‘s leading telecoms event set for Cape Town, South Africa from November 15 – 17, 2016. AfricaCom, the biggest and best tech [c]

News

Huawei deploys Etisalat Egypt’s first live traffic application of Super Dual Band

March 28, 2016 admin 0

Etisalat Egypt (Misr) and Huawei have announced the completion of the world’s first live traffic application of the innovative microwave solution “Super Dual Band” with throughput more than 6Gbps in mobile backhaul in Alexandria region, [c]

News

Energy and Environment Programme to fund Early-stage and Market-ready projects from East, Southern Africa

March 27, 2016 admin 0

The Energy and Environment Partnership Programme with Southern and East Africa (EEP S&EA) is seeking high-quality applications for projects in the two regions that can contribute to the reduction of poverty by promoting inclusive and [c]

News

Reggae fans can now access Bob Marley’s music via mobile app

March 27, 2016 admin 0

  Bob Marley fans from all over the world can now listen to his wide collection of music for free exclusively on the official Bob Marley Music app. The Bob Marley Music mobile app, was [c]

Events Noticeboard

Mahindra Comviva to showcase mobile data innovations at Berlin conference

March 27, 2016 admin 0

Mahindra Comviva, a provider of mobility solutions, is set to showcase its new innovations at the upcoming 6th Annual Policy Control conference to be held in Berlin, on April 5 – 6, 2016. At the conference, Mahindra Comviva [c]

News

There’s strong correlation between physical addressing and e-commerce growth – CA boss

March 25, 2016 admin 0

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has kicked off a process that would see Kenya have a robust addressing plan that is billed to greatly boost e-commerce and other services. The CA met stakeholders recently [c]

Analysis & Features

Global smartphone demand rose but revenues dipped due to price declines in 2015 – GfK

March 25, 2016 admin 0

Global smartphone demand hit 368 million units in Q4 2015, up 14 percent quarter-on-quarter and up six percent year-on-year. However, revenues plateaued year-on-year at US $115 billion due to average selling price (ASP) declines of [c]

News

Latest update of Oxford Dictionary iOS app helps users practice their pronunciation

March 25, 2016 admin 0

Paragon Software Group, a multi-platform software developer for mobile devices and desktop computers, has released the latest update of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary iOS app, developed by Oxford University Press, considered the world’s authority [c]

News

JKUAT’s Gabriel Mbiti crowned winner of Nairobi County Capital Markets University Challenge

March 25, 2016 admin 0

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has awarded a prize of Kshs 150,000 for investment in listed securities to Gabriel Mbiti from JKUAT as the winner of the just concluded Nairobi County Capital Markets University Challenge.  The Challenge, which has been running [c]

Events Noticeboard

Kisumu’s LakeHub to host Fishackathon 2016

March 24, 2016 admin 0

Kisumu’s LakeHub has been selected by US State Department to host Fishackathon 2016, a public-private partnership that aims to capitalize on the expansion of mobile phone and internet use across the developing world to address [c]

News

Nakumatt to reward its branded debit card users in Easter promo

March 24, 2016 admin 0

Nakumatt Holdings has rolled out a Kshs 17 million customer reward programme with a grand prize chance for five families to win themselves an all-expense paid trip to Denmark. In conjunction with global toymaker, Lego [c]

News

Visa enters Somalia through partnership with Premier Bank

March 24, 2016 admin 0

Visa has partnered with Somalia’s Premier Bank as part of a wider strategic agreement to strengthen formal banking services in Somalia. As a first step the agreement signed between the two parties will enable Visa [c]

BLOG

Madagascar – Exotic internet developments

March 24, 2016 admin 0

By Michuki Mwangi The 17th of March 2016 will be long remembered a special day in the Internet history books of Madagascar as the “Journée de l’Internet” or “Internet Day”. To most people Madagascar is [c]

News

Oracle, Microsoft executives appointed to boards of Kenya’s parastatals

March 24, 2016 admin 0

Oracle and Microsoft executives – Ronald Osumba and Betty Addero Radier – are among the beneficiaries of the recent government appointments to various boards of parastatals in the country. Oracle Kenya’s Head of Public Sector [c]

News

MIT tops global university rankings in computer science, linguistics and most engineering disciplines

March 24, 2016 admin 0

The sixth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, released this week on TopUniversities.com, features a record-breaking 42 disciplines, making it the largest-ever ranking of its kind. Harvard and MIT take the joint [c]

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Joel Chacha, the GM and Chief Strategist at Tell-Em, named among judges for 2023 PRWeek Global Awards

Friends and advice greatly determine people’s purchase decisions. Not Influencers.

Ogilvy in deal with Savannah Labs to develop Web3.0 solutions for brands and marketers in Africa

Idea Hive taps Muruiki Murunge as MD as it expands operations into East Africa

Ogilvy PR picks Rahul Titus to head new Business Influence unit

Ogilvy Africa wins Statue at London International Awards, a first for a Kenya-based PR firm

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Lesso Lessons, a Roto Tanks project, wins 3 prizes at Loeries Africa and Middle East Grand Prix

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Cybersecurity Bulletin:

Almost 50% of cryptocurrency users fear losing money due to volatility, and no longer use digital currencies

ChatGPT: The impact will be social, not technical

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Staff in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey fear that a cyberattack may disrupt robotised production for weeks

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StrongPity APT group’s espionage campaign targets Android users with trojanized Telegram app

BlueNoroff, an APT actor, adopts new malware techniques under guise of VC funds as it renews attacks

Sophos ranks top in the Omdia Universe report for comprehensive XDR solutions

Despite being prone to cyberattacks, employees believe robots can control city transport and logistics

Five healthy digital habits for 2023 from Kaspersky

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With Africa set to become next global tech hub, here’s what it could mean for industries across the board

AVA to assemble BasiGo’s electric-powered buses for Nairobi PSV operators

mTek partners with Kyosk.app and Fin Africa to offer digital insurance services to over 100,000 retail outlets

AFEX names new management changes as it expands operations to Uganda

Kenya Association of Music Producers granted CMO license by KECOBO

LG rolls out color changing fridge with upto 190,000 possible color combinations

Almost 50% of cryptocurrency users fear losing money due to volatility, and no longer use digital currencies

Top 5 data privacy trends that will rule 2023

Epson partners with dry Fibre Technologies to create designer recycled clothes

Kenyan fintech Kyanda Africa among 11 startups picked for Cohort 3 of Africa Startup Initiative Program




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