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Month: September 2017

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Huawei solution wins innovation award at World Intelligent Vehicle Conference 2017

September 30, 2017 admin 0

Huawei’s Connected Car solution, developed on its OceanConnect IoT platform, was honored with ‘Best IoV Innovation’ Award at the World Intelligent Vehicle Conference 2017, one of the most professional globalized conferences. The award recognizes Huawei’s [c]

Analysis & Features

IFS acquires WorkWave, makes it to Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management

September 30, 2017 admin 0

By Mark Brewe A few moments ago, a press release was issued announcing that IFS has acquired WorkWave. This is the biggest acquisition IFS has ever made, and demonstrates our commitment and appetite to grow in the Service market. [c]

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Sophia Bekele, DCA founder, emphasizes role of digital connectivity at UNESCO forum

September 30, 2017 admin 0

Sophia Bekele, founder of the Dot Connect Africa Trust (DCA), was among the invited speakers at the International and August bodies of UNESCO’s Third International Conference on Learning Cities to address the importance of Life Long learning, [c]

Analysis & Features

3 variants of banking trojans extensively used by cybercriminals in August – Check Point Software Technologies

September 30, 2017 admin 0

Check Point Software Technologies recently revealed that banking trojans were extensively used by cyber-criminals during August, with three variants appearing in the company’s latest Global Threat Impact Index. The Zeus, Ramnit and Trickbot banking trojans [c]

CSR

Mauritius partners with India to give PCs to primary school students from January 2018

September 29, 2017 admin 0

Children at primary schools in Mauritius are to be given PC tablets as part of a major initiative co-sponsored by the Government of India. Speaking at the opening session of eLearning Africa on September 27, [c]

Analysis & Features

New malware exploiting Microsoft web server vulnerability to mine Monero – ESET

September 29, 2017 admin 0

ESET urges Windows Server 2003 users to apply security updates to avoid falling victim to the latest cryptocurrency miner attack ESET has discovered a new threat whereby attackers infected vulnerable Windows web servers with a [c]

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Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade in multi-year deal to jointly develop and market cybersecurity solutions

September 29, 2017 admin 0

Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade have announced that they’ll be collaborating in a multiyear, multimillion-dollar agreement to develop, integrate and bring to market enhanced cyberdefense solutions to help clients better detect, investigate and respond to cyberthreats. [c]

Analysis & Features

Cryptocurrency – Taking stock of Bitcoin wallets

September 29, 2017 admin 0

It took a few years from when Bitcoin first emerged for people to truly understand that. Of course that’s not true of the small community of people who were deeply interested in it from the [c]

News

Redesigned Nokia 3310 model – 3310 3G – to be here in mid October, cost Kshs 8,400

September 28, 2017 admin 0

HMD Global, the vendor of Nokia phones, has introduced the Nokia 3310 3G. The new device in 3310 range comes with new colours and a new user interface that lets users pick a theme to suit [c]

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Wafacash, WorldRemit expand money transfer deal to cover more West and Central African countries

September 28, 2017 admin 0

Morocco-based financial services company Wafacash has expanded its partnership with digital money transfer provider WorldRemit to offer instant money transfers across West and Central Africa. The companies already work together in Morocco and Senegal, but will expand into [c]

Analysis & Features

5 female tech industry execs in ‘Top 50 Female Champions of Women in Business’ list

September 28, 2017 admin 0

Five female tech industry leaders have been named in the Financial Times’ ‘Top 50 Female Champions of Women in Business’ list. Among the five leaders is Wendy Murphy, LinkedIn’s Senior HR Director for Africa, Middle East and [c]

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Retoria enters online retail industry, promises Kenyans wider product choice

September 28, 2017 admin 0

Retoria will give Kenyan shoppers options to buy over five thousand products at affordable prices Retoria online shopping has announced that it will give its customers the option to shop from a wide range of products [c]

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Multichoice’s new package – GOtv MAX – to be accessible to clients from October 1

September 28, 2017 admin 1

This coming Sunday – October 1, 2017 – Multichoice Kenya will introduce a new GOtv package called GOtv MAX for its subscribers as it strives to avail more quality content at great value to clients. [c]

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Showmax, DStv Digital mull over possible merger, creation of new digital unit in Africa

September 28, 2017 admin 0

MultiChoice staff in South Africa were early this month informed – through an internal memo – that Showmax Africa is set to merge operations with DStv Digital Media, a move that will result in the [c]

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DEMO Africa unveils names of 35 shortlisted startups, South Africans, Nigerians dominate list

September 28, 2017 admin 0

DEMO Africa has unveiled a list of 35 companies that have been shortlisted from an original pool of 956 applications from 29 African countries that will undergo the final vetting to launch their products at [c]

Analysis & Features

Huawei shares insights on Africa’s mobile payments, financial inclusion scene at IFCFI

September 28, 2017 admin 0

Huawei, as a partner of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Level One Project (LOP) initiative, was invited to participate at the International Forum for China Financial Inclusion (IFCFI) to share its insights and experience [c]

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Online and mobile advertisers to lose $19 billion to fraud in 2018, $51 million per day

September 28, 2017 admin 0

A new report from Juniper Research has found that advertisers will lose an estimated US $19 billion to fraudulent activities next year, equivalent to US $51 million per day. This figure, representing advertising on online and mobile [c]

BLOG

nRansom: Ransomware that blocks your PC, then demands your nudes, not money

September 28, 2017 admin 0

By John Snow Ransomware has been called the scourge of the Internet for quite a while. It’s really one of the twenty-first century’s main cyberthreats, and recently it has taken … quite a turn. Researchers [c]

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St. Francis Community Hospital partners with Liquid Telecom for internet, moves to tele-radiology

September 27, 2017 admin 0

St. Francis Community Hospital, a faith-based Level 4 hospital in Kasarani, Nairobi, has moved to tele-radiology technology to cut waiting times and costs for X-rays and CT scans by getting real-time expert diagnoses from images that are [c]

BLOG

FIRST & EXCLUSIVE: Here are 9 series that are first and only on Showmax

September 27, 2017 admin 0

Looking for something different, something you’ve never tried before? Of course you are. You’ve come to the right place: these nine award-winning, critically acclaimed and fan favourite series are only available on Showmax. You’ll find [c]

BLOG

Tips on how consumers can become a savvy savers using a basic plan

September 27, 2017 admin 0

Many young adults in Africa do not have the basic skills needed to handle their personal finance skills, with the importance of saving often overlooked. Saving is a vital ingredient in the recipe for financial [c]

BLOG

The most common lies of security awareness training companies

September 27, 2017 admin 0

By Eyal Benishti Security Awareness Training We’ve written a lot this past year on employee security awareness training, including how to measure ROI; how it must work in tandem with machine learning technology to maximize effectiveness and, most importantly, [c]

News

Maisha Microfinance, Airtel Kenya launch M-Fanisi, a new mobile savings and loan service

September 27, 2017 admin 2

Maisha Microfinance Bank has partnered with Airtel Money to launch MFanisi, a savings and loan mobile money service that offers registered Airtel Money subscribers an avenue to access cash while receiving the most competitive interest [c]

News

NASA accuses Safaricom of manipulating elections, telco says it discharged contract within the law

September 27, 2017 admin 0

Safaricom’s name has now been drawn into alleged electoral malpractices surrounding the August 8 general elections in Kenya. In a statement issued on September 25 and titled “AUGUST ELECTIONS WAS A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY BY JUBILEE, [c]

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Jumia Black Friday sale to begin on November 13, continue for a month

September 26, 2017 admin 0

The 2017 edition of the Jumia Black Friday sale will begin from November 13 and run for a month. The decision to extend the promo period to a month was reached following an online survey [c]

CSR

Liberia procures monitoring stations from LS telecom to boost communication infrastructure

September 26, 2017 admin 0

LS telcom, a vendor of spectrum management and spectrum monitoring solutions, has announced the installation of multiple LS OBSERVER sensor-based monitoring stations for the Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA). The purchase of the systems was facilitated [c]

CSR

58 students graduate from Samsung Electronics Engineering Academy in Nairobi

September 26, 2017 admin 0

A class of 58 students have graduated from the Samsung Electronics Engineering Academy this week. The successful group of graduates from key technical colleges and universities across the country have been awarded certificates, having successfully completed [c]

News

Youtap launches Cloud service for real-time transaction processing of payments

September 26, 2017 admin 0

Youtap has launched Youtap Cloud, a payment processing platform delivered as a cloud service for mobile money and payment providers in developing markets. Youtap Cloud enables real-time transaction processing for contactless mobile money and bank [c]

News

Ethiopia government in mobile phone registration drive to curb smuggling, fraud

September 26, 2017 admin 0

The Ethiopian government, through the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (MCIT), has embarked on the process of registering new mobile phones getting into the country. The device registeration, which began mid this month, is [c]

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Usalama app wins Nairobi edition of HiiL 2017 BoostCamp

September 25, 2017 admin 0

Usalama is the 2017 winner of Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) 2017 Boostcamp. The 2017 BoostCamp attracted 8 shortlisted innovators for the justice sector with Usalama making the strongest case among the six [c]

News

Jumia invests in Express service to enable next-day delivery in Nairobi, Kenya

September 24, 2017 admin 0

Jumia customers will now enjoy faster delivery time when ordering online through the “Jumia Express” service (formerly called “Jumia First”). All products on the site with a Jumia Express logo will be delivered next day [c]

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