LG Electronics has announced the appointment of new executives to lead its Mobile Communications unit, Chief Technology Office (CTO) and Global Marketing Center as part of its corporate restructuring been made in order to better [c]
Google has introduced Datally, a simple Android app that helps smartphone users understand, control, and save mobile data. Datally works on all smartphones running on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and the subsequent higher versions. It is [c]
After phasing out the previous myOrange mobile app after the rebrand, Telkom has launched My Telkom, a self-care mobile app, for use on smart phones and other mobile devices. My Telkom app, that will be available [c]
Safaricom has announced the opening of five new retail shops in order to cater to rising demand across the country. In Nairobi, a new Ronald Ngala Shop will serve customers in the Central Business District [c]
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Vera Songwe has called on countries to give female creativity and innovation “all the opportunities required in order to bear fruits and achieve sustainable [c]
Startups focusing on wearable nanotechnology and connected media won top honors at the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge. In partnership with NGP Capital, the Challenge called for ideas, technologies and new business models that will help [c]
Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, was named Best Operator in an Emerging Market at the World Communications Awards (WCA) in London. Now marking its 19th anniversary, the World Communications Awards is one of [c]
Sony has launched a 1.7m tall High Power Audio System MHC-V90DW and a new range of Wireless Noise Cancelling headphones in three style variations – the headband style WH-1000XM2, the behind-the-neck style WI-1000X, and the truly wireless WF-1000X. Taro Kimura, [c]
HMD Global, the vendor of Nokia-branded phones, has announced that Android 8.0 Oreo is now available for the Nokia 8. Those who a Nokia 8 device can latest secure version of Android Oreo, packed with the latest [c]
Kenya is not among the seven countries being covered dotAfrica (.africa) flag roadshow launched at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit. The countries in the roadshow include Tanzania (the only one picked from East Africa), Ethiopia, [c]
By Phil Keeley The growth of mobile devices (there are 4.9 billion unique mobile device users globally) and the use of the cloud to access corporate information from any device and any location have given employees the ability [c]
Fifty-four children from Kisii County and its environs have received specialized training courtesy of the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre (DMI) and Safaricom Foundation. The children aged between two and 18 years were accompanied [c]
By Njeri Wangari The Youth demographic in Sub-Saharan Africa encounter digital advertisements more frequently on a daily basis than any other form of advertisement; Coca – Cola advertisements are the most memorable due to their creativity, [c]
Econet Wireless group is reportedly set to expand its mobile network operations to four additional markets in Africa through the acquisition of Millicom assets, which operates here under the ‘Tigo’ brand. Econet, founded by Zimbabwean [c]
Huawei Technologies is set to launch a global photography campaign aimed at showcasing Kenya from a different perspective through photographs taken from Safaricom’s various base stations across the country. The photographs have been taken Mutua [c]
Cambium Networks has announced a new distribution agreement with BeIP which will further expand its presence across Europe and Africa. Under the agreement, BeIP, a networks and security specialist distributor, will be able to offer Cambium Networks’ entire [c]
Since the previous session of the Special Technical Committee on Communication and ICT which took place in September 2015, key developments have taken place in the sectors of communication and information technology and in the [c]
Kenya’s education sector is currently undergoing a transformation. A new curriculum, which has undergone a pilot in some 470 schools country-wide, with 10 from each of the country’s 47 counties, will replace the current education [c]
BCX, a South Africa-based IT services firm and a subsidiary of Telkom SA, has picked Rapelang Rabana for the role of Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Ms Rabana is currently the CEO of Rekindle Learning, a [c]
We regularly discuss the prevalence, and pure dominance, of phishing attacks and their impact on email security and the world. We’ve previously proclaimed 2016 as having been the year in which phishing went mainstream, and predicted it to [c]
Finally, Safaricom last week launched its e-commerce portal, Masoko, (Swahili for ‘markets’), through which it aims to leverage the mobile phone to provide local merchants with an alternative channel to sell their products online. Masoko, which enables [c]
Towards the end of June this year, we did a post in which we asked Showmax to consider having its various subscription packages to be bundled with data (or internet). This is because subscribing to [c]
Ken Njoroge, the founder and CEO of Cellulant – a mobile payments and digital commerce service solutions provider – is set to be honoured during the African Diaspora Awards (ADA). Also set to be honoured [c]
When it comes to attracting and retaining subscribers with irresistible data bundle offers, the competition among the telcos is definitely between just two – that is Airtel Kenya and Telkom. Of late, whenever Telkom develops [c]
Kaspersky Lab always keeps a very close eye on the changing cyberthreat landscape. Knowledge of past and present makes the future more predictable and allows us to make annual forecasts for various verticals. Today we [c]
BLAZE will hold its fifth Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) regional summit of the year on November 25, 2017 at the Mombasa Sports Club. This is part of the second season of BYOB which has seen [c]
Lumos Mobile Electricity Service has this week deployed its 60,000th Y’ello Box, an at-home solar electricity device that lets users gain access to reliable electricity at an affordable price. The Lumos service is combining the power [c]
Former innovation director and principal technical strategy advisor at Microsoft, Adrian Clarke, is the latest tech star to join forces with Modex, the UK-based blockchain firm developing a smart contract marketplace. In the wave of [c]
Eight teams will take part in the Eastern region finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth tournament to be held on Saturday and Sunday at Embu stadium. Over 190 games were played across the region with 140 teams [c]
It is easy to feel overwhelmed by numerous Black Friday deals seemingly to fall out of the sky. They might be very tempting but not all of them are worth, some might be cyber traps [c]
By Peter Richardson Vodafone has launched four devices under a new IoT brand, V by Vodafone. The devices cover a number of different areas: V-Auto, a dongle that plugs directly to the car’s OBD port; [c]
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