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Month: February 2018

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Sophos Mobile 8 launched, allows users to secure corporate, personal devices on the network

February 27, 2018 admin 0

Sophos has announced Sophos Mobile 8, the latest version of its Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and mobile security solution. The new version lets system administrators manage and secure corporate-owned and personal Mac, Windows, and mobile endpoints in [c]

Analysis & Features

Fintech firms increasingly using digital technology to score loan applicants

February 27, 2018 admin 0

More than 2.5 billion people around the world – many of them in Africa – lack formal identification that enables them to access to financial and government services, according to the United Nations and the ID2020 [c]

News

Artificial Intelligence technologies boost capabilities of cyber threat actors

February 27, 2018 admin 0

In response to cyber defenders’ increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, malicious actors started discussing their potential application for criminal use. Research from Control Risks, a global risk consultancy, shows that the development of [c]

News

ESET’s Smart TV security solution to guard Android TV appliances from malware

February 27, 2018 admin 0

ESET has launched ESET Smart TV Security, an advanced technology protection solution against targeted malware attacks on connected TVs and other devices with the Android TV operational system. According to statistics, there could be as [c]

Analysis & Features

57% of enterprises, 45% of data centre firms had DDoS attacks in 2017 – report

February 27, 2018 admin 0

Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, has released its 13th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR), offering direct insights from network and security professionals into the most critical security challenges facing today’s network operators. The report [c]

CSR

GE, NYSC launch programme to train Nigeria’s youth on entrepreneurship

February 27, 2018 admin 0

GE has announced a partnership with Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to empower the country’s youth with valuable entrepreneurial skills in line with its commitment to skills development in Nigeria. Known as the Start [c]

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iflix partners with Safaricom to offer subscribers free 60-day access

February 26, 2018 admin 0

iflix has announced a partnership with Safaricom to give the firms’ customers up to 60 days of unlimited access to the SVoD service’s content with thousands of TV shows, movies on every device they own. Customers [c]

News

Charles Kerich moved from ICT to Lands docket in reshuffle at Nairobi City County

February 26, 2018 admin 0

Charles Kerich, the long-serving editor at The STAR newspaper, published by Radio Africa Group (RAG), who left the newsroom to become the County Executive Committee (CEC) member (or Minister) in charge of ICT and e-Government [c]

BLOG

Why exponential data growth requires exponential thinking

February 26, 2018 admin 0

Even if it feels like we’re already drowning in data, the truth is that ‘we ain’t seen nothing yet’. Fuelled by billions of new connected smart devices, powerful next-generation networks, and business’ need to capture [c]

Reviews

VIDEO: Here are 9 of the Galaxy S9’s most exciting features

February 26, 2018 admin 1

Featuring refined designs and Samsung’s most advanced cameras yet, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ offer powerful tools to transform how users capture special moments, express themselves and enjoy immersive entertainment. Both devices offer a smartphone [c]

News

M-KOPA clients in Uganda to make payments via Masterpass QR service

February 26, 2018 admin 0

Mastercard and M-KOPA have announced, at the #MWC2018, a partnership that will provide Ugandans living without electricity a simple way to light up their homes and businesses. M-KOPA, which already provides affordable, safe and clean [c]

BLOG

Everything you ever wanted to know about Chrome’s built-in ad blocker

February 26, 2018 admin 0

By Anna Markovskaya Few people are fond of Internet advertising. That’s hardly surprising: it’s annoying having a tacky picture splashed over half the screen when you’re engrossed in a really interesting article, or worse, a blast [c]

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Nokia 8110 makes comeback at #MWC2018 in slider-phone format

February 26, 2018 admin 0

HMD Global has announced four new additions to its Android smartphones portfolio – Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, new Nokia 6 and Nokia 1 – at the 2018 Mobile World Congress (#MWC2018). Delivering all the [c]

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Nairobi to host Financial Technovation Summit, #EAFintech2018, in April 2018

February 24, 2018 admin 0

Digital Events is set to host the Financial Technovation Summit – East Africa, a 2-day forum aimed to ignite and catalyze a paradigm shift in the future of the financial and IT sectors by provoking the audience [c]

News

Huawei P Smart launched in Kenya, retailing from Kshs 24,500

February 24, 2018 admin 0

Huawei Mobile has launched the Huawei P Smart series in Kenya as it targets the youth segment. The Huawei P Smart is now available across all retail stores in the country at Safaricom stores for Kshs 24,500 and [c]

CSR

Orange, OpenClassrooms to offer online courses to students in Francophone Africa

February 24, 2018 admin 0

Orange and OpenClassrooms have signed a broad-based partnership to provide digital training in Africa. As part of the deal, several Orange subsidiaries in Africa are already working on the launch of training centres providing online [c]

News

After more than three years at Internet Solutions Kenya, Emily Kinuthia moves to NIC Bank

February 24, 2018 admin 2

Emily Kinuthia, who has been the head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Internet Solutions Kenya, has left the IT firm and made a move – back – to the banking industry by joining NIC [c]

Analysis & Features

INTERPOL Digital Security Challenge held in Vienna, tackles IoT cyber risks

February 23, 2018 admin 0

Do you know how to protect your webcam from being hacked? Would you know if a cybercriminal was using your printer to carry out cyberattacks? While most of us are aware of the dangers that [c]

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Samsung Max, a new mobile app, unveiled to help users save data, enhance privacy

February 23, 2018 admin 0

Samsung has from today – February 23, 2018 – introduced Samsung Max, a new and free Android app designed to promote mobile data savings and app privacy management, with data usage monitoring and enhanced Wi-Fi [c]

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MPESA subscribers can now directly pay for apps from Google Play Store

February 23, 2018 admin 0

Safaricom has partnered with mobile commerce enabler, DOCOMO Digital, to give the telco’s MPESA subscribers the option to pay for content on the Google Play Store using M-PESA. The integration, powered by DOCOMO Digital’s mobile commerce enabling [c]

BLOG

How Liquid Telecom is preparing Kenya and Africa for Big Data revolution

February 23, 2018 admin 0

By Dan Kwach Business data has grown exponentially in recent years, but its usage in driving forward businesses had been relatively limited, until the dawn of the Big Data revolution. Now, more companies are moving [c]

News

Visa unveils Token Management Service which secures customer payment data

February 23, 2018 admin 0

Visa has introduced Token Management Service, a solution designed to unify management and secure customer payment data. Token Management Service enables an integrated view of payment preferences and behaviors across a merchant’s commerce platforms, processing [c]

News

Weber Shandwick opens Kenya office, instead of partnering with a local PR agency

February 23, 2018 admin 0

Instead of partnering with or buying a stake in an existing local PR and communications agency, Weber Shandwick has decided to go it alone by opening its own office in Nairobi, Kenya, to individually serve its [c]

News

Etisalat picks Nokia solution to improve services for clients in Africa, Middle East

February 22, 2018 admin 0

Nokia has announced that Etisalat has chosen the Nuage Networks Virtualized Network Services (VNS) SD-WAN solution as a key element in its cloud transformation program. Nuage Networks VNS enables Etisalat to provide automated, dynamic, programmable [c]

Analysis & Features

Security heads adopting AI, machine learning to guard against threats – Cisco

February 22, 2018 admin 0

Malware sophistication is increasing as adversaries begin to weaponize cloud services and evade detection through encryption, used as a tool to conceal command-and-control activity. To reduce adversaries’ time to operate, security professionals said they will [c]

BLOG

IRONSCALES looks back at, highlights its major milestones in 2017

February 22, 2018 admin 0

IRONSCALES, the provider of automated phishing prevention, detection and response solutions, has announced that it increased customer bookings by nearly 700 percent in 2017. The first anti email phishing platform to combine human intelligence with machine [c]

Analysis & Features

AI: How insurers are using bots to speed up processes, settle claims

February 22, 2018 admin 0

Next time you contact your insurer there is a good chance that you will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Insurers are starting to use intelligent computers to give advice and speed up the process [c]

News

Orange Egypt seeks to boost data traffic management with new Openwave Mobility solution

February 22, 2018 admin 0

Openwave Mobility, a provider of mobile data traffic management solutions, that announced that Orange Egypt, has selected Openwave Mobility’s NFV-based Traffic Management solutions to deliver exceptional Quality of Experience (QoE), a crucial feature for today’s [c]

BLOG

Is your iPhone or iPad slow or frozen? Then here’s how to fix it

February 22, 2018 admin 0

Is your iPhone not as fast as it used to be? Does the screen freeze up occasionally when you’re multitasking? You’re not alone. If you’re using an older model and have relatively recent iOS versions installed, it’s [c]

News

Kwesé acquires stake in iflix, targets Africa’s SVoD customers on mobile devices

February 21, 2018 admin 0

iflix and Econet Media’s pan-African media firm, Kwesé, have announced an expansion of their partnership in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the deal, Kwesé has acquired a significant stake in iflix Africa, which will now form part [c]

Analysis & Features

Analysys Mason, Huawei study highlights how digitalization is reshaping telco’s operations

February 21, 2018 admin 0

A recently released Analysys Mason study, conducted  in collaboration with Huawei entitled, ‘Digitalization reshaping operations: a new digital operational model for the future’ illustrates how digitalization is fundamentally reshaping the way businesses are being operated, and how [c]

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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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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

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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

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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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