By Julia Glazova Sometimes even a completely innocent-looking site with a good reputation can be harmful – criminals may find and exploit a vulnerability. For example, they can use the site for drive-by attacks, causing each visitor [c]
Direct Pay Online (DPO), a payment service provider in Africa, has announced its platinum sponsorship of the most significant tourism trade fair in East Africa, Kilifair, which kicks off in June in Moshi, Tanzania. The [c]
Mauritius-based Cim Financial Services has launched a new mobile app, Aspira, for product financing for assets such as furniture, phones, and electronics amongst others. The app which will be available on iOS and Android mobile [c]
CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named 10 women from Sophos’ channel and marketing teams to the 2018 Women of the Channel list. The annual list includes women from vendors, distributors, solution providers, and [c]
Delta, a power and thermal management solutions vendor, has launched its East Africa operations in Kenya through a partnership with Redington Gulf. The company marked its entry into the market by announcing the signing of a [c]
Africa 118, a Kenyan data and digital solutions company, bagged a top award in this year’s Google Digital skills Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Most Accurate Forecasts Award was in recognition for the company’s [c]
StarTimes Media and SOS Children’s Villages International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two organizations partner towards supporting vulnerable families and children, with an emphasis on empowering youth in light of the [c]
Sandra Suzanne Buyole, who has been OLX Kenya’s PR and Communications lead for about the past 2 years, has left the online classifieds platform and moved to Sendy, the Safaricom-backed logistics firm as the as [c]
Samsung Electronics East Africa (SEEA) has appointed Redington Gulf as one of its key distributors for its smartphone and tablet devices in Kenya. Charles Kimari, Head of Mobile Division SEEA said the partnership is set to [c]
Oracle has this week been recognized by IDC for the momentum and growth of Oracle Cloud. According to the IDC Public Cloud Services Tracker, April, 2018, Oracle gained the most share out of all Enterprise [c]
Senegalese Teranga Solutions has merged with HotelOnline to create a new traveltech firm focused in the global frontier markets. The companies individually had systems and business models that were complimentary and together they now have [c]
Telkom Kenya and global tower company, American Tower Corporation (ATC) have reached an agreement for ATC to acquire up to 723 towers from Telkom Kenya. Telkom Kenya’s board chair, Eddy Njoroge stated that the telco was delighted [c]
Njambi Waruhiu, who left Kommunication Ultimate, the publisher of CIO East Africa where she was the Business Development Manager, to join iZone Africa as the Sales and Marketing Manager, has moved back to the company [c]
Selina Wamicii, a mobile platform that shortens the agricultural supply chain in Kenya, thereby reducing food wastage and boosting farmers’ incomes, is to receive a Kshs 10 million (US $100,000) grant from global social impact [c]
Fresh off the critical acclaim and success of Black Panther, Afrofuturism is experiencing a resurgence with the thirst for new perspectives on African stories in relation to technology to grab the attention of a wider [c]
With a reduced call abandonment rate, a significant drop in customer response time and increased engagement across different channels, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has registered an increased score of 71.9% on the Customer Satisfaction Index; a [c]
The global soccer extravaganza which comes up every 4 years, the FIFA World Cup, is set to begin on Thursday June 14, 2018, that’s exactly a month from now. Even though Kenya didn’t qualify, we [c]
OPPO Global Research Institute, based in Shenzhen, China, has successfully demonstrated the first 5G Video Call demo using 3D structured light technology. The demonstration reproduced a 3D portrait image on a remote receiver using portrait [c]
If there’s to be an award to recognise those who know Safaricom, both in and out, she’d undoubtedly get it. For she’s with the telco since late 2000, after joining as the Retail Shop Manager, [c]
China Telecom Global (CTG), a subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation and one of the world’s largest providers of integrated telecom services, and Liquid Telecom, have announced the signing of a strategic partnership whereby they will collaborate [c]
Jubilee Insurance has been feted at the African Insurance Awards held at the 45th Africa Insurance Organization (AIO) Annual Conference, held in Accra, Ghana. The company emerged top in the 2018 Innovation of The Year Award category. Jubilee [c]
Huawei Marine has announced that the marine survey for its PEACE (Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe) project is now underway. The PEACE submarine cable system will connect Pakistan, Djibouti, Kenya, Egypt, and other countries [c]
Euler Hermes has released its Enabling Digitalization Index (EDI) 2018 which illustrates each country’s ability to provide the necessary environment for business to succeed in an increasingly digitalized global economy. The index measured corporations’ ability to transform and thrive digitally. Weak connectivity, trade infrastructure and knowledge ecosystem [c]
General Electric (GE) and Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) in collaboration with Kids Comp Camp in Kenya are working together to increase girls’ participation and uptake of careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). [c]
Kenya’s online retail platform for groceries, household items and phones, Wagon Shopping, has marked its first year since its “proof of concept” phase by processing close to half a million (Kshs 405,155) worth of orders [c]
Safaricom has announced the launch of a new consumer campaign – ‘Safaricom Twaweza Live.’ The 7-month long campaign will see the company engage with communities across Kenya through free medical camps, campus take overs, great device offers, [c]
By Chris Clark At YouTube, we understand the importance of showcasing and celebrating the hottest artists, songs and music videos from around the world. Today, we’re rolling out a new and improved music charts experience for [c]
Equitel’s loan products have emerged as the most common source of formal credit amongst Kenya’s refugee communities according to a recent report by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) dubbed Kakuma as a Marketplace. The report states [c]
“If there has ever been an industry that created digital dialogue from the word go, it would be Nollywood”, according to Femi Odugbemi, CEO of Zuri24 Media Limited, who unpacked the Nollywood revolution to industry [c]
Adoption of cloud computing is the new growth frontier for Kenyan businesses according to pan African telecom enabler SEACOM. To explore the potential in this high-growth sector, SEACOM and Microsoft have partnered to investigate the [c]
Dingah Logistics, the company behind the Dingah mobile app and a subsidiary of Vacation Kenya, last weekend held a sales expo at the Hub in Karen. The aim of the Dingah Expo was to bring [c]
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