South Africa is set to host the third Africa Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Johannesburg, an annual conference organized by Internet Society to discuss the regional infrastructure, content and policy issues that are critical components [c]
Eight secondary schools in Africa have been selected to receive PC as a Service solution, a cloud-computing solution that will provide the institutions with a low-maintenance, easy-to-use model that is optimized for mobile broadband networks. [c]
Even with the internet outages experienced in the recent past weeks due to cable cuts along the Indian Ocean coastline and inland, Kenya has still been ranked as having the second fastest broadband speeds in [c]
WELL-DESERVED: Bernard Matthewman, CEO, Paynet Group hands over an iPad 2 prize to winner Erick Cheloti during the sixth AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA conference, as Sean Moroney, the chairman of AITEC Africa looks [c]
After more than a decade of collaboration, Kenya’s leading communications agency, Gina Din Corporate Communications (GDCC) and mobile giant, Safaricom, have announced the conclusion of their existing business relationship as GDCC has decided not to [c]
The eMobilis Mobile Technology Training Academy and Nokia are set to host a Series 40 Hackathon dubbed the Ignite Hackathon. The two day event, set for March 24 to 25, will be a mobile application [c]
Airtel Kenya has donated 25 computers to facilitate e-learning for students at Nyamira Girls Secondary School in Bondo District. The Company will also fund the rehabilitation of infrastructure at the school as part of its program to [c]
In a bid to reward exceptional bloggers and promote content creation in Kenya, BAKE will be organizing bloggers awards this year under the moniker ‘BAKE Blog Awards‘. The idea is to recognize bloggers that post consistently, [c]
Corporate data and internet solutions provider, AccessKenya, has announced a Kshs 109 million (about $ 1.3 million) after tax profit for the 2011 financial year, a clear turnaround from the Kshs 8 million ($96,386) loss [c]
Seven entries from a total of 458 submitted for consideration for the inaugural Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards have been shortlisted and stand a chance to win the grand prize of $ 100,000. The [c]
Safaricom has today launched the next phase of its subscriber registration exercise countrywide. The exercise that kicks of tomorrow (14th February) targets customers who are yet to register their voice or data SIM cards. By [c]
Microsoft has announced that the latest version of the world’s most widely deployed data platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, has been released to manufacturing. SQL Server 2012 helps address the challenges of increasing data volumes [c]
The Africa Union’s (AU) recent announcement that it had selected South Africa-based domain registry operator Uniform SA as its preferred domain operator to administer the yet-to-be delegated (dot)Africa domain is already facing opposition from organizations [c]
In order to expand its distribution outlets and increase market presence locally, Huawei has announced a distribution partnership with Mobicom Kenya Ltd, considered Kenya’s largest and most seasoned telecommunications distributor, to handle its newly launched [c]
Hong Kong-based mobile handset manufacturer, Mi-Fone has, which is focussed on empowering and equiping the mass market in Africa with data-enabled handsets, is planning to set up a distribution hub in Kenya to serve the [c]
Microsoft has announced the availability of the Windows 8 operating system which replaces the previous Windows 7 OS. The consumer preview for the new OS is available for download here in various languages including English, French, [c]
Airtel Nigeria has enhanced its network capacity and quality with the roll-out of the 3.75 Generation (3G) services across the 36 states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. With the pan-Nigeria launch of [c]
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Management (WEE) Centre for handling of e-waste is now ready to build local and regional capacity of other players in the sector on skills to handle and manage e-waste. A [c]
Comviva, a global provider of mobile solutions and value added services, has announced the launch of Hola!, a one stop shop application to access social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, email as well [c]
Samsung Electronics East Africa, has moved to step up its nationwide market expansion plans with the opening of a fully-fledged service centre in Kisumu. The move by Samsung which is part of a global expansion [c]
Iconosys, which develops mobile apps and technologies for both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS smartphones and tablet computers, has unveiled the Digital Pillbox, an app and widget optimized for smartphones and tablets which reminds, [c]
Airtel One8 super group has started the year with international recognition from the Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale (MIDEM) held in France on January 28, 2012. The group was the first runner [c]
The search for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) next chief executive has narrowed down to 27 applicants following the closure of submission of applications on Friday February 17 this year. ICANN [c]
Barclays Bank of Kenya has announced its support for the AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA Conference in a partnership that will see the bank host a one-day media workshop aimed to enhance reportage of [c]
Orange Kenya has launched an additional bonus to its loyalty programme, Orange Ziada that is tailor made to suit the individual needs of its 2.3 million subscribers. Speaking during a media briefing, Telkom Kenya chief [c]
The latest edition of the Cisco Virtual Network Index (VNI) released recently indicates that Africa and Middle East will have the highest regional mobile data traffic growth rate with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) [c]
Teachers and students drawn from three East African Community (EAC) member states – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – as well Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria, are set to benefit from a $ 2 million ICT training [c]
Just a few weeks after over 100 Kenya government websites were taken down by an Indonesian student hacker, the Uganda government is the latest victim of the same practice, this time perpetrated by a group [c]
The commercial arm of Emirates Group IT, Mercator partners with USA-based Revenue Technology Services, RTS, have entered a deal to provide integrated cargo revenue management solution for airlines globally. In partnership with USA-based Revenue Technology [c]
Professional bankers and financial services regulators from the East African Community and the COMESA region will have the opportunity to benefit from insights and experiences of the Nigeria Central Bank in the debate on banking [c]
A global study on the habits and priorities of mobile users has shown that those using mobile broadband services frequently are the most likely to switch their operator. Over 40 per cent of the of [c]
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