ITU is pleased has announced that the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, has today been assigned the international dialling code 211, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN Member State. The [c]
Making the announcement in Nairobi during his official visit to meet with local partners, Luise Murguia, Senior Vice President Ecosystem and Channels Europe and Middle East and Africa said SAP tour which takes place every [c]
The introduction of mobile number portability in Kenya on April 1 this year was expected to change the country’s mobile telephony scene, with one of the effects being reduced preference for dual SIM handsets. But [c]
Nokia has launched a new care centre aimed at offering efficient services and support for its business partners and VIP customers who rely heavily on their phones and services in meeting their business objectives. The [c]
The World Bank’s global learning platform has gone live. The e-Institute led by theWorld Bank Institute will offer practitioners a virtual classroom to share high quality learning and knowledge resources. The new platform is in [c]
Essar Telecom Kenya’s yuMobile network has introduced an all-day free calls offer. This means, all yu subscribers will be able to make calls free of charge every day, from 6am to 6pm. According to the [c]
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa, attendees at the ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change in Ghana have renewed calls for global leaders to recognize the power of [c]
How many times have we been part of disscussions or listened to people talking about their constituencies and the disbursement of the funds? More often than not, the conversations focus on the need to have [c]
Local computer assembler Mustek East Africa has re-launched its ‘Mecer’ brand with a variety of office equipment which include laptops, desktops, servers, slates and UPses. In addition to this, Mecer TVs are coming in handy [c]
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) have announced the African Innovation Prize (AIP) to be awarded in February 2012. With the award, aimed at encouraging innovations that [c]
In a move set to give competition to Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, Huawei Technologies has launched the Huawei MediaPad, billed as the world’s first 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet. The gadget, driven by [c]
In response to consumer demand and market trends, Nokia has joined the dual SIM bandwagon with the launch of two dual SIM handset models – C2-03 and C2-06. The Nokia C2-03, the third Dual SIM [c]
Nokia and Accenture have finalized an agreement allowing the former to outsource its Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Plans of the agreement were first announced on April 27, 2011. Under the agreement, Accenture [c]
Mobile applications development remains a key growth opportunity for East Africa’s technology sector driven by an emerging middle-class population with potential to buy smartphones and rising industry investment by players, leading global mobile phones and [c]
China’s Huawei Technologies has released its 2010 corporate social responsibility (CSR) report which provides an overall review of the firm’s commitments and practices in regard to CSR activities, including implementing fair operations, practicing ongoing [c]
In order to promote harmonisation of national legislation and relevant measures for promoting science, innovation and technology for development in the continent, several parliamentarians recently endorsed the formation of African Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Science and [c]
In order to ensure that the country’s smallholder farmers get updated information about market prices for their produce, the Rwanda government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and the Rwanda Information Technology [c]
African countries are increasingly engaging in the development of ICT-based solutions for education and training, according to Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Opening Africa’s leading conference on ICT-supported [c]
The second phase of this year’s Technology in Government Awards (TIGA) in the ‘ICT in Education’ category were announced this morning at the second and last day of the sixth eLearning Africa conference in Dar [c]
Huawei has announced that the Huawei IDEOS handset is the most popular smart phone in Kenya for the first quarter of 2011 according to a report by GFK Retail and Technology, one of the world’s [c]
Various institutions and initiatives were on May 2 feted during the third edition of the Technology in Government in Africa (TIGA) awards held at the opening session of the second session of the Committee on [c]
China’s Huawei Technologies, a telecom solutions provider, has released its 2010 financial results highlighted by sales revenues of US $ 28.02 billion, a 24.2 per cent growth over the previous year. Huawei also reported an [c]
Our attention has been drawn to a recent article in ComputerWorld Kenya – an online magazine – (www.computerworld.co.ke) titled AfTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa by staff writer Rebecca Wanjiku on March 21 2011 which [c]
The Kenya eLearning Centre (KeLC) has been selected to lead the implementation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s (COMESA) eLearning programme. KeLC’s nomination follows an undertaking by the Kenya government and COMESA [c]
By KariaKore Nairobi, March 21, 2011 – Safaricom Foundation has donated a Sh4 million e-waste grinder to the Computer for Schools Kenya (CFSK) to enhance the organization’s safe e-waste disposal. The Safaricom Head of Corporate [c]
By KariaKore Johannesburg, South Africa: Huawei Technologies, a provider of next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has announced the successful live deployment of NGBSS solution by one of South Africa’s cellular [c]
By KariaKore Even before the initiative can see its efforts come to fruition and its benefits to African information and communications technology (ICT) community experienced, the yet-to-be opersationalised “.africa” initiative is facing hurdles meant to [c]
Regional integration of the banking system in East Africa and COMESA is setting a technology bar that the majority of the region’s banks are struggling to meet. COMESA has committed to upgrading the region’s banking [c]
Kenya’s Wananchi Group, a provider of integrated communications services, has signed a multi-year agreement with Cisco Systems for provision of network technology solutions and services to enhance its expansion in the Eastern African region. The [c]
The US increased its lead at the top spot, and continues to be responsible for nearly one in five junk emails, representing 18.6 per cent of all spam messages, according to global IT security firm [c]
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