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  • [ July 1, 2022 ] UEFA welcomes Kenya High Court ruling blocking access to sports pirate websites CSR
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] Zoho seeks more talent as it launches Digital Enabler package to transform Kenya’s SMEs Analysis & Features
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] Subscribers can now stream Showmax content cheaply with Safaricom data bundles bought via M-PESA CSR
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] Co-location: The benefits, pitfalls and finding the right balance Analysis & Features
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] C35: New model in realme C-series targets Kenya’s youth market and first time users CSR
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] LG Electronics receives Robot Safety Control Certification from Det Norske Veritas CSR
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] SuperSport gears up for Africa Women Cup of Nations, the continent’s fiercest football tournament Analysis & Features
  • [ July 1, 2022 ] 10 women-led businesses picked for Standard Chartered’s tech incubator program   Analysis & Features
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Forum to convene funders and innovators seeking to accelerate access to healthcare in Africa  

June 14, 2022 admin 0

The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), Ashoka, and Social Innovation Circle, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim as part of their “Making More Health” and Boehringer Ingelheim CSR initiatives, have partnered to launch the African Healthcare Funders [c]

Analysis & Features

Lifestyle innovation is making home-life healthier for families

March 22, 2022 admin 0

By Sa Nyoung Kim The disruptive impact of the pandemic will be felt for years to come but with normalcy gradually resuming, it is time to reflect on how home technology is enabling an enhanced [c]

Analysis & Features

Equity, Microsoft launch virtual innovation contest for university students

February 24, 2022 admin 0

Equity Group, in partnership with Microsoft, has launched a virtual hackathon open to students from University of Nairobi (UoN) and Meru University of Science and Technology. The Hackathon, which opened for registration on 4 February, [c]

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Digital onboarding: A welcome disruption in the insurance industry

February 7, 2022 admin 0

Like many other sectors of the economy, the insurance industry is facing disruptive innovation, with the impacts of the pandemic, economic uncertainty, rising unemployment and rapidly changing customer demographics and expectations forcing insurers to adapt [c]

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What 2022 may hold for technology’s role in Africa

January 22, 2022 admin 0

By Cathy Smith The past year proved that the only certainty in our world right now is further uncertainty and change. With the world in flux due to the impact of the pandemic, the growing [c]

Analysis & Features

Create favorable conditions for increased value-add in manufacturing

January 21, 2022 admin 0

By Rajul Malde Manufacturing is the second biggest driver of Kenya’s economy at 10 per cent of Gross Domestic Product after agriculture at 30 per cent. Manufacturing generates significant economic value. According to the Kenya Economic [c]

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LG showcases today’s innovations for a better tomorrow at CES 2022

January 3, 2022 admin 0

At CES 2022, LG Electronics (LG) is presenting its vision for an enhanced lifestyle and a better future for all. Hosted by LG CEO William Cho, LG World Premiere will introduce the company’s diverse innovations for the [c]

Analysis & Features

How LG is bridging the Digital Divide

December 30, 2021 admin 0

Nearly half of the world’s population, 3.7 billion people, lack internet access according to a 2021 United Nations Report. A majority of them women, and most in developing countries, are still offline. This inequality in access [c]

Analysis & Features

MTN’s Ricardo Varzielas: Accelerate innovation for long-term sustainable growth

December 29, 2021 admin 0

At Huawei UBBF 2021, Dubai, Ricardo Varzielas, the  CFO of MTN GlobalConnect, shared how to enhance connectivity among data centers, to ensure networks are ready to deliver the customer experience that 5G promises and promote [c]

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Ventures Platform gets $40 million to invest in new innovative startups in Africa

December 18, 2021 admin 0

Ventures Platform, the early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs, has announced the first close of its new $40 million pan-African, early-stage fund to invest in market-creating innovations. With this [c]

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Nairobi hosts three-day Africa Aviation and Travel Innovation summit

November 23, 2021 admin 0

Kenya Airways (KQ), Kenya’s national carrier, in partnership with Embraer, the multinational aerospace manufacturer and Africa Airlines Association (AFRAA), is co-hosting a three-day Aviation Innovation summit dubbed “Africa Aviation and Travel Innovation.” The three-day event [c]

Analysis & Features

Innovation to curb rising cybercrime attacks main theme of 2021 Europol-INTERPOL forum

November 13, 2021 admin 0

A joint Europol-INTERPOL cybercrime conference has concluded with a call to develop innovative policing solutions to boost cybercrime investigations and help countries exploit digital evidence. Hosted at the Europol headquarters in The Hague, the 9th [c]

Analysis & Features

New grant program to offer $7 million over 2 years for research in 6 African countries India and Brazil

November 9, 2021 admin 0

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an initial grant of $50 million to support science and innovation in low- and middle-income countries at the ongoing 17th Grand Challenges Annual Meeting. The Grand Challenges [c]

Analysis & Features

How plastic management innovation will advance Africa’s efforts in realising SDGs

October 21, 2021 admin 0

By Oliver Nudds Current waste management practices in Africa are causing major economic, social and environmental impacts. The rise in plastic consumption combined with weak waste collection infrastructure is resulting in increased marine plastic litter, [c]

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The rise of African tech unicorns

October 15, 2021 admin 0

African unicorns have made big news in recent months, with four startups having recently reached a $1 billion valuation or more this year alone, taking the total up to seven. Two of the new entrants [c]

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Zetech University’s project among top entries in ATU youth innovation contest

October 13, 2021 admin 0

An ICT initiative by Zetech University Kenya has been crowned among top entries in Africa in a continental Youth ICT Innovation Competition backed by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). [c]

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Technology and innovation key to building resilience beyond recovery

September 30, 2021 admin 0

At a time when the world has been shaken and businesses have been worst hit, it is now clear that future-proof establishments must adopt innovative practices to stay resilient. Speaking during the World Trade Organization [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Constance Agyeman on how past experiences led her to a career at Nesta Challenges

September 26, 2021 admin 0

When you think of the terms ‘versatile’ and ‘adaptable,’ then one can say that Constance Agyeman comfortably fits the description. Ms Agyeman’s career journey has seen her working at a newspaper printer, housing association, adult [c]

Analysis & Features

BT, Microsoft to jointly develop voice, cyber security and industry solutions for UK clients

July 30, 2021 admin 0

BT and Microsoft have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate innovation across enterprise voice, cyber security and industry-focused services in sectors from digital manufacturing to health, setting businesses in the UK and around the [c]

Analysis & Features

Top 3 Ways Your Consumers Judge Your Business

July 6, 2021 admin 0

Today, consumers are hyperaware of the companies they encounter, and sometimes brutally selective of who they trade with. Therefore, pleasing them has never been so challenging. Competition between firms and industries is also rife. Standards [c]

Analysis & Features

Top 10 signs that it’s time for modern cloud applications

June 9, 2021 admin 0

By Yaldah Hakim Rashid It’s an understatement to say the global pandemic accelerated the pace of change and altered our lives – from the way we work to the way we interact with others. Many [c]

Analysis & Features

Solving the digital health divide in Africa via scaled-up public-private support

May 11, 2021 admin 0

Digital innovation is vital for the advancement of African economies and their health services, but to make this possible certain large stumbling blocks need to be removed. This was the consensus amongst high level global [c]

Analysis & Features

Huawei releases new white paper focused on Innovation and Intellectual Property

March 31, 2021 admin 0

Huawei has published a new white paper focused on innovation and intellectual property at its Forum on Innovation and IP Prospects in 2021. The white paper focuses on how Huawei has been a leader in [c]

Analysis & Features

Third Orange Digital Center in Africa opened Ethiopia after Tunisia and Senegal

February 27, 2021 admin 0

GIZ, (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Orange, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Industrial Parks Development Corporation have launched the Addis Ababa Orange Digital Center, an ecosystem that is [c]

Analysis & Features

Business reimagined for Africa

November 18, 2020 admin 0

Building a business in Africa is now as much about embracing digital innovations as it is about understanding the nuances of each country and what it takes to succeed there. If businesses are to successfully [c]

Analysis & Features

AfriLabs report to highlight future of African innovation amidst Covid-19 pandemic

September 12, 2020 admin 0

Djembe Consultants, an African-focused communications firm, has partnered with AfriLabs, the pan-Africa network of 225 technology and innovation centres across 47 countries in Africa, to develop a report on the future of African innovation amidst [c]

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Transsion gets go-ahead for new tech incorporation

September 3, 2020 admin 0

Transsion Holdings, owner of top Kenyan mobile phone brands such as TECNO and Infinix, has announced that they have successfully submitted a computing photography system, which was subsequently approved by the International Telecommunication Union. This approval marked [c]

Analysis & Features

The 5 emerging trends set to drive technology innovation in next decade

August 20, 2020 admin 0

The 30 must-watch technologies on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2020 include technologies that enable a composable enterprise, aspire to regain society’s trust in technology, and alter the state of your brain. “Emerging technologies [c]

Analysis & Features

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

June 22, 2020 admin 0

By Muhammad Nabil There’s an old saying attributed to Winston Churchill that is appropriate in these uncertain times: never let a good crisis go to waste. A global pandemic certainly qualifies as a crisis, but [c]

Analysis & Features

Law firms need to adopt digitisation to remain on the cutting edge of innovation

June 19, 2020 admin 0

By Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry & Ben Sanderson  The legal fraternity has been hearing for a number of years that the profession needs to change due to many aspects of it being  outdated. The reason for this [c]

Analysis & Features

Six signs showing that the Future of Work is here today

June 19, 2020 admin 0

By Chris Keene As software continues to eat the world, companies must find ways to build more innovative teams. For these companies, The Future of Work is here today. How companies reshape the way they [c]

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UEFA welcomes Kenya High Court ruling blocking access to sports pirate websites

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UEFA welcomes Kenya High Court ruling blocking access to sports pirate websites

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C35: New model in realme C-series targets Kenya’s youth market and first time users

LG Electronics receives Robot Safety Control Certification from Det Norske Veritas

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Report reveals phishing emails that employees find most confusing

ToddyCat, an advanced threat actor, targets high-profile entities with new malware

Cybercriminals charge $2,000 to sell access to companies via the Dark Web

Hundreds arrested, millions seized in global INTERPOL operation against social engineering scams

SMEs in Kenya still in danger of cyber threats, facing a 47% rise in attacks in 2022

ESET announces 2022 Partner Awards winners from Southern Africa

Report details targeted attacks connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how war changed threat landscape

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