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Kenya seeks 100% Internet penetration by 2017

Kenya is looking to ensure all Kenyans have access to the Internet by 2017, according to the Kenya ICT Board, as part of its quest to be (more)

17 hr 13 min ago

IPAB portal shot in the arm on the war against corruption

A Kenyan Web portal called I Paid A Bribe (IPAB), a replica of India’s a renowned I Paid A Bribe (IPAB) version, is one of Kenya’s (more)

19 hr 32 min ago

Microsoft opens own social networking site SOCL

Microsoft has launched its social media platform SOCL, which will combine functionality from search engine Bing and Pinterest’s graphic (more)

1 day 13 hours ago

Mobile networks feel pinch as free messaging apps eat into SMS, MMS revenue

The rise in free messaging applications such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, ebuddy and other mobile-based apps mostly fuelled by the (more)

1 day 16 hours ago

Google, Microsoft to channel millions of dollars to innovators

Tech giants Google and Microsoft have announced they will channel funds totaling $36 million (approx KSh3.1 billion) to developers with (more)

1 day 16 hours ago

Children in Africa to benefit from US$75 million digital investment, launch in Kenya next year

A multi million dollar investment in Africa by four partners is aiming to “spark a child’s digital future” by giving them access to (more)

1 day 18 hours ago

New Nokia Siemens approach hoped to cut data prices

Nokia Siemens, specialists in mobile broadband, has adopted a new tactical approach expected to drive data prices down by using the right (more)

1 day 18 hours ago

Huawei to offset bills for paediatric patients as Christmas gift

Global ICT solutions leader Huawei has said it will offset the bills of nine children at Kenya’s major referral hospital, the Kenyatta (more)

1 day 20 hours ago

IEBC helps voters find registration centres on Google maps

Kenya’s electoral authority the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has launched an online tool that will help (more)

1 day 20 hours ago

Opinion: Biometric Voter Registration gives an opportunity for identity database

You have probably seen it on the American hit show, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) – criminals being nailed over a simple fingerprint or (more)

1 day 21 hours ago

Kenya National CERT Coordination Centre is now operational

The Kenya National Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (KNCERTCC), a body set up to fight cybercrime in Kenya, is now (more)

2 days ago

Mobile phones to get IP addresses in new drive to fight cybercrime

The Kenyan government will assign every mobile phone a unique Internet protocol address to boost its efforts to crack down on cybercrime.

2 days ago

Safaricom and Orange to abide by Kenyan MTR cut

Kenyan mobile industry heavyweights Safaricom and Orange have confirmed that they will not oppose the decision to cut mobile termination (more)

2 days ago

One-fifth of African countries likely to witness Internet switch off

The 52-hour blackout which hit Syria last week is also possible in another 61 countries, including 12 in Africa, mostly those where the (more)

2 days ago

iPhone 5 coming to Kenya this December

Apple’s iPhone 5 will be officially launched into the Kenyan market on December 21, as the company works towards fulfilling its promise (more)

2 days ago

SMS text messaging helps HIV patients reduce viral load

Mobile-based communication between HIV patients and doctors can help reinforce observance to drug treatment and reduce the viral load, a (more)

2 days ago

Twitter under pressure to freeze terrorist accounts

‘Twitter is soon becoming a tool for terrorist,’ lawmaker says. World’s major microblogging site Twitter is under pressure from (more)

3 days ago

The Pope set to become Twitter’s most significant tweep

The pope is expected to start tweeting on the feast of Madonna of Guadalupe on December 12 under his new handle @pontifex, viewed by many (more)

3 days ago

Ushahidi being used to assist Kenya carpools

Ushahidi, a Kenyan non-profit organisation specialising in free and open source software, has aided the Kenyan carpool Twitter surge by (more)

3 days ago

Kenyan taxi drivers and car owners seize Twitter’s carpooling to make money

It all started as a way of helping stranded passengers get to work and back home as public service vehicles (PSV) switched off their (more)

3 days ago

Kenyans in Diaspora to vote online in 2017

Although Kenyans in Diaspora have been ruled out from voting in Kenya’s general elections in March next year due to “time and resource (more)

3 days ago

90 percent of Nairobians to miss switch to digital signal deadline

Some 90 percent of television set owners in Kenya’s capital Nairobi could miss the switch to digital signal by the end of this year, (more)

3 days ago

eHealth programmes in Africa lack support from governments

Research and consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan has reported that eHealth in Africa will continue to face great challenges unless (more)

6 days ago

The HumanIPO Debate: Should CCK continue implementing the reduced MTR rates?

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has finally announced a cut in mobile termination rates (MTR), ending months of uncertainty (more)

6 days ago

Is the ATM’s death due to mobile money?

The African financial system has undergone a period of substantial change, the impact of which continues to transform the way financial (more)

6 days ago

Local ownership requirement waived for Airtel Kenya

Airtel Kenya has received an unlimited waiver to the 20 percent local ownership requirement, as the Kenyan government acknowledges the (more)

6 days ago

OPINION: Transport problems call for telecommuting solutions in business

The public transport problems being experienced in Kenya are likely to cost the economy billions of shillings, as most employees remain at (more)

6 days ago

Mobile phone penetration to surpass 80 percent in Q1 of 2013

Africa’s mobile penetration will jump to above 80 percent from the current 54 percent by early next year, aided by cheaper call and (more)

6 days ago

Kenyans on Twitter mobilise car pooling in the wake of transport hitch

Stranded Kenyans are this morning using Twitter to carpool their way to various destinations in the wake of the transport strike across the (more)

6 days ago

Kenya opposes internet regulation by ITU

Kenya will not back a proposed changes to the Melbourne Internet rules and economic model by the International Telecommunication Union (more)

6 days ago

Online trading platform B&S Media making ground in Kenya

As e-commerce seeks to gain footing in Africa, Kenyan firm B & S Media seems to be accelerating the process by offering a platform to (more)

7 days ago

Odinga to use AR apps for election campaign

Kenyan presidential hopeful Raila Odinga is launching an augmented reality (AR) application to further his election campaign, allowing (more)

7 days ago

Manyatta Rent geared to change face of Kenya’s real estate industry

The developers of Manyatta Rent, software enabling real estate agents to receive rent via mobile money transfer services, have vowed to (more)

7 days ago

Gamsole ready to take African gaming global

Nigerian gaming company Gamsole has become the newest entrant into an industry that is slowly taking shape, with companies such as Maliyo (more)

7 days ago

Microsoft to charge businesses more for services via multiple devices

A new move by Microsoft means that businesses looking to give their workers access to systems through multiple devices will from December 1 (more)

7 days ago

The Curious Case of Nyagaka Anyona Ouko, Conclusion - Part IV

Safaricom’s rejoinder to this HumanIPO series seems to rebuff Ouko’s claims to be the originator of M-Pesa mobile money transfer (more)

7 days ago

3 months after launch, Mdundo closes lucrative deals

Mdundo.com, the first Kenyan startup to sell local music on scratch cards, has sealed lucrative deals with some of the world’s leading (more)

7 days ago

Safaricom to remain unscathed despite lower MTR

Barely a week since Kenya’s telecommunications industry regulator lowered the mobile termination rates (MTR), sources from Safaricom (more)

7 days ago

Safaricom and Britam launch new insurance product via M-Pesa

Safaricom, Britam and Changamka Health have unveiled Linda Jamii, a new insurance facility that enables low income earners to make (more)

7 days ago

Safaricom’s MShwari doesn’t threaten M-pepea's emergency micro-credit facility, founder

Two developers have created ‘M-pepea,’ an emergency micro credit solution accessible via mobile phones, and insist that they are not (more)

7 days ago

GrowthAfrica, Village Capital launch accelerator pitch fest in Nairobi

GrowthAfrica, under its chief brands The GrowthHub and Village Capital, will today debut Pitch Fest Day in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, an (more)

8 days ago

Kenya National ICT Master Plan launch postponed

The launch of Kenya’s National ICT Master Plan, detailing how Kenya intends to position itself as a leader in ICT investment and (more)

8 days ago

Nokia launches Lumia smartphone in East Africa

The launch of the first Lumia smartphone that runs on the Windows platform into the East African market is expected to trigger smartphone (more)

8 days ago

Nairobi to be covered by CCTV camera network by January 2013

The Kenyan government is fast-tracking a project to put the capital Nairobi under CCTV surveillance by early next year, in an attempt to (more)

8 days ago

Nowhere to hide for adult Kenyans as registration ministry automates

Kenya's Ministry of Immigration and Registrar of persons has completed the creation of an Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) (more)

9 days ago

Safaricom launches paperless, no collateral credit service MShwari

Kenyan integrated mobile services operator Safaricom has teamed up with Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) to offer M-Pesa users a chance to (more)

9 days ago

Mobile money transfers in Kenya close to country’s national budget

The amount of money transferred via mobile money in Kenya is close to the East African country’s national budget value, new statistics (more)

9 days ago

Kenyan media network launches road traffic management app

Kenya-based media company Mediamax has launched an application called K24 Rush Hour, for vehicle traffic updates on various routes and (more)

10 days ago

CCK lowers Kenyan mobile termination rates

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today announced a cut in mobile termination rates (MTR) following months of uncertainty about (more)

10 days ago

Q&A: Establishing data mining company, Doban Africa

Doban Africa was established by Elvis Bando to help companies and corporations manage data that comes in various channels. The company has (more)

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eHealth programmes in Africa lack support from governments

Mobile money transfers in Kenya close to country’s national budget

Kenyan media network launches road traffic management app

CCK lowers Kenyan mobile termination rates

Q&A: Establishing data mining company, Doban Africa