Articles by Agatha Nduku, Page 3
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Thu, April 24th, 11:30 · Agatha Nduku
Kenya’s Chamasoft releases Enterprise edition
Kenyan technology company Digital Vision EA has announced the release of its Chamasoft Enterprise edition, which enables financial institutions to better manage the records of investment groups banking with them. → Read more
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Wed, April 23rd, 18:20 · Agatha Nduku
Rapid Communications launches “TuAsk” in Kenya
Telecommunications solutions provider Rapid Communications has launched “TuAsk”, a service that will save the public time and traffic by providing them with information. → Read more
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Wed, April 23rd, 06:00 · Agatha Nduku
Airtel Uganda “adopts” 3rd school
Airtel Uganda has announced the adoption of its third school, the Nafungaki Primary School in Jinja, under the “Adopt a School” initiative. → Read more
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Tue, April 22nd, 19:00 · Agatha Nduku
Kenya’s Equity Bank targets retail business with 300,000 smartphones
Kenya’s Equity Bank will issue 300,000 smartphones to retailers to aid cashless transactions and deepen use of the lender’s new ATM cards that allow tap-and-go payments. → Read more
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Tue, April 22nd, 16:20 · Agatha Nduku
COFEK may sue GOtv, StarTimes over free-to-air channels
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has given pay-TV providers GoTV and StarTimes seven days to resume showing free-to-air (FTA) channels and compensate consumers or face legal action. → Read more
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Tue, April 22nd, 13:40 · Agatha Nduku
Huawei begins Zambian base station project
Huawei has launched the first of a series of 169 base stations that will connect rural communities in Zambia to the mobile phone network. → Read more
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Tue, April 22nd, 08:00 · Agatha Nduku
Adgraft.com offers East African businesses direct access to markets
Adgraft.com, a next generation mobile site for online classifieds and auctions in East Africa, is allowing its users unlimited and direct contact to their potential markets. → Read more
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Fri, April 18th, 12:00 · Agatha Nduku
iHub to host first Startup Sauna in Africa
Kenyan tech innovation centre the iHub has teamed up with Startup Sauna, the leading startup accelerator in Northern Europe, to co-host a startup coaching and tech hub university networking event. → Read more
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Thu, April 17th, 09:00 · Agatha Nduku
Telecel subscribers win trips to 2014 World Cup
Telecel Zimbabwe has presented four of its subscribers to the Go to Brazil Bhora promotion with tickets to the 2014 FIFA World Cup taking place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 18:30 · Agatha Nduku
Business Connexion targets ‘sustainable’ return on total equity
JSE-listed Business Connexion (BCX) is set to achieve its plans of reaching a sustainable return on total equity of 17 per cent as it targets African expansion and continues merger and acquisition activity. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 15:30 · Agatha Nduku
MasterCard funding AppLab Money for Kenya’s unbanked
MasterCard has partnered the Grameen Foundation on AppLab Money, an initiative designed to create mobile financial services products for the unbanked and underbanked in Kenya. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 14:30 · Agatha Nduku
Intel expands Student Partner Programme to Tanzania, Uganda
Intel is expanding its Student Partner Programme to Tanzania and Uganda following the successful launch of the programme in Kenya. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 13:00 · Agatha Nduku
Airtel delighted to assist Kenyan MVNOs
Airtel Kenya says it is delighted to open a new chapter in Kenya’s telecoms industry with the announcement it will host three mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) on its network. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 08:30 · Agatha Nduku
Orange Kenya denies exit plans, to roll out 3G network across country
Orange Kenya has denied it is to exit the country and said it will invest over KSh2.5 billion (US$28.8 million) to roll out a 3G network across the country, expanding the National Optic Fibre Backbone and launching the Multi Service Access Node (MSAN). → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 05:00 · Agatha Nduku
Ericsson releases Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility report
Ericsson has published its 21st Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility report, highlighting the company’s performance during 2013 and highlighting a solidified approach to responsible business including rigorous compliance processes, energy efficient solutions, and extended reach in providing access to communications for all, including refugees and students in remote areas. → Read more
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Tue, April 15th, 16:30 · Agatha Nduku
Orange Kenya protests MVNO licences
Orange Kenya has written to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) complaining of an oversight of rules of engagement and parameters on how mobile operators should do business after the regulator issued licences to three mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the absence of contractual guidelines. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 15:00 · Agatha Nduku
Kenyan government, Orange to meet over fibre network
The meeting has been set for this week between Orange Telkom Kenya and the government to decide whether the company will continue managing the country’s National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI) programme, which has seen uptake below 50 per cent despite KSh5 billion (US$57.7 million) investment. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 12:00 · Agatha Nduku
Windows XP support ends today
Security updates and technical support for Windows XP ends today, with security firms advising those using the 13-year-old software to migrate to a modern operating system (OS) such as Windows 8.1 to protect themselves against malware and cybercrime. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 11:30 · Agatha Nduku
COFEK challenges Kyalo appointment in court
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has gone to court to challenge the appointment of ICT Authority chief executive officer (CEO) Victor Kyalo, terming it as a non-competitive appointment. → Read more
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Mon, April 7th, 10:30 · Agatha Nduku
Google pays $1.4m fine over panoramic Street View
Google has paid a fine totalling US$1.4 million imposed by Italy’s data protection watchdog over complaints cars it used to record images on Italian streets in 2010 were not clearly recognisable. → Read more
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