Articles by Dan Sudi

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Mon, October 1st, 08:04 · Dan Sudi

Fake handset users in Kenya express frustrations on social media

Grey handset users in Kenya have turned to the social networking sites to express their frustrations on the ongoing “Fake phone switch off” directed by the industry regulator Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 16:37 · Dan Sudi

MTN Nigeria to receive news alerts through their handsets

Mobile service provider MTN Nigeria has introduced an application dubbed MTN Mobile Newspaper that allows subscribers to get prompt news alerts through their handsets. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 16:25 · Dan Sudi

African women’s disinterest in ICT cause for alarm

The small number of female students enrolling for ICT courses in Africa is a cause for alarm, with the trend seeing the advent of a number of initiatives focused on encouraging women to pursue courses and careers in technology. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:19 · Dan Sudi

Google rolls out ICT scholarship to African students

Web giant Google has announced a scholarship programme targeted at African female students who are enrolled in ICT courses, to encourage students to take an active role in the sector and become role models and leaders across Africa. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 16:32 · Dan Sudi

Can Blackberry conquer African market?

South Africa and Nigeria will be amongst the first wave of countries to receive the BlackBerry 10, testifying to the importance of the two African nations to developers Research in Motion (RIM). → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 10:08 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s ICT graduates find it hard fitting into job market

A good number of Kenya’s ICT graduates are struggling in the country’s technology-driven job market as existing universities are too rigid when it comes to their course offerings, according to Creative Web’s chief executive Duke Kibagedi. → Read more
Tue, September 25th, 16:49 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s Creative Web Workshop kicks off tomorrow

Kenya will tomorrow host the second edition of Creative Web Workshop aimed at discussing how businesses and organisations can manage their online applications. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 18:20 · Dan Sudi

MVNO Industry Summit to take place in Cape Town next week

Informa Telecom and Media, a global academic and business solutions leader, will host the first ever MVNO Industry Summit Africa event in Cape Town, South Africa next week. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 14:48 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s judicial authority settles for payment of fines via mobile money

Integrated mobile service provider Safaricom has partnered with the Kenyan judiciary to launch Faini Chap Chap, a mobile payment solution allowing traffic offenders to pay fines using M-Pesa. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 13:17 · Dan Sudi

Two Egyptian scholars develop smartphone sensors for floorplans

Two students from Egypt’s Alexandria University have developed a mobile app that “ allows for crowdsourcing of data from smartphone sensors to create indoor floorplans automatically”. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 12:31 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s government seizes illegal DStv splitters in Nairobi estates

Kenya’s anti-piracy unit the Kenya Copyright Board (KCB) on Wednesday confiscated illegal DStv (Digital Satellite Television) equipment from various Nairobi estates ahead of the global digital TV migration deadline set for 2015. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 07:33 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s Family Bank joins PesaPoint network, biggest third party ATM network

Kenya’s Family Bank has become the latest to join Paynet Group’s PesaPoint network, giving customers access to the network’s nearly 700 ATMs and 1,200 point of sales (POS) and allowing for safer transactions through EMV chip cards. → Read more
Thu, September 20th, 14:22 · Dan Sudi

Samsung introduces dual-SIM smartphone across Africa

Global electronic leader Samsung has introduced a cost-effective dual-SIM smartphone which it says is intended for the African market. → Read more
Thu, September 20th, 11:50 · Dan Sudi

Nokia to recycle fake handsets as CCK cracks whip

Phone-maker Nokia has says it will recycle every grey handset Kenya’s government plans to paralyse on September 30, in a strategy aimed at preventing environmental pollution that could result from disposal of an estimated 2.4 million phones. → Read more
Wed, September 19th, 15:13 · Dan Sudi

Swazi telco regulator to lay off 250 employees

The Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) is set to make 250 employees jobless after MTN Swaziland won a case in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) ordering SPTC to end its mobile operations. → Read more
Wed, September 19th, 12:10 · Dan Sudi

Nigeria’s Dangote Group in multi-million euro deal with world’s top software developer

Nigeria-based business conglomerate Dangote Group has signed a multi-million euro deal with leading business software-maker SAP, marking one of the most significant SAP deals in Africa. → Read more
Tue, September 18th, 13:52 · Dan Sudi

Kenyan election results site crashes, body’s authority questioned

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC’s) website crashed on Monday during the release of by-election results for Kangema, Kajiado North and Ndhiwa constituencies, frustrating Kenyans who visited the site to view the results. → Read more
Tue, September 18th, 09:23 · Dan Sudi

Nigeria’s Main One reveals aspirations to expand across West Africa

The Main One Cable Company, Nigeria’s top submarine fibre-cable operator, has revealed plans to spread its network to neighbouring West African states through terrestrial cables. → Read more
Tue, September 18th, 05:00 · Dan Sudi

South Africa’s PayU launches SME-relevant payment service

South Africa’s giant online and mobile payment service provider PayU has launched EasyMerchant, a payment solution targeted at enabling small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to perform credit card payment transfers. → Read more
Mon, September 17th, 12:24 · Dan Sudi

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 tab launched in Ghana

Electronics leader Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet in Ghana following a partnership with mobile network operator Vodafone Ghana. → Read more