Articles by Elly Okutoyi

Wed, April 3rd, 14:19 · Elly Okutoyi

Video-sharing app for mobile ads launched in Kenya

A new video-sharing app aimed at stirring mobile advertisements has been launched by a Swedish company in Kenya, where companies will be able to set up channels and post and share their adverts with the public. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Ethiopia installs SMS system to simplify imports

The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprises (ESLSE) has installed a text message based system to notify importers of the arrival of their goods at the port. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 08:25 · Elly Okutoyi

Ethiopian government spying on political activists

A report released by the Citizen Lab has indicated the Ethiopian government is using spyware to monitor political activists and opposition groups in the country. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 14:10 · Elly Okutoyi

Facebook Timeline suit goes to trial

Facebook has lost the first round of its bid to stop the trademark infringement case filed against it by Timelines Inc, with the court ordering the social networking site should face trial. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 12:13 · Elly Okutoyi

Airtel subscribers to enjoy Nokia’s cheaper value added services

Nokia has partnered with Airtel in a deal that will see its the latter's subscribers across the continent access cheaper value added services from the phone maker. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 07:50 · Elly Okutoyi

Tigo recognized for Kidney disease detection SMS app

Tanzania’s National Kidney Foundation recently awarded Tigo Tanzania with a certificate of appreciation for their support in the development of a kidney SMS app that allows Tanzanians check their kidney health status. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:40 · Elly Okutoyi

More media companies want Google to pay for news

Google might be forced to pay for the news content available on Google News, as Portuguese media companies push for the internet giant to do so. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 12:52 · Elly Okutoyi

Botswana’s US$37.5 million undersea cable to be live in May

Botswana is set to launch its US$37.5 million undersea cable in mid- May, a move expected to slash internet connection rates and provide faster internet service in the country. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 08:44 · Elly Okutoyi

Electronic voter registration takes centre stage in day one of Kenya’s Presidential petition

Kenya’s electoral body, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has been accused by the prime minister, Raila Odinga, of failing to utilize proper technologies in the general elections as the petition hearings began yesterday. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 12:58 · Elly Okutoyi

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange finally launches new website

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has finally launched a new web portal after almost two years of inactivity after suffering a hacking incident. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 07:44 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s chief justice’s private email hacked

Chief justice and president of the Supreme Court of Kenya Willy Mutunga’s private emails came under attack on Monday by hackers, as he heads up the one of the most crucial legal cases in the country’s history. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 11:36 · Elly Okutoyi

Billboard that turns air into water

Researchers have come up with a billboard that converts air humidity in the atmosphere into clean drinking water by use of filters and condensers. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 10:29 · Elly Okutoyi

IBM launches project to monitor water leaks through crowdsourcing

Technology giant IBM has launched a project that will assist in monitoring the water distribution system in South Africa via crowdsourcing. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 11:03 · Elly Okutoyi

We are not to blame for hacked sites, says Safaricom

Kenyan network operator Safaricom has denied its servers have been hacked and said the vulnerabilities experienced on several accounts are on the affected sites and not their servers. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 08:46 · Elly Okutoyi

Microsoft Office 2013 now available in Nigeria

Nigeria is the first African country to have Office 2013 available in its market, barely two months after it was officially made public. → Read more
Fri, March 22nd, 11:56 · Elly Okutoyi

Electronic Cargo Tracking System to be launched in Uganda

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will soon introduce a US$5.2 million Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) in the East African nation to help curb the influx of low priced goods, masqueraded as international goods. → Read more
Thu, March 21st, 13:46 · Elly Okutoyi

BlackBerry Jam session for Kenyan universities takes place

The BlackBerry Jam Session for universities took place in Kenya yesterday, attended by more than 60 developers. → Read more
Thu, March 21st, 09:48 · Elly Okutoyi

300,000 hate speech SMSs blocked every day – Ndemo

Over 300,000 hate speech related messages are blocked by mobile telephone service providers in Kenya every day, according to Information and Communication ministry permanent secretary Bitange Ndemo. → Read more
Thu, March 21st, 08:03 · Elly Okutoyi

Samsung to stop using Android on its devices

The world’s leading smartphone maker Samsung will this year shift from using Google’s Android operating system onto Tizen, an open-source operating system the company has been developing with chipmaker Intel. → Read more
Wed, March 20th, 13:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Four people identified for prosecution over social media hate speech

Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has disclosed they are in the final stages of investigating four individuals for social media hate speech and incitement, before instituting the prosecution process. → Read more