Articles by Elly Okutoyi

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Wed, February 27th, 14:24 · Elly Okutoyi

iHub and Intel partner to mature local tech scene

iHub has today announced a partnership with chipmaker Intel that will see the two organisations train developers in Kenya while scaling mobile apps in a bid to nurture the tech community. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 12:50 · Elly Okutoyi

BlackBerry pilots mobile money transfer on BBM

BlackBerry is in the pilot stages of launching its mobile money transfer service that will see users send money to each other via BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), in a bid to safeguard its market share. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 09:52 · Elly Okutoyi

31,000 names missing from IEBC register 4 days before election

Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has revealed around 31,000 names are missing from its Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system just four days before the election. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 13:59 · Elly Okutoyi

Creative economy to contribute to 10% of Kenya’s GDP by 2017

In the next five years, the Kenyan economy will have 10 percent of the GDP generated from the creative industry, according to Nanjira Sambuli, a musician, mathematician, strategist and technologist in Kenya. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 09:25 · Elly Okutoyi

OPINION: Is the African tech scene made up of just four countries?

For the past five years, Africa has moved from the dark continent to one where the next billionaires will be made, thanks to a booming tech scene that spurs innovation and the exponential growth in the number of mobile phone subscribers. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 12:28 · Elly Okutoyi

OPINION: Safaricom’s move to stop selling feature phones positive but risky

Kenya’s leading telecommunications services provider Safaricom last week revealed it will soon stop selling feature phones in its retail outlets across the country to tilt the market into adopting smartphones. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 13:21 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom is not the problem, app developers are

Kenyan developers have been told to stop complaining that Safaricom, the leading telecommunications services provider, is killing the local tech scene by overlooking locally produced digital content. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 10:06 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom to stop selling feature phones across its countrywide outlets

Kenyan telecom Safaricom will soon stop selling feature phones in its outlets countrywide, in a bid to skew the market towards smartphones. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 09:06 · Elly Okutoyi

Stop copying Silicon Valley, Kenya warned

Kenyans in the tech industry have been cautioned to stop copying Silicon Valley’s model by a panel of experts attending the Mobile Web East Africa conference in Nairobi. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 07:58 · Elly Okutoyi

Africa does not need another Facebook for marketing

Africa does not need to create another Facebook just to engage customers on a social platform as other channels and technologies for marketing campaigns already exist, according to Mike Sharman, owner of South Africa-based Retroviral Digital Communications. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 13:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom launches ‘Internet Sambaza’ service

Kenya’s leading integrated telecommunications services provider Safaricom has launched a service that enables its subscribers to share data across devices, eliminating barriers to accessing data bundles. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 08:54 · Elly Okutoyi

Technology will prevent election rigging, IEBC boss assures Kenyans

Kenya’s electoral commission the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said it has sealed all loopholes for rigging elections and presidential candidates have nothing to fear. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 08:18 · Elly Okutoyi

Nairobi’s digital TV migration deadline set for September 2013

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) have finally agreed on September 15 as the analogue television broadcasting cut-off date for the capital Nairobi. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 14:04 · Elly Okutoyi

Glamour online shopping store to be launched in Kenya

Online fashion retailer Glamour is to launch in Kenya under the brand name Glamour Kenya, allowing shoppers to buy beauty and fashion products from popular brands such as Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 09:51 · Elly Okutoyi

COFEK to have a representative on CCK board

After a long tussle between the Kenyan government and the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) on matters regarding digital TV broadcasting migration, the government has bowed to the pressure to have a consumer representative on the Communications Commission of Kenya’s (CCK’s) board. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 11:27 · Elly Okutoyi

Jubilee Coalition launches campaign mobile application

Kenyan political outfit Jubilee Coalition has today launched a phone-based application dubbed UhuRuto2013 Mobile Application aimed at giving users access to latest information on its activities. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 09:39 · Elly Okutoyi

Cloud services in Middle East and North Africa revenues to hit US$462 million in 2013

Middle East and North Africa cloud market revenues are projected to hit US$462 million this year, representing a 24.5 percent increase from 2012, according to a new report by technology researcher Gartner. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 08:08 · Elly Okutoyi

CCK calls for arrest of SK Macharia

Industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has called for the arrest of SK Macharia, the owner of Royal Media Services (RMS), after it disconnected several of the station’s transmitters it alleged were operating illegally. → Read more
Wed, February 13th, 13:48 · Elly Okutoyi

CBA in US$800,000 cloud computing deal with HP

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has today signed a converged infrastructure project solution deal with technology company HP, valued at KSh65 million (US$800,000) that will see the bank increase its storage capacity by 50 Terabytes. → Read more
Wed, February 13th, 10:33 · Elly Okutoyi

CWG to launch unique tech education in Nigeria

Integrated ICT solutions provider Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) will soon launch a “unique entrepreneurship education in technology” in Nigeria in partnership with Startup Weekend, TechStars and Startup America. → Read more