Articles by Kamau Mbote, Page 17
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Mon, June 24th, 14:14 · Kamau Mbote
New e-commerce marketplace launched in Kenya
Wells Fargo couriers and payment service provider JamboPay have teamed up to create an e-commerce platform to provide organisations with an online sales platform that ensures delivery anywhere in Kenya. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 12:43 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia Asha 501 sales begin
The Nokia Asha 501 will be sold first in Thailand, Pakistan and India before further roll out around the world. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:46 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia Lumia introduces multi-language translator
Nokia has introduced a multi-language translator that works via text and voice on its Lumia range of smartphones, allowing users to translate words into 32 languages using their camera. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 08:14 · Kamau Mbote
US regulator probing effects of Google’s Waze buyout
The United States Federal Trade Commission has launched investigations into Google’s US$1.3bn acquisition of Waze following concerns raised by consumer groups. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 07:13 · Kamau Mbote
Mdundo to launch online radio
Mdundo.com is set to launch an online radio station and is already piloting an online show meant to increase focus on the Kenyan music industry. → Read more
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Fri, June 21st, 13:47 · Kamau Mbote
COFEK withdraws digital migration case
The Consumers Federation of Kenya has withdrawn its case against the government, meaning the digital migration process can now proceed. → Read more
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Fri, June 21st, 11:41 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft ready to upgrade teachers ICT capability
Microsoft Kenya legal and corporate affairs director Louis Otieno says the global software maker is ready for involvement in the training of teachers on the use of laptops, having already trained 31,000 teachers in the past five years. → Read more
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Fri, June 21st, 09:34 · Kamau Mbote
The Growth Hub opens applications for 2nd accelerator programme
Kenyan accelerator The Growth Hub has opened applications for entrepreneurs in the social enterprise space to access seed funding in two programmes, dubbed ‘Idea to Innovation’ and ‘Innovation to Impact’. → Read more
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Fri, June 21st, 07:39 · Kamau Mbote
Every1Mobile gets $1.7m investment
Cape Town-based Every1Mobile (E1M) has raised US$1.7m in angel capital after the startup announced it had reached an audience of three million visits monthly across the Sub-Saharan region. → Read more
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Thu, June 20th, 15:05 · Kamau Mbote
Broadcast Film and Music Africa Conference due next week in Nairobi
The African Broadcast Film and Music conference will take place next week at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi, bringing together more than 200 delegates from the industries. → Read more
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Thu, June 20th, 12:29 · Kamau Mbote
Pirate Bay founder sentenced to two years in jail
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of file sharing site Pirate Bay, has been sentenced to two years in prison after hacking the computers of a company said to manage data for Swedish authorities outsourcing firm Logica. → Read more
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Thu, June 20th, 08:33 · Kamau Mbote
Orange Kenya increases emergency credit offering
Orange Kenya has increased its advance airtime service PEWA to KSh50 (US$0.60) from the earlier KSh15. → Read more
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Thu, June 20th, 07:28 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei SA to invest in cyber labs for youth
Huawei has announced several initiatives geared towards bridging the digital divide in South Africa through empowering schools and communities by providing equipment necessary for running cyber labs. → Read more
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Wed, June 19th, 12:33 · Kamau Mbote
Kaspersky advises on allowing BYOD in offices
Kaspersky Lab has said organisations are struggling to cope with changes in the security landscape and policies, with the rise of bring your own device (BYOD) chief among the challenges. → Read more
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Wed, June 19th, 10:27 · Kamau Mbote
Mdundo partners with Microsoft to provide music to Huawei phone users
Kenyan mobile music service Mdundo has teamed up with Microsoft to provide users of the Huawei 4Afrika phone with a premium account, allowing them to download Kenyan music for free for six weeks. → Read more
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Wed, June 19th, 07:52 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft frees 2 million computers from virus
Microsoft has said that its Digital Crimes Unit has freed at least two million PCs from one of the world’s largest cybercrime rings. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 14:29 · Kamau Mbote
China return to top of supercomputer standings
China has the most powerful supercomputer on earth according to a group of international researchers. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 14:11 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan ICT minister to review structure of state broadcaster
The Kenyan government is to carry out a review of structure and programming at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), according to the new cabinet secretary for ICT. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 09:26 · Kamau Mbote
OPINION: Laptops a threat to teachers’ employment but have wider benefits
A few days after the Kenyan government allocated KSh53.2 billion (US$621 million) for the supply of laptops to primary schools, teachers are up in arms seeking the employment of more staff and have threatened to down their tools unless the government gives in. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 08:22 · Kamau Mbote
Yahoo! received 13,000 requests from NSA
Yahoo! has said it received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests from the the US government’s National Security Agency (NSA) in the past six months. → Read more
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