Articles by Kamau Mbote

Articles by Kamau Mbote, Page 31

Mon, February 25th, 09:47 · Kamau Mbote

CCK and COFEK clash over board representation

Kenya’s consumer advocacy group the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has said it will not relent on a case it has filed challenging the constitution of members on the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) board. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 15:50 · Kamau Mbote

Nokia Lumia 920 voted smartphone of the year

Over 280,000 readers have voted the Nokia Lumia 920 as the smartphone of the year 2012 in the Engadget Awards, with Apple Macbook Pro with retina display emerging laptop of the year. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote

Nokia to release cheaper models to fight competitors

Nokia is to launch cheaper models next week to fend off competition, especially from Chinese phone manufacturers Huawei and ZTE who have a sizeable chunk of the low-cost phone market. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 10:05 · Kamau Mbote

Kaspersky hails Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity

Eugene Kaspersky, founder of Internet security company Kaspersky Lab, has used his blog praised an executive order on cybersecurity by President Obama intended to ensure better information sharing between government and the private sector. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 14:40 · Kamau Mbote

New app to ward off surveillance on smartphones and tablets

Encrypted communications company Silent Circle has developed an app to prevent surveillance on smartphones and tablets, which the company says will “revolutionize privacy and freak out the feds”. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 13:11 · Kamau Mbote

Bloggers to be arraigned in court for spreading hate speech

The National Media Monitoring Steering Committee in Kenya has confirmed two bloggers suspected of peddling hate speech on social media have been arrested and will be arraigned in court in two weeks. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 10:03 · Kamau Mbote

CCK and COFEK get more time to agree on analogue TV signal switch-off

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK), Kenya’s consumer lobby group, and the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) have been given an extra month, until March 13, to conclude negotiations on the start of analogue television signal switch-off in Kenya. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 08:44 · Kamau Mbote

Jeep Twitter account hacked

Chrysler's Jeep Twitter account was hacked into on Tuesday, with the hacker sending out tweets ridiculing the off-road vehicle and its CEO, just a day after Burger King's feed faced similar fate. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 13:26 · Kamau Mbote

Lenovo seeks more say in Africa and Middle East

Lenovo, the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, will be launching its newest products, the Lenovo Yoga, Lenovo Thinkpad Twist and Lenovo Tablet 2, in Kenya within the next three weeks. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 12:07 · Kamau Mbote

Google supports university students in creating election-based apps

Application developers from various universities in Kenya have showcased election-related apps created in partnership with the Google Developer group. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:23 · Kamau Mbote

MasterCard extends financial inclusion to Kenyan students via UNISCOO card

Chase Bank and the University Students Community Organisation (UNISCOO) have launched a MasterCard prepaid card to be used by members of the student’s union to top up and shop at enabled merchant stores. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 13:26 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya ICT Board launches Julisha ICT Survey report 2013

Kenya has witnessed an increase in Internet users to 17.38 million from less than 10 million in 2011, according to the Julisha ICT Survey report released today by the Kenya ICT Board. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:38 · Kamau Mbote

Google to launch election apps in Kenya

Google Kenya will tomorrow unveil seven apps built by Kenyan students ahead of the March 4 polls to help monitor the election process. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:08 · Kamau Mbote

Kukubo to leave Kenya ICT Board

Paul Kukubo is on his way out of the Kenya ICT Board after serving as its chief executive officer for five years. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 12:30 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya ICT Board to launch Julisha II Survey results tomorrow

The Kenya ICT Board will tomorrow release the findings of the study of the national ICT industry, Julisha II. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 11:38 · Kamau Mbote

Keroche Breweries sabotage claims fuel discussion on social media

Top Kenyan brewer Keroche Breweries yesterday claimed on social media it was seeing slow business as its competitors are using ethnic politics as a sales strategy to dissuade customers from buying its products, assertions that shocked Kenyans. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 15:12 · Kamau Mbote

Electricity biggest challenge to ICT expansion

A team of experts from the Linkoping University, the University of Nairobi and a number of other institutions of higher learning have blamed access to electricity as the biggest barrier to the expansion of ICT across Africa. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 13:14 · Kamau Mbote

COFEK takes fight to Ndemo on social media

Kenya’s consumer advocacy group the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has turned the tables on information ministry permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo, criticising him on social media. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 12:27 · Kamau Mbote

East Africa hailed as world leader in contactless payments

Global electronics payments leader MasterCard Worldwide has rated East Africa among the world’s leading regions in the uptake of contactless payments technology. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 16:04 · Kamau Mbote

Mi-Fone handsets now available in Kenyan Fuji stores

Africa’s first mobile devices brand Mi-Fone has partnered with Fuji Colorama, a popular Kenyan one-stop photography chain store, to reach out to more customers. → Read more