Articles by Kamau Mbote, Page 7
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Fri, September 13th, 08:30 · Kamau Mbote
HumanIPO partners MobileMoneyAfrica for expo
HumanIPO will be lead media partner at the fourth MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos next year, with the event focusing on financial inclusion for the unbanked. → Read more
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Thu, September 12th, 19:00 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom reduces Lipa Na M-Pesa charges
Kenyan network operator Safaricom has announced the reduction of Lipa Na M-Pesa charges from 1.5 per cent to one per cent. → Read more
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Thu, September 12th, 13:20 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia’s future focus on HERE, NSN & Advanced Tech
Following Microsoft’s buyout of Nokia’s mobile devices segment, the Finnish mobile phone company is looking elsewhere for its core business in future. → Read more
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Thu, September 12th, 12:40 · Kamau Mbote
SatADSL to unveil satellite for ATMs in East Africa
SatADSL has launched a new satellite solution to support the nationwide deployment of ATM networks in areas of East Africa lacking communications infrastructure. → Read more
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Thu, September 12th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
ICT connecting people to global job market – World Bank
ICT platforms connecting people to work will help create a global market of employers and opportunities with proper guidelines that facilitate the creation of right ICT infrastructure, social safety nets and a working financial system, according to the World Bank. → Read more
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Thu, September 12th, 05:00 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei launches Ascend P6 in Nigeria
Huawei has launched the Ascend P6 into the Nigerian market, weeks after the phone launched in South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, September 11th, 17:00 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan state paid $14.8 million to finance Japanese loan to KBC
The Kenyan government paid KSh1.3 billion (US$14.8 million) to the Japanese government as part of a loan secured for the purchase of equipment for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) in the last financial year. → Read more
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Wed, September 11th, 09:30 · Kamau Mbote
Motorola unveils new products in Kenyan market
Motorola has launched three new enterprise mobility products into the Kenyan market, in a bid to increase its presence. → Read more
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Tue, September 10th, 19:00 · Kamau Mbote
Cybercrime to hit economies in Africa if unchecked
Increasing cases of cyber fraud, especially against financial institutions, have the ability to hurt African economies if unchecked, according to Kenya’s ICT minister Fred Matiangi. → Read more
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Tue, September 10th, 15:00 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom launches SaaS solution for SMEs
Safaricom has launched a host of business software solutions under software as a service (SaaS), saying mobile money will power the product. → Read more
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Tue, September 10th, 12:30 · Kamau Mbote
Twitter acquires ad company
Twitter has bought mobile advertising startup MoPub for US$350 million, beating a number of other competitors including ad network Millenial Media which bought JumpTap last month. → Read more
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Tue, September 10th, 07:00 · Kamau Mbote
Tanzanian documentary secures funding in less than a week
A documentary to be shot in Zanzibar, titled 'Veils to Cleats', has hit its fundraising target after pitching on Kickstarter.com less than a week ago. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 18:00 · Kamau Mbote
TechCamp kicks off in Nairobi
TechCamp has pitched camp at the 88mph office in Nairobi, Kenya, discussing how health services can be transformed using technology under the theme ‘Transforming Health in the Silicon Savannah’, → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 10:30 · Kamau Mbote
Chinese visitors to Kenya to receive SMS poaching warnings
The Chinese Embassy in Nairobi is to send warnings over engaging in poaching via SMS to Chinese nationals visiting Kenya as it looks to improve its image following accusations of Chinese elephant and rhino poaching. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
MEA constitutes 7% of global app production
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region remains the second smallest creator of apps worldwide with seven per cent of production, beating only Latin America’s six percent. → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 16:30 · Kamau Mbote
#KOT take on Nairobi senator over radio rant
Kenyans on Twitter (#KOT) have hit back at Nairobi senator Gideon Mbuvi, alias Sonko, after he threw insults at radio presenter Carol Mutoko live on air. → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 12:00 · Kamau Mbote
Tanzanian startup connecting unemployed youth to jobs
Tanzanian startup Jobstanzania has created a database with thousands of unemployed youth, designed to connect them to potential employers by notifying them of vacancies arising. → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 09:00 · Kamau Mbote
Paynet joins sponsorship list at AITEC banking conference
Paynet has signed a multi-million shilling deal with AITEC Africa towards facilitating the inviting of experts on online payments to the banking conference. → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 05:00 · Kamau Mbote
Yahoo! unveils new logo
Yahoo! has officially unveiled its new logo, as it fades out the previous image in use since 1995. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 16:00 · Kamau Mbote
ICC announces plan to set up public screens in Kenya, but country withdraws
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will set up large screens to enable members of the public to follow the proceedings at the ICC trials of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto, though on the same day the Kenyan parliament withdrew from the Rome Statute. → Read more
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