Articles by Nick Sato, Page 3
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Fri, December 20th, 06:00 · Nick Sato
Education stakeholders urged to embrace ICT in Tanzania
Tanzanian education officers in the country’s Mtwara region have been told to ensure e-content and digital learning tools are incorporated into teaching and learning processes for better results. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya beats SA, UK, US to top spot in mobile shopping
Kenya leads in the use of mobile handsets to purchase high value items, according to research by MEF, a global trade association for companies wishing to monetise their products and services via mobile. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 13:20 · Nick Sato
Kenyan SMS scheduler app wins Appstar Challenge
Kenyan app Automs.gs has won this year’s Vodafone Appstar Challenge, for its app which allows the automatic sending of personalised text message on pre-scheduled dates. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 09:40 · Nick Sato
StarTimes subscribers to access free-to-air channels upon disconnection
Kenyan pay-TV provider StarTimes has announced it will provide access to at least six free-to-air channels upon the expiration of a subscriber’s monthly subscription. → Read more
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Wed, December 18th, 18:00 · Nick Sato
East African countries to share data on SIM card registration
ICT leaders from East African countries meeting in Nairobi to discuss ICT integration in the region have announced they are in the process of harmonising SIM registration to enable prompt sharing of subscribers’ data. → Read more
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Wed, December 18th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan resolve to reduce roaming charges
Information Communication and Technology (ICT) ministers from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan have met in Nairobi to discuss the integration of ICT infrastructure in the East African region, resolving to jointly find ways of reducing the cost of roaming voice and data charges. → Read more
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Wed, December 18th, 14:20 · Nick Sato
MTN Uganda launches pay-as-you-go solar power system
MTN Uganda and Fenix International have launched a pay-as-you-go solar power energy solution designed to improve lighting, phone charging and access to energy and telecommunications for Ugandans who lack reliable electricity. → Read more
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Wed, December 18th, 10:20 · Nick Sato
Kenyan government to locally assemble school laptops in Phase 2
The Kenyan government is planning to have the assembly of the devices for the second round of its flagship one laptop per child programme done locally in a bid to boost the take up of local technology. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 19:00 · Nick Sato
Mandela, Pistorius among top world Google searches in 2013
South African icon Nelson Mandela and amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius emerged top in different categories in this year’s most searched items in the Google annual year end Zeitgeist report. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 18:30 · Nick Sato
GE Africa launches Africa Learning Advisory Board
GE Africa today launched the first African Learning Advisory Board in Nairobi, which will provide leadership and support for both GE Africa and the continent’s talent development. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
Airtel Nigeria, Google partner to launch free web search on mobile
Airtel Nigeria and Google have announced an internet service partnership that allows customers to access mobile web search and other feature-phone-friendly versions of Gmail and Google without getting billed. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta signs into law controversial media bill
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the controversial Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill two weeks after parliament adopted contentious proposals recommended by him. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 11:20 · Nick Sato
Kenya shortlists companies for supply of laptops for schools
The Kenyan government has shortlisted three international companies for the supply of the laptops which will be given free to class one students at the end of the the first quarter of 2014. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 10:10 · Nick Sato
CNN Launches ‘African Start-Up’ Programme
CNN International announced yesterday (Monday) it is launching a new programming strand that will shine the spotlight on African startups and entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 08:40 · Nick Sato
MTN, Regenesys partner to boost online education in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has partnered with Regenesys Business School to launch MTN iLearning, a new initiative that provides entrepreneurs with access to free online business education. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 06:00 · Nick Sato
Yahoo! CEO apologises over prolonged email outage
Email service provider Yahoo! has issued an apology to its users following an extended outage which affected a certain per cent of its users over the past week. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 18:20 · Nick Sato
CCK drops charges on digital broadcast signal distribution
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has today (Monday) reviewed downwards tariffs for digital signal distribution in a move geared towards facilitating a smooth migration from analogue to digital television broadcasting. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 17:20 · Nick Sato
Nigeria slaps $7.5m fine on operators over poor network services
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined four major operators in the country US$7.5 million after they failed to meet the minimum Quality of Service (QoS) parameters issued by the regulator for the months of March and April 2012. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 15:40 · Nick Sato
Facebook records unpublished messages – study
A new study of has revealed Facebook keeps a record of everything users type on the platform, even if they opt to delete them or decide not to publish. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 12:40 · Nick Sato
Send money to Kenya from UK through social media
A Singapore-based global money transfer and payments startup has launched a service that allows users to transfer money and content through social networks from the United Kingdom (UK) to Kenya enabling secure peer–to–peer transactions domestically and internationally. → Read more
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