Articles by Robin Okuthe

Mon, February 25th, 09:06 · Robin Okuthe

Two Kenyans first ever Africa Diaspora Fellows at global event

The Capital City African-American Chamber of Commerce (CCAACC), an African-American businesses promoter, has selected two Kenyan entrepreneurs to represent the continent at this year’s South by South West (SXSW), a major emerging technologies event in the United States. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 12:24 · Robin Okuthe

Namibia turns to GPS technology to save endangered flamingo species

Three flamingos have been fitted with battery-powered GPS tracking devices at Mile 4 Saltworks near Swakopmund in Namibia to help determine their flight paths in efforts to address major conservation issues. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 13:25 · Robin Okuthe

German envoy condemns Kenyan media’s reckless reporting

German envoy to Kenya Margit Hellwig-Botte has advised the Kenyan media to be sensitive when reporting election-related news to avoid raising unnecessary tension. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 10:12 · Robin Okuthe

FEATURE: Cable theft crippling Kenya’s communications infrastructure

Power and telephone cable vandalism continues to interrupt Kenya’s infrastructural development, with companies like Telkom Kenya and Kenya Power claiming to be losing millions of shillings each year. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 08:43 · Robin Okuthe

FIFA approves goal-line technology for 2014 World Cup

World football governing body FIFA yesterday announced it has approved use of goal-line technology (GLT) for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 15:40 · Robin Okuthe

Somalia to repeal Media Law 2007 as it falls short of global standards

Somalia’s information ministry yesterday met media stakeholders in the capital Mogadishu to discuss media trends in the country, with particular focus on media law reforms. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 15:39 · Robin Okuthe

AfDB’s new initiative to boost Africa’s information superhighway

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a programme aimed at improving data management and dissemination in Africa. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:15 · Robin Okuthe

FEATURE: Satellite technology to overcome Internet outages caused by cable cuts

Continuous infrastructure developments taking place in Africa have often been blamed for frequent fibre-optic cable cuts that cause temporary Internet outages. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 11:56 · Robin Okuthe

Tanzania hails digital TV benefits as crucial for development

Tanzania’s government has reported that it has started to reap the benefits of transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 07:50 · Robin Okuthe

BBC journalists stage 24-hour strike

BBC journalists have staged a 24-hour strike protesting at compulsory redundancies. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 14:21 · Robin Okuthe

Mobile game for peace set for ahead of Kenyan polls

Digital media solutions firm Afroes is to launch its phone-based game “Haki: Chaguo Ni Lako” (Justice: The Choice is Yours) at next week’s Mobile Web East Africa (MWEA) conference, aiming to inspire peace and tolerance ahead of the Kenyan elections. → Read more
Tue, February 12th, 09:05 · Robin Okuthe

UN to celebrate World Radio Day in Kenya ahead of polls

A joint initiative by three United Nations (UN) agencies and programmes has organised World Radio Day in Kenya to underscore the role of community radio as a medium for communication in addressing social issues such as peaceful elections. → Read more
Mon, February 11th, 15:56 · Robin Okuthe

Kenya’s first Developers Day using deCarta slated for March

South African digital maps specialist mapIT is to host its first Developer’s Day in Kenya’s capital Nairobi as it expands its service across Africa. → Read more
Fri, February 8th, 13:30 · Robin Okuthe

Safaricom donates 50 million SMSs towards Kenya’s peaceful electioneering

Safaricom, in partnership with national integration-focused nonprofit Sisi Ni Amani-Kenya (SNA-K), has launched an SMS-based platform expected to circulate information essential for maintaining peace during Kenya’s political campaign period. → Read more
Thu, February 7th, 09:48 · Robin Okuthe

Samsung and MultiChoice in deal to speed up Kenya’s digital TV migration

Samsung Electronics has partnered with MultiChoice Kenya, a pay TV company, to run a promotion that rewards consumers with a free decoder for each purchase of a television set. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 15:38 · Robin Okuthe

X-rated app facilitates sex with Facebook friends

A new app called ‘Bang With Friends' (BWF) allows Facebook users to take the social networking site’s ‘poking’ facility to a whole new level, by letting them click on the photos of friends who, in the words of the developers, “you are down to bang”. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 08:06 · Robin Okuthe

Someone stole your phone? There’s an app that lets you catch him

Lookout Security & Antivirus, a world leader in mobile security, has updated its app for Android by integrating a new feature that takes a photo of an individual who has “been snooping in or has stolen your phone" and then sends the phone-owner an email. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 10:17 · Robin Okuthe

Ghana’s K-NET launches ultrafast broadband in 16 African nations

Ghanaian telecom giant K-NET has today launched a range of broadband Internet service packages expected to offer businesses and consumers across 16 West and Central African countries “unrivalled levels of performance and value for money”. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 09:44 · Robin Okuthe

Kenya in digital TV migration stalemate as regulator meeting is snubbed

Talks aimed at setting a proper date for analogue television broadcasting switchoff between the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) yesterday failed to take off, heralding a fresh spell of disagreements. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 09:00 · Robin Okuthe

Lack of identity management system slows SIM card registration in Uganda

The absence of a national identification system in Uganda provides loopholes that hinder large numbers of mobile subscribers from registering SIM cards, says MTN Uganda’s chief executive chief executive Mazen Mroue. → Read more