Articles by Robin Okuthe

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Mon, September 10th, 08:23 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel consolidates reputation as Nigeria’s top innovator

Interpreted telecommunications operator Airtel Nigeria bagged three industry awards at the eighth edition of the Nigerian Telecoms Awards held on Saturday at the Incubator Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. → Read more
Mon, September 10th, 06:51 · Robin Okuthe

Freelancer.com slam-dunked into French-speaking Africa

World’s largest online marketplace for outsourcing Freelancer.com today launched the French version of its website across the entire French-speaking Africa. → Read more
Mon, September 10th, 06:28 · Robin Okuthe

More cybercriminals turning to phone frauds

Cybercriminals targeting mobile phones are bolstering efforts to steal from victims, according to a report by mobile security firm Lookout. → Read more
Sat, September 8th, 07:44 · Robin Okuthe

Police in Nigeria to offer 24-hour phone mast surveillance after bombings

Nigeria’s police chief Mohammed Abubakar has ordered a 24-hour surveillance of all telecommunications masts following a series of demolitions across the northern parts of the country. → Read more
Fri, September 7th, 10:27 · Robin Okuthe

Higher broadband speed hinted would raise Egypt’s GDP

Egypt’s broadband speed, if quadrupled, has the potential to contribute an extra 0.6 percent to the country’s gross domestic product, GDP, according to a study. → Read more
Fri, September 7th, 04:00 · Robin Okuthe

IBM makes further expansions in North Africa

Technology giant IBM yesterday announced the expansion of its operations in Morocco following the launch of an expanded location in the capital Rabat. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 14:28 · Robin Okuthe

South Africa’s new social media scores show steady growth rate

The high number of South Africa’s older generation using social networking sites have significantly propelled the rise in the use of the social media platform in the country, a report released Tuesday by technology researcher World Wide Worx shows. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 12:30 · Robin Okuthe

Facebook labors at restoring integrity of “Likes” for fair advertising

Facebook Inc is culling out the fake “Likes” on its giant social networking site reportedly used by blackmarketeers, spammers and malware even as it comes to terms with maintaining its credibility as an “authentic” advertising platform. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 08:56 · Robin Okuthe

Twitter introduces tweet-stream feature

Microblogging site Twitter today introduced a new interactive feature that lets users insert customizable streams on tweets, or Twitter timelines, on their webpages. → Read more
Thu, September 6th, 07:04 · Robin Okuthe

Al-Jazeera’s English website hacked

Hackers calling themselves al-Rashedon, seemingly loyal to the Syrian regime, on Tuesday defaced Arabic news network Al-Jazeera’s English website. → Read more
Wed, September 5th, 13:40 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel reckons mobile phones can ply great way to alert farmers

Leading integrated telco Airtel Kenya has stepped to the fore deploying mobile phones to provide a great new opportunity for delivering agriculture-related info to farmers in Kenya, a scheme it expects would serve an estimated 250,000 small-scale farmers. → Read more
Wed, September 5th, 11:01 · Robin Okuthe

Sharp decline for PCs at expense of tablets, smartphones toward 2016

Computer-makers Intel and Microsoft’s influences are fast sliding down at the expense of the iPad, according to IHS iSuppli, a global leader in market intelligence. → Read more
Wed, September 5th, 08:34 · Robin Okuthe

In Africa, fewer than one in six use the Web globally

A new global index evaluating the state of the Net in 61 countries across the globe found that only three people are using the Web globally and fewer than one in six in Africa. → Read more
Tue, September 4th, 13:56 · Robin Okuthe

Zimbabwe has recourse to e-farming to curb food shortages

Zimbabwe plans to officially launch e-farming technology early next month. The technology, designed for the agriculture sector, would help tackle incidences of food shortages in the country. → Read more
Tue, September 4th, 11:43 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel fronts for more strategic partnerships to improve Africa’s welfare

Bharti Airtel has today announced it has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with South Africa’s top financial services company Sanlam to distribute insurance and health funding products across the continent. → Read more
Tue, September 4th, 06:44 · Robin Okuthe

Furthering social entrepreneurship in Africa, Tigo and Reach for Change arm in arm

For a joint venture focused on implementing a social entrepreneurship program to improve the lives of children living in Africa, mobile network operator Millicom International Cellular S.A., which operates under the brandname Tigo, today announced a partnership with Reach for Change, a child-oriented nonprofit. → Read more
Mon, September 3rd, 10:09 · Robin Okuthe

New perspective to execute innovative funding mechanisms

Global Voice Group, South Africa-based management and monitoring solutions leader, has developed a governance technology that it says will help communications regulators in developing countries to establish “efficient and innovative funding mechanisms.” → Read more
Mon, September 3rd, 07:28 · Robin Okuthe

World’s first eye-controlled TV unveiled

Chinese multinational consumer electronics-maker Haier unveiled world’s first-ever eye-controlled television set tagged Gaze TV, at last week’s IFA trade show in Berlin. The set uses eye-tracking technology developed by Swedish firm Tobii. → Read more
Mon, September 3rd, 06:07 · Robin Okuthe

Twitter gains strides in helping marketers focus ads to specific audience

Microblogging site Twitter has forged ahead with its specificity features focused on drawing in more advertisers into using its services. → Read more
Fri, August 31st, 05:12 · Robin Okuthe

Africa’s server market revenue slumping, huge economic challenges to blame

Server market in Africa continues to struggle with the second quarter of 2012 marking the third consecutive quarter of decline in shipments, and the fourth in revenue slump. → Read more