Articles by Susan Mwenesi, Page 13
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Wed, July 16th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Apple phones now in Airtel Kenya shops
Airtel Kenya and Apple have formed a strategic partnership allowing customers to purchase the iPhone range of products Airtel’s shops all over the country. → Read more
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Wed, July 16th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Ushahidi, Futaa, Kopo Kopo among 50 most innovative Kenyan startups
Kenyan football portal Futaa.com has been named alongside Ushahidi and Kopo Kopo among the 50 most innovative startups in Kenya in a competition that had 5,000 entries and was judged by top startup experts. → Read more
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Wed, July 16th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
CAK content regulation set to disrupt DStv monopoly
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) is to regulate to force players in the pay-TV industry to re-sell exclusive content to competitors, tackling a scenario that has seen players such as DStv enjoy monopoly on some content. → Read more
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Wed, July 16th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Gemalto joins GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative
Digital security company Gemalto has offered its support to the GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI), a mobile ecosystem that aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
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Tue, July 15th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Innovators win $160k in Rwanda’s creative hub competition
Nine innovators in the fields of TV production, digital media, mobile applications, animation, educational content and business magazines have won RWF109 million (US$160,000) between them in the first round of Rwanda Creative Hub's competition. → Read more
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Tue, July 15th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya Airways offers check-in via mobile
Kenya Airways has rolled a mobile check-in service, providing passengers with the ability to select flights and seats, obtain frequent flyer updates and customer notifications, and check-in for their flights via mobile. → Read more
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Tue, July 15th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya digital media bootcamp to be held next week
Kenya’s United States International University (USIU) will on July 24 and 25 host a conference on the effective use of digital media, focusing on online technology. → Read more
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Tue, July 15th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Alcatel’s mBox set for Senegalese m-Diabetes mobile initiative
Alcatel-Lucent will provide the Senegalese Ministry of Health and partners with the MNC technological platform mBox as part of the m-Diabetes initiative, which seeks to create awareness among patients and train medical professionals. → Read more
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Tue, July 15th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda included in Mozilla digital literacy programme
The Mozilla Foundation will in the next two months have more than 100,000 people participate in learning basic internet use and other digital skills, the Ugandan capital Kampala earmarked as one of the starting points followed by New York, San Francisco and cities in India, Indonesia and several other African countries. → Read more
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Mon, July 14th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
StarTimes Media unveils $78.8m investment in Kenya
StarTimes Media has sunk KSh6.9 million (US$78.8 million) into a project that will see the company establish its Africa Headquarters and Dubbing Centre for Film and Broadcast Television in Kenya by the end of 2015. → Read more
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Mon, July 14th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A: Nikki Parker, regional director for North America and Oceania, Freelancer.com
Internet penetration in Africa has led to Africans interacting with the rest of the world, leading to a higher amount of job creation through outsourcing. HumanIPO caught up with Nikki Parker of Freelancer.com, one of the largest sites used by freelancers in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN Rwanda launches data campaign for internet usage
MTN Rwanda has launched a campaign designed to boost internet usage across the country, showcasing how the latter can be used for communicating, discovering and learning. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 14:01 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Telkom Kenya CEO recalled to France
France Telkom, Orange Telkom Kenya’s parent company, is recalling senior executives including chief executive officer (CEO) Mickael Ghossein, following a deal with the Kenyan government that will see the Paris-based company release its grip on the Kenyan company. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel Zambia scoops 1st prize in ICT Sector at trade fair
Airtel Zambia has scooped this year’s first prize in the ICT sector at the just concluded Zambia International Trade Fair held in Ndola. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
African broadband penetration opening frontiers for business – Freelancer.com
Increasing broadband penetration in Africa is opening new frontiers for businesses as they are not only innovating for their own countries but to a market outside the continent, according to Freelancer.com regional director for North America and Oceania Nikki Parker. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Bharti Airtel to sell 3,100 telecoms towers
Bharti Airtel is to sell about 3,100 telecoms towers in four African countries to Helios Towers Africa, a move that will raise about US$2 billion for the company. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Liquid Telecom connects Kenya’s Siaya county with $2m cable
Liquid Telecom is installing a US$2 million fibre optic network in Kenya’s Siaya county, the first its kind in rural Kenya, to open the area’s underserved to internet access. → Read more
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Thu, July 10th, 17:14 · Susan Mwenesi
PPOA approves Safaricom security tender security tender
Safaricom’s security surveillance tender award has been approved by Kenya’s Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA), citing the prevailing insecurity in the country as reason for the decision. → Read more
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Thu, July 10th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Windows apps now available through Safaricom airtime
Microsoft has partnered with leading Kenyan telecom Safaricom to make it possible for customers to download apps from the Windows Phone Store and make payments using their mobile phones, opening a reliable revenue channel for the developer community. → Read more
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Thu, July 10th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Jumia Nigeria empowers SMEs with new platform
Jumia Nigeria has provided small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with a platform that will give them an opportunity to showcase their products online and reach a larger and more targeted audience. → Read more
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