Articles by Susan Mwenesi, Page 24
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Fri, April 25th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
SAP Africa partners Techno Brain to address Africa’s skills shortage
SAP Africa has partnered with Kenyan IT firm Techno Brain to address the skills shortage in Africa through the introduction of SAP Education student training kits, e-learning programmes and a hybrid classroom instructor-based teaching model across the content over the next two years. → Read more
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Fri, April 25th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Kenya rolls out 3G network in Uasin Gishu
Orange has rolled out its 3G network service in Uasin Gishu county, initially covering Eldoret and its environs, providing improved connectivity to the area. → Read more
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Fri, April 25th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
VAT slowing the growth of mobile uptake in Kenya
Recently-imposed value added tax (VAT) on ICTs including mobile phones has slowed the growth of uptake in Kenya, a study has revealed. → Read more
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Thu, April 24th, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung equips 98 Kenyan students with hands-on engineering skills
A total of 98 students graduated yesterday from the Samsung Electronics Engineering Academy (SEEA) in Kenya, part of the company’s broader goal of developing skilled electronics engineers across Africa. → Read more
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Thu, April 24th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyatta urges use of technology to lower cost of diaspora remittances
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed the government will be negotiating with financial institutions to make remittances to the country easier and cheaper, and urged the adoption of technology to bring down costs. → Read more
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Thu, April 24th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan enters Internet Hall of Fame
Dorcas Muthoni Ngatia, a Kenyan entrepreneur, computer scientist and chief executive of Openworld Ltd, is the latest inductee to the Internet Society’s Internet Hall of Fame, which recognises individuals who have greatly contributed to the use and growth of the internet. → Read more
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Thu, April 24th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
All buildings in Nairobi to have communication terminals within 6 months
All buildings in Nairobi will be required to have inbuilt communication termination services to aid in communication within the next six months, according to a directive from the county government. → Read more
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Thu, April 24th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
SAP launches mobile birth registration app in Kenya
SAP Africa has announced the launch of a mobile application prototype to simplify the birth registration process in Kenya, saving costs and time and easing access to education, healthcare and productive employment. → Read more
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Wed, April 23rd, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Kenya revamps copper network infrastructure to fibre optic
Orange Kenya has announced it will connect an additional 200 buildings in Nairobi to its Multi-Services Access Nodes (MSAN) next generation switches, a move that will enhance network reliability and reduce operational expenditure caused by vandalism. → Read more
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Thu, April 17th, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Roaming charges in East Africa set to come down
Roaming charges in East Africa are to come down after the governments of Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya promised to sit down and discuss the best modalities of bringing down the charges. → Read more
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Thu, April 17th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Ministry of ICT to help foreign experts get work permits
Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) has set up a desk within the ministry to help foreign experts coming to work for global companies or lend their expertise in speeding up the process of getting work permits. → Read more
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Thu, April 17th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya to help South Sudan in formation of ICT regulatory body
Kenya will offer South Sudan’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services expertise to help form its ICT regulatory body, which will be the youngest in the region. → Read more
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Thu, April 17th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
World Bank allocates $12m for Kenya county ICT projects
The World Bank has approved KSh1 billion (US$12 million) to be allocated for ICT projects within the counties in Kenya, among them roadmaps and e-readiness projects. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Eneza scoops overall price at Kenya’s Vision 2030 innovation awards
Eneza Education, a virtual tutor and teacher's assistant on low-cost mobile phones that makes it easier for students to engage teachers directly, was the overall winner of the 2014 Vision 2030 awards. → Read more
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Wed, April 16th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government rolls out ICT Masterplan
The Kenyan government through the ICT Authority yesterday launched its National ICT Masterplan, setting the agenda for the ICT industry in Kenya for the next four years. → Read more
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Tue, April 15th, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan public sector not properly utilising social media – panel
Kenya’s public sector is not making adequate use of social media for information gathering, communication or collation of data compared to their counterparts in the private sector, according to panelists at the “Social Media Analytics and Cloud” session at the ongoing Connected Kenya summit held in Mombasa. → Read more
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Tue, April 15th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya rolls out digital government programme
President Uhuru Kenyatta has rolled out a government digital transformation program for 2014-2016 geared towards tackling the lack of knowledge among Kenyans when it comes to important aspects of governance. → Read more
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Tue, April 15th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan digitisation will increase efficiency, transparency – Tiampati
Kenya’s drive to digitise government operations will improve efficiency, transparency and accountability, Ministry of ICT principal secretary Joseph Tiampati told the Connected Kenya 2014 conference as it got underway in Mombasa. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange connects 27 Kenyan county governments to broadband
Orange Kenya has connected 27 governor’s offices and county assemblies to its network in an effort to deliver key ICT services to the counties. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Seven Seas Technologies postpones IPO
Kenyan IT firm Seven Seas Technologyes has decided to push back its initial public offering (IPO), orginally scheduled for last year, until 2017, as it looks to expand into other African markets. → Read more
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