Articles by Susan Mwenesi, Page 30
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Fri, February 28th, 14:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Essar Telkom employees seeking CEO travel ban
A group of employees at India’s Essar Telkom, which runs Kenya’s yuMobile network, have gone to court seeking an order to prevent chief executive officer (CEO) Madhur Taneja from travelling to prevent him from fleeing the country before he finalises an alleged retrenchment plan with them → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 12:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Kenya launches loyalty programme for virtual airtime retailers
Orange Kenya has launched a loyalty programme that will see its electronic top-up service retailers sell virtual airtime to end-users → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 09:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Communications have transformative power – IBM
Computing and mobile have transformational powers, with transactions now having personalised engagement, millions of PCs becoming millions of mobile devices, structured data becoming unstructured and cloud making infrastructure less rigid → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
IBM commits to creating commercially viable solutions for Africa
IBM is committing itself to come up with more commercially viable solutions in the African continent, according to Dr Khamal Bhattacharya, director of IBM research in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, February 28th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda to host the 3rd annual East Africa Banking and ICT Summit
The East Africa Banking and ICT Summit held annually by Cyber Security Africa will be held in Uganda this year, seeking to provide delegates with technical and practical sessions and showcase banking and ICT innovations. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
IBM to invest $100m in Kenya research lab
IBM will inject a total of KSh8.6 billion (US$100 million) into its research lab in Kenya over ten years, geared towards solving the problems affecting the continent. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 12:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Dropbox moves to protect users from government requests
Dropbox has made changes to its terms and conditions in an effort to protect users’ security, including from government requests. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 10:20 · Susan Mwenesi
African universities to get free IBM software
IBM has plans to equip African universities with free software, one of the initiatives the tech giant believes show its commitment to Kenya and Africa. → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mahindra Comviva, MTN launch MDP in Congo
Global mobility solutions provider Mahindra Comviva has announced its Mobile Data Platform (MDP) has gone live with MTN in the Republic of Congo, allowing subscribers to access personalised data plans → Read more
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Thu, February 27th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Facebook and Ericsson launch innovation lab
Facebook and Ericsson have announced the creation of the Internet.org Lab, an initiative seeking to provide the correct environment and expertise for optimising applications, networks, devices and services for five billion internet users → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Less than half of Kenyan banks engage customers on social media
Only 19 of the 53 commercial banks in Kenya engage their customers on social media, according to a survey carried out by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA). → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom takes on Orange Kenya over advert
Safaricom, through its advertising firm Scanad, has made a formal complaint against Orange Kenya to the Advertising Standards Body of Kenya (ASBK) over an advertisement making use of its corporate colours to market Orange services. → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 09:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda Telecom relaunches Voice SMS service
Uganda Telecom has relaunched its Voice SMS service, which will be hosted on Kirusa platforms and is targeted at enabling the carrier’s subscribers to “have a voice → Read more
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Wed, February 26th, 05:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Kenya donates $25k to Laisamis project
Kenyan integrated telecommunications provider Orange Telkom has injected KSh2.19 million (US$25,000) to the second phase of the Laisamis Livelihood Improvement project through World Vision Kenya → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Equity Bank applies for telecoms licence
Kenya’s Equity Bank of Kenya has applied for a licence to start mobile phone operations, though it is yet to be approved by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 15:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan number plates to be fitted with electronic chips
The Kenyan government has to install vehicle registration plates with security features such as microchips, which will be engraved on vehicles’ windscreens, engines and chassis → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 14:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Sokkaa.com launches YouTube channel
Rwandan website Sokkaa.com, an online soccer community specifically for African fans of the English Premier League (EPL), has launched a YouTube channel called Sokkaa TV → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 12:20 · Susan Mwenesi
CCK frequency fee cut could save telecoms millions
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) looks set to cut the annual fees payable by telecommunications companies to the regulator, a move which could save the companies millions → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tigo launches world’s first cross-border mobile money transfer system
Tigo, a subsidiary of Millicom, has announced the launch of a cross-border mobile money remittance service between Tanzania and Rwanda, allowing its subscribers to send money from one country to another via their Tigo mobile money accounts → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
African tech startups to showcase apps at Mobile World Congress
African tech startups Momentum Core and Leti Arts will showcase their apps optimised for Intel Architecture at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, Spain → Read more
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