Articles by Tom Jackson

Articles by Tom Jackson, Page 57

Tue, October 9th, 09:32 · Tom Jackson

Ndemo criticises politicians over use of frequencies

Dr. Bitange Ndemo, permanent secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications, has hit out at politicians for not effectively utilising broadcasting frequencies, and called for creative investors to be given access to ineffectively utilised frequencies. → Read more
Tue, October 9th, 08:29 · Tom Jackson

Uganda to switch off fake phones, 30% of gadgets fake

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is to follow Kenya’s lead and switch off counterfeit phone handsets at the end of next month, with a study indicating that around 30 percent of mobile phones on the market are fake. → Read more
Mon, October 8th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson

Orange Kenya launches emergency credit for customers

Integrated telecommunications service provider Orange today unveiled an advance airtime top-up benefit – PEWA - to enable its customers to receive emergency credit. → Read more
Mon, October 8th, 12:46 · Tom Jackson

SA must improve ICT education to create jobs, says minister

South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Economic Development Hlengiwe Mkhize has said that education leaders in the country must do more to improve IT literacy if South Africa is to fulfill its ambition of creating five million jobs by 2020. → Read more
Mon, October 8th, 06:28 · Tom Jackson

ICASA comes under attack at MVNOs Summit

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) was singled out for criticism by delegates at the MVNOs Industry Summit last week in Cape Town for failing to fulfill its mandate. → Read more
Fri, October 5th, 11:58 · Tom Jackson

AppChat promises to slash mobile costs in SA

A new mobile virtual network operator, AppChat, will launch in South Africa by the end of the year, seeking to challenge the domination of telco giants MTN and Vodacom and in the process cut call costs. → Read more
Sun, September 30th, 15:52 · Tom Jackson

CCK guarantees painless illegal mobile switch-off

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) will begin switching off more than 2.5 million counterfeit mobile phones tonight, and has assured the Kenyan public that the process will be a smooth one. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 11:35 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Ugandan government blind to cost of losing tech race

Never has a government’s total blindness to the opportunities offered by a vibrant tech sector been so perfectly demonstrated as in Uganda on Monday, when only five of 74 government ministers bothered to turn up on time for an Information Communication Technology sensitisation and training workshop hosted by the Prime Minister. → Read more
Wed, September 26th, 11:35 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Kenyan government ICT training insufficient to fill skills gap

Last week the Kenya ICT Board and SAP announced a partnership that will see 100 bright but underprivileged students undergo training to become certified SAP software engineers, an admirable initiative but one that fails to adequately tackle the looming skills gap that could threaten Kenya’s emergence as a technological hub. → Read more
Mon, September 24th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson

Kenya’s CCK appoints new Board Chairman

Industry regulator the Communications Communication of Kenya (CCK) has appointed businessman Ben Gituku as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors after previous incumbent Eng. Philip Okundi left to pursue a political seat. → Read more
Fri, September 21st, 13:13 · Tom Jackson

Global BlackBerry outages as iPhone 5 launches

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) today suffered significant outages across Africa, Europe and the Middle East coinciding with Apple’s iPhone 5 serial launches in Asia, Europe and North America. → Read more
Wed, September 19th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson

Visa, SA Tourism seek top local tourism app

Visa and South African Tourism are encouraging the development of authentically African tourism apps, aimed at the increasing number of international tourists using mobiles to plan their travels. → Read more