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Mon, February 18th, 11:38 · Kamau Mbote

Keroche Breweries sabotage claims fuel discussion on social media

Top Kenyan brewer Keroche Breweries yesterday claimed on social media it was seeing slow business as its competitors are using ethnic politics as a sales strategy to dissuade customers from buying its products, assertions that shocked Kenyans. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 08:54 · Elly Okutoyi

Technology will prevent election rigging, IEBC boss assures Kenyans

Kenya’s electoral commission the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said it has sealed all loopholes for rigging elections and presidential candidates have nothing to fear. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 08:18 · Elly Okutoyi

Nairobi’s digital TV migration deadline set for September 2013

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) have finally agreed on September 15 as the analogue television broadcasting cut-off date for the capital Nairobi. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 15:12 · Kamau Mbote

Electricity biggest challenge to ICT expansion

A team of experts from the Linkoping University, the University of Nairobi and a number of other institutions of higher learning have blamed access to electricity as the biggest barrier to the expansion of ICT across Africa. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 15:09 · Richard Cutcher

East Africa and Commonwealth telecoms players join forces

The East African Communications Organisation (EACO) and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation have formed a strategic alliance in a bid to “deepen” engagement. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 14:40 · Brandon Gregory

Kenyan Buni TV teams up with Senegal’s Africafilms.tv

Buni TV, Kenya’s video on demand (VOD) service, and AfricaFilms.tv from Senegal have teamed up to bring diverse video content to their audiences. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 14:21 · Robin Okuthe

Mobile game for peace set for ahead of Kenyan polls

Digital media solutions firm Afroes is to launch its phone-based game “Haki: Chaguo Ni Lako” (Justice: The Choice is Yours) at next week’s Mobile Web East Africa (MWEA) conference, aiming to inspire peace and tolerance ahead of the Kenyan elections. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 14:04 · Elly Okutoyi

Glamour online shopping store to be launched in Kenya

Online fashion retailer Glamour is to launch in Kenya under the brand name Glamour Kenya, allowing shoppers to buy beauty and fashion products from popular brands such as Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 13:14 · Kamau Mbote

COFEK takes fight to Ndemo on social media

Kenya’s consumer advocacy group the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has turned the tables on information ministry permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo, criticising him on social media. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 12:27 · Kamau Mbote

East Africa hailed as world leader in contactless payments

Global electronics payments leader MasterCard Worldwide has rated East Africa among the world’s leading regions in the uptake of contactless payments technology. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 11:45 · Vincent Matinde

Mocality confirms closure in Kenya

Business directory website Mocality will be closed at the end of February this year, the owners of the site have announced, following sister company Kalahari.co.ke in exiting the East African country. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 09:51 · Elly Okutoyi

COFEK to have a representative on CCK board

After a long tussle between the Kenyan government and the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) on matters regarding digital TV broadcasting migration, the government has bowed to the pressure to have a consumer representative on the Communications Commission of Kenya’s (CCK’s) board. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 08:34 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Poorly-trained Kenyans will continue to be locked out by tech giants

News that IBM is looking to American graduates to staff its research hub in Nairobi has seen the issue of ICT training quality raise its ugly head again, with questions remaining over whether young Kenyans will ever see the benefit of large multinationals setting up shop in the country. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 07:59 · Tom Jackson

IBM turns to US for Nairobi lab staff

IBM is searching for skilled techies from American universities to staff its African research lab in Nairobi, potentially locking out young Kenyans. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 16:04 · Kamau Mbote

Mi-Fone handsets now available in Kenyan Fuji stores

Africa’s first mobile devices brand Mi-Fone has partnered with Fuji Colorama, a popular Kenyan one-stop photography chain store, to reach out to more customers. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 15:08 · Gabriella Mulligan

Startup crowdmapping site launched at Strathmore University

A startup crowdmapping website, Startup Kenya, has been launched by a Strathmore University student in a bid to improve the visibility of startups and attract investors. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 13:38 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: Technology features in Kenya’s democratic advancement

Growth in technology demand and use in Kenya has heavily influenced political campaigns in the country ahead of the March 4 polls. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 11:42 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya’s National ICT Master Plan finally launched

Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communication today launched the National ICT Master Plan, a much-delayed document detailing the country’s ICT course of action for the next five years. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 11:27 · Elly Okutoyi

Jubilee Coalition launches campaign mobile application

Kenyan political outfit Jubilee Coalition has today launched a phone-based application dubbed UhuRuto2013 Mobile Application aimed at giving users access to latest information on its activities. → Read more
Thu, February 14th, 11:21 · Gabriella Mulligan

Indigo Telecom develops solar-powered Wi-Fi in Kenya

Indigo Telecom is developing a solar-powered wireless broadband network which will capitalise on television band white spaces, in order to provide affordable Internet to unconnected regions in Kenya. → Read more