Kenya, Page 108
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Tue, February 5th, 10:16 · Tom Jackson
Online crowd-sourced safari guide launched
SafariBookings.com, an online crowd-sourced safari guide, has been launched, allowing users to view 2,200 user-generated reviews of safaris from different countries and operators. → Read more
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Tue, February 5th, 09:22 · Kamau Mbote
KRA to conduct seminars on its online platform
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) will carry out seminars on its online system in the next five months in a programme targeting small and medium taxpayers. → Read more
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Tue, February 5th, 08:51 · Vincent Matinde
Technology to improve transmission of results in Kenya’s election
Kenya’s electoral body the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has confirmed it has tested its systems, including the communication equipment that would be used in the forthcoming general elections on March 4. → Read more
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Tue, February 5th, 07:58 · Vincent Matinde
Mobile money transfer tax a must for all, Kenya’s finance minister says
Kenya’s finance minister Njeru Githae has put Airtel Money and Yu Cash on notice that they will still incur the tax slapped on mobile money transfer services, regardless of their model of eliminating the transfer fees. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 19:15 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA’s PayGate launches solution allowing East African consumers to pay via M-Pesa
South Africa’s PayGate has introduced a payment solution whereby consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now pay for online products and services via M-Pesa, in a bid to boost e-commerce in Africa. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 19:11 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone now available in Kenya
The Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone is now available in Kenya, retailing at KSh45,000 (approx. $518) in shades of black, white and yellow. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 13:37 · Kamau Mbote
OPINION: Jubilee Manifesto is “ICT-friendly”
The Jubilee Coalition’s manifesto is set upon three pillars, namely unity, economy and openness. Though the role of technology is highlighted in various parts of the 70-page manifesto, it is among the core sectors in the second pillar with emphasis on ICT as a facilitator for the digital takeoff in Kenya. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 12:57 · Brandon Gregory
Major telecoms merger may emerge in South Africa and Kenya
A consolidated mobile service provider may emerge in both South Africa’s and Kenya’s telecommunications sectors this year, comparable to the United Kingdom’s Everything Everywhere (EE), a report says. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 09:13 · Kamau Mbote
KCPE candidates to check intake through mobile phones
Last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates waiting for enrollment into various public secondary schools can find out the institutions they have been invited to join by sending their index numbers to 4042. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 08:42 · Elly Okutoyi
CCK shuts down media house transmitters
Royal Media Services, a leading media house in Kenya, this weekend saw six of its major transmitters shut down by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) after what the regulator termed “operating illegally”. → Read more
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Sat, February 2nd, 16:32 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan media spearheads development of apps for “better society”
Three media organisations in Kenya are on the frontline of hosting apps created from the open data Initiative, launched by the government in July 2011. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 14:48 · Elly Okutoyi
Africa’s longest inter-country fibre network in the works
Liquid Telecom’s acquisition of Altech’s assets in East Africa will connect nine African nations with “the longest single international fibre network” on the continent. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 14:22 · Kamau Mbote
FEATURE: Kenya’s automated population registry (IPRS) unmasked
Kenya is the only country in Africa with a functioning automated population database that compiles details of citizens living locally or in the Diaspora, as well as non-citizens in the country. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 12:20 · Vincent Matinde
Government tax now hits M-Pesa users
Users of Kenya's M-Pesa mobile money transfer service will now have to part with a 10 percent extra charge following a government directive to tax the service. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 11:57 · Elly Okutoyi
KDN and SwiftGlobal to be merged by new owners
Two of Kenya’s Internet service providers (ISPs) Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and SwiftGlobal will soon merge their operations once the new major shareholder Liquid Telecom completes the acquisition. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 09:44 · Robin Okuthe
Kenya in digital TV migration stalemate as regulator meeting is snubbed
Talks aimed at setting a proper date for analogue television broadcasting switchoff between the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) yesterday failed to take off, heralding a fresh spell of disagreements. → Read more
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Thu, January 31st, 13:58 · Elly Okutoyi
Airtel launches road tracking initiative
Airtel Kenya has partnered with FrotCom East Africa to launch a road safety initiative that will see public vehicles fitted with tracking gadgets to monitor and report speed violations, in a bid to cut road accidents in Kenya. → Read more
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Thu, January 31st, 13:12 · Vincent Matinde
Safaricom disconnects 2.5 million unregistered SIM cards
Kenyan major integrated telecom company Safaricom has said it has switched off an additional 1.3 million unregistered SIM cards, bringing the total number of cards it disconnected to 2.5 million. → Read more
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Thu, January 31st, 12:52 · Kamau Mbote
YouTube launches Kenya election channel
Kenyans can now access livestreams on elections after Google and Storyful launched a dedicated channel on YouTube to curate content across the video-streaming site. → Read more
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Thu, January 31st, 12:03 · Robin Okuthe
Airtel’s African operations head Kohli to be named Group MD
Integrated telecom services operator Bharti Airtel is today expected to appoint Manoj Kohli as its managing director, in a key top-level management reshuffle. → Read more
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