Kenya, Page 11
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Wed, July 2nd, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyans to get tax feedback through mobile
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency have partnered to launch a messaging service that will allow taxpayers to request information about their tax obligations and receive instant answers through their mobiles. → Read more
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Wed, July 2nd, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Ushahidi to launch BRCK next week
Kenya’s biggest social awareness platform Ushahidi will next Wednesday launch its BRCK modem-cum-router at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi, a project it says is Kenyan-made but designed for both the local and global markets. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
Safaricom opposes Equity Bank MVNO technology
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom is opposing Equity Bank’s plans to launch telecommunications services, saying the technology it plans to employ puts users at risk of fraud, according to a report. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft-backed VetAfrica app helps EA farmers in disease diagnosis
Microsoft has partnered Glasgow-based tech company Cojengo to develop software seeking to provide East African farmers with innovative diagnostic tools and disease surveillance data. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda working on cross border mobile money platform
East Africa will soon have a common mobile money platform that will enable users to send money from one country to another without any difficulty under exchange rates approved by central banks. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyatta University launches e-learning programme
Kenyatta University has launched its new KU Digital School, looking to address the increased demand for improved higher education e-learning programmes in Kenya. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government is aware of hate speech social media accounts
Kenya joined the rest of the world in observing Social Media Day yesterday, against the backdrop of tribalism and political vitriol as well as the prosecution of two people for hate speech on social media. → Read more
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Tue, July 1st, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya Internet Governance Forum set for Thursday
This year’s edition of the Kenya Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held on Thursday, July 3, at Strathmore University, focusing on various key thematic areas. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Treasury enhances use of online financial management system
The Kenyan Treasury has trained 5,000 Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) users at both national and county level in a bid to enhance the adoption of its online public finance management system. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyans to register businesses on mobile
Kenya’s State Law Office has unveiled a system allowing Kenyans to register their businesses and access marriage certificates using their mobile phones, designed to curb the corruption that has become endemic. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan matatu owners want cashless fare deadline extended
Public transport operators in Kenya have requested the government extend the deadline for the compulsory implementation of cashless fare systems to allow for greater public awareness and to harmonise the cost of the gadgets. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
CAK to devolve functions
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) will soon set up offices at county level, starting with regional headquarters in Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nyeri,l in a bid to implement its expanded mandate. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Share premium content or quit Kenya, CAK tells ‘greedy’ broadcasters
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has warned ‘greedy’ broadcasters who do not want to share premium content with others on the digital platform, thereby inconveniencing viewers and frustrating fellow broadcasters. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Kenya’s Totohealth provides pregnancy advice via SMS
Kenyan startup Totohealth aims to provide mothers and fathers with advice and notifications via text message during pregnancy and infancy, providing information to parents-to-be and enabling parents to know when their child needs vaccinations. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
BitPesa officially launches in Kenya
BitPesa has been officially launched in Kenya, allowing Kenyans in the diaspora to remit money back to the country using Bitcoin technology leveraging on mobile money. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Hitachi unveils Continuous Cloud Infrastructure in Kenya
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation today unveiled its Continuous Cloud Infrastructure technology in Kenya, looking to accelerate business success in Kenya by providing more responsive IT foundations. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan startups dominate PIVOT East competition
Kenyan startups emerged winners in four out of five categories at the 2014 edition of the mobile startups event PIVOT East, with winning companies receiving US$10,000 each. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
ThinVoid launches Tambula to help in tracking of assets
Ugandan startup ThinVoid has launched Tambula, a product that seeks to help people keep track of their assets including vehicles and laptops through a tracking system which also helps parents know the whereabouts of their children. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
M-Pesa success down to Kenyan market dynamics
The success of M-Pesa in Kenya was down to a specific set of market dynamics which make it very difficult to replicate in any other country, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 4 in October
Samsung will launch the Galaxy Note 4 in October this year according to the company’s head of sales for East and Central Africa Simon Kariithi. → Read more
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