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Thu, January 24th, 14:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Google Chairman praises Nairobi as Africa’s tech hub

Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has presented a summary of his Africa trip in which he said Kenya’s capital Nairobi was “a serious tech hub and may become the African leader”. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 12:46 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya at advanced 4G/LTE testing phase

Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications has said the country is at an advanced testing phase of a advanced 4G/LTE network, months after it advertised tenders for the technology’s equipment. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:50 · Vincent Matinde

Online research repository Hadithi to be launched in Kenya

Kenya’s academic researchers and university students will soon have access to an online tool known as Hadithi, allowing them to access published research papers and reports. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:18 · Kamau Mbote

Konza City: What next?

Even as construction work begins on Konza Techno City, a number of Kenyans and interested businesses are still in the dark on what to expect in the next 12 months. HumanIPO spoke exclusively to Todd Sigaty, the project’s master-planner, to find out. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya risks missing global TV switchover deadline

Kenya’s Information and Communication Ministry permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has expressed fears that Kenya could miss the international deadline for the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting if the process undergoes further delays. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 09:20 · Tom Jackson

Kenya’s Yu Mobile to skip 3G and head straight to LTE

Mobile phone operator Yu Mobile is to skip the development of a 3G network, instead focusing on developing an LTE network the company believes will help it add subscribers. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 07:47 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom and Intel launch YOLO smartphone in Kenya

Leading mobile network operator Safaricom and chip-maker Intel have jointly launched a smartphone dubbed YOLO (You Only Live Once) in Kenya. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 17:32 · Kamau Mbote

RIM, Huawei and Samsung to open in Konza City

Fourteen local and multinational corporations, including RIM, Huawei and Samsung, have committed to setting up shop in Kenya’s Konza Techno City. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 13:19 · Kamau Mbote

Construction begins on Kenya’s Konza Techno City

The construction of Konza Techno City, Sub-Saharan Africa’s first technopolis, has officially started following a groundbreaking ceremony officiated by President Mwai Kibaki in Machakos town. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 12:31 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya declines to sign new international communication rules

Kenya failed to endorse the new International Communications rules at the World Conference on International Telecommunications, after the country’s information ministry permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo declined to sign. → Read more
Wed, January 23rd, 09:35 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile content market to reach US$3.36bn by 2018

The mobile content market will grow by 42 percent to US$3.36 billion in the next five years, a new report by MarketsAndMarkets shows. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 13:51 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya to destroy one ton of pirated DVDs

The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) will destroy infringed DVDs and CDs weighing more than one ton on Thursday. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 11:27 · Kamau Mbote

Konza City actualization nears

Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki will tomorrow officially launch the country’s first smart city at a ceremony that will mark the start of a 20-year journey towards making the technopolis concept a reality. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 10:06 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom’s losses bit of voice traffic market share to rivals

Safaricom was the only mobile network operator in Kenya to have lost some of its market share in the calling category the three months to September last year. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 09:46 · Vincent Matinde

Facebook fraud suspect faints in court after being charged with impersonation

A Facebook impostor in Kenya who allegedly passed himself around as the inspector general of police was yesterday arraigned in court to face charges of impersonation. → Read more
Tue, January 22nd, 08:08 · Vincent Matinde

Samsung Academy commits to train 2000 graduates by 2015

Samsung Electronics East Africa has said it aims to train about 2000 professionals by 2015 in Kenya, part of its vision to train 10,000 students in Africa. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 15:01 · Kamau Mbote

Notorious Nairobi laptop thief nabbed as guards go hi-tech

An infamous computer thief reported to have stolen dozens of laptops from city-based sellers in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has been nabbed after security firm Securex resorted to high-tech measures. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 13:57 · Elly Okutoyi

CCK releases sector statistics for first quarter 2012/13

Kenya currently has around 30.4 million mobile phone subscribers, indicating a 77.2 percent penetration, according to a telecommunications sector report released today by the country’s industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 09:03 · Paul Adepoju

FCO Ltd to launch Afrinolly in Kenya, considers Safaricom partnership

The Chief Executive of FCO Limited, owners of Afrinolly app, has told HumanIPO he plans to launch the African movie service app in Kenya this year. → Read more
Mon, January 21st, 08:13 · Vincent Matinde

Virtual incubation programme to be launched in East Africa by InfoDev

InfoDev, a global grant program run by the World Bank to promote ICT, has announced a pilot virtual incubation project to bring up businesses across East Africa. → Read more