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Sun, January 20th, 06:38 · Nanine Steenkamp

Q&A: Europe is missing out on Africa, says AfricaHackTrip

A group of eight to 12 European software developers will tour Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania in the second half of 2013 on an African-tech fact finding mission. → Read more
Fri, January 18th, 09:51 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom ‘engineers’ con M-Pesa agents

M-Pesa agents in Kenya’s central region have lost nearly US$13,000 to swindles, after several fraudsters posed as Safaricom engineers to defraud them. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 12:42 · Kamau Mbote

Embassies across East Africa targeted in cyber attacks

A report by Kaspersky Lab has detailed how Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania were the targets of a cyber espionage network attacking computer networks of several international diplomatic agencies, mostly embassies. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 14:13 · Vincent Matinde

Columbia University opens research and training hub in Nairobi

Kenya has become the first African country to host the Columbia Global Centre, an initiative of the US-based Columbia University, which launched this week in Nairobi to offer space for technological research and innovation. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 11:24 · Richard Cutcher

Kenya and Nigeria listed among countries using Internet surveillance and censorship technology

An American-made Internet surveillance and censorship technology is being deployed by governments in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt, according to a Canadian civil rights group. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 10:25 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya’s Konza City requires $8bn for phase 1

Dr Reuben Mutiso, a director of the newly inaugurated Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KOTDA), today informed investors that between KSh680 billion and KSh700 billion (approximately US$8 billion) is required to complete Konza Tech City’s first phase. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 08:03 · Vincent Matinde

MasterCard partners with Equity Bank to boost cashless transactions in Kenya

Kenya’s Equity Bank has entered into a joint venture with global payments leader MasterCard in a deal that will see five million credit and debit cards released into the local market to encourage cashless and contactless transactions nationwide. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 08:58 · Vincent Matinde

Affordable tablets set to hit the Kenyan market

Indian technology firm HCL Infosystems is set to debut low-cost Android-powered tablets for the Kenyan market in the next few weeks. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 08:18 · Kamau Mbote

Airtel Kenya to pay utilities for its customers

Kenya’s Airtel customers who top up with more than KSh50 have a chance to have their bills paid by the mobile network operator every week in a new promotion dubbed “Jaza Ushinde”. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 09:35 · Brandon Gregory

CCK: More than 2.4 million Kenyan SIM cards deactivated

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) reports more than 2.4 million unregistered SIM cards have been deactivated by the country’s four mobile service providers as it continues its push to keep track of mobile users. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 08:39 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya to launch strategic plan for faster broadband rollout

Kenya’s communications industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has said it will next month launch the country’s National Broadband Strategy, a document detailing a roadmap towards integrating ICT into the national economy. → Read more
Sun, January 13th, 08:30 · Vincent Matinde

OPINION: Despite hailing Kenya as innovation hub, big players snub local payment solutions

Hailed for her innovative solutions by international tech players, Kenya has had the same players ignore her local payment solutions. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 14:46 · Brandon Gregory

Kenya’s Konza Tech City MDP2 deadline extended

The deadline for the Master Delivery Partner 2 (MDP2) of Konza City bids has been extended to January 25 by the Information and Communication Ministry of Kenya, giving interested parties two more weeks to respond to the Request for Expression of Interest. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 08:24 · Kamau Mbote

Court stops Kenya’s TV digital migration until after elections

The High Court in Kenya has suspended the analogue TV broadcasting switch-off until after the March 2013 general elections. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 14:03 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya’s Women Enterprise Fund to issue loans through phones

Issuing loans through mobile phones will ease processing as well as repayment with the default rate increasing, says Women Enterprise Fund’s chief executive Samuel Wainaina. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 13:39 · Vincent Matinde

BlueKite raises US$1.5m to help people in Diaspora to pay bills home

Electronics payment technology firm BlueKite has announced a US$1.5 million seed fund led by PeopleFund, whose contribution amounts to $1.3 million with the remaining provided by BlueKite’s founders. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 10:09 · Elly Okutoyi

Yu Mobile seeks SIM card registration extension to avert revenue loss

Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile is lobbying for the extension of the SIM card registration deadline, claiming that the directive to have them switch off unregistered cards will affect its revenues. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 10:01 · Kamau Mbote

Google launches election hub in Kenya

Search engine giant Google has launched an election hub portal in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, for updates on campaigns, news and information related to the country’s polls slated for March 4, 2013. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 09:38 · HumanIPO

Intel to launch low-cost smartphone in Kenya

Chip giant Intel is intending to plunge deeper into low-end smartphone manufacturing, with HumanIPO learning that it is set to launch a low-cost phone in Kenya in the coming weeks. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 09:20 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya’s mLab announces applications for mobile training

mLab East Africa, a Kenya-based incubation hub for mobile-oriented startups, has announced its intake for the 2013 training to be held in the capital Nairobi. → Read more