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Wed, January 9th, 14:02 · Kamau Mbote

Google to launch elections hub in Kenya

Search engine giant Google will tomorrow launch an elections website in Kenya designed to provide information and news related to the March 4 general election. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 13:07 · Vincent Matinde

New gravity-powered light bulbs provide alternative to kerosene lamps

Touted as capable of replacing the kerosene lamp, GravityLight is an invention that uses gravity as an energy source to generate electricity. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson

Kenyan government warns social media users on hate speech

The Kenyan government has said it will be monitoring users of social media and taking action against anyone found inciting violence or using hateful or ethnic language in the build-up to the March 4 general election. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 12:52 · Kamau Mbote

Airtel Kenya makes SIM card registration mandatory for new subscribers

Integrated telecommunications services provider Airtel Kenya has said new SIM cards will only be activated after registration, to ensure compliance with guidelines laid out by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) on SIM card registration. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 10:25 · Elly Okutoyi

CCK powerless to prosecute unregistered SIM card holders

Kenya’s communications regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has no powers to prosecute deviant mobile phone operators and unregistered SIM card holders as the new law warranting such actions is still at the Attorney General’s office awaiting clearance. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 10:05 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan government seeks out-of-court settlement of digital migration case

Kenya’s government is considering an out-of-court settlement to resolve the digital migration broadcasting dispute, with a case filed by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek), a consumer advocacy group, set for hearing on Friday. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 09:34 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan telcos to be fined for leaking subscriber information

Mobile service providers in Kenya along with their agents will soon risk a fine of KSh300,000 (US$3,570) or a jail term of up to three years if found to have leaked subscriber information to third parties without due consent. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 08:53 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: Offline transactions still favoured despite advanced online systems

The slow advancement of online payment in Africa, in spite of the high adoption of electronic payments via mobile money, is a setback to e-commerce in the continent. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 08:10 · Kamau Mbote

No upsurge in set-top box sales despite Friday hearing

Sales of digital TV set-top boxes remain low in Kenya, in spite of warnings that the Nairobi analogue TV switch-off could take place almost immediately after the hearing of a court case set for Friday. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 13:59 · Tom Jackson

Kenya’s Jubilee Coalition to conduct nominations through SMS

Kenyan voters will be able to vote in and find out up-to-date results of the Jubilee Coalition’s nominations process through a free SMS service, in the latest use of technology in the Kenyan electoral process. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 13:19 · Elly Okutoyi

Orange Kenya and Pesapal launch online credit top-up service

Kenya’s telecoms firm Orange has partnered with PesaPal, an e-commerce payment services provider, to launch an online airtime top-up service that will allow 24-hour access to the telco’s airtime via credit cards and mobile money. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 10:31 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Kenya’s ICT sector shivers from delayed ICT master plan

It was supposed to be the document providing the details on how Africa’s Silicon Savannah was to kick off, as investors set their eyes on Kenya. Yet news on its launch, originally scheduled for late November but then postponed, has gone quiet. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 09:57 · Vincent Matinde

M-Shwari crosses KSh1 billion mark, sets sights on Tanzania

Despite disputes over idea ownership, M-Shwari, a Kenyan m-banking concept, has seen transactions totalling over KSh1 billion in barely three months. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 08:26 · Elly Okutoyi

SIM card registration praised for leading to arrest of police imposter

The SIM card registration process in Kenya has led to the arrest of a police impersonator caught swindling several Kenyan politicians out of money. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 13:09 · Elly Okutoyi

Huawei to take lucky customers from Africa to Dubai

Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has officially launched the second phase of the ‘Ascend to New Heights’ campaign that will see winners from Kenya and other countries globally win an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai, UAE. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 10:07 · HumanIPO

SIM deactivation delays disempowers authority threats

Despite multiple threats of SIM card deactivation of unregistered Kenyan mobile subscribers and prison sentences, millions of unregistered users are still able to continue as before as the operators struggle to keep up. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 08:16 · Kamau Mbote

Bill Gates compares M-Pesa model to Microsoft’s

Billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates has compared his company’s model to that of giant mobile money transfer service M-Pesa, which promises supporting companies profitability. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 14:08 · Elly Okutoyi

OPINION: Kenya’s CCK is not as powerful as it thinks it is

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has for a long time portrayed itself as the ultimate authority when it comes to matters of communication in the East African nation. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 08:14 · Kamau Mbote

COFEK says prosecution of unregistered SIM card users unwarranted

The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has condemned a decision by the government to prosecute unregistered SIM card holders, saying the focus should be on the network providers switching them off. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 07:51 · Tom Jackson

African Internet use “far greater than expected” – report

A survey of Africa’s big cities has concluded that urban dwellers on the continent are embracing the Internet to a significant extent, with social networking the number one online activity. → Read more