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Tue, December 18th, 11:34 · Vincent Matinde

Online fashion house lends support to charity

BeeJooS, an online fashion store that enables users to sample international fashion trends, is devoting some of its proceeds to charity. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 10:32 · Kamau Mbote

Social media’s last minute push for Kenyan voter registration

With hours until the Kenya voter registration deadline, Kenyans have turned to social media to push for more participation in the process after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya’s electoral body, signalled that turnout has been “below par overall”. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 09:43 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan judiciary slowly embracing technology

As it continues to deal with a backlog of cases blamed on the slow adoption of technology, the Kenyan Judicial System has been looking into ways of improving the transmission and dispensation of justice in fast and cost effective ways. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 08:26 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyans to write one million letters to God by mid-January 2013

An initiative aiming to connect Kenyans to God is seeking to mobilise Kenyans, through its portal Writetogod.co.ke, to write over one million letters to God by mid- January 2013. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:57 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom and Airtel ranked worst performers in network quality

Kenya’s telecommunications industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has rated Safaricom and Airtel’s mobile networks as the poorest in the country. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:25 · Gabriella Mulligan

Africa entry “tougher than expected” for Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Sunnil Bharti Mittal has admitted that the company’s entry into the African market has been much “tougher” than anticipated, but maintains the decision was a good move. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 12:33 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile money hailed for Africa’s solid economic growth

The World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union (AU) have praised the use of mobile money services for enabling economic growth in the continent. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 11:46 · Elly Okutoyi

Bharti Airtel releases US$95M for 3G network expansion in Kenya

Global telecommunications group Bharti Airtel is releasing KSh8 billion (US$95 million) to Airtel Kenya to finance the expansion of 3G network sites to 550 from the current 360. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 11:12 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan chapter of Internet Society launches this week

The Internet Society (IS), a global lobby group advocating Internet freedoms, is opening an office in Kenya this week, to fight for freedom-friendly policies, consumer education and research on Web-related issues. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 09:57 · Kamau Mbote

Digital migration case postponed; Ndemo cautioned over social media rants

The Kenyan High Court has put off the hearing date for a petition by the Consumer Federations of Kenya (Cofek), a consumer rights group, against the government’s plan to switch off analogue television. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 09:05 · Vincent Matinde

M-Shwari accumulates over 645,000 accounts, US$1m in savings

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has announced that over US$1 million has already been saved on mobile savings service M-Shwari, with 645,000 accounts opened in three weeks, even as the ownership dispute rumbles on. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 08:17 · Elly Okutoyi

Telkom Kenya in trouble over ‘deceptive’ advertising

Telecoms operator Telkom Kenya is in trouble over what the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) terms “deceptive advertising of its unlimited Internet package”, with the latter threatening to take the telco to court over the matter. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 08:10 · Kamau Mbote

Ndemo in firing line after tweeting lobby group

Kenya’s Information and Communications ministry permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo has found himself in a war of words with the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) after tagging the lobby group in a provocative tweet following its move to stop the December 31 digital TV migration. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 07:05 · Tom Jackson

Tech innovations driving growth in Africa, says report

Innovations in information communication technology (ICT) are driving entrepreneurship and economic growth in Africa, according to a report by the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB). → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 15:55 · Kamau Mbote

CCK monitoring of Internet and mobile usage unlawful, says lawyer

A Nairobi lawyer has said plans by industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to monitor SMS text messages and assign virtual IDs to Internet users are privacy violations. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 08:40 · Kamau Mbote

Just who owns M-Shwari? Safaricom blunders raise more questions

The M-Shwari ownership issue has thickened after Safaricom sent two contradictory press releases on who owns the product yesterday. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 07:59 · Vincent Matinde

New security dongle now available in Kenya

An Internet security solution that protects PCs through new dongle gadget Soft Lock eSign is now available in Kenya. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 13:28 · Kamau Mbote

Telecom regulators urge for oversight in industry policies

Telecommunication regulators in Africa have declared there is need for more oversight in regulations as investors inject huge funds towards increasing Internet broadband penetration. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 11:53 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom sued by Faulu Kenya over M-Shwari

Barely one month after launching its M-Shwari service, Safaricom has been taken to court by microfinance company Faulu Kenya for allegedly breaching a non-disclosure agreement they had reached and purporting that the new service is its idea and product. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 08:51 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: The tech trends of 2013 and beyond

Global market research leader ABI Research has released a list of what it thinks will be the next big trends in 2013 and beyond, with some of these developments set to change how we interact. → Read more