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Fri, December 7th, 12:19 · Brandon Gregory

K-Talks, Kenya’s online community

A new online community born in Nairobi has grown to 55,000 users in six months offering one place to share multimedia, documents and online polling. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 12:19 · Elly Okutoyi

Samsung brings e-learning in Kenyan primary schools

Samsung Electronics has launched a pilot training program dubbed Samsung Smart School targeted at imparting digital skills in classroom settings for Kenya’s primary school pupils. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 09:42 · Kamau Mbote

OP-Ed: Ransomware expanding to more regions, cyber security experts warn

As technology continues to provide a range of multi-sectoral solutions, it also becomes a threat. It is imaginable that in the next five years, you would use your phone as your door key, to turn on lights in the living room, to control temperature in your fridge or to execute a number of other household operations. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 09:14 · Kamau Mbote

Judge calls for ‘Global Peace’ in Apple-Samsung patent battle

Judge Lucy Koh, presiding over Apple and Samsung’s patent battle has called on the two electronics manufacturers to end legal battles following a day of contestation presided over by lawyers representing the firms. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 08:01 · Vincent Matinde

Orange partners with Lookout for mobile security

Global telecoms operator Orange has unveiled a new service in partnership with mobile security firm Lookout to secure mobile phones in the wake of security issues across the globe. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 07:16 · Elly Okutoyi

Social media simplifies work for the Kenya Red Cross

With more and more Kenyans embracing social media, the Kenya Red Cross (KRC) has discovered a new avenue of keeping the public informed and warned about disasters while at the same time gathering information about serious incidents in real-time. → Read more
Thu, December 6th, 13:57 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya seeks 100% Internet penetration by 2017

Kenya is looking to ensure all Kenyans have access to the Internet by 2017, according to the Kenya ICT Board, as part of its quest to be the continent's technology hub. → Read more
Thu, December 6th, 11:21 · Kamau Mbote

IPAB portal shot in the arm on the war against corruption

A Kenyan Web portal called I Paid A Bribe (IPAB), a replica of India’s a renowned I Paid A Bribe (IPAB) version, is one of Kenya’s online initiatives fighting corruption, which is reportedly costing the country billions of shillings. → Read more
Thu, December 6th, 09:02 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft opens own social networking site SOCL

Microsoft has launched its social media platform SOCL, which will combine functionality from search engine Bing and Pinterest’s graphic heavy interface. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 15:24 · Kamau Mbote

Mobile networks feel pinch as free messaging apps eat into SMS, MMS revenue

The rise in free messaging applications such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, ebuddy and other mobile-based apps mostly fuelled by the smartphone revolution has led to a drop in SMS and MMS messages sent. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 12:06 · Kamau Mbote

Google, Microsoft to channel millions of dollars to innovators

Tech giants Google and Microsoft have announced they will channel funds totaling $36 million (approx KSh3.1 billion) to developers with innovations aimed at bettering the society. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 11:45 · Brandon Gregory

Children in Africa to benefit from US$75 million digital investment, launch in Kenya next year

A multi million dollar investment in Africa by four partners is aiming to “spark a child’s digital future” by giving them access to services previously unavailable. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 10:17 · Kamau Mbote

New Nokia Siemens approach hoped to cut data prices

Nokia Siemens, specialists in mobile broadband, has adopted a new tactical approach expected to drive data prices down by using the right technology and network design by mobile network operators. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 10:02 · Kamau Mbote

Huawei to offset bills for paediatric patients as Christmas gift

Global ICT solutions leader Huawei has said it will offset the bills of nine children at Kenya’s major referral hospital, the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), as part of its Christmas corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 08:13 · Elly Okutoyi

IEBC helps voters find registration centres on Google maps

Kenya’s electoral authority the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has launched an online tool that will help unregistered voters find the nearest registration centres. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 07:49 · Vincent Matinde

Opinion: Biometric Voter Registration gives an opportunity for identity database

You have probably seen it on the American hit show, Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) – criminals being nailed over a simple fingerprint or a strand of DNA. This could be far-fetched in some parts of Africa, but is it possible for the continent? → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 06:34 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya National CERT Coordination Centre is now operational

The Kenya National Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (KNCERTCC), a body set up to fight cybercrime in Kenya, is now operational, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has announced. → Read more
Tue, December 4th, 15:46 · Kamau Mbote

Mobile phones to get IP addresses in new drive to fight cybercrime

The Kenyan government will assign every mobile phone a unique Internet protocol address to boost its efforts to crack down on cybercrime. → Read more
Tue, December 4th, 13:44 · Gabriella Mulligan

Safaricom and Orange to abide by Kenyan MTR cut

Kenyan mobile industry heavyweights Safaricom and Orange have confirmed that they will not oppose the decision to cut mobile termination rates (MTRs), saying the cuts may benefit mobile operators. → Read more
Tue, December 4th, 12:37 · Kamau Mbote

One-fifth of African countries likely to witness Internet switch off

The 52-hour blackout which hit Syria last week is also possible in another 61 countries, including 12 in Africa, mostly those where the Internet is controlled by one or two telecoms, according to a report by Renesys. → Read more