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Fri, November 23rd, 11:55 · Robin Okuthe

Ethiopia seeks partnership with Safaricom to use M-Pesa

Ethiopia’s government has made advances to Kenyan telecom firm Safaricom seeking assistance on ways it can shape up its mobile money and telephony market. → Read more
Fri, November 23rd, 09:05 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan techprenuer making it big with unique online business model

Kenyan techpreneur Mogaka Mwencha, 34, has defied all odds to create one of the biggest online businesses, valued at more than KSh10 million (approx US$120,000) in a country where online buying is only slowly being adopted. → Read more
Fri, November 23rd, 08:41 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: JKIA can learn from Kigali airport’s proper utilization of ICT

Upgrading works, including construction of an additional terminal and runway expected to reduce congestion, are in top gear at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), East Africa’s largest airport in terms of size, passenger traffic volumes and cargo clearance. → Read more
Fri, November 23rd, 07:29 · Gythan Munga

Interview: Boniface Githinji, CEO and Founder Tusqee Systems, Silicon Valley bound

With their bulk SMS products now being speedily adopted by a number of schools and corporate firms in Kenya, Tusqee Systems is one of the few disruptive African startups to have come out of a hackathon, determined to change the face of communications. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 13:56 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya creating online database of hospitals

The Kenyan government has embarked on a project targeted at collecting information on the types of services and qualified personnel available at hospitals countrywide, which would give patients easy access to information on specialised treatment. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 13:54 · Vincent Matinde

Conference to discuss cyber security in East Africa set for December

A conference to discuss the new trends in cyber crime in East Africa has been scheduled for December 4 and 5, with various players from national and international fields expected to attend. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 11:39 · Robin Okuthe

How Kenya’s politicians can manipulate Facebook, Twitter to win elections

Just about all presidential aspirants in Kenya have embraced social media, ahead of the 2013 elections. Social media can enable targeting ads and pushing messages to the right voters at the right time, with targeted advertising an immensely influential tool that can accumulate followers organically while actively engaging them. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 09:49 · Tefo Mohapi

The Curious Case of Nyagaka Anyona Ouko, Safaricom responds – Part III

Having delivered his Mobile Cash Transfer proposal to Safaricom Ltd’s then Chief Executive Officer, Michael Joseph, Nyagaka Anyona Ouko was told to wait a few months as the company looked into it. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 09:47 · HumanIPO

Full Safaricom Ltd response on the M-PESA series

From Nzioka Waita, Director, Corporate Affairs: Thanks again for reaching out to us to seek our comments on the development of M-PESA. It gives us a useful platform to put to rest some of the misconceptions that have existed within the tech community. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 08:57 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan data mining company celebrates 2 years with new product

Kenya-based data mining startup Doban Africa is celebrating its second anniversary with a new parcel-tracking product that is already shaking the country’s shipping industry. → Read more
Thu, November 22nd, 05:38 · Robin Okuthe

Kenya unveils plans to double bandwidth capacity

Kenya’s government has announced plans to lay a fifth fibre-optic cable, which is expected to double the country’s bandwidth capacity from the current 8,6Tbit/s to more than than 15Tbit/s. → Read more
Wed, November 21st, 14:12 · Elly Okutoyi

RIM’s Nairobi Jam Session depicts potential in Kenya’s innovative sector

Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the BlackBerry smartphone, held its first ever Super Hackathon Jam session event in Kenya last weekend, with applications developed and presented for possible consideration on the imminent BlackBerry 10 platform set for release in January next year. → Read more
Wed, November 21st, 13:17 · Vincent Matinde

Techno Brain and Drishti to offer Africa’s outsourcing industry array of solutions

Software giant Techno Brain has partnered with Drishti, an Indian communications solutions firm, in a venture focused on boosting the outsourcing industry in Africa. → Read more
Wed, November 21st, 12:12 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya to launch National ICT Master Plan

Kenya is set to launch its National ICT Master plan, detailing how Kenya can be positioned as a leader in ICT investment and innovation by the year 2017. → Read more
Wed, November 21st, 09:15 · Vincent Matinde

SAP announces applications for its skills training and scholarships

One hundred graduates will benefit from SAP training from next year, according to an announcement by the market and technology leader in business management solutions. → Read more
Wed, November 21st, 08:34 · Tefo Mohapi

New Kenya office for SA’s SAGE Accpac

South Africa’s Sage Accpac, a leading provider of business management solutions to the mid-market, has opened an office in Kenya, looking to establish a presence in the East African growth hub. → Read more
Tue, November 20th, 13:28 · Elly Okutoyi

88mph flies in more in-house mentors ahead of Demo Day

Africa’s leading private seed fund 88mph, has, in follow up to its 3-month accelerator program, flown in more mentors to its Nairobi office, which will see selected startups learn from veteran entrepreneurs ahead of the Demo Day slated for December 13. → Read more
Tue, November 20th, 09:32 · Vincent Matinde

Taxation and government regulations could stifle mobile growth

Taxation and regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa could kill the growth of the mobile phenomenal in the region, according to a GSMA report. → Read more
Tue, November 20th, 09:25 · Elly Okutoyi

Voter registration in Kenya did not maximize on technology, Ndemo

Kenya’s information permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo has said voter registration did not take full advantage of technology which would have seen the electorate register from anywhere using virtual identification system. → Read more
Tue, November 20th, 07:28 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan government to set up online identity system to curb cybercrime

Kenya’s government has revealed of plans to set up an online identity system for merchants hoping to make ecommerce in the country safer by curbing online fraud. → Read more