Kenya, Page 12
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Wed, June 25th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom licence renewed
The newly launched Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has finally renewed the country’s leading telecom services provider Safaricom’s licence for another ten years, ending months of suspense. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
Kenyan regulator rebrands to CA
Kenyan communications regulator the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has rebranded, introducing Kenyans to a new identity as well as a new acronym, the CA. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
PIVOT East 2014 kicks off in Nairobi
Mobile startups competition PIVOT East 2014 kicked off today in Nairobi, bringing together the best upcoming startups in the region, industry experts and investors for a competition that will see the winning startups walk away with US$50,000. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Central Bank of Kenya automates treasury bills
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has automated the Over-The-Counter (OTC) trading for Treasury bills, which was previously transacted physically → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 08:30 · Susan Mwenesi
PesaPoint to launch agent network
Kenya’s PesaPoint is planning to launch an expansive agent network comprising over 12,000 agents countrywide to offer partners including banks, insurance companies, microfinance institutions and mobile money providers a network of high performance agent outlets powered by the Paynet switch. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 07:00 · Agatha Nduku
Tracom, Ingenico certify only hardware and software centre for POS in Kenya
Tracom Services has partnered with Ingenico to train and certify engineers on Point of Sale Terminal (POS) hardware technology in Kenya. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom offers developers platform for mobile app tests
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has unveiled a new platform for mobile phone application developers to test their applications by sending texts between a phone and an app programme hosted on the network. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Konza construction challenged in court
The construction of Kenya’s Konza technopolis in Makueni county has been challenged in court by the Konza Ranching and Farming Co-operatives Society Limited (KRFCSL), questioning Ministry of Lands cabinet secretary Charity Ngilu’s decision to grant Konza the appropriate land approvals. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
PIVOT begins tomorrow, winners to share $50k
The 2014 PIVOT East mobile startup competition begins tomorrow, with 25 startups competing for a combined total of US$50,000 while pitching to a panel of judges and investors. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 12:30 · Agatha Nduku
Kenyan cashless bus payments providers must get CBK nod before rollout
The Central Bank of Kenya must approve any company seeking to offer cashless fare payments ahead of July 1, a move aimed at protecting commuters’ money held on the cards as deposit at any given time. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
10 more Kenyan Huduma centres to launch next month
The Kenyan Ministry of Planning and Devolution will open ten more Huduma centres from July 1 this year to provide government services to the public under one roof. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Xpress Money introduces M-Pesa to UAE, UK
Mobile money transfer service M-Pesa has debuted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK) courtesy of a partnership between Safaricom and Xpress Money, a move aimed at making it easier and more convenient for Xpress Money customers to receive money in Kenya. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya Airways launches live TV broadcast service in planes
Kenya Airways has introduced a new inflight television service named KQ TV that will allow passengers to watch live news and sports channels while onboard. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan counties funded to develop ICT roadmaps
The World Bank has released a total of KSh2.6 billion (US$30 million) to the Kenya ICT Authority towards the funding of ICT roadmaps in all of the 47 counties. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Barclays partners University of Nairobi in cash management deal
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has partnered Barclays Bank Kenya (BBK) to launch Host-To-Host, an automated seamless cash management system, doing away with the manual, labour-intensive payment processes previously used by the over 60,000 students. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Social media unit created to help Kenya’s ailing tourism sector
Kenya’s Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism ministry has set up a social media unit that will be used to provide information about the country in a bid to salvage its ailing tourism. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan ICT giants come together to launch @iLab Africa
Safaricom, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Ericsson, IBM and Kenya Education Network (KENET) in partnership with Strathmore University have officially unveiled @iLab Africa, a research and incubation facility that supports entrepreneurship programmes in apps and software development. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
BitPesa to launch in Nairobi next week
Kenyan startup BitPesa is set to formally launch in Nairobi next week, bidding to bring down the high transaction fees associated with international money remittance companies by taking advantage of the digital, borderless currency Bitcoin. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s NOFBI phase 2 to take off in July
The second phase of Kenya’s National Optic Fibre Broadband Infrastructure (NOFBI) will take off in July with the Ministry of ICT adding 1,600 kilometres of fibre optic coverage. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya National Archives to go digital
The Kenya National Archives is set to digitise its 40,000 unique documents to allow for virtual access by the public to relive Kenya’s history and generate global interest in the country’s heritage. → Read more
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