Kenya, Page 33
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Fri, February 14th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Intel invites Kenyan vending innovators for global competition
Intel Corporation is inviting Kenyan innovators over the age of 18 who work in the field of vending systems to its Intelligent Vending Competition, seeking to get new ideas, talents and projects for the vending machine market of the future. → Read more
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Thu, February 13th, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana’s BoxBuzz to launch in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, SA and China
Plans are underway to introduce Ghana’s BoxBuzz, an SMS alert system that informs owners of Post Office Box addresses when they receive a letter, to Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and China. → Read more
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Thu, February 13th, 17:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Ignore social data at your peril, companies warned
With the explosion of social media there has arisen a need for companies to embrace social media data strategies so as to push sales of their products and provide consumers with the specific products they are looking for, according to Tanzania-based AIM Group’s head of digital strategy Nduta Maina. → Read more
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Thu, February 13th, 16:20 · Tom Jackson
Konza Techno City gets NEMA approval
Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has approved the master plan for the site of Konza Techno City, giving the project legal clearance to embark on planning, design, construction and operation. → Read more
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Thu, February 13th, 14:20 · Chris Udemans
Kenya’s Nakuru County gets free Wi-Fi
Kenya’s Nakuru County will be receiving free Wi-Fi for up to a month as part of a partnership between the Nakuru County government, the State House’s Department of Communications and Infonet Africa. → Read more
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Thu, February 13th, 12:20 · Susan Mwenesi
ZTE courts Kenyan government on cloud, LTE technology
China’s ZTE Corporation is currently in talks with the Kenyan government in an effort to provide the latter with cloud computing and LTE services geared towards effective service delivery. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile is a moneymaker – Mobile East Africa
Mobile is a profitable business as long as aggregation of all that pertains to it, such as consumers, markets and employees, takes place alongside other factors such as the addressing of security concerns, according to participants at the ongoing Mobile East Africa 2014 event in Nairobi. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile is the way of the future – Ahonen
Mobile is clearly the way of the future, given PC companies are now going mobile in one way or another and governments are angling their services towards mobile, according to mobile expert Tomi Ahonen. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
MoboFree receives funding from eVA Fund
West African classifieds platform MoboFree has obtained funding from Netherlands-based eVentures Africa (eVA) Fund in order to expand its presence in Nigeria and Ghana, start new offices in East Africa and invest in marketing. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan parliament investigating laptops tender
Kenya’s parliament has begun investigating the tender for the supply of 1.3 million laptops for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship laptops for schools policy, after allegations the winning bidder failed to meet the necessary requirements. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile East Africa 2014 kicks off in Nairobi
The rebranded Mobile East Africa 2014 kicked off today in Nairobi, bringing together industry players seeking to expand mobile data usage and drive monetisation through industry collaboration. → Read more
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Wed, February 12th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
BAKE extends submissions for Kenyan blog awards
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has extended the deadline for submissions for its annual awards by seven days to February 17, giving bloggers more time to enter into any of the 17 categories → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi
M-Pesa, MoneyGram in money transfer service agreement
M-Pesa - through its parent company Vodafone - and global money transfer and payment services firm MoneyGram have signed an agreement enabling consumers to transfer funds directly from around 200 countries to the millions of M-Pesa users → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 17:40 · Tom Jackson
PIVOT East 2014 applications open
Applications are now open for the fourth edition of mobile startup competition PIVOT East 2014, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 24 and 25. → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 14:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Paynet merges PesaPoint network with Pep Intermedius
Kenyan payments provider Paynet has merged its PesaPoint agent network with that of Pep Intermedius, aimed at growing the PesaPoint brand and expanding its network → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 12:20 · Susan Mwenesi
New Huduma Centres to be launched in Machakos
The Kenyan government is to open Huduma Centres in Machakos county, providing residents with digital access to government services → Read more
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Tue, February 11th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Mobile East Africa begins in Nairobi tomorrow
The rebranded Mobile East Africa, the fourth event of its kind, begins in Nairobi, Kenya, tomorrow, with appearance by former permanent secretary at the Ministry of Information and Communication Dr Bitange Ndemo and mobile expert Tomi Ahonen. → Read more
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Mon, February 10th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
CfC Stanbic launches Till2Bank mobile payments service
Kenya’s CfC Stanbic Bank has launched its “Till2Bank” service enabling business clients to accept payments via mobile money. → Read more
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Mon, February 10th, 13:40 · Chris Udemans
Safaricom deal to allow diaspora to send money to M-Pesa accounts
Kenya’s Safaricom is set to sign a deal with Skrill, a US-based remittances and online payment company, allowing Kenyan diaspora to send money directly to M-Pesa accounts. → Read more
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Mon, February 10th, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
46% of Kenyans plan to watch Sochi Winter Olympics
Forty-six per cent of Kenyans surveyed intend to watch the Winter Olympics currently underway in Sochi, Russia, on television, with the main reason for not watching the event lack of access to television broadcast services. → Read more
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