Kenya, Page 59
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Thu, September 19th, 17:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenya’s police boss tells officers to avoid hateful social media groups
David Kimaiyo, Kenya’s inspector general of police, has directed all officers to refrain from joining group accounts on social media that produce hate speech. → Read more
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Thu, September 19th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Dactari Health in IT Solution, partnership with KMWA
Dactari Total Health Solutions has signed a partnership with the Kenya Medical Women’s Association (KMWA) that will see members across the country adopt the Afya Digital Doctor (ADD) solution that promises to bring efficiency to private offices. → Read more
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Thu, September 19th, 14:30 · Nick Sato
Kenya seeks to enhance tech and innovation cooperation with China
Kenya is seeking to boost cooperation and partnership with China in a move to develop future innovations. → Read more
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Thu, September 19th, 13:20 · Nick Sato
Liquid Telecom rolls out East Africa’s largest data centre
Liquid Telecom has launched the “largest and most sophisticated data centre in East Africa”, offering secure space for dedicated hosting, interconnect services, network providers and enterprises in Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 19th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom, Vodafone launch AppStar Challenge
Safaricom and Vodafone have launched the Safaricom AppStar Challenge 2013 to be contested across countries in Africa and Asia, aiming to provide a local platform for all developers in the region to showcase on a larger platform. → Read more
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Thu, September 19th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
ICC judge warns Kenyan media and bloggers against exposing Ruto trial witnesses
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a stern warning to Kenyan media, bloggers and social media users not to reveal the identity of protected witnesses at the trial of deputy president William Ruto. → Read more
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Thu, September 19th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Qualcomm hosts Mobile Monday for developers
The first Mobile Monday with Qualcomm was held on Monday at m:Lab East Africa, Nairobi, an initiative bringing together the mobile developer network in Kenya with speakers drawn from Virtual City, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics East Africa and Safaricom. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 19:30 · Susan Mwenesi
British Council launches Badiliko digital hubs across Africa
The British Council in Kenya has partnered with Microsoft and Airtel to launch digital hubs seeking to bridge the digital divide by allowing more than 100,000 students in the East African country to access ICT. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
VC4Africa selects September Cohort
Investment community VC4Africa has selected ten entrepreneurs from across Africa for its September Cohort, to benefit from three months of business development support and introductions to its investor network. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
Standard Chartered launches new mobile payment service with M-Pesa
Kenya’s Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with Safaricom to launch a mobile wallet service targeted at corporate clients. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
LG introduces the G2 in Kenyan market
LG Electronics has introduced the LG G2 in the East African market in a bid to compete with its Android rivals. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 15:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan judges refuse new offices over communication masts radiation fears
Kenya’s Court of Appeal judges have defied Supreme Court orders to relocate to new offices, citing fear of radiation from nearby communication masts. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Liquid adds Tanzania to interconnect network
Liquid Telecom Group has into entered a partnership with Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL), allowing traffic to be passed onto the latter fibre network when it terminates in the East African country. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
New East African IX hub to launch at Mombasa in November
Pan-African undersea cable network SEACOM is to act as official reseller for the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) East Africa exchange point in Mombasa, Kenya, which is set to provide the East Africa region with better internet interconnection from mid-November. → Read more
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Wed, September 18th, 09:00 · Nick Sato
Hotel Link Solutions expands in East Africa
Hotel Link Solutions, which creates digital-marketing products for accommodation providers, has announced its latest partnership with Oryx Africa, which will see the destination–management company roll out services in Kenya and Tanzania. → Read more
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Tue, September 17th, 18:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: Alice Munyuna, member of dotAfrica steering committee
Alice Munyuna, steerco member at dotAfrica, spoke to HumanIPO about the challenges African governments face with policy creation, following discussions at the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) conference last week in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
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Tue, September 17th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
DEMO finalist Jooist to launch HTML5 game site
Jooist, Kenya’s only social gaming network, is to launch its HTML5 game site, enabling users with smartphones and feature phones with advanced browsers to play high quality games without having to download them. → Read more
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Tue, September 17th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Kenya Police Service and inspector general join social media
The Kenya Police Service and its inspector general have joined Twitter in a move to boost transparency, curb incidents and strengthen the interior ministry’s communication department. → Read more
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Tue, September 17th, 13:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nailab to host first Mombasa Hackathon
Kenyan startup incubator and accelerator Nailab will holding its first Mombasa Hackathon on Friday and Saturday, bringing together tech enthusiasts from the region to build on existing ideas and develop new ones → Read more
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Tue, September 17th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: Safaricom and Kenyan government must meet in the middle
The growing standoff between Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest mobile operator, and the country’s Ministry of ICT, led by minister Fred Matiangi, threatens to harm consumers and damage Kenya’s economy unless it is solved in an amicable manner. → Read more
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