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Thu, April 5th, 14:32 · HumanIPO

Mobile Application Promises Easy Living for City’s Slum Dwellers

Umande Trust launched a mobile phone-based information system to help Kenyan under-served communities access clean water at competitive prices last week Thursday in Nairobi’s Kibera estate. → Read more
Thu, April 5th, 11:38 · HumanIPO

Google Chips in USD 350,000 to Boost Kenyan ICT

Last week Friday Google donated USD350,000 to two Kenyan organizations, iHub and KENET, to strengthen an independent Internet community in the country. → Read more
Thu, April 5th, 09:01 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s First Ever ‘Who is Who’ Listing to Eclipse Older Social Sites?

Kenya’s Who is Who directory could dominate the region beyond contemporary social sites, according to Stephen Ananda, the Country Manager, Who’s Who Kenya. → Read more
Wed, April 4th, 13:04 · HumanIPO

Budding App Sieves News for Kenyans in Diaspora

Kenyans in the Diaspora could soon find it easier following news in Kenya using Habari News App, a three-week old free iPad application available at iTunes store. → Read more
Tue, April 3rd, 15:51 · HumanIPO

Dot.africa Garners Backing as First Ever African Domain

Africa is set to acquire its own generic top-level domain following a pledge by delegates to back registration of the dotafrica domain during the Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit that ended last week Thursday. → Read more
Tue, April 3rd, 06:39 · HumanIPO

At nearly 40,000 Euros for 100mbs, Dedicated Internet in Kenya is a Dream

Kenya is yet to realize the possibility of affordable Internet despite having gone live on fibre broadband Internet since 2009. → Read more
Mon, April 2nd, 13:44 · HumanIPO

MafundiKenya to Boost Up Artisan Job Market

MafundiKenya, an online portal, is set to end the hassles typical in finding technicians to repair minor household electrical faults, a common problem facing Kenya’s major urban settings. → Read more
Mon, April 2nd, 10:51 · Vincent Matinde

!WayTag Lets You Share Your Location

Location based services are becoming quite the norm in the IT sector. Services like Foursquare and Facebook Places have picked up in recent years. !WayTag, a South African company has its aim set on being one of the big players in location based service. → Read more
Sat, March 31st, 17:10 · Elly Okutoyi

Pivot25 Second Edition Coming to Nairobi

The second edition of Pivot25 is set to take place on 5th and 6th June 2012, in Nairobi Kenya. → Read more
Fri, March 30th, 11:47 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 30 March -15 April

Bringing to you everything you need to know about African startup events and happenings in the upcoming weeks. Have a look which events are shortly taking place in Kenya, Senegal and Nigeria! → Read more
Fri, March 30th, 10:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan Startup Introducing Fundraising Technology

M-changa, a Kenyan Startup, has come up with a fundraising solution that uses mobile phones to fast-track and make fundraising drives more manageable. → Read more
Thu, March 29th, 08:41 · Vincent Matinde

ForgetMeNot: Bringing Internet to the Data-less

Internet penetration in Africa has not been as fast as expected. In rural Africa, internet connectivity still becomes a dream. Telecommunication companies in Africa including Safaricom and Yu have in the recent past tried to get non-data means of reaching their subscribers. One company behind the successes of dataless internet is Zimbabwe/UK company ForgetMeNot Africa. → Read more
Wed, March 28th, 14:10 · Vincent Matinde

Obami Aims to Make Education Social

The success of social media in Africa has led many to opt to start one. The power that lies beneath engaging users at a social level, still remains the reason why giants like Facebook and Google+ will dominate the social scene. Obami, an educational social network in South Africa, aims to harness the power of social media and deliver much needed relationship between teachers and students, online. → Read more
Wed, March 28th, 11:09 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s Accounting Software Eyes Regional Market

Kenya’s first ever cloud accounting software is set to dominate the regional market having consolidated the local market-share, and garnered several awards in just a year since its launch. → Read more
Tue, March 27th, 13:16 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya Starts to Monitor Internet Activity

The word monitoring sends a chilling effect in the spines of many people, especially concerning their privacy. This is what Internet users in Kenya will be dealing with, after Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) announced last week of its plans to monitor Internet activity in a bid to fight rising cases of cyber crime in the country. → Read more
Mon, March 26th, 16:51 · Vincent Matinde

Whive.com: Kenyan SMS Based Social Network

When they started in 2008, they expected to be one of the driving forces in social networking in Kenya. But with the Facebook wave growing at the time, they had to change their tact: swim or sink. Now Whive.com has over 100,000 users and growing. → Read more
Mon, March 26th, 14:55 · Vincent Matinde

Hummba, Making Leaps with Audio Guides

Hummba a South African startup has integrated a new angle in tour guides: Audio. Users with smart-phones can easily download audio guides for over 100 destinations worldwide. → Read more
Mon, March 26th, 08:27 · Vincent Matinde

Gaming App Wins Ignite Hackathon

Over 80 applicants came together at the Ignite Hackathon in Nairobi and spent over 36 hours developing their next best app. But only one app amazed the judges. → Read more
Sun, March 25th, 18:37 · Gythan Munga

Day One @ Ignite Hackathon Nairobi

The Ignite Hackathon kicked off yesterday in Nairobi, witnessing over 80 developers register on day one. Other than the busy coding activities, the day was highlighted by an interesting speaker faculty, including James Mwai, winner of the Nokia for Millions Challenge. → Read more
Fri, March 23rd, 12:12 · Vincent Matinde

Top Kenyan Blogs to Get Recognized

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) last week announced the Bake Awards that will see different blogs awarded in different categories. This is one of the few IT awards in Kenya but a first in recognizing blogs in the country. → Read more