Kenya’s mobile telephony industry buoyant
MOBILE subscriptions in Kenya went up 2.7% to hit 19.9 million in the first quarter of 2010, compared to 19.4 million in the previous quarter. Mobile penetration reached 51% in the first quarter of the year. In More...
Telkom Kenya fights back with lowest on-net tariffs
Telkom Kenya CEO Mickael GhosseinTELKOM Kenya has taken the initiative in the on-going mobile telephony war in the country by announcing the lowest on-net tariff of Sh2, and slashed its off-net tariff to Sh4 for More...
Get your head around the cloud
Richard Mullins, director at AccelerationCloud computing is one of those IT buzz phrases that you may think means nothing to you as a marketer. In reality, cloud computing can help you to leverage marketing automation More...
Merger creates South Africa’s largest digital agency
Jason XenopoulosDigital agency merger announced Cambrient, Stonewall+, Brandsh go Native. An African advertising industry shake up looms as three of South Africa’s top players in the online marketing space join More...
Why I stopped using Twitter… and what I changed since I came back to it
I was a fairly early adopter of Twitter. I think I opened my original account in 2006, or 2007 at the latest. At the time, it was just considered a geeky tool for a few addicts. After a year or so, it quickly turned More...
IBM opens subsidiary office in Accra, Ghana
IBM has announced the opening of a full subsidiary office in Accra, Ghana. The new office will enable IBM to deliver high-value solutions and services to meet the growing needs of clients in Ghana and West Africa. “IBM More...
Kenya mobile operators welcome tariff reduction
Kenya’s mobile telephony operators have welcomed the decision by the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) to slash the inter-connect mobile phone tariffs from Sh4.21 to Sh2.21. The reduction will come into More...
Safaricom denies stifling Zain mobile call traffic
LISTED telecoms operator Safaricom has denied trying to stifle the delivery of Zain’s traffic to its network, saying concerns raised by the company over Safaricom’s handling of traffic originating from Zain More...
Zain accuses Safaricom of dirty tricks as Kenyan mobile war escalates
THE mobile war in Kenya between the two main mobile telephony providers, Zain Kenya and Safaricom, has further escalated with Zain accusing its competitor of employing dirty tactics. Just a day after Zain lowered More...
Zain Nigeria launches free SMS service
Nigeria mobile operator, Zain has introduced free SMS (Short Message Service), lowered tariff for calls made to numbers within (On-Net calls) and out of the networks (off-Net calls), and loads of other benefits More...