Google Kenya launches Doodle 4 Google competition
As Kenya celebrates its 50th anniversary since independence in December, Google Kenya will launch the Doodle 4 Google 2013 competition, which will be open to all Kenyan school students aged between 6 years to 18 More...
Kenya: IBM opens Innovation Centre
As part of its ongoing expansion in Africa, IBM has opened its first IBM Innovation Center in East Africa. Located in Nairobi, Kenya, the center will help fuel growth and innovation in the region, providing IT More...
Five great African tech innovations
Africa is filled with innovative solutions, from making life just a little bit easier in rural areas, to actually saving lives in the most dire of situations through science. While Africa is slowly catching up to More...
Top 10 most popular stories of the week
It is been a busy week for Africa's ICT sector. (Image source: Shutterstock.com) This week has been dominated by the release of product and commentary from spokespeople about the state of the market in Africa, More...
African developers among global awards semi-finalists
Ericsson has announced the semi-finalists for the annual Ericsson Application Awards with TeamKenya from Kenya, Team Trokxi and Team Nimdee Mobile from Ghana among the semi-finalists. TeamKenya and Trokxi are nominated More...
Mobile Internet Survey reveals heavy usage, high expectations
Analysys Mason recently conducted primary research with mobile Internet users in six countries in the Middle East and Africa (MEA): Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the UAE. They were asked More...
Liquid Telecom’s KDN extends fibre network to Tanzania
Kenya Data Networks (KDN) has announced that it has extended its fibre network into Tanzania and will be the first operator to connect the East African capitals of Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala and Kigali on More...
Western Union, KCB Group launch money transfer service
Western Union, a global leader in payment services and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) Group has announced the launch of Account Based Money Transfer service (ABMT) for its customers in Kenya allowing them to receive More...
Kenya pushes technology into overdrive
The country that gave the world two groundbreaking innovations in technology: M-Pesa, a mobile banking system, and Ushahidi, a platform for crowdsourcing information during disasters, is now taking its technological More...
Kenya: ‘people’s court’ website established
The Star reports that a website, designed to fulfil the role as a ‘people’s court with information about the recently held elections, has been established. Africog and Inform Action have established a More...