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Samsung has 33% of global touchscreen market
Samsung is global market leader in touchscreen devices with 33% of the market share. According to recent data from ABI Research the 2009 revenue will be in be over $5 billion and Samsung has the lion’s share of this.
Stanchart Bank Africa’s best
Standard Chartered Bank has been honoured as the World’s Best internet Bank for Africa and Middle East by the Global Finance Magazine.
Uganda eyes e-governance
The Uganda government has taken its ICT programme a step further, it has announced the establishment of a statewide Web portal to consolidate the individual websites of various government institutions.
Sahara sponsors tomorrow’s cricket stars
Sahara Computers’ sponsorship of the Sahara St. David’s Twenty 20 Schools Cricket Festival has brought about a unique opportunity for tomorrow’s cricket stars to take to the pitch against current professionals and icons of the past.
Telecoms companies in Kenya urged to offer banking services
Telecommunication companies in Kenya offering financial services will not be stopped but will instead get support from Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
Hackers stealing $200billion per year worldwide
Hackers are having it big worldwide, the global economy is losing almost $200 billion per year to the cyber thieves; this is according to Nigerian based Global Network for Cyber Solutions (GNCS).
African mobile operators to build $400m undersea cable
Leading African mobile telecoms operators have signed a $400m pact to build an undersea fibre optic cable infrastructure that would complement the current but insufficient SAT3 in operation.
Kenyans warned of e-banking risks
Kenyans have been warned by lawyers of risks related to the adoption of electronic banking.
India’s HCL begins export to Africa
HCL Infosystems said on Thursday that it had began export of its hardware products and has bagged an IT infrastructure project in Africa.
RIM enters the social networking space
RIM and MySpace announced a partnership to develop an integrated application for the smartphones. The application has MySpace’s main social networking components and provides instant, push based messaging to BlackBerry and MySpace users.
2nd Cisco training academy opens in Kenya
Cisco Systems has opened a second African training academy at the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute in Kenya (AFRALTI).
Virtual Africa: A real possibility
The Sun division at Workgroup, Horizon, has announced the results of a customer event held recently in Uganda, hosted locally by ComputerPoint and partnered by Sun Microsystems and VMware.
RIM accused of poaching staff
BlackBerry manufacturers, Research in Motion are being sued in the US by Motorola a rival handset manufacturer, for allegedly poaching its staff.
Econet enters Kenyan financial services sector
Econet Wireless is set to change the financial services sector. The company has announced that it is ready to rollout an advanced network providing money transfer services, mobile banking and roaming services.
Nokia chooses SA’s Webmail for exclusive mobile partnership
Leading local service provider, Webmail, has announced the success of its new website launch and partnership with Nokia. The Webmail-Nokia partnership sees Webmail becoming the locally hosted mobile email solution exclusively for South Africa.
Kenya to invest millions in online content
The Kenyan government has strongly indicated its support for ICTs by announcing that it will grant $2.5million towards development of local online content, media reports said today.
