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When safaricom announced that they were not making money on some of the data subscriptions, the question on many people’s mind was “how, with all that money and infrastructure?” For others it may have been that Safaricom wants to milk…
I must admit that CJ, the guy who owns Jamii Telecom is a master businessman; he laid fiber in all major towns when companies were wondering whether to do it or not and when others were focussing on the end…
Depending on who you talk to, you are likely to have varied opinions on the differences and the role of fiber versus satellite. There was a lot of discussions in East Africa how the entry of fiber will lead to…
About eight years ago, I had a conversation with one of Kenya’s leading technology technocrats about outsourcing. This guy has been there since the days of Kenya Posts and Telecommunication, so when he spoke about anything technology, he commanded the…
Wanachi Group has signed a $3 million (approx. 270m) deal with the Nairobi county, to connect 2,715 schools in Nairobi with internet. The project was launched today and by June this year (yes, in 3 months), the pilot of 245…
As we wind up the year 2013 and look forward to 2014 we can only hope that better things lay in wait for us here in Africa and more so in our ICT development. Nevertheless, it is not always wise…
Since 2008, the government through the ICT Board has invested more than $ 6 million in local content generation and if you count the money for software and other services, then its $114 million, as part of the World Bank…
I have written so much about local hosting; why it should be promoted, the disappointment and double speak of government officials who say how the industry is growing yet they show lack of faith in the industry by outsourcing services…
I have been a proponent of buying African domains- .ke, .tz .za etc this is well demonstrated by the number of posts on this blog, over the years. There is a lot of controversy but thats not the topic for…
For the last two years, the debate has been on lowering the cost of connectivity, consumers feel we are paying too much while operators feel that they need to recoup their investments and therefore the costs must remain high. Even…