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Last week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) held its meeting in Beijing. These meetings are held in every region, and discuss emerging technical and policy issues relating to the internet. ICANN has several bodies but one…
This year’s African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), organized by the Internet Society will be held 3-5 September 2013 in Casablanca, Morocco. The forum will focus on Policy Aspects of IXPs, Content, and Cross-Border Interconnections in Africa. The three-day program…
When you think of technology development in East Africa, you think of Nairobi as the hub, the lead city. Internationally, this is the case, the PR and hype we have done is great, it makes Nairobi as the first stop…
MultiChoice Africa has revealed that in the week before Easter, it will double its prizemoney – such that if you pay on time and enjoy unbroken services you could win KSh1.2 million in cash. This is part of the DStv…
Few years age, a blogger wrote a blog post, largely addressing the issues faced by Safaricom advantage users. The thrust of the post was that Safaricom neglects its post paid users; they get no promos on double your airtime, they…
About a month or so ago, Kenic, the .ke domain administrator shared the numbers that the registrars were pulling in. This was in a marketing campaign meant to increase the number of domains. The list was shared to all the…
Google has partnered with the Internet Society to develop and improve Internet Exchange Point (IXP) activities in emerging markets. Google, through its philanthropic arm- Google.org – has provided a grant that is expected to amplify ISOC’sprevious efforts in emerging markets such as Africa…
The Kenya ICT Board is set to launh Kenya’s four year ICT master plan. It projects that by 2017: Every citizen, resident, home and institution will be connected through a countrywide robust, accessible and affordable ICT infrastructure. Kenya will become…
Ericsson has finally announced winners of the Apps for African City Life Competition. The first prize goes to Team Shinsekai from Senegal while Kenya grabbed the second and third positions respectively. The ‘Apps for African City Life competition is part…
MultiChoice Africa has embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign, aimed at retaining customers and getting new subscribers. The campaign, dubbed “Thank You” will see the satellite TV provider award cash prizes to its subscribers, in a promotion worth Sh6 million….