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Kenya, Tech scene

Kenya’s tech start ups and fluff

About three weeks ago, Nikolai Barnwell of 88mph accelerator or tech incubator did an interview with Reuters, explaining whey 88 was moving to Nigeria and closing its Kenyan operations. The article has since been reproduced locally and you can read…

Kenya

Of free wifi…. Kahenya’s thoughts

If you have been following debate on free wifi in counties……a guest post by @Kahenya Most first time Western tourists in India tend to assume that a snake is charmed by the sound of the charmer’s flute. I partly blame…

Kenya

Kenyan Companies embrace outsourcing

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…

Kenya, Tech scene

Govt should centralise to improve security

In the last two weeks, a group calling itself Anonymous Kenya has terrorized government folks by hacking social media accounts belonging to Kenya Defence Forces, their spokesperson and the deputy president. The response from government folks was just laughable. Just…

Kenya, Tech scene

Kenic has a new CEO

Kenic, the organisation tasked with managing the .ke domain, has a new CEO. Who may or may not know anything about heading a registry and how to make .ke more stable and resilient. For background on Kenic, you can read…

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