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In yet another bid to increase financial services, from today, M-Pesa customers will have access to interest bearing saving accounts and be able to take out small loans through a new service, called M-Shwari. This is a strategic cooperation between,…
Ericsson has reported that approximately 40 percent of all phones sold in the third-quarter 2012 were smartphones. Data traffic for smartphones is expected to exceed the overall average by up to 12 times by 2018, mainly driven by video. Ericsson’s…
After launching the Galaxy note II in more prestigious/economically higher etc.. markets, Samsung finally launched it in Nairobi today. Two weeks ago, there was a grand launch in Cape Town, South Africa. Samsung has already elbowed Nokia out of the…
For the last five years, the Kenya ICT Board has been involved in several initiatives like BPO, content and the latest is Konza City marketing initiative. You can read more about ICT board here. The discussion on tech start ups…
Kenic has set its Annual General Meeting for Friday this week, to rubber stamp the board’s decision to fire all employees and start afresh. Contrary to past practices where the AGM comprised of registrars, government, internet businesses and basically anyone…
In a strange move, Sammy Buruchara, change manager, acting CEO (etc) at Kenic, the .ke registry, has issued termination letters to three employees on the payroll, in a move likely to cause friction within the government. The move comes barely…
Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC), is never short of drama. There seems to be something very wrong but no one seems to have the right answer; over the last month, three board members have resigned and the chair is said…
About four years ago, a friend was promised to be the editor of a property magazine in one of the daily newspapers. As a good journalist, he told me about it, seeking ideas and also possible articles. After the discussions…
When you think about a phone, what factors do you consider? Cost? Operating System? Weight? Feel and Look? Well, people have several considerations but for others, its just show off and perception. How many people have you seen with an iPhone…
When I wrote the piece on 2010 completion of digitization and automation at companies registry, there was a lot of response, some emotional some not, I have just selected few that illustrate the depth of responses. Some took issue with…