There is no doubt that the appointment of Joe Mucheru and ICT Cabinet Secretary and Victor Kyalo as PS is expected to provide new impetus to the ICT sector. Why? For the last two years, Kenya’s ICT sector has been…
Six African countries have set up Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), after two years of the Arfican Union’s African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project, managed by the Internet Society. Under the project, the Internet Society was to provide technical training to…
African Internet Exchange Points have recorded a big increase in domestic bandwidth production, as a result of growth in sharing of Google cache, e-government services, local hosting infrastructure and services. According to Packet Clearing House (PCH), Africa’s domestic bandwidth production…
After one year of joint operations, Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) and the Telecommunications Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK) have terminated the agreement for operations at the Mombasa Internet Exchange, a Point of Presence (POP) based at the SEACOM landing station….
Just like many sectors of the economy, the adoption of innovative approaches and technological advancement is revolutionising education across the globe and challenging the way schools operate. This technological advancement has seen investment in virtual infrastructure that enables convenient, on…
Thank you for writing about this topic. First let me point out that I did say in my email that I was busy and not able to answer before early this week. So I’ll just respond directly here instead of…
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…
Yesterday, Safaricom launched sh. 90 million Venture Capital fund, aimed at local startups seeking to scale. You can read the story I did here or Kachwanya’s take that the fund is a game changer or this one from Techmoran. You…
Whenever there is meeting taking place in Africa, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is always jittery. If the meeting is in South Africa….well…. its much more comfortable. But anywhere else…. a myriad of issues crop up….
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…