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In 2010, the Kenya ICT Board was formed, with the main agenda of catalyzing Kenya’s tech sector. Money was set aside for innovation grants, competition prizes and content grants. Several companies were formed and benefitted from the sudden surge in…
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…
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…
For those who have been following the tech sector closely, you will know that there is a lot of money floating around for big projects. The only challenge is that very few projects go to local companies; you can cite…
Yesterday, the first day of Connected Summit, there was a press conference attended by Info Com PS Joseph Tiampati, ICTA CEO Victor Kyalo, Andrew Waititu, SAP CEO and Edwin Yinda, ICTA Board chair. This was a routine press conference. If…
For the last year or so, the immigration officials have been camping at “tech start up” hotspots, seeking to weed out illegal workers or in other words those with no work permits. This has been frustrating to “expats” who have…
Last year, I did a post on KITOS and its efforts to ensure Kenyan companies are involved in large government tenders? Has this improved? Well, I see JTL Faiba is a sponsor this year, if you think Liquid Telecom in…
Last year, I wrote this story of pathetic connectivity at the Connected Kenya Summit. The issue was; how can you have a conference talking about connectivity and one of the most touted regional company can not manage internet connectivity? This…
Last year was my first time at Connected Kenya and I wrote this post suggesting some changes. The best part is that the program this year has changed. The program has been changed to include breakout sessions, it has different…
Government Ministers from Rwanda and Uganda were forced to stay in their hotel rooms after Fred Matiangi, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication failed to turn up for the first day of Connected Kenya Summit. Matiangi was…