KCB & KBS partner to launch bus fare payment debit card

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

  James Wainaina, Vice President and Area Business Head, MasterCard East Africa, Mr. Edwins Mukabanah Kenya Bus Services (KBS) Managing Director and Mr...

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Safaricom issues statement on the parliamentary probe of the 14.9B security tender

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

  Bob Collymore The government last month awarded Safaricom Limited a tender to build and deliver a Public Safety Communications and surveillance so...

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ICT Authority and Huawei sign partnership on ICT Capacity and Skills Development

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

The ICT Authority and Huawei Technologies have signed a three-year partnership to improve capacity, infrastructure development and ICT Advisory services in ...

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Geopoll launches first overnight TV audience measurement service in Africa

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

James Eberhard -GeoPoll Founder GeoPoll has launched its Audience Measurement Service. The service offers the first ever daily TV ratings in several African...

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Report predicts that mobile internet usage will increase tremendously in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

Ericsson has revealed the scale of the region’s ongoing data revolution with traffic growth doubling the past year. The June 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Erics...

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Full list of winners at the 2014 MAMAs

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

The 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards night was held in Durban, South Africa over the weekend and only one Kenyan; Lupita Nyong’o bagged an award. Amani and Saut...

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Safaricom terminates post paid tariff

Lulu AkakiJune 6, 2014

Safaricom has terminated two of its post-paid calling tariffs, but retained current subscribers of the monthly billing service for one more year. The telco ...

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Paying tribute to fallen tech giant Carey Eaton

Lulu AkakiJune 5, 2014

We are saddened to announce that Carey Eaton, one of the co-founders of One Africa Media has passed away. Carey passed away after an armed robbery at a frie...

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Sauti Sol to perform at the 2014 MAMAs

Lulu AkakiJune 4, 2014

Kenyan afro pop band Sauti Sol, will be among a few selected African stars who will be joining on stage French Montana, Miguel and Trey Songz, at the 2014 MTV ...

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Popular Bride Price App now has a Kenyan version

Lulu AkakiJune 4, 2014

Over a week ago, Anakle, a Nigerian digital agency released a fun app which allows ladies and their friends/enemies calculate their bride price. Within two ...

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LG launches XBoom Pro Hi-Fi System in Kenya

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

LG has launched the LG X-Boom Pro Hi-Fi System in the East African market. The X-Boom Pro is ideal for home parties and produces a blazing 35000W PMPO massi...

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East Africa Business Summit moved to October

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

The 2014 East Africa Business Summit which was scheduled to take place between 4th – 6th June 2014 has been moved to October 23rd - 25th, 2014. Conveners ...

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Orange Launches ALCATEL ONETOUCH PIXI 2 Smartphone in Kenya

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

Following the successful launch by Orange of the original Alcatel Onetouch PIXI which sold nearly 250,000 in 6 months, Orange is bringing the one of the mos...

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New map shows its possible for all Africans to access clean water by 2030

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

A new interactive map published by the international development charity WaterAid shows that 14 African governments are on course or within touching distanc...

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Kenya to Host First-Ever UN Environment Assembly in June

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

The first UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 to 27 June 2014. This marks a historic milestone in UNEP’s 43-year histor...

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Regional Internet Exchange Point launched in Rwanda

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

Rwandan Minister of Youth and ICT Jean Philbert Nsengimana An African Union (AU) led Eastern Africa Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP) and Regional Int...

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Lupita Nyong’o joins Star Wars cast

Lulu AkakiJune 3, 2014

Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave actress Lupita Nyong'o is set to grace our screens once again. She has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII and will be ...

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Things you should keep in mind before using OLX

Lulu AkakiJune 2, 2014

I said it before, online classifieds are the future on shopping. It’s just so much easier to shop online than have to walk miles looking for something. OL...

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Interesting things you can find on OLX

Lulu AkakiJune 2, 2014

Quail eggs were a hit on OLX For the last few weeks, I’ve been on a journey exploring online classifieds. In specific, OLX. I’m particularly intrigued b...

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Groove Awards 2014 full winners’ list

Lulu AkakiJune 1, 2014

The 9th annual Groove Awards was held at a spectacular gala at the KICC lawns on 1st June. The theme this year was "Let your light shine". Safaricom was bac...

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Introducing Vooka, a mobile video streaming service

Lulu AkakiMay 29, 2014

Rapid Communications has launched Vooka, an online video streaming service that will stream live Startimes TV channels along with other TV content from Boll...

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Orange signs an agreement with Africell for the sale of Orange Uganda

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Orange group has announced the signing the agreement with Africell Holding for the sale of its majority stake in Orange Uganda. Pending approval from the...

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Zuku to offer faster internet speeds to residential users

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Fast internet speeds is something we all look for both at work and at home. When you go out looking for the best service providers, the speeds are very cruc...

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4th E-Tourism East Africa conference set for 9th June

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

  E Tourism Summit held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 September 2012. Photo by Jacques Rossouw &...

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LG rolls out smart appliances

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

LG Electronics has launched smart appliances with revolutionary HomeChat which include camera equipped refrigerator and a washing machine that allow homeown...

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New range of business apps available for Lumia Phones

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Nokia Lumia 1520 Lumia users can now access several business applications on the Windows Phone 8 platform.. Here are some of the latest business travel...

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4th edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize launched

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

At the launch of the 2014 Orange African Social Venture Prize Following on from the success of the past three years, has launched the 2014 edition of the Or...

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Big Brother Africa is back

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Huddah Monroe, Kenyan Big Brother Africa 2013 Contestant The show that we all love to hate and hate to love is back. Big Brother Africa is set to hit y...

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Wordament is now available on Nokia X

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Gamers who happen to love Xbox now have a reason to get the Nokia X. This is due to the addictive puzzle game Wordament now being available on the device. T...

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KCB offers Kenyan diaspora cheaper mortgage rates

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Recent reports have shown the average mortgage rate is 16.23%, with no significant difference from the previous year's end rate at 16.5%. With such high len...

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SEACOM partners with Level 3 to improve Internet speeds in Africa

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Global network provider Level 3 Communications will deploy its content delivery network (CDN) nodes into data centres connecting to the SEACOM Pan-African I...

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Microsoft supported ZiDi app wins ICT Authority’s Innovation Award

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

ZiDi has been named as this year’s Innovation Award Winner in the Health Care Delivery sector by the ICT Authority. ZiDi was developed by MicroClinic T...

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Kopo Kopo launches a cash advance service for Kenyan businesses

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

With over 10,000 clients in Kenya, business management software Kopo Kopo has announced a new merchant cash advance service called “Grow.” Grow is desig...

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East Africa data Centre receives global innovation award

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Ben Roberts, acting Managing Director of Liquid Telecom Kenya and Dan Kwach, General Manager at East Africa Data Centre during the award ceremony. The East ...

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When Women Speak; redefining feminism in Kenya

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Brainstorm; winner best political blog Kenyan Blog Awards 2014. Brenda Wambui and Michael Onsando are the brains behind it. They recently launched and quarter...

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ARM Cement unveils new pension scheme for employees

Lulu AkakiMay 28, 2014

Mr Adil Suleman, Senior Consultant at Alexander Forbes (left) and ARM Cement HR Manager, Stephen Kamau (right) during the unveiling of the new pension scheme f...

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Epson unveil Android powered smart glasses

Lulu AkakiMay 27, 2014

Epson has made headway in the wearable technology field with the unveiling of Moverio BT-200, its unique binocular. These are see-through Android powered sm...

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Here are the PIVOT East 2014 Finalists

Lulu AkakiMay 27, 2014

The finalists for PIVOT East 2014 have finally been unveiled. 25 exceptional start-ups, among them Kenyans make up the list. The selected start-ups will be ...

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Hang out with the Absolut Vodka team this weekend and win a trip to the MAMAs

Lulu AkakiMay 23, 2014

The MAMAs are just around the corner. It’s an exciting time leading up to the actual awards that will be held in Durban, South Africa. While most of us...

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Vote for Kenyan nominees in the 2014 MAMAs

Lulu AkakiMay 22, 2014

Kenyan group Sauti Sol who have been nominated for the 2014 MAMA awards Kenyans have once again made it onto the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) 2014 nominat...

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7 Kenyans who do not seem to age

Lulu AkakiMay 21, 2014

Sometimes I feel like the fountain of youth is a real thing. Especially when I see some people who don't seem to age. Years after they hit the limelight, nothin...

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Epson printers now support printing from Android devices

Lulu AkakiMay 21, 2014

Epson has announced support for Android Printing, the native printing platform introduced in KitKat (version 4.4). With Android Printing, mobile users can e...

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