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First European wins in ARC contest
WASHINGTON, DC: The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), late last week, announced the fourth-round winners of its Africa Rural Connect (ARC) online contest. The first place winner is from Sweden while the second and third place winners are from Malawi and Tanzania.
US$15 000 for winning project proposal at AFIF09
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Delegates attending the Africa Finance & Investment Forum 2009 (AFIF09) in December 2009 are invited to put forward their development project ideas to be considered for the EMRC-AfDB Project Incubator Award grand prize of US$15 000.
Zain Nigeria awarded at 2009 NITTA
LAGOS: Zain Nigeria, at the weekend, was awarded Best Customer Care Operator of the Year in Nigeria, at the 2009 Nigeria Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards (NITTA).
Kenya: Publisher suspends two magazine titles

[Carole Kimutai] East African Magazines (EAM) announced early last week the suspension of Adam and Twende. Adam is slightly over two years in the market and was targeted at the male readership while Twende was a travel magazine. 25 Nov 2009 12:10


Kenyan journalist nominated for climate change award

[Carole Kimutai] Kenyan journalist Steve Mbogo from the Business Daily newspaper has been nominated as one of the 15 winners of various categories of the Earth Journalism Awards that rewards excellence in climate change reporting. 25 Nov 2009 12:02




Kenyan satirist ruffles politicians' feathers

NEWSWATCH: Kenyan satirist, Godfrey "Gado" Mwampembwa, is causing major waves amongst politicians in the East African country with his creation, The XYZ Show, according to Mail & Guardian Online. 23 Nov 2009 08:37


Kenya: Residential broadband service boosts company sales

[Carole Kimutai] AccessKenya Group, Kenya's first publicly-listed ICT company has announced that it has achieved its year-end customer target numbers nearly two months ahead of schedule. It has 3000 customers now signed up to its residential broadband service, Access@Home, and over 3100 customers contracted for its corporate broadband service, Broadband Max. 16 Nov 2009 10:02


FIFA World Cup trophy arrives in Kenya

NAIROBI: The Coca-Cola and FIFA World Cup Trophy has arrived in Kenya, where it was received by President Mwai Kibaki in the capital, Nairobi. 16 Nov 2009 09:42




Kenya: Westlands launch new road safety initiative

Celebrities and opinion leaders from various quarters of Kenyan society and diplomatic circles will attend the launch of Tame-A-Black Spot (TABS) road safety campaign, along Waiyaki Way/Museum Hill Roundabout, in Westlands, Kenya in December 2009. 11 Nov 2009 10:24


KDN subscribers enjoy more bandwidth

[Carole Kimutai] Kenya Data Networks have quadrupled its bandwidth offering for all its existing and new clients. This offer went into effect on Wednesday, 21 October 2009. Clients previously receiving 1Mbps now enjoy 4Mbps and only pay for 1Mbps and the other 3Mbps are offered free of charge. 26 Oct 2009 07:41


Refugees take on digital jobs

Refugees living at the world's largest makeshift camp in Kenya are being offered the opportunity to earn up to two US dollars an hour by participating in a digital pilot project. 16 Oct 2009 09:37


Mobile Internet revolution targets Africa's rural areas

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] After sweeping the urban population off its feet, the mobile Internet revolution is now targeting the rural areas of Africa, where more than 70% of the continent's 890 million people live in extreme poverty and in the fringes of society, thanks to governments' ‘discriminatory' policies prioritising urban areas. 15 Oct 2009 07:29


Alvarion, Safaricom to deploy nationwide WiMAX network in Kenya

Alvarion has announced its selection by Kenyan mobile services provider Safaricom for a three-year turnkey WiMAX project to deploy high-speed broadband services throughout Kenya. Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX solution at 3.5 GHz frequency band, the WiMAX network will enable wireless broadband for residential and corporate users, rural areas, municipalities, banks, schools and universities. 8 Oct 2009 07:55


Finlay shuts down Mara Mara factory

[Carole Kimutai] James Finlay (Kenya), a local tea extracts manufacturing firm, has announced the commencement of a phased shutting down of its Mara Mara Tea Extracts factory located in Kericho, Rift Valley. Finlay's sales volumes have been affected by the economic downturn and increasing competition from lower cost production centres. 5 Oct 2009 07:42


Joint ICT project launched for education in Kenya

NAIROBI: Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, the government of Kenya and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a joint partnership to improve education in Kenya. Launched in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Education, the Accelerating 21st Century Education (ACE) project aims to improve the quality of primary and secondary education through the effective use of information and communications technology (ICT). 25 Sep 2009 10:54


Altech increases stake in KDN

Allied Technologies (Altech) earlier this week announced that it would increase its economic stake in Kenya Data Networks (KDN) from 51% to 60.8% by investing a further USD39.5 million into the company. The capital injection will be used to roll out the KDN fibre-optic network. 25 Sep 2009 09:50


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