In the wake of the allegations against Google in Kenya brought on by online business directory Mocality, the country manager of Google Kenya, Olga Arara-Kimani, has been asked to leave the company.
1 Feb 2012 15:24[Stuart Thomas] After initial reports that she had been fired, Google's Kenya head Olga Arara-Kimani now claims she left the internet-giant of her own accord.
31 Jan 2012 11:48
YoungAfricaLive, a mobile community that entertains and educates young people on topics of love, sexual health, gender and relationships affecting the youth, has launched in Kenya, adding to the mobile community portal's presence in East Africa which commenced when
YoungAfricaLive launched in Tanzania in December 2011.
26 Jan 2012 15:30[Nur Bremmen] A "mortified" Google has issued an apology to Kenyan mobile listings site Mocality over customers and data that was allegedly pilfered from the startup's database.
16 Jan 2012 10:41
Howzit MSN, a web portal in South Africa has expanded its reach into the rest of the continent with the launch of a dedicated channel for Africa. This move is in response to the growing demand of internet users for locally relevant content and from advertisers for advertising inventory that reaches a pan-African market.
13 Jan 2012 10:10
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] The latest media research from Kenya reveals that radio is still the preferred media. According to latest statistics from media research company, Synovate conducted under the Kenya Audience Research Foundation (KARF), radio leads in overall media consumption followed by the mobile phone, television, newspapers, and the internet respectively.
12 Dec 2011 13:58
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced its plans to release three new BlackBerry smartphones, namely the Curve 9360, Torch 9810 and Torch 9860, based on the BlackBerry 7 Operating System (OS) in Kenya.
28 Nov 2011 13:18
yuMobile, a mobile network operator in Kenya, has joined the Gmail SMS chat service providing its subscribers with a platform to chat with Google mail users via the short message service.
10 Nov 2011 10:01
[Simon Allison] Kenya has taken to the Twitter to publicise its invasion of Somalia, judging that 140 characters is exactly enough to warn innocent Somalis of their impending doom.
7 Nov 2011 14:00
MIH Internet Holdings Ltd, on Monday 24 October 2011, announced that it has closed down the Kalahari Kenya and Kalahari Nigeria operations with immediate effect, following a strategic review of its investment properties.
26 Oct 2011 11:16
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Online video sharing site YouTube, has announced the launch of a Kenyan domain,
www.youtube.co.ke. YouTube Kenya will offer video content from around the world through a local interface that will promote the most relevant content to Kenyans. Already Kenyan broadcasters Nation Media Group, the Standard Group Limited, and Homeboyz Entertainment Limited are among the top YouTube channels viewed.
10 Oct 2011 10:21Following the launch of a user-friendly application developed by SkyTeam, the global airline alliance of which Kenya Airways is a member, passengers of the airline can now use the online application to plan their travels to various destinations around the world in advance.
28 Sep 2011 10:24
[Walter Wafula] Bizcommunity.com has suspended the article 'AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive' by Walter Wafula, published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, pending an investigation in the correctness of the facts. We regret any confusion caused.
21 Sep 2011 12:00
[Gregory Gondwe] A meeting of senior media gurus from five African countries, took place on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the
Highway Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, agreed to disagree on whether the media needs to be bed fellows with civil society to achieve either parts' objectives or not.
19 Sep 2011 10:37