The president of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki has challenged the media to demonstrate objectivity, balance and sensitivity in news coverage, particularly in the period of competitive politics in the country, in the countdown to the general elections, taking place in 2013.
3 May 2012 13:23
Bharti Airtel yesterday, 18 April 2012, announced the appointment of Shivan Bhargava as managing director for its Kenyan operations. In his new role, he will be responsible for Airtel's growth plans in Kenya.
19 Apr 2012 09:54
[Craig Wilson] A new research study has found that SA has some of the least affordable prepaid mobile tariffs on the continent and is falling behind many of its neighbours because of high wholesale call rates between operators.
13 Apr 2012 09:52
[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Cherilyn Ireton, a highly respected journalist and manager from titles such the
Sunday Times and
Business Day, took over as the
executive director of the
World Editors Forum that falls under
WAN-IFRA, in January 2012. She tells Bizcommunity.com of the challenges of the Parisian-based job, the biggest problems and opportunities facing editors across the globe and how she wants to connect editors to try find solutions.
20 Mar 2012 11:12
PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has launched its 2012 Mobile News Grants and Training Scheme, providing newspaper companies in Sub-Saharan Africa an opportunity to develop or expand their mobile platforms.
13 Mar 2012 10:17[Staff Reporter] Following the successful conclusion of the
Mobile Web East Africa 2012, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya earlier this year, a fantastic new infographic has surfaced explaining how profound and deep the changes wrought by mobile actually are.
9 Mar 2012 11:59 [Catherine Karongo] The growth of social media has brought with it challenges that have forced media organisations to change their operations.
8 Mar 2012 12:57 
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Michael Joseph, the former CEO of Safaricom, once described Kenyans as having peculiar calling habits. According to a recent media survey by Ipsos Synovate, Kenyans seem to have another peculiar habit, watching news. The quarter four Kenya Audience Research Foundation (KARF) report shows over 80% of Kenyans read and watch local news. That news is politics.
7 Mar 2012 10:03
Mi-Fone, the new African mobile devices brand focussed on empowering and equipping the mass market with data enabled handsets, is planning its distribution expansion into Kenya with a mobile dealer event taking place at One Degree South Hotel, Kenya on Wednesday, 7 March 2012.
1 Mar 2012 17:11
Airtel has announced the launch of its 3.75G platform in the country and promises significant changes to how subscribers experience the web on 3.75G-enabled devices. The improved technology will enhance multimedia functionality, high speed mobile broadband and internet access, allowing users to make video calls, watch live TV, send and receive emails and download music from the devices.
27 Feb 2012 10:50[Michael Ouma] The reorganisation of the Nokia Kenya office, implemented as part of the mobile handset manufacturer's global strategy introduced in February 2011, has brought with it mixed fortunes for the firm's managers based in Nairobi.
27 Feb 2012 09:58 UK based company, All Amber last week officially announced that partnerships have been confirmed with two organisations in the East Africa technology ecosystem for Mobile Web East Africa 2012, which takes place in Nairobi, Kenya on 22-23 February 2012.
6 Feb 2012 11:08
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[Anna McGovern] More people in Africa's poorest countries have mobile phones than have bank accounts. That reality is spurring mobile service companies to explore how they can capture a share of the potential banking market by enabling migrants from these countries to transfer funds back home to their families.
24 Jan 2012 11:28 
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