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CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008 finalists

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:00 +0200

Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Competition were announced today, 15 May 2008, by Azubuike Ishiekwene, Chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition, now in its 13th year, received a record 1912 entries from 44 countries throughout the African continent, including French- and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Kenya's mobile TV revolution

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:20:00 +0200

Safaricom DStv Mobile went live at the end of April, allowing subscribers to watch television anywhere, at anytime using their own mobile handset. Kenya is among the first African countries to launch mobile television, one of the world's most eagerly anticipated consumer technologies. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Kenya's food shortages persist as rains fall

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:49:00 +0200

Rains have come to the north eastern parts of Kenya, but this alone is unlikely to immediately resolve the food problems facing the mainly nomadic families in the semi-arid region, aid workers have said. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ugandan, Kenyan organisations win in global competition

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:27:00 +0200

Kenya's Centre for Training and Integrated Research for Development (CETRAD) and NETWAS Uganda are among the four winners in the inaugural nGomobile competition. The winning projects were selected from a pool of over 70 entries that came from Kenya, Uganda, Mexico and Azerbaijan. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Safaricom taps Equity Bank for staff share loans

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:17:00 +0200

Safaricom, one of Kenya's leading mobile telephone service providers, has made a deal with Equity Bank to allow its staff to access loans for the acquisition of its IPO shares through the bank at a subsidised interest rate of 10%. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Kenyan design firm moves to safeguard equipment

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:55:00 +0200

One of the leading graphic design and colour separation (re-pro) companies in Kenya, ImPress Repro Limited, has implemented APC 1.5 KVA and 5KVA Smart-UPS uninterrupted power supplies (UPSes) to protect its equipment from power surges being experienced in Kenya. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi hosts international telecommunications workshop

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:47:00 +0200

Malawi has hosted a telecommunication services workshop at its lakeshore district in Mangochi with calls to various rival telecommunications operators to share services so that consumers can access them at affordable charges. Read full story... | Send to a friend

New investment in TEAMS

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:37:00 +0200

Jamii Telecommunications Ltd (JTL), a subsidiary of AdGroup, has made a strategic investment in TEAMS project to complement its metro fibre network that will allow users reliable and flexible services with high-speed access to the internet. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Now Kenyans can pay mobile bills online

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:23:00 +0200

GTV has entered into a subscription payment deal with PostaPay and subscribers anywhere in Kenya can now pay their subscriptions online via over 200 branches countrywide. Read full story... | Send to a friend

WEF names Kenyan as 2008 young global leader

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:36:00 +0200

The World Economic Forum has selected 40-year-old James Shikwati as a young Global Leader 2008. Shikwati joins 245 leading executives, public figures and intellectuals – all 40 or younger – chosen from around the world. Read full story... | Send to a friend