the Digital community of Kenya

Ghossein appointed new Telkom Kenya CEO

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:00 +0200

NAIROBI: Telkom Kenya, late last week unveiled Mickael Ghossein as its new CEO. The announcement was made by the company's board of directors following a meeting earlier in the week.
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US students help bring Internet to rural Africa

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:41:00 +0200

Residents of rural Kenya now have email accounts and Internet access thanks in part to the work of engineering students at the University of Michigan, USA who enabled satellite-based services at three locations in the country. Their work was supported by Google.
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Affordable telecoms critical, says Kibaki

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:47:00 +0200

Speaking during the official launch of The East African Marine Systems Cable (TEAMS) on 12January 2009 in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, the Kenyan president likened the project to that of the East African railway more than 100 years ago and called on Kenyans to embrace the new technology and opportunities it offers.
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Kenya's TEAMS on schedule

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:47:00 +0200

The East Africa Marine System (TEAMS) fibre optic cable will be launched this Friday, 12 June 2009, as scheduled, by President Mwai Kibaki.
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Telkom Kenya enters agreement to digitise parliament

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:56:00 +0200

Telkom Kenya has announced an agreement to provide a digitisation solution to all Kenyan Members of Parliament. The deal, signed yesterday, 2 June 2009 by Telkom Kenya chief executive officer, Dominique Saint-Jean and the speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende, will see the 222 elected MPs connected electronically.
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Kenya hosts first Open Source Awards

Tue, 19 May 2009 10:24:00 +0200

The Linux Professional Association of Kenya and ICT Consumers Association of Kenya will be hosting Kenya's first Open Source Awards. The ceremony will be held at the Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, on 27 May 2009.
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iBurst Africa expands into Kenya

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:31:00 +0200

Broadband internet service provider iBurst Africa is expanding its operations in Africa to Kenya after launching in Ghana, Mozambique and DRC. The company provides wireless broadband technology with high speed, wide range and high base station capacity.
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Kenya to join the high speed internet world

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:57:00 +0200

With bated breath many in this tech-savvy East African country have been waiting to join the world of high speed internet connection. The digital divide is about to be reduced, thanks to the imminent arrival of fibre-optic cables on Kenyan shores this June.
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LG pushes for Anti-Counterfeit Bill in Kenya

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:11:00 +0200

LG is pushing for the enactment of the Anti-Counterfeit Bill into law as a measure to fight peddling of counterfeit goods such as cellphone handsets and associated gadgets in Kenya.
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Kenya's Ushahidi wins We Media Game Changers Award

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:26:00 +0200

Online media star ZeFrank, mobile texting service Twitter, David Plouffe, the Obama campaign mastermind, Japanese digital designer Yugo Nakamura and Kenyan mobile alert service Ushahidi are among nine winners of the We Media Game Changers Awards to be presented at the We Media Miami conference in February 2009.
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