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Mobile Internet revolution targets Africa's rural areas

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:29:00 +0200

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.
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Safaricom demands legal framework from Kibaki

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:41:00 +0200

NAIROBI: Listed telecoms firm, Safaricom has said the orders given by President Mwai Kibaki for the registration of all mobile phone subscribers can only be achieved with the necessary legal framework in place.
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Strong growth in mobile advertising - BuzzCity

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:42:00 +0200

The global recession is having some effect on mobile advertisers, but mobile advertising continues its strong overall growth, said the results of BuzzCity's quarterly Global Mobile Advertising Index, yesterday, Tuesday, 14 July 2009. The company is a global provider of wireless communities and consumer services.
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PAIDF invests in Essar Telecom Kenya

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:14:00 +0200

The Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) has invested KSh7,5 billion (US$93,75 million) in Essar Telecom Kenya Holdings Ltd (ETKHL) - a subsidiary of Essar Telecom Limited.
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Safaricom launches Kenya's first mobile internet portal

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:51:00 +0200

Safaricom has launched Kenya's first mobile internet portal, a service that will enable Safaricom subscribers get fast access to both local and international content on their mobile phones.
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Kenya's Orange Mobile hits one million subscriber mark

Tue, 26 May 2009 10:35:00 +0200

Kenyan mobile network operator Orange Mobile, a subsidiary of Telkom Kenya, has within eight months of its launch managed to attract one million subscribers.
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Telkom Kenya sales agents rewarded

Tue, 19 May 2009 11:08:00 +0200

Telkom Kenya on Monday, 18 May 2009 awarded its top leading sales agents and dealers from across the country for their sales performance during the ‘ShikaMore' phone bundle promotion that ran from September 2008 to January 2009.
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Zain Kenya offers free payment service for electricity bills

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:28:00 +0200

Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) customers are now able to pay their electricity bills using Zain's money transfer system, Zap. KPLC entered into an agreement with Zain Kenya allowing KPLC customers to pay their monthly electricity bills free of charge.
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Kenya: Helping farmers at the touch of a button

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:24:00 +0200

NAIROBI: The ability to correctly diagnose and treat crop diseases such as banana wilt via mobile phone is just one of endless possibilities for smallholder farmers if location-specific (geospatial) information were available, according to researchers.
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MTN bids for Econet's stake in Yu

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:29:00 +0200

MTN Africa has its eyes set firmly on finally entering the Kenyan market by offering to buy Econet Wireless International's (EWI) stake in local mobile provider Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK) which operates as Yu. Currently Yu is the latest entrant in the telecoms market and it has already had its share of trouble after its founding CEO, Mike Foley, resigned only six months after being appointed.
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