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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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East Africa: historic internet launch

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:32:00 +0200

The first undersea internet cable linking East Africa to the rest of the world was launched this month, June 2009, in Kenya. The 5,000km cable stretches from Fujairah in United Arab Emirates, passing through the Indian Ocean to Kenya.
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KDN, Alcatel-Lucent connect East Africa

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:44:00 +0200

PARIS: Alcatel-Lucent and Kenya Data Networks (KDN), a communications carrier in Kenya, have signed a three-year frame agreement valued at €15 million. The agreement covers the supply, integration, installation and deployment for Alcatel-Lucent's optical networking and optical switching solutions for KDN's transport network across Kenya and neighbouring countries in East Africa.
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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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TEAMS undersea cable finally launched

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:23:00 +0200

The long-awaited East African Marine System (TEAMS) fibre optic undersea cable, expected to cut telecommunications costs across the continent, has officially been launched in Kenya.
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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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US$75 million credit for Ugandan energy and ICT transformation

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:17:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$75 million International Development Association (IDA) credit early last week to finance the second phase of the Energy for Rural Transformation Program (ERT) in Uganda. The first phase of the ERT program was approved in 2001 and was completed in February, 2009.
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