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Facebook launches in Swahili

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:14:00 +0200

In yet another move to affirm Swahili as a lingua franca, Facebook launched its own version in the language. The event took place at one of Kenya' premiere schools, the Starehe Boys Centre. It is among the top high school institutions for boys and has produced a large majority of the present day political and business leaders in Kenya.
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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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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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Online media seen as Kenya's next advertising frontier

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:33:00 +0200

The Kenyan media landscape is no longer what it was in the 1990s; holding a television screen in your palm is now a reality; the internet continuously keeps online readers updated with breaking news at every turn. The digital era has led to renewed competition, as consumers look for comfort and speed.
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eMarketing textbook finds its way to Kenya!

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:13:00 +0200

Tourism and online marketing have always been a likely couple. With the 2010 Soccer World Cup happening in South Africa, the need for local tourism agencies and service providers to catch up with eMarketing trends has increased evermore.
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Tanzania urged to implement e-policy for the disabled

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:11:00 +0200

Tanzania has been urged to develop a strategy to enable disabled people to access information locally and globally.
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SA vlogger takes Highway Africa Digital Journalism award

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:48:00 +0200

BREAKING NEWS: Khaya Dlanga, YouTube vlogger, Thoughtleader blogger and MetropolitanRepublic Johannesburg creative, has scooped the SABC-Highway Africa New Media Award in the Student/Individual category, it was announced this evening, Tuesday, 9 September 2007, at the awards ceremony at the 1820 Settlers' Monument in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The other two winners were Nirmal Shah from Seychelles for Nature Seychelles (www.natureseychelles.org) in the Non-profit category and Togo's Noel Kokou Tadegnon for Sites Média (www.mediatogo.info) in the Corporate category.
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TSN becomes country's media trendsetter

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:13:00 +0200

As the electronic media deploys new technologies in the industry, there is enough evidence that print media's audience is rapidly shrinking. In order to maintain their share of readership, the latter is now striving to cope with the emerging alternative mass media communication technologies.
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Are you an email addict?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:41:00 +0200

According to AOL Mail's fourth annual Email Addiction Survey, 46% of email users said they're hooked on email (up from just 15% last year) and 51% check their email four or more times a day. One in five said they check their email more than 10 times a day and some even, for crying out loud, check their emails while in church. Granted, the survey is an American one, but are African's so different? Are you an email addict?
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Kick Off Online extends and launches East African website

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:49:00 +0200

Kick Off Online has launched an all new Kick Off East Africa website, Kickoffeastafrica.com, which will service mainly Kenyan, Ugandan, Rwandan and Tanzanian football. The new website joins the trio of Kick Off South Africa, Kick Off Nigeria and Kick Off Ghana on the magazine's portfolio.
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