CIO East Africa (Nairobi)

December 1

Kenya: Airtel Launches New Sms Bundle Service

Airtel Kenya has launched a new SMS subscription service that enables customers to purchase SMS bundles that they can use for both on-net and off-net SMS at competitive rates. Read more »

Kenya: Safaricom, Britam, Changamka Micro Health, Psi, Launch Affordable Healthcare Option for Kenyans

Leading integrated communications provider Safaricom Limited has partnered with leading insurer Britam, Changamka Microhealth -one of Kenya's pioneering mobile Health Financing... Read more »
Kenya: Samsung Smart School, Dynamite for E-Learning

Lavington Primary school pupils aged between 4 and 7 experienced a new smart platform to learn math, away from the normal chalk board they are used to. Courtesy of Samsung... Read more »

Kenya: Sh8,000 Android Dual SIM Tecno N3 Launched

Tecno in partnership with Qualcomm on Thursday Morning announced the launch of the Tecno N3 Android smartphone in Kenya. The dual SIM smartphone is the first Qualcomm Reference... Read more »

Kenya: Google/LG Nexus 4 Expected in Kenya 'Early 2013'

Kenyans will have to wait till 2013 January, or even later for them to lay their hands on the Nexus 4 handset. Read more »
East Africa: Nokia Lumia 510 Now Available in East Africa

Nokia on Wednesday announced the local availability of the first Lumia smartphone in East Africa. The Nokia Lumia 510, is the most affordable in the current Lumia family of... Read more »
Kenya: Safaricom Boosts M-Pesa With CBA Banking Services Through M-Shwari

The event was held at the Windsor Golf Club on Tuesday. Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria Leads West Africa in Internet Speed

Nigeria's telecoms and IT sector has proven to have massive growth potential in the coming years; but the country must first overcome a number of key industry challenges before the... Read more »

Kenya: Cyberoam Appoints Philip Obondy As Channel Manager for Kenya

Cyberoam, the industry leading identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) range of appliances of Cyberoam Technologies Private Ltd, last week announced the appointment of Mr... Read more »

Kenya: Accesskenya's Collaboration Services Feted At the Kenya ICT Awards

AccessKenya Group has been feted for its versatile collaboration services after the company was awarded the "Unified Communications Solutions Partner of the year 2012" by the... Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Visits Safaricom for M-Pesa

Safaricom on Thursday hosted Hailemariam Desalegn, The Prime Minister of Ethiopia and showcased its products and services well as best practices in the telecommunications sector. Read more »
Kenya: APC Channel Partner Reward Program Launched in Kenya

APC by Schneider Electric on Thursday morning launched the channel partner reward program in Kenya at an event held at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi. The Program is a channel... Read more »

East Africa: Third CIO100 Annual Awards Competition Moved to May 2013

CIO100 Annual Awards Competition has been postponed to 15th to 17th May next year as a result of numerous stakeholders beyond East Africa's interest to attend against the limited... Read more »
East Africa: Goal.com Signs Rim As Official Marketing Partner in Africa and the Middle East

Goal.com, the world's largest football website owned by sports media group PERFORM, has today announced that Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerryÂ®... Read more »
Kenya: KPMG - Barometer Assesses Fraud Risk When Investing in Africa

KPMG has released the findings of the second Africa Fraud Barometer. The initiative was launched in April 2012 and is an early stage effort to measure fraud on the African... Read more »

Africa: Carrier Wins Best Pan-African Initiative Award

Africa's carrier West Indian Ocean Cable Company(WIOCC) won the Best Pan-African Initiative Award at Africa Com 2012, for building an unrivalled, high-capacity network that... Read more »

Tanzania: Huawei Partners With Tanzania Government to Promote ICT in Education

Huawei Technologies Tanzania is launching an ICT education program that will foster ICT development and ICT talent training in Tanzania. This program will be in partnership with... Read more »
East Africa: Emirates Develops Windows 8 Cabin Crew in-Flight APP

Emirates announced at the Windows 8 launch event in Dubai the development of a line-of-business application for Window 8 called Knowledge Driven Inflight Service (KIS). Read more »
Africa: Partnership to See Techno Brain Provide Support for SAP Solutions

Techno Brain has announced a new partnership with SAP for delivery of "one-stop" domain expertise in support of SAP solutions for the various key vertical markets in Sub-Saharan... Read more »
Kenya: Government of Kenya Steps Up Fight Against Cyber Crime

Everyone using the internet and other digital services will soon have an identity, the government said today, as it moves to stem the rising tide of cyber crime. Read more »
Africa: Bharti Airtel, Ericsson Partners to Upgrade the Africa Network

Bharti Airtel, the telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today said that it has undertaken an end-to-end network... Read more »

Kenya: Nokia Asha 308 Now Available in Kenya for Ksh. 10,500

Nokia today announced that the Nokia Asha 308 is now available for purchase in Kenya at an estimated retail price of Ksh. 10,500. The phone is the newest addition to the Asha Touch... Read more »
Kenya: Information PS Advises Govt to Focus on Digitisation

The government should shift its focus from extra taxation and instead focus on efficiency, which will lead to more revenue for the government. Read more »
Kenya: Safaricom Appstar Competition Names Top APPs , Sh2.1 Million in Prizes

Safaricom has named the winner of the Safaricom Appstar competition. In addition, the mobile operator announced 6 other category winners for the competition. The announcement was... Read more »
Kenya: Pralerts Launches Low-Cost Social Media Reporting

As the digital landscape continues to transform the role of PR agencies, Kenyan new media company African Laughter on Monday unveiled a social media monitoring report service,... Read more »

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