CIO East Africa (Nairobi)

August 01

Kenya: Safaricom to Offer Fixed Lines, Managed Networks Through Fibre

Safaricom will soon be providing fixed line services and managed network services to business in the country. These are some of the services the firm is looking to offer through... Read more »
Kenya: Barclays Kenya to Offer Clients Bulk M-Pesa Payment Solution

Barclays Bank has partnered with mobile telephony service provider-Safaricom to offer a mobile banking service that enables corporate clients to disburse bulk payments such as... Read more »
Kenya: OLX Kenya Cautions Users On Online Fraud

OLX Kenya would like to draw attention to several instances of fraud that have been reported by its users. The company would like assure users that all advertisements posted on the... Read more »
East Africa: Kencall Founder Nicholas Nesbitt Named IBM Head for East Africa

Nicholas Nesbitt has been named Country General Manager, IBM East Africa. He succeeds Anthony Mwai, who is taking on a new leadership role in IBM's South African operation. Mr... Read more »

Kenya: Schneider Electric Launches MGE Galaxy 300i U.S

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has introduced the MGE Galaxy 300i uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system to the Kenyan market. The Galaxy 300i... Read more »
East Africa: Sidra Capital Deploys Agilis Investment Management Suite in Six Weeks

Sidra Capital (DIFC) Limited, a Category-3A company, licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), has completed the successful implementation of Agilis Investment... Read more »
Kenya: Equity Bank Goes After M-Pesa With Airtel Money Partnership

Equity Bank and Airtel have announced a partnership that will see the two firms partnering on mobile banking and mobile money transfer services. The partnership was announced... Read more »
Kenya: Kenya's Mobile Penetration Drops to 75 Percent, Internet Subscriptions At 9.6 Million

The number of mobile subscribers in the country dipped from 30.7 million to 29.8 million between January and March this year. According to the Communications Commission of Kenya... Read more »

Kenya: Posta Pesa to Offer Agency Services in 600 Outlets Across Kenya

The Postal Corporation of Kenya has launched Posta Pesa, through which it will offer agency and electronic payment services. Posta Pesa will be available through 600 outlets and is... Read more »
Kenya: Kedzia, Former Huawei COO Earns CEO Birthright

After serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in Kenya for 5 years, Radoslaw Kedzia recently assumed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) role at Huawei Technologies in Uganda.... Read more »
Kenya: Intel Develops a Brand Neutral Healthy Ecosystem

With 12 million connected people in Kenya, Internet numbers are phenomenon compared to 10 years ago when Sven Beckmann, Intel's General Manager for South and Sub - Saharan Africa... Read more »

Kenya: "SAP Skills for Africa" Programme Goes Live in Kenya

SAP an enterprise application software company partnered with the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communications and Multi Media University to train ICT skills and enhance... Read more »

Kenya: Samsung's S9 TV Motion Gestures, Enhanced User Control

Samsung new innovation in the television industry takes an art gallery display design. The launch of Samsung's UHD TV S9 in Kenya has a goal of "enhancing more user laziness" with... Read more »

Kenya: Orange to Retail Asus Vivobook Laptops At Between Ksh. 43,000 and Ksh. 57,000

Orange has partnered with Asus with the launch of three of the vendor's Notebook models in the Kenyan market. The laptops, from the VivoBook range, will be available at select... Read more »

East Africa: 'Wechat' Available for Nokia Asha Phones

Mobile social communication application, WeChat, is now available on the Nokia Asha Touch family of phones. WeChat enhances user social interaction by supporting exchanges of text,... Read more »

Kenya: Injera to Drive Samsung Galaxy Mega Experience

Samsung this morning signed an endorsement deal with Kenya's top try scorer, Collins Injera, to drive the Samsung Galaxy Mega experience in Kenya. Read more »
Kenya: Court Rules Safaricom Did Not Copy M-Shwari From Faulu

A lawsuit brought by Faulu Kenya against Safaricom, claiming breach of confidence and infringement of copyright in the M-Shwari product has been dismissed. Faulu had sought an... Read more »
Kenya: Govt Expresses Interest in KDN Data Centre

Engineer Stanley Kamau, Director of Public Private Partnership Unit at the Ministry of Finance recently paid a visit to Kenya Data Networks' Data Centre. The visit was on 9th July... Read more »

Kenya: Ecobank Partners With KRA to Launch Online Tax Platform

Ecobank Kenya has entered into a partnership with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to facilitate electronic tax payments. This is expected to not only offer convenience to... Read more »
Kenya: AFB Kenya to Offer Credit Service Via Airtel Money

Airtel Kenya and afb have announced a partnership that will see the credit firm's loan products available through Airtel Money. The two firms however did not announce any specific... Read more »
Kenya: 88mph, Samsung Partners to Support Startups

88mph and Samsung Electronics Africa have entered into a partnership to provide three lucky startups with a possible placement on the "Built For Africa App store", and a chance to... Read more »
Kenya: Slum Fest - Bring Tech Resources to the Grass Root

Huawei engages in research and development to stimulate innovation among the youth in Kenya. The company also believes in bridging the digital divide gap among disadvantaged groups... Read more »

Kenya: Hino, Toyota Kenya Division to Manage Fleets On a Dashboard

Hino, Toyota Kenya truck and bus division unveiled the integrated fleet management system targeted at the truck and bus market place. Read more »
East Africa: Greenovation the LG Way

Two trends are going to play a significant role in determining which companies thrive in a global market characterised by rising energy prices and dwindling resources. Companies... Read more »

Kenya: Strathmore University Students' APP Provides Content for Law Professionals

Strathmore University students have developed an app that will allow Law Students and Lawyers to access the Kenyan Constitution, Case Laws and the Kenyan Gazette through their... Read more »

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