CIO East Africa (Nairobi)

May 17

Kenya: GSMA Opens Sub Sahara Headquarters in Nairobi

Mobile subscriptions in Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) now stand at 500 million. Anne Bouverot, the GSM Association (GSMA) Director general however says that it's not just about... Read more »
East Africa: Kenyan, Tanzanian APPs Win At Gist Startup Competition

Budding tech entrepreneurs from Tanzania and Kenya took the top prizes at the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative's seventh Startup Boot Camp last... Read more »

Kenya: Sony Cyber-Shot Hx300, Improved Performance With High-Speed Autofocus

If you are true rangefinder, then the Sony Cyber-Shot HX300 is well constructed for you with a 50X Optical zoom range. This still camera has DSLR-like capabilities allowing ease of... Read more »
Kenya: Philips - Developing Sustainable Healthcare Revitalization Projects

Healthcare systems are stretched and a lack of clinical resources is evident with report showing Kenya to have only 2 doctors to care for every 10,000 people, compared to 24... Read more »

Kenya: Xtranet Ushers Kenyan SMEs Into the Cloud

You have probably heard about cloud computing, which ultimately has become the greatest shakeup in the computing era. Mainframes and mini - computers no longer define computing.... Read more »

Kenya: Safaricom Makes Full Year Profit of Ksh. 1,300 Per Subscriber

Safaricom has announced a 47 percent increment in pre-tax profit to Ksh. 25.5 billion, with profit after tax increased 39 percent from the previous year to Ksh. 17.5 billion. The... Read more »
Kenya: New Developer Tools for the Nokia Asha Platform

Nokia's launch of a revamped Asha operating system on the Nokia 501 also saw the launch of various developer initiatives. These include the Asha software development kit (SDK), try... Read more »
Kenya: Cheetahcode.com Releases "Inside Demo Africa" Documentary

Cheetahcode.com has released "Inside DEMO Africa 2012″ a mini documentary that offers a look at the activity behind the scenes at last year's DEMO Africa 2012 Conference. All... Read more »
Kenya: Nakumatt to Exclusively Distribute Nairobi Half Life DVDs

Nakumatt Holdings, has stepped up its commitment to support the local Film production Industry through the provision of retail distribution platforms across its network. As part of... Read more »
Kenya: Google's School Doodle Competition to Mark Kenya's Jubilee

Google has announced the launch of a competition that will commemorate Kenya's 50 years of Independence. The theme for the competition will be "My Kenya". The competition will see... Read more »

South Africa: Sony Lures African Consumers With Their Technology Depth

Conducting consumer market research in Africa has taught Sony tactical skills to strengthen their base in this market. They have learnt a lot from having conversations with their... Read more »

Kenya: Safaricom Launches Incubation Challenge

Safaricom Limited has today launched the Safaricom Development Challenge, a competition aimed at equipping entry level developers with entrepreneurial and technology skills. Read more »
East Africa: Nokia 501 - Asha Improvements and What Is New

Nokia held a high profile launch of the Asha 501 in New Delhi India, hosting media from around the world including CIO East Africa's Dennis Mbuvi. The device marks the first major... Read more »
Mozambique: Flexenclosure Deploys Turn-Key Data Centre for Vodacom in Mozambique

Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has deployed an eCentre - an energy efficient... Read more »

Kenya: Nokia Announces Ksh. 8,500 Asha 501 to Tackle Low Cost Smartphones

Nokia has announced the launch of the Asha Platform, alongside the launch of the Asha 501 which runs on a revamped version of the Asha operation system. This was at an event held... Read more »

Kenya: Nethope Academy Helps CIOs Find 'Raw-Talent'

Strategically, CIO's know better than anyone that IT does not run itself. It's the skilled people (i.e. human capacity) who make the tools work. They also know how hard it is to... Read more »
East Africa: Why the Galaxy S4 Deserves the Credit

The Samsung Galaxy family has proven to be vicious in terms of device functionality and design. The Korean company doesn't just mold a device and push in an Android Operating... Read more »

Kenya: Building On SMS for Transparency

In order to strengthen any Aid organisation's accountability so as to reach the vulnerable populations they may not have reached, resolve problems they may not otherwise have been... Read more »
Kenya: Samsung Galaxy S4 Goes On Sale At Safaricom, Broken Screens Under Warranty

Safaricom on Monday became the first retailer in East Africa to launch the Samsung Galaxy S4. This was at an event held at the firms Kimathi Street retail outlet, where the firm... Read more »
Kenya: Reducing Cost and Increasing Impact Through BPO

The impact that Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has had on business over the past two decades is impressive. Global companies have been the largest beneficiaries of BPO's... Read more »
East Africa: Health APP Touches On Genitalia and Beyond

When it comes to health and medical issues, many people seek consultation among their peers, or even consult traditional healers and unlicensed practitioners. Hospitals are out of... Read more »
Kenya: Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) is essentially the ability to get insights about your business at a deeper level than you would by fact based historical reporting, which basically... Read more »

East Africa: Gartner Recognises Flytxt As a 'Cool Vendor in Emerging Markets, 2013'

Flytxt, the provider of Big Data analytics powered revenue and customer experience management solutions for Carrier Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that it has been... Read more »
Kenya: Bharti Airtel Announces Long-Term Strategic Investment From Qatar Foundation Endowment

Bharti Airtel ("Bharti"; "the Company"), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that it has... Read more »
Kenya: Ericsson Fetes Kenya Winners of "APPs for African City Life" Awards

Members of the two Kenyan teams - Tokelezea and Easy Parking - that emerged winners in the Ericsson "Apps for African City Life" awards that were announced in February this year... Read more »

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