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TECHNOLOGY

A Big Year Ahead For The Phone Manufacturers with Samsung Leading the pack in Kenya

When the history of Smartphones in Kenya will be written, Huawei Idoes would definitely take some special mentions as the phone which introduced majority of Kenyans to the World of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Eleven and A Half Things #KOT Need to Leave Behind in 2012 as We Usher in 2013

Social Media has given people platform to air their views in a way never seen before. It is great , people need to debate issues, learn new things and understand…

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STARTUPS

It is a Burning House at 88mph- Reason why Local Capital is urgently needed

Kenyan tech space is a study in contradiction. There are those who believe that it is hyped and people should take a chill pill while there are those who believe…

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TECHNOLOGY

Nokia Lumia 510 is now Available in Kenya

It has taken like forever but now  Nokia Lumia 510 is available in Kenyan market. Bruce Howe, General Manager for Nokia East Africa : “We are pleased to announce the…

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TECHNOLOGY

Tecno Launches Entry Level N3 Android Smartphone in Kenya

Tecno in partnership with Qualcomm  today launched the entry level smartphone N3 in Kenya. N3 is a dual SIM Android smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7225A chipset.  The device runs on…

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TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom Launches M-Shwari- Mobile Money Payday Loan

Safaricom today  launched a new mobile money service known as M-Shwari. M-Shwari  is  partnership between Safaricom and CBA which runs on Mpesa and will be included on the Mpesa sim…

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TECHNOLOGY

Biometric voter registration process

Finally President Mwai Kibaki  launched the Biometric voter registration process and expected go for the next 30 days. The good people at  the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission aims to…

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TECHNOLOGY

Nokia Asha 308 Now Available in Kenya

Nokia today announced that the Nokia Asha 308 is now available for purchase in Kenya at an estimated retail price of KES10,500. The Nokia Asha 308 is a 2G-enabled device…

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TECHNOLOGY

LG C333 Triple-Sim Phone- Is there need for Triple Sim card phones?

In the last week or so LG Launched C333 Triple-Sim handset into the Kenyan market.   The phone is a basic and the only interesting point is the fact that it…

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TECHNOLOGY

Kenyan Tech Ecosystem-Where all the Other Parts are pointing Fingers at the Developers (Part I)

After writing this post which brought in a bit of controversy going by the comments, it is time to look at the broader picture of Kenyan tech scene. We all…

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TECHNOLOGY

Be aware, the Kenyan Tech Doomsday Predictors are Here

High Expectations, big disappointment. I think that is how the Kenyan tech scene should be described at the moment.  Yesterday I tweeted about the rise of tech pundits demonizing the…

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TECHNOLOGY

Summary of Kenyan mobile telephony Stats by CCK- 29.7 Million subscribers recorded

So the new CCK stats for the fourth quarter of the FY 2011/12 are out and here is the summary and my thoughts on some parts: As at 30th June…

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TECHNOLOGY

Nakumatt Plan to Introduce Mastercard Prepaid Cards For use in East Africa

Nakumatt plan to introduce the multi-currency  MasterCard prepaid cards in Kenya . The existing Nakumatt Cybercash loyalty card will be replaced with the Nakumatt Global MasterCard Prepaid card, allowing customers…

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TECHNOLOGY

Nokia Announces Availability of portable Solar Charger in Kenya

Nokia today announced the availability of a new portable solar charger in Kenya aimed at helping Kenyans without regular access to electricity. Nokia charger will be retailing at KES1250. The…

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TECHNOLOGY

iPhone 5 prices in Kenya

Still yet to confirm but it seems unlocked iPhone 5 is already in Kenya. 16gb going for Ksh.110K, 32gb for Ksh.130K and 64gb for Ksh.150gb. From Moses Kemibaro’s tweet: So,…

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TECHNOLOGY

IEEE joins IBM,KPMG and Deloitte in AITEC ICT Summit on Smart City technologies showcase

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has signed  a co-operation agreement with AITEC Africa ahead of the upcoming AITEC East Africa ICT Summit scheduled  for 24-25 October to allow…

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TECHNOLOGY

Rumours: Nokia Lumia 510- Windows Low End SmartPhone will retail at around 12K

The rumours have it that Nokia is about to release a low end Windows phone called  Lumia 510. The device has  a 4-inch display,  4 GB of internal memory, and …

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TECHNOLOGY

Did Zuku Quietly Drop Reconnection Fee Charges?

It seems Zuku has quietly removed the reconnection fee threat to its subscribers for the late payment. Back on August Zuku did what they were calling  realignment of their services…

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TECHNOLOGY

Samsung Galaxy Music GT-S6010- Following the Footstep of Galaxy pocket

To follow in the success of Galaxy Pocket, Samsung is planning to add a music centered device to the Galaxy Range low end devices. Samsung Galaxy Music GT-s6010 and a…

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TECHNOLOGY

Jailbreaking iPhone (iOS) does not alter the IMEI Number

Today  is the D day when Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) is meant to switch off fake phones in Kenya..My view as I have stated before is, this a misguided…

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TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Office 365 – Ready Tools for Businesses

Microsoft Office 365 is now commercially available in Kenya. Businesses can try it for free for 30 days by signing up at www.office365.com. Office 365 brings together Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint…

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TECHNOLOGY

Fake Phones- Expect Chaos on the 30th of September

The day of switching off the fake phones is fast approaching and comes 30th of September according to CCK all 4 million phones will be off.  I know we all…

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TECHNOLOGY

Samsung Galaxy S4 to be Announced in February Next Year

Samsung plan to unveil Galaxy S4, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February next year. An anonymous company official  told The Korea Times. “Samsung is ready to unveil the…

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TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom want the users to do more with MPESA than Sending Money and Buying Airtime

Safaricom  has launched M-PESA Relax ad campaign to try to convince users to use MPESA for things other than sending money and buying Airtime.   M-PESA Relax advertising campaign aims…

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TECHNOLOGY

BAKE experience With Microsoft Office 365 event

Ever heard about the Microsoft flagship cloud platform Office 365? Want to learn about it and how to effectively use it from Microsoft Experts? If yes, then go to www.office365.com,…

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TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom mobile applications developer challenge promises the winner Ksh.1 million cash prize

Safaricom Limited and Vodafone last week announced the launch of AppStar, a  mobile applications developer challenge  that will see the top Kenyan developer take home Kshs 1 Million.  Appstar is…

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TECHNOLOGY

Government step up efforts to Monitor what people are saying Online- First on the line 8 Bloggers

In order to monitor what everyone is saying online, Government of Kenya has directed all the Mobile Network operators to issue every mobile device in Kenya with IP address. The…

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TECHNOLOGY

Sematime wins Startup World Nairobi codefest

Sematime beat five other apps to emerge the finalist at  Startup World Nairobi codefest held at 88mph Garage Nairob according to HumaIPO blog. When Boniface Githinji talked about  Sematime, a…

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TECHNOLOGY

Barclays Mobile Money Transfer service Targeting Remittances from the Diaspora- Will it be a hit or a miss

And here we go, Barclays to go head to head with NationHela after launching a mobile money transfer app that targets diaspora remittances from UK to Kenya.  Barclays Bank of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Mabati Rolling Mills roll out the Microsoft Office365 Cloud service to network its business offices across the region.

Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM) has entered into a partnership with Microsoft for the provision of cloud services for its business. Mabati Rolling Mills signed a deal with Microsoft to use Microsoft…

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