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  • Best of East African IT implementations to be showcased at CIO 100 in Kigali Dennis Mbuvi

    Jun 18, 2013
    CIO 100 2013 Briefing
    Andrew Karanja - CIO East Africa Director (second from right) addresses the press during a CIO 100 briefing. With him are sponsors, Lily Kariuki - Country Manager Coseke, Dr. Gilbert Saggia - Oracle Country Manager, Peter Owenje - Compulynx head of marketing and Philip Obondy - Cyberoam regional channel manager. The event will showcase the best of regional IT project implementations. 
    Oracle, Coseke, Cyberoam and Compulynx have come in sponsors in the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards. The four firms confirmed their commitment at a pr...

    The Rwanda Development Board has also come on board in supporting hosting of the event, which is a precursor to the Transformation Africa event to...

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  • Telkom Kenya to maintain existing tower ownership in 15 year Eaton Towers deal Staff Writer

    Jun 17, 2013
    Orange and Eaton
    Chief Executive Officer of Telkom Kenya, Mickael Ghossein (third from right) with the Managing Director of Eaton Towers Kenya, Peter Reinartz (second from left), after the two companies signed a tower management agreement. With them are Chief Finance Officer of Telkom Kenya, Yvan Ridard (extreme left); Chief Finance Officer of Eaton Towers, Snehar Shah (second from right) and the Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of Telkom Kenya, Bonnie Okumu (extreme right).
    Telkom Kenya, which operates Orange's mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services in Kenya, announced today that it has signed an agreement w...

    The 15 year tower management and leasing deal is focused on both the maintenance of existing sites by Eaton Towers and the building of new sites. T...

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  • Vision 2030, Shared Services under Devolution and Planning portfolio in new govt structure Staff Writer

    Jun 17, 2013
    Anne Waiguru 010
    Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary - Ms. Anne Waiguru, under whose docked Shared Services and Vision 2030 fall. 
    The Devolution and Planning Ministry has been granted greater responsibility under a new Organisation of Government structure announced in late May...

    This announcement effectively confers Devolution and Planning Secretary Ms. Anne Waiguru authority over the management of a host of functions inclu...

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  • Safaricom caravan to collect ewaste in Nairobi, NEMA promises ewaste guidelines Dennis Mbuvi

    Jun 17, 2013
    Safaricom WEEE eWaste
    Part of the Safaricom caravan that will be going round Nairobi estates and markets collecting electronic waste during launch on Saturday. Safaricom hopes to collect 50 tonnes of waste in the initiative.
    According to the United Nations, there are 2,500 tons of electronic waste in Kenya, including 150 tons of mobile phones. Since October, Safaricom h...

    About 1.1 million counterfeit handsets were rendered useless after they were barred from accessing mobile networks earlier this year. About 700,000...

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  • Ericsson supports hackathon to help Refugees United connect missing people Dennis Mbuvi

    Jun 17, 2013
    Ericsson Refugees United HackForGood
    Developers, Refugees United and Ericsson staff that took part in the #HackForGood hackathon to develop apps to help unite missing people. Kenya has about 1 million refugees and internally displaced people. 
    Refugees United, an organisation working on solutions to help refugees connect with missing people, held a hackathon over the last weekend. The hac...

    Richard Ngamita, tech lead at Refugees United says the organisation is funded by Omidyar, Ericsson, iCare and some Danish private firms. The organi...

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  • Lodox announces full body, digital X-ray scanner Staff Writer

    Jun 17, 2013
    Lodox xmplar
    X-ray system manufacturer Lodox Systems, has announced the world’s first full body, digital X-ray scanner. A low radiation dose X-ray system that t...

    The Xmplar-dr X-ray system, has already made its mark on the international medical scene, for its imaging functions in emergency trauma and forensi...

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  • Epson to replace cartridges with ink tanks Staff Writer

    Jun 17, 2013
    epson
    Following positive responses from customers on its first generation of ink tank system printers, Epson is set to stop selling consumer and small bu...

    This move forms part of Epson’s new ‘low-cost, high-quality’ ink tank system strategy and will allow it to focus on expanding its ink tank system p...

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  • Why Kenyan banks have long queues Dennis Mbuvi

    Jun 17, 2013
    Uganda Banking Queue - In2EastAfrica
    A queue in a banking hall in Uganda, similar to queues seen in Kenyan banks. A government directive and poor quality notes are some of the challenges towards automation of banking services in Kenya. (image: in2eastafrica.net )
    In 1939, City Bank of NewYork installed what is said to be the first Automated Teller Machine. It was a box where customers deposited money in an e...

    Wikipedia further reports that the first automated deposit device was in 1959, in a mall in Ohio.On 27th June, 1967, Barclays Bank and De La Rue, u...

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  • Safaricom launches "VumaOnline" to offer free WiFi in matatus Dennis Mbuvi

    Jun 14, 2013
    Safaricom Vuma Online
    Some of the matatus offering free WiFi courtesy of Safaricom with their Vuma Online branding  
    As we had exclusively revealed earlier, Safaricom today announced the  launch of Vuma Online, which will see commuters access WiFi in public transp...

    (See Matatus to offer free WiFi courtesy of Safaricom )The service is accessible through a WiFi router, which matatu owners can choose to pay for o...

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  • GIST initiative opens 2013 Tech-I competition for African entrepreneurs, startups Staff Writer

    Jun 13, 2013
    GIST Tanzania bootcamp
    Team that took part in the GIST entrepreneur camp in Tanzania. 
    The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative is calling on all entrepreneurs and startups from Africa, Asia, the Middle E...

    Now in its third year, the GIST Tech-I Competition will help launch the idea or grow the business of the most promising entrepreneurs in these emer...

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  • MasterCard launches training centre to enhance payments industry skills development Staff Writer

    Jun 13, 2013
    Mastercard President Middle East and Africa  Michael Miebach (left) cuts the ribbon with Kenya Credit and Debit Card Association Chair Wilfred M
    Michael Miebach (L), MasterCard President Middle East and Africa cuts the ribbon to the new regional training centre with Wilfred Michomo, Chair of Kenya Credit and Debit Card Association while banking industry partners look on.
    MasterCard has announced the launch of a brand new training facility in Kenya to empower the financial services ecosystem with knowledge on various...

    The training centre, located at MasterCard’s East Africa offices in Eldama Park, off Peponi Road, will be used for training purposes for merchants,...

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  • Young Kenyan scientists shortlisted for Science in Action Awards Staff Writer

    Jun 13, 2013
    Google-Science-Fair
    Who’s changing the world for the better this year? A Kenyan team, comprising Himanshi Sehgal, Souparni Roy and Richa Nagda, are part of the 15 shor...

    Also released were names of the 90 regional finalists for the 2013 Google Science Fair, the largest online science fair in the world, who were anno...

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  • Ericsson opens regional service delivery centres in DRC and Nigeria Staff Writer

    Jun 12, 2013
    Fredrik-Jejdling
    Fredrik Jejdling - Ericsson head of Sub-Saharan Africa
    As the continent’s mobile users continues to increase – with industry statistics indicating that the number of mobile connections in Sub-Saharan Af...

    In order to help the service providers to operate more efficiently, Ericsson has established two new service delivery facilities in Nigeria and the...

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  • Nexans LAN signs Redington as East Africa distributor Staff Writer

    Jun 12, 2013
    Ramkumar B. of Redington Gulf and Tarek Helmy of Nexans
    (L-R) Ramkumar B., Senior VP, Redington Gulf - Value Division after signing a distributorship agreement with Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf, Middle East & Africa - Nexans Cabling Solutions
    Nexans, a cables and cabling systems  provider, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Redington Gulf, a distributor and...

    “East Africa is a very important market for Nexans. With so much development taking place, there is big demand for the IT LAN infrastructure. We ha...

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