NAIROBI: American citizen and a key leader of foreign fighters in Somalia, who came to fame as a rapper calling for “jihad” before joining Islamist militants in Somalia, said he feared for his life after the Al-Shabab militant group had differences (...)
NAIROBI: Kenyan mobile services provider Cellulant has inked a deal with UK's Barclays Bank in order to provide digital services across the African continent, a press release from the companies published by Telecom Paper reported.
According to (...)
NAIROBI: Kenya's telecom regulator has rejected the appeal made by telecommunication companies asking for the immediate reduction in their monthly license fees.
The Daily Nation reported that the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) turned (...)
NAIROBI: Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it was partnering with the British Council in Africa to deliver their Africa Digital Schools Project aimed at assisting in “bridging the digitial divide” in 6 African countries.
Being called (...)
NAIROBI: India's largest telecommunications company and Nokia Siemens Network announced on Thursday they had renewed their Africa contract, enabling the companies to push forward and maintain their current networks across Africa for another five (...)
NAIROBI: Kenya's broadband Internet service provider Jamii Telecom announced it would spend some $3 million on a new plan to upgrade its entire fiber optic network in the country. The goal of the upgrades are to position the company as the leading (...)
NAIROBI: Ethiopian telecommunications company Ethio Telecom has reduced calls from landlines across zones. According to a statement on the company's website, the rates were cut two-thirds to 83 cents per minute during peak hours and to 35 cents in (...)
NAIROBI: Somalia's militant Islamic group Al-Shabaab reportedly took over the running of an independent broadcaster and abducted a reporter in a new round of restrictions in areas of the country that it still controls.
According to a witness, (...)
NAIROBI: A recent World Bank report has praised Kenya's efforts to boost its economy through technology and telecom. The report comes as the Kenyan government continues to push forward on ambitious efforts to increase its telecom and ICT (...)
NAIROBI: India's Bharti Airtel continues its move into Africa, launching a 3.75G platform in Zambia to give users high speed broadband Internet on their mobile phones. The new service will also allow users to watch television and make video calls (...)
NAIROBI: Vodacom Tanzania's new boss has already shown his ability to ruffle feathers after he took two executives with him from Airtel to the Tanzania telecom operator. The move by Rene Meza, Airtel's former CEO, comes as telecommunications (...)
NAIROBI: Only months ago, the only mobile phone devices found in Kenya were Chinese made products. Now, the introduction of cheap and easy-to-use handsets into the country by Zimbabwe's Swav, Kenyans are able to enjoy more diversity in choice of the (...)
NAIROBI: American computer giant IBM signed this week five contracts with Kenya's largest bans in an effort to provide new IT services for the banking sector in the country. The deals with Credit Bank, Co-operative Bank, Family Bank, First National (...)
NAIROBI: Kenya's top telecommunications company Safaricom appointed Thibaud Rerolle as the new technical director, completing the company's reorganization plans that began last year in an effort to reduce management and increase (...)
NAIROBI: On Tuesday, Orange Kenya announced plans to increase its funding by mid next year in order to boost its data and cloud computing services in the country. The move comes as voice competition continues to rock the country and drop (...)
NAIROBI: The South African ICT company Business Connexion (BCX) is expanding its operations in Kenya, according to a report from the CapitalNews radio station.
BCX entered the Kenyan market last year. The company now plans to spend KES 2 billion (...)
NAIROBI: At least 70 people were killed when a truck bomb exploded in front of the Ministry of Education in Mogadishu on Tuesday. Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for the attack in Somalia.
Dozens others were wounded in the attack, (...)
NAIROBI: Bharti Airtel last week announced it was inking an agreement with Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) to expand 2G networks and roll-out 3G networks in 7 African countries. The move will boost the companies' efforts in the continent as it pushes (...)
NAIROBI: A new deal inked on Monday between Essar Telecom Kenya and Tata Communications will allow yuMobile to route all international voice calls through the Tata communications networks. The deal has been praised by analysts as a means of boosting (...)
Prosecutors in Harare were forced to end a case against a man accused of subversion after he allegedly posted a comment on the social media website Facebook.
According to reports, the prosecution could not find the alleged comment posted by (...)
NAIROBI: Kenya's government has given telecom operators in the country an extension to bid on a 4G spectrum license, the ministry of communications said.
The deadline, which was set to pass on Wednesday, gives the companies an extra two weeks to (...)
NAIROBI: India's Bharti Airtel announced this week it has officially been awarded the 2G and 3G GSM mobile licenses in Rwanda, its Kenyan office said. The move will increase its Africa presence to 17 countries and the company said in a statement (...)
NAIROBI: Kenya's mobile operators have been extremely concerned over possible legal action taken against them by customers if they were to turn off their mobile phones as directed by government policy.
However, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said (...)
NAIROBI: The Kenyan government has ordered telecom operators to shut down unregistered mobile phone numbers in the country in what they said was an effort to curtail criminal activity.
The move, announced on Wednesday, aims to force all Kenyans (...)
NAIROBI: Kenya's mobile operators have been extremely concerned over possible legal action taken against them by customers if they were to turn off their mobile phones as directed by government policy.
However, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said (...)