Safaricom is clearly pushing as low and as wide as they can in getting everyone in Kenya to use their Safaricom Live! internet services. Their latest “Internet Mkononi” (i.e. Internet in your hand) offer of Kes. 2,699.00 for a Nokia Continue reading
In a recent post, I had (inaccurately) said that Zain Kenya had launched some new low cost prepaid and postpaid data bundles. As it turned out, unknown to me at the time, Zain had actually launched the bundles late last Continue reading
InfoDev is an NGO working within the World Bank that held a stakeholder focus group this week on the 27th April 2010. I attended the focus group which brought together mobile application developers, mobile operators and other stakeholders to brainstorm Continue reading
Application Developers and Publishers in Kenya can now publish and distribute their mobile applications directly on Nokia’s OVI Store. The OVI self service tool provides an easy way to distribute and monetize local mobile applications and content by potentially reaching Continue reading
Cisco has announced that its Nairobi office has become the first business premises in Kenya to offer Cisco TelePresence. Unveiled in Cisco’s Nairobi offices last week, the Cisco TelePresence solution offers a live, immersive, face-to-face experience which enables people from Continue reading
In an earlier post on this blog a couple of months ago, I had expressed my dissatisfaction that all the mobile operators in Kenya seemed to be launching “me too” Internet services in the marketplace which had almost identical features Continue reading
This is a link to an interview I did with CIO East Africa for their April 2010 edition on the challenges of being an ICT Entrepreneur in Kenya, and the broader East African region. The interview can be read in Continue reading
This evening the Nairobi Chapter of MobileMonday held its first meeting for mobile application developers at the iHub. MobileMonday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live Continue reading
This has to be one of the most exciting developments for Kenya in regards to developing world-class mobile software services and products! Earlier today, Nokia Research Centre Africa (NRC-Africa) and the University of Nairobi’s School of Computing & Informatics (SCI) Continue reading