Press Release The service offers a 24 hour, convenient and cost effective airtime distribution channel; The diverse payment modes allow for Orange data customers to make online airtime purchases using their preferred mobile money platforms The partnership will eventually also allow for Continue reading
press release • Permanent tariff informed by Orange Mobile customer demand and uptake of the new offer • 24 hour bundle includes unlimited free calls and SMSs within Orange network, 20 free off-net SMSes and free 10 MB data daily Continue reading
This is an article from today’s edition of the Business Daily Newspaper in which I was quoted and Dealfish also got good mention. The article by Frankline Sunday talks about the importance of local mobile applications in Kenya for mobile Continue reading
Google this morning announced a strategic partnership with the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC) at the 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM). KeNIC is the registry for Kenya’s Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) which is .KE. Joe Mucheru from Google Continue reading
Yesterday, AccessKenya launched their first ever retail shop at the Westgate Mall in Westlands, Nairobi. The shop is designed to give existing and prospective customers the AccessKenya brand experience in a more personal and effective way compared to other more Continue reading
Press Release. Norton delivers the industry’s number-one online-threat detection rating, fastest performance and new, free Norton Power Eraser Viruses, cybercriminals, and other threats can make the Internet a dangerous place, even in Kenya. But you can now protect yourself with Continue reading
AccessKenya this week has launched a free online traffic camera service on their portal www.home.co.ke. The traffic service consists of Internet cameras that capture traffic flows and transmit real-time feeds through the portal. Currently, AccessKenya has 23 live cameras in Continue reading
In more Safaricom news this week, a fairly massive online and offline marketing campaign is running for what is being called “BAMBA Unlimited”. The promotion is basically a spin on Safaricom’s 3G bundles that are now a quasi-uncapped Internet service Continue reading
Safaricom has been given a lot of flak to-date for their speedy but pricey 3G bundles. As the only mobile network in Kenya (still) with 3G data, this is expected to be the case for at least another couple of Continue reading
This is an article for which I was interviewed a week ago by Russell Southwood of Balancing Act. The interview I had basically covered the state of Internet and mobile uptake in Kenya since the high speed undersea cables went Continue reading