I.B.M. Adds an African Lab to Its Growing Global Research Network
I.B.M. is opening a research center in Nairobi, adding an African lab to its global network. The announcement about the center is to be made Monday, Kenya will be the fourth nation where I.B.M. has opened a research outpost in the last two years, after Ireland, Australia and Brazil. The Nairobi center will bring the [...]
Read MoreKenya Lifts Itself Up By Its Tech Bootstraps
As many African countries struggle to achieve widespread economic growth and to escape from just being raw agricultural and mineral producers, change is occurring in Kenya, home to East Africa’s largest economy. There, information technology is being used as a springboard for growth. One aspect of that drive isKonza Technology City. The ground breaking for the [...]
Read MoreGoogle Launches Classified Ad Service in Kenya
Google has launched its classified ads service, Google Trader, in Kenya. Google Trader is a free classifieds service that lets internet users trade products and services and search for jobs, real estate listings or just about anything else; very similar to a Craigslist. The ad service will give Kenyan internet users the opportunity to search [...]
Read MoreGoogle Getting Kenyan Businesses Online With GKBO
Google has launched an initiative aimed at helping businesses in Kenya. The partnership with Safaricom, Equity Bank and Kenic called the Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (GKBO) program, is aimed at thousands of Kenya SMEs who do not have a website or online presence. GKBO will provide free or subsidized services to help businesses to use web [...]
Read MoreAffordable Smartphones Giving Africans More Access
Huawei, Kenya’s best selling smartphone, recently partnered with Nigerian CDMA operator, Starcomms to launch the smartphone in the Nigerian market. With over 90 million phone subscribers, Nigeria is a prime market in which to launch the IDEOS and help migrate current feature and low end phone users to smart phones. An Informa Telecoms Media report reveals [...]
Read MoreKenya Launches Africa’s First Mobile App Lab
This is an exciting time in Kenya as they step into the mobile spectrum, recently launching Africa’s first mobile apps lab. The lab, named mLab, aims to promote innovation and entrepreneurship within the Kenyan community, with a focus on Web and mobile services. mLab will provide a full range of resources and initiatives including training, [...]
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