Indonesia quake kills at least 35, injures hundreds

By Reuters,

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds on Friday, with the meteorological agency w...

earthquake , Indonesia

Legendary talk show host Larry King hospitalized with Covid-19

By CNN,

Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family. King, 87, has been hospital...

coronavirus , larry king

President Kenyatta inaugurates national security telecommunications service

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday launched the National Security Telecommunications Service (NSTS), an integrated communications platform aimed at ...

kibochi , national security telecommunications service

Over 2 million children in Ethiopia’s Tigray in need of aid: UN

By VOA,

About 2.3 million children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia have been cut off from humanitarian assistance for over a month, the United Nations said T...

Abiy Ahmed

Managerial jobs decline as Kenyans take up remote work: report

By Kepha Muiruri,

The demand for managerial jobs has shrunk during the COVID-19 pandemic following an acceleration of remote work in recent months. According to a ju...

brighter monday , coronavirus , jobs , remote work

Inaugural Tisini football summit held in Nairobi

By Agencies,

The First edition of the Annual Tisini Football summit kicked off on Thursday in Westlands, Nairobi. Telecommunications Giants Safaricom sponsored ...

OPINION: From Survive to Thrive; working together for a better Africa

By Guest Writer,

By Chen Lei Technology is getting us through the pandemic, and technology can also drive our continent’s recovery in the post-pandemic era, w...

African countries urged to tap on digital technology in reducing inequality

By Agencies,

The South African government is ramping up policies aimed at using digital technology to reduce inequality, create opportunities and reap the benefits...

Better Africa Summit at AfricaCom2020

Bharti Airtel to exit Ghana, government in talks for shares takeover

By Reuters,

Ghana and telecoms operators Airtel and Tigo are in advanced stages of discussions for the transfer of AirtelTigo shares to the government of Ghana, t...

Airtel

Smartphone brand realme launches new C-series in Kenyan market

By Ian Omondi,

Fast growing smartphone brand, realme, seems to have gone all-out to supply the Kenyan market now officially launching the much-anticipated realme C15...

realme C15 , smartphone

60 Kenyan students to train under Huawei’s ‘Seed for the Future’ program

By Agencies,

Huawei Kenya on Wednesday kicked off the seventh cohort of students participating in the global Seeds for the Future program. The flagship program ...

Huawei , JKUAT

Telkom rolls out affordable 4G devices in battle for internet users

By Kepha Muiruri,

Telkom has launched a new line of affordable 4G/LTE mobile device as it scales up its battle for data customers in the country. The first of the th...

4G , telkom kenya

Telkom bets on data as it takes solo path following collapse of Airtel merger

By Kepha Muiruri,

Telkom Kenya now says it will focus on investments in data and financial services as it takes a solo path following the collapse of its merger with Ai...

Airtel , Mugo Kibati , telkom kenya

Israel and UAE reach historic deal

By Robert Maina,

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that res...

Israel , UAE

Airtel Kenya Introduces Airtel TV

By Sponsored,

Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd on Friday announced the launch of its Airtel TV app that offers a whole new world of entertainment via mobile phones. The...

Airtel Networks Kenya , Airtel TV , Prasanta Das Sarma

Safaricom to battle 11 operators for Ethiopia’s telco license

By Kepha Muiruri,

Telco operator Safaricom is expected to battle 11 other operators for two telecommunications licenses on offer in Ethiopia as it seeks to breach the m...

OPINION: Restriction on the use of U.S Technology and its impact on the tech ecosystem 

By Guest Writer,

By John Walubego  Day by day, our lives become more digital. We use digital technology in everything from cooking to communications. As the wo...

M-Pesa services to be unavailable from midnight to 5am over planned maintenance

By Ian Omondi,

Telecommunications giant Safaricom has announced that its M-Pesa services will on Thursday between 12am and 5am undergo a planned maintenance. The ...

M-pesa , Safaricom

CS Mucheru: Kenyan parents struggling to control online content for children

By Citizen Reporter,

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has decried increasing cases of children accessing inappropriate content following the closure of schools over the C...

coronavirus , Mucheru , online learning , pornography

M-Pesa services to be unavailable for 5 hours over planned maintenance

By Ian Omondi,

Safaricom has announced that M-Pesa services will undergo a planned maintenance between 12am to 5am Thursday morning. The telecommunications giant,...

M-pesa , Safaricom