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

Kenyan company rolls out Gumzo–first video conferencing app made in Africa

By VOA,

A Kenyan company has developed Gumzo--a video conferencing application, the first made in Africa, designed to be more affordable than foreign counterp...

gumzo , shapiro , usiku games

Israeli PM Netanyahu arrives in court for start of trial on corruption charges

By CNN,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Jerusalem's District Court on Sunday, denouncing the charges against him as his trial on corrupti...

Benjamin Netanyahu

China Mobile, Facebook in joint project to build 2Africa submarine cable

By Agencies,

China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC have announced they will partner to build 2Afr...

2Africa

Despite FBI warning, U.S. military, government workers still using zoom

By VOA,

U.S. military and government employees continue to use the popular videoconferencing application Zoom for official business. This despite FBI warni...

Zoom

Categorise media as ‘essential services’, MOA urges government

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Media Owners Association of Kenya (MOA) has urged the government to categorise all media companies as essential services in view of the current co...

coronavirus , Media Owners Association of Kenya , mutahi kagwe , Royal Media Services , Wachira Waruru.

List of Safaricom services that will be unavailable on Sunday morning

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom has announced that some of its services will be unavailable on Sunday morning. The telecommunications company said this is because of sys...

mpesa , Safaricom

BWIRE: Artificial Intelligence could be helpful in dealing with COVID-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It's during such times like the current corona virus outbreak that we ask our ourselves hard questions including how can innovation...

coronavirus , COVID-19

OPINION: Somaliland: Politics against investment

By Citizen Reporter,

Somaliland, a de facto country that has been seeking international recognition and praised for its democratization process, free market based economy,...

Bashe Omar , economy , investment , Politics , Somaliland

How teacher won 3-bedroom flat by assisting parents pay their children’s fees

By Sponsored,

Edward Oluoch, a teacher at a little-known school in Siaya County, was in class when he received the phone call that would change his fortunes forever...

Edward Oluoch , Lipa Na Mpesa , Nyamonye Girls Secondary School

‘Queen Sono’ first original African series commissioned by Netflix

By CNN,

If you're tired of the Bond formula, Queen Sono may be the spy you've been waiting to binge-watch. In this Netflix series, released on February 28,...

Netflix , sono

All you need to know about the upgraded Safaricom PostPay plan

By Sponsored,

Telecommunications giant Safaricom has re-jigged its PostPay product as it seeks to cement its dominance in regards with data and call plans. The t...

PostPay , Safaricom , Sylvia Mulinge

Youth are Africa’s largest untapped resource, Uhuru says at State banquet for German President Steinmeier

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said young people are Africa's biggest untapped resource that countries seeking to invest on the continent ought to prior...

Steinmeier , Uhuru , unemployment , youth

3 killed after al Shabaab attack bus in Mandera

By Citizen Reporter,

Three people were killed after al Shabaab attacked a bus in Sarmani, Mandera County on Wednesday. Five other passengers sustained injuries as score...

shabaab

Blazers fined for African Championships snub

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Blazers Hockey Club formerly Telkom have been fined Sh100,000 for late withdrawal from the 2019 Africa Cup for Club Championships (ACCC) held in Ismai...

Africa Cup for Club Championships , Blazers

Full list: Uhuru’s new appointments to Cabinet, reshuffle

By Citizen Reporter,

This is the full list of the Cabinet reshuffle and new appointments as announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday: Cabinet Secretary nominati...