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The team at Nokia is really committed at promoting local talent. At a previous event when they were announcing the results from the Nokia Innovation Competition, they were challenged to at least mention the some of the Kenyan developers who made it to the top 20. This they did and went a step further. After [...]
We had our 4th MoMo meet up at the IHub on the 26th of July. The meet up was moderated by our favorite group of techie ladies, Akira Chix. Kicking of the meet up was Linda Kamau (twitter @lkamau) of Ushahidi, who walked us through the new Ushahidi Android application, interestingly the core developer of [...]
Having recently launched the local chapter a few weeks back, the local chapter will have its inaugural meeting at the iHub on Ngong road on 19th April, 2010 starting at 4:30 – 6:30 The first meeting is ideally for guys with mobile projects to showcase the same to their peers and others interested in the [...]
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Posted on 01 August 2010
This report commissioned by SIDA – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa. It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well as key opportunities and potential for scaling-up mobile applications. The report draws on secondary data and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 31 July 2010
It’s been a long time coming but MoMo- Kenya now has a twitter account @mobilemonday_ke plus a facebook page http://tiny.cc/MoMoKenya. Make sure you follow us on twitter for regular updates and check out the Facebook page. Continue Reading
Posted on 14 May 2010
“Once I was deliberating on matters constitutional with a friend and needed to refer to a certain clause in the now famous document …while i had the doc in softcopy as pdf, how could I refer to it while away from my laptop? Next time I was going to be prepared. – Joe Njeru” This [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 May 2010
Kenya Postel Directories has launched a new short messaging service (SMS) that makes the telephone directory accessible on mobile phone handsets. By sending a message with the name of the company one is looking for to 5991 (on all networks), a customer will receive the contacts as well as a physical address of the company [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 April 2010
Tel: +254 (20) 4242000 Fax: +254 (20) 4451866 Email: info@cck.go.ke The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is the regulatory authority for the communications sector in Kenya. In recognition of the rapid changes and developments in technology which have blurred the traditional distinctions between telecommunications, Information Technology (IT) and broadcasting, the Government in January 2009 enacted [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 April 2010
Freedom Fone – in a nutshell Freedom Fone is an information and communication tool, which marries the mobile phone with Interactive Voice Response (IVR), for citizen benefit. It provides information activists, service organisations and NGO’s with widely usable telephony applications, to deliver vital information to communities who need it most. Continue Reading