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Print continues to endure - WAN-IFRA reports
The Power of Print and Publishing to Targeted Audiences, two new reports from the WAN-IFRA Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, examine the enduring appeal of print in the digital age, and provide strategic advice on building multimedia strategies that rely on print media for revenue growth.
Internet good for newspaper industry - impreMedia CEO
John Paton, chairman and chief executive officer of impreMedia, a Hispanic news and information company in the US, believes digital news distribution "is the single best thing that has happened to our business in the last quarter century."
KDN subscribers enjoy more bandwidth

[Carole Kimutai] Kenya Data Networks have quadrupled its bandwidth offering for all its existing and new clients. This offer went into effect on Wednesday, 21 October 2009. Clients previously receiving 1Mbps now enjoy 4Mbps and only pay for 1Mbps and the other 3Mbps are offered free of charge. 26 Oct 2009 07:41


Refugees take on digital jobs

Refugees living at the world's largest makeshift camp in Kenya are being offered the opportunity to earn up to two US dollars an hour by participating in a digital pilot project. 16 Oct 2009 09:37




Mobile Internet revolution targets Africa's rural areas

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] After sweeping the urban population off its feet, the mobile Internet revolution is now targeting the rural areas of Africa, where more than 70% of the continent's 890 million people live in extreme poverty and in the fringes of society, thanks to governments' ‘discriminatory' policies prioritising urban areas. 15 Oct 2009 07:29


Mobile Internet revolution targets Africa's rural areas

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] After sweeping the urban population off its feet, the mobile Internet revolution is now targeting the rural areas of Africa, where more than 70% of the continent's 890 million people live in extreme poverty and in the fringes of society, thanks to governments' ‘discriminatory' policies prioritising urban areas. 15 Oct 2009 07:29


Alvarion, Safaricom to deploy nationwide WiMAX network in Kenya

Alvarion has announced its selection by Kenyan mobile services provider Safaricom for a three-year turnkey WiMAX project to deploy high-speed broadband services throughout Kenya. Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX solution at 3.5 GHz frequency band, the WiMAX network will enable wireless broadband for residential and corporate users, rural areas, municipalities, banks, schools and universities. 8 Oct 2009 07:55




Altech increases stake in KDN

Allied Technologies (Altech) earlier this week announced that it would increase its economic stake in Kenya Data Networks (KDN) from 51% to 60.8% by investing a further USD39.5 million into the company. The capital injection will be used to roll out the KDN fibre-optic network. 25 Sep 2009 09:50


Kenya: e-Commerce is here, finally

[Carole Kimutai] The arrival of the East African Marine Systems (TEAMs) fibre optic cable in Kenya has heralded a new era of better and faster internet connection. Business expectations have risen as well. Carole Kimutai spoke to Information and Communication Permanent Secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo on how this translates into better business. 14 Sep 2009 10:22


Kenya: Consumers furious over high internet prices

[Carole Kimutai] SEACOM and the East African Marine Systems (TEAMS) undersea fibre optic cables went live about a month ago but internet consumers in Kenya are yet to enjoy price cuts. The arrival of the much hyped fibre optic cable raised expectations amongst Kenyan consumers who were looking forward to faster speeds, more bandwidth and cheaper connectivity costs. 9 Sep 2009 10:35


Kenya launches digital villages project

NAIROBI: Kenya has launched the Digital Villages Project (DVP) aimed at encouraging new micro-enterprises by providing access to information, education and new markets. Kenya's permanent secretary for the Ministry of Information, Communications Technology (ICT), Bitange Ndemo, officiated at the first project, known as Pasha, in Kangundo. 14 Aug 2009 09:40


Solar-powered technology classrooms in Kenya

Intel Corporation is supporting an initiative in Kenya that aims to provide rural schools with training for students on computers as a learning tool and a way to gain skills. The project by the US-affiliated NGO - Kageno - worth approximately Ksh3 million plans to be launched countrywide through a mobile solar computer classroom targeting initially five schools in Rusinga Island. 6 Aug 2009 12:00


Nairobi hosts digital content summit

Ignite Consulting, in conjunction with AITEC East Africa, is hosting a summit focusing on local content innovation, in order to engage participants in dialogue and action planning. The Developing Local Internet Content Summit 2009 will take place at the Windsor Golf Hotel, Nairobi from 7 - 8 August 2009. 14 Jul 2009 11:14


Ghossein appointed new Telkom Kenya CEO

NAIROBI: Telkom Kenya, late last week unveiled Mickael Ghossein as its new CEO. The announcement was made by the company's board of directors following a meeting earlier in the week. 30 Jun 2009 14:37


US students help bring Internet to rural Africa

[Nicole Casal Moore] Residents of rural Kenya now have email accounts and Internet access thanks in part to the work of engineering students at the University of Michigan, USA who enabled satellite-based services at three locations in the country. Their work was supported by Google. 18 Jun 2009 10:41


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