Samsung Infrastructure Group Picks Big Win With Verizon Wireless
“Samsung’s network infrastructure team has again used MWC to announce a new operator contract. Last year the win was with…
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Microsoft, Intel, Safaricom, Equity Bank, Mitsumi, and KPSA Partner For Youth Device Programme
The Microsoft office in Kenya in conjunction with Intel East Africa, Kenya’s leading mobile phone services provider, Safaricom Limited, one…
Oracle Acquires BlueKai Marketing Big Data Intelligence And Automation Firm
Oracle has formally announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire BlueKai, a leading cloud-based big data platform that…
Cost Of Data Is The Main Barrier To Connecting The Next Billion – Facebook Founder Zuckerberg
“Zuckerberg argues that the outstanding barrier in connecting people to the Internet in emerging markets is no longer the cost…
Samsung And PayPal Embracing Biometric For Online Mobile Payments On The Galaxy S5
Opinion Piece by @OvumTechnologies: PayPal and Samsung have extended their collaboration with a new biometric feature that will allow users…
Galaxy S5 Comments By Ovum Analyst Nick Dillon
“Samsung is betting big on wellness, fingerprint reading and camera autofocus, while keeping a very similar look and feel for…
Tigo Pesa To Tigo Cash Mobile Money Transfer And Currency Conversion Service In Rwanda And Tanzania
Tigo subscribers in Tanzania will now be able to send money from their Tigo Pesa accounts to Tigo Cash subscribers…
Intel Keen To Improve Computing And Communication With New Unveils At MWC in Barcelona
Intel President Renee James during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain detailed Intel’s expanding portfolio of computing (and communications)…
Ovum At Mobile World Congress: Nokia X Series Points Way to a More Enlightened Microsoft
“It’s too early to call the launch of Nokia X a game changer. However, it definitely shakes up an industry…
@OvumTelecoms: Samsung Tries Again With Smartwatches
“Having updated its smartwatch range less than six months after launching it, Samsung has learnt the hard way that it…
Simiyu The Chicken and Leti Centre From Kenya To Showcase At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain
Two African tech start-ups, Momentum Core* and Leti Arts*, will showcase their apps optimized for Intel® Architecture at Mobile World…
Chase Bank Kenya Launches Mfukoni Android App And USSD Service
Chase Bank Kenya has today, (20th Feb 2014), launched Mfukoni, a mobile Android app that also runs as a USSD…
OneDrive Finally Launches Globally, Gives 100 GB Complimentary Storage To First 100K Users
According to a recent Microsoft-commissioned online study, at least 77% of cloud-familiar consumers have content stored on a device and…
Samsung, Strathmore Launch Locally Relevant Android Apps Into The Kenyan Market
Samsung Electronics East Africa yesterday together with the iLab Africa team at Strathmore University unveiled 6 androids apps developed locally…
Microsoft 4Afrika Youth Advisory Council Is Announced
Microsoft has today, 18th Feb 2014, introduced the first 4 youth members to the 4Afrika Advisory Council to ensure the…
Microsoft Picks Veteran Satya Nadella To Succeed Steve Ballmer As New CEO
Microsoft has a new CEO taking over from Steve Ballmer; and his name is Satya Nadella In an internal memo…
Allan Gichigi Shortlisted For Prestigious Sony World 2014 Photography Awards
A Kenyan photographer, Allan Gichigi, has today, 4th Feb 2014, been announced on the shortlist of the prestigious 2014 Sony…
Microsoft Offers Grants To African StartUps To Spur Greater Innovation
Microsoft Corp. yesterday, 3rd February 2014, announced 5 African startups that will benefit from its innovation grants that are designed…