Author: Cyrus

Kenya Data Networks (KDN) is expanding and making its network better. The “carrier-of-carriers”, as it wants to be refered, has contracted ECI Telecom, a global provider of network infrastructure, to upgrade its network. The upgrade deal worth Sh320M ($4M) will see the completion of all fibre rings for continuity and full redundancy on all KDN networks. The network upgrade is also set to see the deployment of a self-supporting, fully-meshed network that will be able to meet increased traffic and provide a Quality of Service to all KDN network customers. According to Mr. Rikus Matthyser, KDN Chief Executive Officer, this…

The governments which are not ready to allow the internet when they feel that their grip on power is threatened should be more scared. A UN report on Friday declared that inhibiting someone’s access to internet is a grave violation of his/her human right. The report particularly pointed to France and United Kingdom The report reads in part While blocking and filtering measures deny users access to specific content on the Internet, states have also taken measures to cut off access to the Internet entirely. The Special Rapporteur considers cutting off users from internet access, regardless of the justification provided,…

Facebook had been synonymous with Social Media not only in Kenya but also all over the world. But when Twitter arrived, everything changed. Twitter has remained for a niche market of those who understands quality engagement. Facebook is still there for every Wanjiku, Makau and Halima. Twitter growth has been painfully slow with even people doubting if at all the total population of Kenyan tweeps has touched the 50,000 mark. There are those who have influenced a great number of Kenyans into joining Twitter. Some are kawa people, some just corporates while others are just doing their job. But who…

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Bharti Airtel is a big telco by any size. The company has operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. And today, it announced an agreement with Huawei to modernize and expand Airtel’s 2G & 3G network infrastructure in Africa. Huawei will be responsible for designing, planning, modernization and expansion of Bharti Airtel’s networks, as well as managing operations and maintenance. This Managed Capacity Manager Service business model will enhance the customer experience through improved voice quality and extended coverage into under-penetrated areas. The agreement will enable Airtel Africa to rapidly expand its mobile services and mobile broadband footprint in the region.…

Huawei is set to sign an MOU with University of Nairobi and JKUAT to open its Nairobi training centre to Telecommunications Engineering students from the two universities. The ceremony will be witnessed by PS Ndemo, Minister Sambili, Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore and Radoslaw Kedzia who is the Chief Operating Officer of Huawei Technologies. Students will not have to pay to use the facility located along Mombasa Road, which is part of the Huawei’s six training facilities across Africa. Others are in Nigeria, Angola, Tunisia, South Africa and Egypt. The Kenya facility is expected to be upgraded into a research and…

Google through its official blog has come out to alert its users of the various security threats it iss facing. Among the threats highlighted are the phishing attacks which it says originate from Jinan, China. The attacks have targeted “hundreds of users including, among others, senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists.” The main aim of the campaign seems to be espionage where the Chinese government wants to monitor the South Koreans government officials, American officials and also Chinese political activists. Google says that though they have disrupted…

We thought that it is the KDN, Safaricom and Zuku which were tops in speed delivery to its users. No. We are very wrong. The fastest broadband speeds recorded in Kenya comes first from KENET then the likes of Jamii, Xtranet and KDN follows. Safaricom and AccessKenya are way down in the Net Index rankings. AccessKenya (Communication Solutions LTD) ranks higher than Safaricom on the list . Kenya ranks in 89th place in broadband speeds (then we thought we were doing well). Results were obtained by Net Index analyzing test data between May 1, 2011 and May 30, 2011. Over…

Porting Access Kenya is challenging the the accusations leveled against it by Safaricom in the MNP related suit filed in Nairobi High Court. According to media reports, Porting Access filed a notice of objection on Monday in the courts arguing that there are means of arbitrations spelled out in the CCK regulations guiding the whole porting process. The company says that Safaricom has not exhausted those avenues and so courts cannot intervene at this stage but only at the moment when arbitration would fail. Safaricom went to court following the disagreement between it and Porting Access over the technical hitches…

A Twitter account of some Kenyan was  taken control-of by someone. Always someone very close. So the person who has control of the account has been posting some very juicy messages. The conversation being posted in one sided. The person in charge of the account now has been using the Twitter web version to post the messages. Which means that he/she must have been seeing the message from and to the victim. Web version has the conversational style. But he/she decided to post only the message from the victim. What this means is that the person who lured her into the…

Online Dating University has this funny Infographic about Facebook relationships. Some are like; 39% of average Facebook users in a country declare that they are single on Facebook, Ghana has the highest number of Single Male Facebook users and Jordan has the highest percentage of users declaring they are single. I can only tell you that this is interesting. Check them out below;

Legatum which is a private international investment group and Omidyar Network (a philanthropic investment firm) have today announced the launch of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. The the Africa Awards is open to entries from every African country unlike before when it was limited to a few countries. Video about the award of 2010 [youtube width=”600″ height=”450″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpEvVbOdxhU[/youtube] The awards doesn’t make sense to me though considering the amount spent on marketing while the requirements are stiff and unreasonable. Why should a US $ 1 – 5 Million annual revenue company fight for a US $100,000 prize? Anyway, owners of…

TakaTaka Solutions by a team of Kenyans from the London School of Economics that has developed a business to collect and recycle waste in Nairobi. They have won the $50,000 grand prize at the Dell Social Innovation Competition, Dell and the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at The University of Texas at Austin announced at an evening ceremony on May 16. We told you about this competition early this year. [youtube width=”600″ height=”450″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbzBz2XMSbY[/youtube] TakaTaka Solutions aims to deliver affordable waste collection services to all income areas, recycling and composting of up to 85 percent of collected waste and creating new…

Uganda’s High Court has summoned Airtel Uganda after complaints were lodged over one of the billboards erected in Kampala which reads  “Airtel Cleaner than the Rubaga Bell” . Many Catholics were not pleased with the wordings on the billboard since Rubaga Bell is an ancient church bell in the Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala. Immediately after receiving the summons, the cellular network operator took down the billboard without much info on why they did so. The court has given Airtel 15 days from May 24th to respond to the summons. Albert Kakooza and Robert Mujuzzi, both Catholics, sued on behalf of fellow…

According to statistics from Social Bakers, Facebook is set to reach its 700 Million subscription anytime now. the statistics are jaw dropping and also considering the fact that it is the developing countries like India, Brazil, Egypt and Indonesia. Kenya has just over 1.085 Million users.