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EAST AFRICA 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 EAST AFRICA Refugees take on digital jobsRefugees 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 EAST AFRICA Mobile Money Africa appoints Clickatell VP Jeppe Dorff to advisory board - ClickatellClickatell and Mobile Money Africa have announced the appointment of Clickatell's Jeppe Dorff, VP of Mobile Financial Services, to the publication's esteemed advisory board. Other members are global leaders involved in the advancement of 'mobile money'. 15 Oct 2009 17:57 EAST AFRICA Alvarion, Safaricom to deploy nationwide WiMAX network in KenyaAlvarion 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 EAST AFRICA Altech increases stake in KDNAllied 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 EAST AFRICA Kenya: e-Commerce is here, finally
EAST AFRICA 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 EAST AFRICA Ugandan IT movement gets boost from Austrian government[Amy Lieberman] When one woman living near Gulu, a city in northern Uganda, found her mushrooms would not grow, she was left befuddled and desperate. She was a widow with five children in school, and the mushrooms were the only source of income for the impoverished family. After approaching neighbours and family for ultimately ineffective advice, the woman turned to a seemingly unlikely source in the rural, agriculture-based landscape: the internet. 31 Aug 2009 10:58 EAST AFRICA SEACOM connectivity spreads across East Africa
EAST AFRICA Evolution boosts computer literacy in Uganda[Walter Wafula] Evolution Technology Labs, a new training-needs service provider, has set up an ICT Lab at Santa Lucia Basic School in Uganda through a partnership with the Wakiso district-based school. The beneficiaries are trained in using computers and other IT hardware and software applications including Microsoft Office, the Internet and Typing Master. 24 Aug 2009 09:37 EAST AFRICA Kenya launches digital villages projectNAIROBI: 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 EAST AFRICA Solar-powered technology classrooms in KenyaIntel 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 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
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SEACOM, Uganda Telecom (UTL) and Rwandatel SA (RTL) announced yesterday, 25 August 2009, a partnership to extend the reach of international broadband capacity across eastern Africa. UTL and RTL, both subsidiaries of the Libyan Africa Portfolio LAP Green Networks, have purchased a large amount of international broadband capacity from SEACOM. 
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