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Kefa M. Otiso, Ph.D. There is a lot of current national interest in the role of the diaspora in Kenya’s development. In this commentary, I’d like to shed some light on the Kenyan diaspora in the US and how to best to use it and the rest of the diaspora to develop Kenya. The US [...]

It is like waiting for a matatu. You wait for ages and none comes along. But just when you’re about to give up hope, three come  along at the same time, all trying to come to a screaming halt in front of you. Kenya now has three (or more) potential  international fibre projects that could [...]

Until last week, the government was still clinging on to its shares in Safaricom Ltd, literally sitting on a jewel even as Telkom was tottering towards insolvency By A CORRESPONDENT The EastAfrican It has emerged that the Kenya government only consented to selling 9 per cent of the shares in mobile telephone company Safaricom Ltd [...]

Nairobi, Kenya – Dr. Donald Keck, a former Vice President and Technology Director at Corning Incorporated, the world’s largest supplier of optical fibre, will be one of the plenary session key note speakers at the 2006 ICTe Africa conference in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1970, Dr. Robert Maurer, Dr. Donald Keck, and Dr. Peter Schultz designed [...]

The Kenyan IT Training Scene: Some Observations[i] Matunda Nyanchama, PhD; Nsemia Information Technologies Ltd; P. O. Box 62423, Nairobi, Kenya; Telefax: 254-2-242479; matunda@csd.uwo.ca; nsemia@africaonline.co.ke Preamble Information Technology (IT) is becoming a catch word and part of the common vocabulary in the local market. A perusal of local papers reveals trends that are taking root in [...]