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NAIROBI, Kenya/TORONTO, Canada – Monday May 18, 2009. A partnership agreement for Information Security Training has been reached between Canadian-based Agano Consulting Inc and Nairobi-based K-Ninety East Africa Ltd (K-90EA). The deal was reached between Dr. Matunda Nyanchama of Agano Consulting Inc. and Mr. Preston Odera of K-90EA. The two companies will collaborate to bring [...]

OUTSOURCING TO AFRICA: A Relative Ranking of 15 Country Locations This is a Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) study of 15 countries resulting in a ranking of their relative readiness. Criteria used include infrastructure, people/skills and business environment. Below is an extract from the report from the report’s overview: “Egypt turns out as the most attractive [...]

Mobile Banking Empowering the poor Written by: Natasha Elkington Six years ago on a whim, I was lucky enough to buy a farm with two friends in my native Kenya. The farm borders the Shimba Hills National Reserve, high above the coastal plain. It’s an enchanting other world, but also very remote. As I live [...]

By Prof. Timothy Mwololo Waema Executive Summary (See full report at: 2007-kenya-telecoms-sector-performance-review) This report reviews the status of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Kenya in 2006. The report of the study is an update of a similar review carried out in 2003, which covered the period 1999 to 2003. This earlier review [...]

By: Rebecca Wanjiku – IDG News Service (Nairobi Bureau) (hs) (07 Aug 2008) Project will eventually dispose of gear from five countries NAIROBI, KENYA – Computers For Schools Kenya (CFSK) has opened East Africa’s first e-waste management plant in Embakasi, Kenya, to handle the region’s electronic recycling needs. The project, undertaken in collaboration with the [...]

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 [...]