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Business Opportunity Study within the IT and Telecommunication Industry in Kenya A sector study prepared for Danida by Håndværksrådet (the Danish Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) in collaboration with Growth Africa, Kenya; November 2006 Below is an extract of the Executive Summary Click here to download the full report. The Kenyan ICT industry The [...]

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 [...]

This article appeared in Forbes Magazine. Refer to Wikpedia for description of the term Creative Destruction. Creative Disruption Citizen Voices by Megha Bahree 12.08.08, 12:00 AM ET On a recent day in November 15,000 people were pushing up against the barbed wire outside the United Nation’s mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma. [...]

By James Anyanzwa The Co-operative Bank’s pursuit to raise Sh10 billion through an initial public offering (IPO) has started off with early indications that the offer could be priced at about Sh14 a share. In the IPO, billed to the second largest after Safaricom, more than 50,000 individual shareholders of the bank are expecting to [...]

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 [...]

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The following are concluding remarks from a report titled ICT Investment Opportunities in East Africa Country Specific Market Analysis Kenya of October 2004 authored by Tina James Trigrammic, SA), Kimmo Kartano (Independent Consultant) Finland) and Tim Mutinda (Technology Consulting, Kenya). The remarks capture the essence of the findings and suggestions to the future. “The ICT [...]

VENUE: KENYATTA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, NAIROBI DATE: 13TH-15TH AUGUST 2008 Information and Communication Technology has been recognized as the engine of development all over the world. ICT sector provides endless opportunities for Africa and its growth in East Africa provides even greater benefits. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) may arguably be the most powerful tool [...]