Kenya turns power transformers to internet hotspots
Kenyan internet demand sees power transformers turned into internet hotspots.
Maria Macharia
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Kenya reveals huge adoption of locally assembled smartphones
New home-made Kenya smartphones transforming people’s lives.
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Kenya says it created 139 000 digital jobs in a year
The government says it accomplished this by building digital hubs across the country to provide training to young people.
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Huawei launches digital literacy skills initiative in Kenya
The project by the Chinese-headquartered global technology company was announced during the recently finished Connected Africa Summit.
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Kenya accelerates fibre rollout target
The government says it has revised the traditional practice of laying cables on the ground in favour of using existing infrastructure from the Kenya Power and Lighting Company to connect citizens.
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Kenya accelerates rollout of digital hubs
More than 40 Jitume Hubs have been opened, with the most recent two being in the east-central district of Tindiret.
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Telecom regulators seek adoption of a single emergency number
The authorities want Member States to consider introducing a globally harmonised emergency number to supplement current domestic emergency numbers.
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Kenya launches crackdown on counterfeit mobile devices
The government said the influx of counterfeit substandard and non-type approved devices in the country presents a huge problem to the society.
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Safaricom seeks govt support to safeguard telecom infrastructure
Vandalism to fibre cables has been one of the primary reasons of frequent Internet and telephony disruptions in some locations around the country.
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Anonymous Sudan launches DDoS attacks on Kenya
As a consequence of the attacks, Kenya’s e-citizen platform and a host of other public and private sector online services have been experiencing intermittent interruptions.
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Kenya to release a million locally assembled smartphones
The smartphone project will enable ease access to affordable smartphones, enhancing Kenya’s digital inclusion drive.
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ICANN launches managed root server cluster in Nairobi
System will ensure the localisation of the domain name system and improve latency, reduce risk of DDoS attacks says organisation.