World Bank: Mobile money a game changer in the banking industry reveals new report

Thanks to mobile banking technology like Kenya’s Mpesa, millions of people in Kenya and Africa now are banked.

The latest report by World Bank dubbed Global Findex 2014 report shows that millions of people in the world now have bank accounts – and an increasing number of them are in the world’s least developed countries.

Operators USF contributions surpass sh2.5bn target

Contributions to the Universal Service Fund by Kenyan Operators has surpassed the targetted sh2.5billion.

Samsung Electronics introduces innovative solutions for its display screens business

 As competition in the country’s retail and hospitality market heats up from the growing number of operators, the use of in-store display screens has also grown in tandem. Leading electronics company Samsung Electronics East Africa, cognisant of this, is introducing new business display solutions and technologies to the market.

How to beat Cyber criminals –Kaspersky

Cyber criminals are getting more daring everyday and everyone on the Internet should be wary and take precautions, warns Internet security solutions firm, Kaspersky.

Two decades ago, cyber threats were few and not as fraudulent as they are today.

Most cyber criminals now target to make money or simply cause destruction.

iLab Africa, Strathmore University to host boot camp for students

Kenyan primary and high school students will have chance to create own games, animated stories, projects, and publish their applications to the web in a bootcamp. iLab Africa, Strathmore University is organizing a 9-day Holiday bootcamp for Primary and High School Students to take place at iLab Africa from 7th April 2015 to 17th April 2015 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Victor Kyalo confirmed as CEO of Kenya ICT Authority

Victor Kyalo, CEO Kenya ICT Authority

Eng Victor Kyalo has been confirmed the first CEO of newly restructured Kenya ICT Authority.

Kyalo who has been acting in the position for the last eight months will steer the authority for the next three years.

Making the announcement the authority’s chairman Edwin Yinda said Kyalo’s first role will be to develop Kenya’s national broadband master plan.

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

iHub and m:lab East Africa add support to Mobile Web East Africa 2012

UK based company All Amber has officially announced that partnerships have been confirmed with two of the most important organisations in the East Africa technology ecosystem for Mobile Web East Africa 2012, which is taking place in a month’s time in Nairobi. 

World Press Trends: Newspapers Still Reach More Than Internet

Newspaper circulation declined in print world-wide last year but was more than made up by an increase in digital audiences, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) said Thursday in its annual update of world press trends.

“Circulation is like the sun. It continues to rise in the East and decline in the West,” said Christoph Riess, CEO of WAN-IFRA, who presented the annual survey Thursday at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Vienna, Austria.

The survey found:

CIO 100 awards grow bigger as Rwanda, Ethiopia join

Two more countries, Rwanda and Ethiopia, have joined the annual CIO 100 awards bringing the total number of participating countries to five.
The new entrants mean the number of companies to be surveyed this year would increase to over 500 up from 350 in 2010.

Harry Hare Director CIO 100. Reach him via harry.hare@cio.co.ke

The 350 participants in 2010 were drawn from from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
The increase in the number of participants also crops from introduction of new awards that include Leadership, Green Edge, Security and CIO of the Year Award, recognising the best CEO in embracing IT.