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RSS kenyaNo phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News Mostly, techies are needed in countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia to help communities in sub-Saharan Africa learn about and deploy IT. For some IT professionals, the definition of making a difference... [25 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.08.09
Round-Up The Round-Up's personal favourite - one IT department was asked to ship out a brand new BlackBerry to Kenya just because the employee forgot the charger. Ah, the lazy days of summer in the IT department. [21 Aug 2009]
Mobile payments: Standalone systems blocking the way
News The UK has a relatively high immigrant population, so if the M-Pesa and Natwest remittance services catch on in their specific corridors (UK-Kenya and UK-Poland), mobile-based remittances will gain considerable... [22 Jul 2009]
$5bn of mobile money destined for the poor
News The market began in early 2007 with a launch of Safaricom's M-Pesa in Kenya, which has attracted 6.5 million customers, or one in six Kenyans. The market of mobile financial services to poor people in emerging markets... [15 Jun 2009]
Cyberoam UTM Protects Mission-Critical Banking Systems in Imperial Bank, Kenya
White Paper Imperial Bank, Nairobi, Kenya established in March 1993, has been ranked amongst the top 10 Banks in Kenya by Market Intelligence. Following the precedent of high standards set in their banking... [16 May 2009]
Photos: The Queen visits Vodafone HQ
Photo Vodafone showed off its M-PESA money transfer service, the phone-to-phone money transfer service available in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan. Royalty came ringing for mobile phone giant Vodafone today when the Queen... [14 Nov 2008]
Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo Here Tony Roberts (left), Computer Aid International CEO, cuts the ribbon on a shipment of PCs delivered to Kenya and hands over the first piece of kit to a pupil at Starehe Boys' Centre. Disposing of computer hard... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos of the year
Photo 2007 has seen a bumper crop of top tech photos from silicon.com, including the Apple iPod and iPhone launches, solar bikinis, St Pancras' reopening, trips to destinations including India, Kenya and Russia, sneak previews... [13 Dec 2007]
The A to Z of green IT
News The team's efforts saw a sea container full of recycled PC equipment arrive in Kenya in April. A team of three from CNET Networks UK, publisher of silicon.com, travelled to Kenya earlier this year to... [21 Nov 2007]
One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008
News How PCs are bridging the digital divide silicon.com raised more than £16,000 earlier this year on a 400km charity cycle ride in Kenya to provide PCs for schoolchildren in the country. Click here to find out more about... [11 Jun 2007]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile One of Coby's non-IT passions is history and he's working on a database of Roman forts and military units in the first century AD, while his interest in African and world music (a legacy of time spent teaching at a school in... [06 Jun 2007]
Harambee and the Cisco Networking Academy Program
White Paper When Michele La Rosa of Cremona, Italy, returned from several months of volunteer work in Kenya, he had a vision to improve the fortunes of underprivileged children. She I wanted to help Kenya and... [13 Apr 2007]
Photos of the month - February 2007
Photo Photo credit: Tony Hallett silicon.com's Will Sturgeon took part in a gruelling cycle challenge across Kenya to raise funds for Computer Aid International during February. Honda's new Civic Type-R (above) is one of... [01 Mar 2007]
Stories of the month - February 2007
News Google launches apps suite for business silicon.com also met up with charities Computer Aid International and Computers For School Kenya to see first-hand how recycled PCs are bridging the digital divide. [28 Feb 2007]
Leader: Wise up to PC recycling
Leader Last week one of the silicon.com team was in Kenya to find out first-hand how PCs donated in the UK get into classrooms in the developing world - and to understand the impact they can have there. The desire to be... [12 Feb 2007]
