<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><h1 class="title"><font size="3">KENIC embarks on aggressive .ke marketing campaign</font></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;" class="title"><font size="3">Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC), the administrator of .ke
top-level domains, has embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign to
promote the local domain name.<br></font></h1>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/29/kenic-embarks-aggressive-ke-marketing-campaign<br><font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Kenya BPO society lobbies for license fee reduction</font></h1>The Kenya Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Society has urged the
Communication Commission of Kenya to reduce the annual license fee for
BPO businesses. The group wants the fee lower from 100,000 Kenyan
shillings (US$1,516) to 10,000 shillings in order to attract more
investors.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/29/kenya-bpo-society-lobbies-license-fee-reduction<br><font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Kenya WiMax network gets $3.5M investment</font></h1>AccessKenya has invested US$3.5 million to build a WiMax network
targeting Kenyan homes with an initial deployment of 35 base stations
in Nairobi and Mombasa.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/29/kenya-wimax-network-gets-35m-investment<br><br><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Kenya judiciary embraces IT to tackle corruption</font></h1>The Judiciary of Kenya has initiated <a href="http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/05/07/kenyan-judicial-sector-aims-improve-it" target="_blank">IT reforms</a> calculated to reduce corruption and improve service delivery.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/29/kenya-judiciary-embraces-it-tackle-corruption<br><font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Kenya commission failed to use laptops in elections</font></h1>Low Internet penetration in rural areas, software issues and computer
illiteracy have been cited as some of the reasons that the Electoral
Commission of Kenya (ECK) could not use laptops during the
controversial general elections last year.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/27/kenya-commission-failed-use-laptops-elections<br><font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Mi phone finds a home in Kenya</font></h1>In a market with an ever-increasing appetite for mobile phones, the
low-priced Mi phones have found a home in Kenya, with sales of 10,000
units in the past quarter.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/27/mi-phone-finds-a-home-kenya<br><font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Kenyan techies launch Skunk Awards</font></h1>Kenyan techies have launched the Skunk Awards 2008 to recognize top IT
companies and individuals. The awards were created through the
skunkworks list serve, a forum where Kenyan techies share ideas and
help to sort out IT problems in real time.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/27/kenyan-techies-launch-skunk-awards<font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">IT industry anchors African sports</font></h1>On Aug. 29, the Kenyan Olympic team will receive 14.5 million shillings
(US$215,000) from President Mwai Kibaki, and mobile phone operator
Safaricom is one of the main sponsors.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/25/it-industry-anchors-african-sports<br><font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Mobile phones help pastoralists fight livestock theft</font></h1>The mobile phone has revolutionized the way Kenya's pastoral
communities work and conduct business, according to Joseph ole Kishau,
an elder in the Maasai community.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/26/mobile-phones-help-pastoralists-fight-livestock-theft<font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Indian outsourcer launches skills program at Kenya BPO</font></h1>An Indian call and contact center has launched the LiveBean Scholarship Program for contact center professionals in Kenya.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/25/indian-outsourcer-launches-skills-program-kenya-bpo<font size="3"><br></font><h1 class="title"><font size="3">Ndemo: Internet fanned Kenya post-election violence</font></h1>he Internet played a role in the post-election violence that engulfed
Kenya early this year, said Bitange Ndemo, permanent secretary in the
Ministry of Information and Communications.<br>http://computerworld.co.ke/articles/2008/08/22/ndemo-internet-fanned-kenya-post-election-violence<br><br><br><br><br><br><div> </div>Tel. 254 720 318 925<br><br><div>blog:http://beckyit.blogspot.com/<div><br></div></div></div><br>
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