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London, 27 August, 2010 – Peperami has just launched a new “it’s a bit of an animal” advert to British TV viewers. The ad features the memorable self-cannibalising “animal”, from earlier Peperami ads, but now it has equally wild kids – “they’re bits of an animal”. Having recently split with Lowe, their agency of 15 [...]

Back in June the Kenya ICT board announced a KShs 300M grant to support local software development. The Kenya ICT Board is pleased to announce the launch of a Ksh 300 Million grant to promote the development of local digital content and software applications. The process kicked off with a ‘call for proposals’ in today’s [...]

Ratio Magazine reports that Kenya’s largest mobile network operator, Safaricom is set to begin testing 4G. Listed telecommunication firm Safaricom is expected to begin technical trial of the 4G (fourth generation) technology on its network within the next two months. The roll out of the next generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology (4G) will be [...]

It appears Silicon Valley has some interest in what is going on way down in Nairobi, Kenya in terms of mobile and startups. Paul Carr and Sarah Lacy for TechCrunch TV talk to Stefan Magdalinski from Mocality. Interestingly the raging price war is now officially international news as Stefan holds up newspaper ads from Zain and Safaricom [...]

From solar powered lamps to handmade paper made from hyacinth. From gadgets to hand crafted works to software. Maker Faire Africa 2010 celebrates the ingenuity and innovation of individuals and groups from across Africa. The aim of a Maker Faire-like event is to create a space on the continent where Afrigadget-type innovations, inventions and initiatives can [...]

Well, if Sun Tzu were alive to observe the raging tariff war amongst mobile operators in Kenya, he might have said something like this: In the price war, the marketing department is the cavalry

London, 25 August, 2010 – Quirk eMarketing welcomes two new stars to their London office. Tom Brady and Carolyn Andrew both leave senior positions at leading London agencies to start new chapters at Quirk as Managing Partner and Client Services Director respectively. Tom Brady has eleven years of digital experience, having most recently acted as [...]

Nairobi, August 25 – East African tourism industry stakeholders are set to benefit immensely from discourses on e tourism to be presented at a regional e tourism conference set for early next week. The conference, which will feature global online giants such as Trip Advisor and Expedia, will focus on how East Africa’s tourism sector [...]

The price war amongst Kenya’s mobile network operators (MNPs) rages on, now fueled even further by a response from Kenya’s largest MNP, Safaricom which has announced a promotion that matches it’s rivals rates and cuts down 1 shilling lower for prepaid customers at 2 shillings per minute for calls within the Safaricom network versus 3 [...]