Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has extended over KShs 650 million in financing to companies that provide goods and services to help the fight against COVID-19 in Kenya. The funds have enabled a number of these companies switch their production lines to making products that are in high demand to fight the global pandemic. The bank…
Cisco Webex meetings adds more capacity, security and intelligent insights
Secure collaboration technologies that help people get work done from anywhere are top of mind for every CIO, putting pressure on IT teams to both support the unprecedented shift to remote work while simultaneously planning a return to the office. Today, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced key Webex enhancements to help, including: industry-leading security and compliance…
Moodle welcomes Adapt IT as a Certified Moodle Partner
Moodle welcomes on board South African based company Adapt IT as a Certified Moodle Partner. With over 30 years of experience in e-learning, Adapt IT now provides solutions for the sound management of tertiary institutions as a Moodle Partner in South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius and Nigeria. As a leading international provider of Education Technology…
LG LED Cinema display and Dolby Atmos unveiled
LG Electronics (LG) is wowing moviegoers with the opening of the world’s first movie theater equipped with LG LED Cinema Display technology featuring Dolby’s cinema server solution and Dolby Atmos immersive audio. In collaboration with Taiwan’s leading theater chain, Showtime Cinemas, the futuristic theater is also the first in the market to completely replace the…
Cisco radically simplifies security for today’s accelerated IT agenda
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), the leader in enterprise security, today announces the general availability globally of Cisco SecureX, the broadest and most integrated cloud-native security platform, included with all Cisco Security products to simplify and enhance the way customers manage security, on June 30, 2020. SecureX comes as organizations juggle to manage business and security challenges…
Liquid Telecom partners with Twiga Foods to accelerate agricultural transformation
Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is celebrating the partnership with Twiga Foods to increase agricultural productivity through precision farming. This partnership is opening up a new world of opportunities, enabled by Kenya’s rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) network. Liquid Telecom has deployed a complete precision agriculture IoT system to improve farm productivity at…
LG VELVET roll out set to begin
On the heels of its South Korea launch, the new LG VELVET smartphone will begin rolling out in key European markets this month. LG VELVET arrives in Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary and Poland first, followed by various countries in North America, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America in the weeks ahead. LG VELVET’s new…
Anti-Counterfeit Authority report shows Kenya loses revenue of over 100 billion to illicit trade
The Anti-Counterfeit Authority has released findings of the National Baseline Survey on the extent of counterfeit and other forms of illicit trade in Kenya. According to the study conducted between October 2019 and February 2020, the Government revenue lost in 2018 stood at Kes 102.99 billion up from Kes 101.23 billion in 2017. From the…
Total joins the “Getting to Zero Coalition” to contribute to shipping industry’s decarbonization
Total has joined the Getting to Zero Coalition to support the maritime industry’s decarbonisation by collaborating with companies across the maritime, energy, infrastructure and finance sectors. The Getting to Zero Coalition’s ambition is to help achieve the target set by the International Maritime Organisation to reduce Greenhouse Gases emissions from shipping by at least 50%…
New swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa reeling from floods and coronavirus
Oxfam warned that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already suffering due to flooding and the impact of coronavirus, are at risk of increased hunger and poverty as the region braces for the latest generation of locusts which are due to hatch in June ―just when crops are to be harvested. The highest…
Emirates SkyCargo resumes scheduled cargo flights to Eldoret International Airport
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates has announced the resumption of its scheduled cargo services to Eldoret. The route will be served by Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, twice a week, this is in addition to the airline’s passenger freighter service to Nairobi. Emirates Cargo Manager, East Africa, Mr. Saeed Abdulla, said that Eldoret is…
LG licenses robot vacuum cleaner patents to miele
LG Electronics Inc. (LG) and Miele & Cie. KG (Miele) have entered into a long-term patent license agreement covering robot vacuum cleaner technologies. The terms of the agreement will allow Miele to produce and sell robot vacuum cleaners using patented technologies developed by LG R&D. The license agreement includes the use of LG’s patented induction…
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