Kenya and South Sudan to receive fibre optic connection
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- Published on Thursday, 24 September 2015 12:09
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Kenya and South Sudan are set to benefit from being connected to a high-speed fibre optic cable within the next two years which will greatly enhance communication as well as inter-border trade.
The governments of both countries have initiated the fibre optic cable system as part of a wider initiative known as the Eastern Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Project.
This project will also see the construction of a road from Eldoret to Lodwar and Juba which will link the two countries, as well as a common border post to accompany this. South Sudan will extend the cable from the Kenya-South Sudan border to Juba.
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Nikon chooses Nairobi for debut showroom
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- Published on Monday, 06 July 2015 12:47
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Nikon, a Japanese manufacturer of high-end cameras, has opened a multimillion-shilling showroom in Kenya, marking the latest local venture by investors from the Asian giant.
The Tokyo-based company has invested in a Sh20 million showroom at TRM shopping mall on Thika Road, targeting the country’s photography enthusiasts and demand from the nascent film industry.
The tech firm, whose products include cameras, lenses, binoculars, micro-scopes and measurement instruments, currently has a presence in 30 African countries, but the Kenyan showroom is the first of its kind on the continent.
African states sign cyber-security deal
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- Published on Thursday, 25 June 2015 06:36
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Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan are among several African states to have signed a new deal on cyber security to protect multi-million-dollar oil and transport projects.
Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding on cyber security at the 10th Northern Corridor Integration Summit in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Saturday.
Cloud computing set to drive telecoms business in Africa
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- Published on Thursday, 28 March 2013 11:31
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The future of Cloud Computing for telecommunication companies in Africa is bright, and according to a report published Wednesday by IBM, nowhere is Cloud’s potential impact on driving telecom business more relevant than in Africa.
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