The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has licences 60 new dealers in set-top boxes, which will increase the number of licensed dealers from four to 64 as the country approaches a complete transition from Analog into the Digital TV Signal.

The Kenya National Police Service has announced 7,000 vacancies for recruits. Speaking to the Business Daily, National Police Service Commission Chairman, Mr. Johnston Kavuludi, said the commission is seeking to recruit suitable and qualified candidates who satisfy the provision of the Constitution, the enabling Acts and the additional criteria…

StarTimes Media, a digital Pay Television company has today announced a 33 per cent drop in the price of its DVB T2 approved digital decoders. StarTimes decoders will as of 1st November to 31st December retail at KES 1,999 from KES 2,999. Once subscribers purchase the…

Tullow Oil has announced that it has encountered Oil in the Twiga South Oil rig although it has not made disclosures on the amount, depth and commercial viability of the oil. This comes months after it hit oil at Ngamia -1 well in Turkana.

Latest reports from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show that the Consumer Price Indices (CPI) for October 2012 increased by 0.43 per cent to stand at 132.46 from 131.89 in September 2012. A CPI measures changes in the price level of consumer goods and services…

Statistics from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show Kenya’s overall inflation rate for the month of October 2012 has dropped to 4.14 per cent from 5.32 per cent in September 2012. Kenya’s year-on—year inflation rate has been on a downward trend for the past 11 months from 19.72 per…

What if you could just conduct an Harambee through your phone? How about if such a mobile platform was to enhance easy mobilization and management of fundraising with greater transparency? One Kyai Mullei has launched M-Changa which will enable you conveniently raise funds from the comfort of your mobile phone.

1. Tullow Strikes Oil In North Kenya’s Second Operation British petroleum company Tullow has discovered additional oil deposits in northern Kenya, moving the country closer to having commercially exploitable reserves. Sources with knowledge of Tullow Kenya’s operations said the Twiga 1 South…

Global bacon prices are set for an escalation in price. Dubbed aporkalypse, the end of September saw inflated reactions from pig farmers in Europe who reacted by hoarding pig herds. According to a press release by the National Pig Association based in UK, pig farmers…

There was a time when I wanted to own a computer so badly I came up with a 6 month saving plan. It didn’t work. Eventually I acquired one and it has gone a long way to helping me do a lot that would have been much harder without it. The people developing mobile applications do so using computers. Why, then, aren’t we hearing about campaigns to increase PC penetration, encourage use of fixed/terrestrial internet subscriptions?