Stella Kabura, Author at TechMoran

MEF Foresees Major Expansion Growth of Carrier Ethernet Services in Africa

On Thursday, June 9th, 2016 at 10:48am by Stella Kabura

Major global operators are increasingly identifying Africa as a huge potential for market growth in pure network services. MEF is an example. In a few years, consumers of both local area networks (LANs) and metropolitan area networks (MANs) in the continent are…

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MTN Rwanda To Improve Access To Mobile Financial Services

On Friday, June 12th, 2015 at 3:53pm by Stella Kabura

MTN Rwanda has partnered with the Bank of Kigali to improve access to mobile financial services (MFS) by enabling customers to transact money between MTN Mobile Money wallets and the Bank of Kigali accounts. Bank of Kigali customers can now use the MTN…

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Top 10 Kenyan Companies To Win $50,000USD From GrowthAfrica

On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 4:10pm by Stella Kabura

Set to facilitate business opportunities and partnerships between North European and East African companies, at least ten entrepreneurs graduating from GrowthAfrica’s startup accelerator managed to present their business and showcased innovative products at the Green Pioneer Venture Forum yesterday. Participating companies were selected to join the Green Pioneer Business Accelerator…

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Nairobi’s Rainwater ‘Cleaner’ Than Tap and Bottled Water, TDS Meter Reads

On Monday, May 11th, 2015 at 12:34pm by Stella Kabura

Need pure drinking water? The long rainy season in Kenya is the best time for rainwater harvesting. A TDS meter now reads that rain water in Nairobi has the lowest levels of impurities in comparison to other water sources such as tap,…

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Nairobi’s Nailab Incubates Startups Worth Over $300,000 in Three Years

On Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 at 3:37pm by Stella Kabura

Launched in 2010, little was known about Nailab, a tech incubation hub founded by Sam Gichuru, a former Sales Technician at the heart of Nairobi’s suburbs. But today, it boasts of not only mentoring entrepreneurs that attract investor funds worth over…

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Create Free Call Services For Suicide Cases, Urges USP Kenya

On Monday, February 16th, 2015 at 1:28pm by Stella Kabura

The Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in Kenya organization is appealing to Kenyan telecoms to install toll free call services to rescue individuals living with mental disorders, following increasing reports of suicide cases in the country and topped with limited intervention on…

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Manoj Kohli Resigns as Bharti Airtel MD

On Thursday, February 5th, 2015 at 4:34pm by Stella Kabura

Manoj Kohli has finally resigned after holding several leadership roles in Bharti Airtel since 2002, including playing the role of MD of Bharti Enterprises, reports say. Kohli was currently the non-executive director. However, following his resignation, Shishir Priyadarshi has been appointed as Independent…

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iLBB Initiative Attracts a 6.6 Million Fanbase On Facebook

On Thursday, February 5th, 2015 at 3:28pm by Stella Kabura

Little was known about Kumi Rauf’s ‘I love being black’ initiative that was launched in the late 90s. But thanks to Social Media, ILBB page was labeled the first “World’s biggest Black Facebook Page” to reach one million fans in 2010 and has over the…

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South Africa Hosts The Largest Internet Exchange Point In Africa

On Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 at 4:03pm by Stella Kabura

NAPAfrica just announced that it has finally achieved its goal of reaching a throughput of 20Gbps with more than 180 members across its locations in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa. This follows its declarations of becoming one of Africa’s largest Internet…

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New generators to help curb Ebola spread

On Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 at 4:16pm by Stella Kabura

About a century ago, our grannies would dip silver pennies in gallons of milk for preservation purposes. Today, health practitioners are turning back suggesting that particles of silver not only have the ability to kill bacteria and viruses in milk, but to…

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Author: Stella Kabura

MEF Foresees Major Expansion Growth of Carrier Ethernet Services in Africa

MTN Rwanda To Improve Access To Mobile Financial Services

Top 10 Kenyan Companies To Win $50,000USD From GrowthAfrica

Nairobi’s Rainwater ‘Cleaner’ Than Tap and Bottled Water, TDS Meter Reads

Nairobi’s Nailab Incubates Startups Worth Over $300,000 in Three Years

Create Free Call Services For Suicide Cases, Urges USP Kenya

Manoj Kohli Resigns as Bharti Airtel MD

iLBB Initiative Attracts a 6.6 Million Fanbase On Facebook

South Africa Hosts The Largest Internet Exchange Point In Africa

New generators to help curb Ebola spread