Agnes Gathaiya will replace Charles Murito as Google's new Country Director for East Africa. Her main role will be to manage all regional operations for the tech giant in East Africa. She will also be in charge of developing and executing Google's in-country strategy for innovation and growth in line ...
Charles Muhuko is the new Pre and Post Sales Specialist for East Africa. Epson Kenya announced the appointment yesterday adding that in his new role, Muhuko will be responsible for high-level technical pre-sales support to the local sales teams, customers and channel partners. He will be tasked with understanding customer requirements with the aim ...
Hong Kong-based digital lifestyle devices brand Zuri has partnered with regional IT distributors DESPEC to roll-out their brand of smartphones in the Kenyan, Tanzanian and Ugandan markets citing the increasing demand for smartphones in the region as a motivation to entering this market. Mr. Vikash Shah CEO of Zuri Group ...
The world’s largest hotel company based on number of hotels and one of three hospitality business units of Wyndham Worldwide Wyndham Hotel Group has announced the opening of the 139-room Ramada® Resort Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Complementing Wyndham Hotel Group’s existing portfolio of franchised properties in Morocco, Ghana, Nigeria ...
Resolution Insurance is set to invest $3 million on technology to bring insurance services to the region’s 150 million plus people. Speaking to TechMoran, Resolution Insurance’s founder and CEO Peter Nduati said, ”We will use the money to launch new products, buy and install systems, transform the insurance talent and ...
After three months interview, 12 entrepreneurs have been chosen for the Unreasonable East Africa class of 2015 in July elbowing out 168 others out of the total 180 that had applied from across the region. To qualify as an Unreasonable entrepreneur, each entrepreneur had to show that they were leveraging ...
photo source: pcwarehouses PC shipments to East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia) totaled 657,472 units in 2014, according to preliminary results for the year from global market intelligence firm International Data Corporation. This represents a year-on-year decline of 10.8% from the 736,869 units recorded ...
The first ever support program for crowd funding in Africa has launched under The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC)-an initiative of the World Bank and its global entrepreneurship program info Dev with its pilot phase helping six clean-tech ventures design, develop, and launch their online crowd funding campaigns. Crowd funding ...
AaramShop, a Delhi-based company that allows customer to buy from their local shops will soon launch in East Africa through local partners. The Hindu Business line reports that the company will launch services in these markets through the franchise model. “We would test the limits of our technology in new ...
UK's Solarcentury has acquired Kenya's East African Solar Group Ltd for an undisclosed amount for its expansion into East Africa according to sources familiar with the deal. After the acquisition, the firm has established Solarcentury in East Africa which will be run by Dr Dan Davies, the head of Solarcentury ...
LG electronics has appointed Tae-Ick Son as Managing Director for Kenya and as East and Central Africa business lead in a bid to drive growth in the region. Previously, Mr. Son was heading LG’s sales and marketing team based in South Korea and the firm is banking on sales and ...
Late entries by remaining East African countries of Tanzania and Burundi into talks will mean that subscribers will have to wait until June so as to realize their desire to pay lower calling rates across the EA countries. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda had agreed to cap the maximum roaming charges ...
The rates of people using unlicensed software on their PC s in East and Southern Africa has declined with the commercial value decreasing from $672 million in 2011 to $540 million in 2013, but Kenya is still recording a rate of 78 percent in 2013, with its commercial value as ...
London-based design and digital agency, Asilia will tomorrow October 31 launch an online platform that's set to change the way firms in Kenya's and in the entire East Africa region build their online presence. Dubbed Black White Simple, the online platform is designed to let users create websites quickly and ...
Camilla Jussab Bongalove.com is an online forum dedicated to helping the youth ask questions they wouldn't ask their religious leaders or parents, especially on sexuality. The forum developed by a group of youth who asked for anonymity is set to launch in East Africa February 2013 but ...
