The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has today announced the appointment of Safaricom’s CEO Bob Collymore to theUnited Nations Global Compact Board. This is seen as a recognition of Safaricom’s commitment to environmental, sustainability and anti-corruption issues as well as the work it is undertaking to address the Millenium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal health and child mortality. 
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Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global telecom services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced theappointment of Shivan Bhargava as Managing Director for its Kenyan operation. Shivan was earlier the Chief Operating Officer and in his new role he will be responsible for leading Airtel’s aggressive growth plans in Kenya. 
The East Africa Outsourcing Summit will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi from 5 to 6 June 2012. The event is hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events. The strategic invitation-only event will host senior-level professionals currently outsourcing, or considering outsourcing as an option. The event will address both operational and technological strategic issues shared by leading decision makers globally seeking to influence market share and profitability. 
Leading international system integrator and multiscreen platform provider Visual Unity has entered into a joint venture with Telemedia Africa to establish Visual Unity Africa. The company, based in Nairobi, Kenya, offers system integration and professional services to the local broadcast, IT and telecommunications industries, along with specialist R&D capabilities to develop innovative Mobile Applications for the triple play space.
Cisco today launched the first Africa Women Initiative, that targets young talented women at college and universities who have already shown motivation, talent and are potentially successful in their local environments, but in need of a small boost to widen their views. This initiative’s primary goal is to boost future prospects of talented young women by exposing them to women friendly technologies and to inspiring women role models who have positively impacted society.
10 years ago, videoconferencing resources could cost up to Ksh500, 000. Not only were they pricey, but were also quite awkward and required a skilled technician. That’s not the case anymore, now a businessperson, or even a family can afford to pay for videophone devices for as little as Ksh 40,000, after discounts. Videoconferencing has stepped into the new millennium and is within reach of the everyday consumer. 
The Lower Indian Ocean Network submarine cable (LION2) operated by Telkom Kenya, a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group, has gone live.Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Mr. Mickhael Ghossein said LION2, whose laying cost over Ksh 5.7 billion (57 million Euros), is now operational and will significantly boost Kenya’s bandwidth capacity.
App stores have become the main developer-to-consumer distribution channel in recent years. Most mobile phone users are now using app stores as their primary source of information. Nokia is calling upon leading corporates and brands in Kenya to take advantage of this innovation in technology to increase interactions with their target audiences through mobile apps. 
Leading consumer electronics manufacturer LG Electronics has been awarded for its energy conservation and environmental sustainability efforts at the 2011 Energy Management Awards (EMA). The awards event was presided over by Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi. 
Airtel Kenya today donated 25 computers to facilitate e-learning for students at Nyamira Girls Secondary School in Bondo District. The Company will also fund the rehabilitation of infrastructure at the school as part of its program to enhance learning amongst students in Kenya.
Leading Corporate Data and Internet Solutions Provider AccessKenya Group Wednesday announced a Sh109M after tax profit for the 2011 financial year, a clear turnaround from the Sh8M loss reported in 2010. Company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jonathan Somen attributed the improved performance to significantly increased internet subscriptions and a highly robust network that has spurred customer growth owing to its reliability in the market. 
The satellite operator, Avanti Communications Group Plc. (AIM: AVN), has signed a five year contract with CommCarrier Satellite Services Limited of Kenya (“Commcarrier”) for the supply of satellite bandwidth over East Africa on its HYLAS 2 satellite. The contract is valued at $23.9m.
Mi-Fone, the first African mobile devices brand focuses on empowering and equipping the mass market with data enabled handsets. Mi-fone plans on expanding its distribution into Kenya. Kenya has a population of 40 million people. Almost 50% of them are not connected. Mi-Fone is the new kid on the block and is aggressively chasing market share in the unconnected space, whereas it has since been widely available in urban centers. The challenge is now to touch the Kenyan peri-urban and rural markets to offer affordable handset solutions to the mass-market. There would be an exclusive mobile dealer event on Wednesday 7th March at the One Degree South Hotel in Westlands, Nairobi. 
The Eastern and Southern African regions are still grappling with slow and intermittent Internet communications after a ship sliced three major undersea broadband cables in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. 
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has taken a significant step to deepen its network capacity and quality as it announces the roll-out of 3.75 Generation (3G) services across the 36 States in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 
In partnership with USA-based Revenue Technology Services (RTS), Mercator (the commercial arm of Emirates Group IT) has developed a fully integrated Cargo Revenue Management Solution which will roll-out to Mercator’s global customer-base in the first quarter of the year. 
Norton by Symantec has announced their premium security suite: Norton 360 version 6.0, which has just earned top rankings for both protection and performance.
Pan-African ICT provider, iWayAfrica-Group has invested over USD 200 million (Ksh.17 billion) on its broadband infrastructure to drive its data services with an aim to target the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Africa.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced two new facility module power and cooling solutions for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). The new modular units enable data centre power and cooling capacity to be added in 500kW increments, allowing physical infrastructure to be right-sized to the IT load and eliminating a major cause of inefficiency and wasted energy.
Combining Android OS with LG’s 3D and Smart TV Technologies, LG’s Google TV Provides Consumers with a New Home Entertainment Experience 
Safaricom has partnered with ‘Call-a-Doc’ to launch a mobile health service that will enable Kenyans to access medical services over the phone. 
The Kenya ICT Board has announced calls for the second round of Pasha proposals. Pasha is a Kenya government initiative that seeks to fund establishment of Internet access and IT centres known as digital villages.
