Author: Khusoko

Humanity must agree on the benefits of technology – and then use it to uplift each other and achieve our development goals says Huawei vice-president Catherine Chen. Technology holds significant benefits for humanity and digital technology can be an indispensable tool for helping the United Nations achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is according to Chen Lifang, Huawei Senior Vice President and Board Member, who delivered a keynote speech titled “Believe in the Power of Technology” at the recent Connected for Shared Prosperity Forum in Shanghai. Chen said the technology could be an engine for human progress and called…

Kenya’s Strathmore University introduced a Master of Science in Data Science and Analytics (MSc. DSA). This is a unique graduate program to equip participants with a deep mastery of the business and IT underpinnings of Data Science and Analytics and provide the Kenyan market with highly skilled data scientists. The two (2) year academic program is a collaboration between Strathmore Institute of Mathematical Sciences (SIMS) and @iLabAfrica Research and Innovation Centre.   According to the institution, 95% of the world’s data has been created in just the past 2 years. Therefore, data is the next natural resource and Big Data is…

Huawei has joined hands with the ICT Authority of Kenya to train 377 trainees under the Presidential Digital Talent Programme (PDTP).   Under the programme, 246 trainees’ will take the Networking course while 131 students will take the Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Courses.   The five-week virtual training begun Tuesday and will provide digital training courses on Networking, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence.  “Huawei will continue to support local ICT talent development initiatives. Investing in Kenya’s digital skills training is not only part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, but is also our duty as an organization to work together with government and other…

Shares of WPP Scangroup depreciated 8.93% at Ksh 5.10 per share on Monday. This represents an 8.93% drop from its Friday closing price of Ksh 5.60 following the suspension of its CEO Bharat Thakrar and the Chief Finance Officer, Mr Satyabrata Das.  Stanbic Holdings lost by-4.76%, Kenya Power & Lighting Company by -4.7%. STANLIB Fahari Income REIT was the biggest gainer with 9.68% share price appreciation closing at Ksh 6.80 per share, followed by Eveready East Africa (+8.91%). Safaricom recorded the highest volume of 12.6 million traded shares, followed by Equity Group Holdings (1.03m), Absa Bank Kenya (564,900) and NCBA…

Oppo, Chinese smartphone maker on Monday announced the global debut of Reno5 and Reno5 F models in Kenya.  Reno5 features two industry firsts in the form of AI Mixed Portrait and AI Highlight Video, an industry-leading feature that uses intelligent light detection to combine OPPO’s advanced Ultra Night Video Algorithms and Live HDR Algorithms to significantly enhance video quality in dim and backlit scenes.  With these features, users can quickly capture, edit, and share quality videos with ease. The Reno5 will be available in two colours, Fantasy Silver and Starry Black, comes with 50W Flash Charge technology – giving the…

Coca-Cola Africa Operating Unit has appointed Debra Mallowah as the new Vice President for the East and Central Africa Franchise, effective February 15, 2021. Debra will oversee the development and implementation of business strategies across the East and Central Africa Franchise.  Debra takes over from Phillipine Mtikikiti who served as the Vice President & General Manager of the East and Central Africa Franchise since June 2019. Phillipine has moved on to take up a similar role for the South Africa Franchise in Johannesburg. Debra joins Coca-Cola from Safaricom Plc (Vodafone Group) where she was the Chief Business Development Officer and…