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Telkom Kenya attracts 7 bidders

on August 15, 2007

India’s MTNL, Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications along with France Telecom, South Africa’s Telkom, British Telecom and Kuwait’s Alkazar are vying for a 51 per cent controlling share of Kenya’s sole provider of fixed line services.

In Nairobi last week the plan to privatise Telkom Kenya was presented in detail at a two-day government-inspired and sponsored conference. It was very successful and the proposed sell-off of the the East African country’s state-run incumbent has now attracted seven potential bidders. Read more.

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Tags: British Telecom, fixed line services, France Telecom, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Kuwait\'s Alkazar, Nairobi, South Africa, Telkom Kenya.

Flood, famine and mobile phones

Chanuka Wattegama

on July 30, 2007

“MY NAME is Mohammed Sokor, writing to you from Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab. Dear Sir, there is an alarming issue here. People are given too few kilograms of food. You must help.”

A crumpled note, delivered to a passing rock star-turned-philanthropist? No, Mr Sokor is a much sharper communicator than that. He texted this appeal from his own mobile phone to the mobiles of two United Nations officials, in London and
Nairobi. He got the numbers by surfing at an internet cafe at the North Kenyan camp.

As Mr Sokor’s bemused
London recipient points out, two worlds were colliding. The age-old scourge of famine in the Horn of Africa had found a 21st-century response; and a familiar flow of authority, from rich donor to grateful recipient, had been…

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Tags: Africa, Caroline Hurford, cellular telephone, Dagahaley, food, food aid, internet cafe, London, mobile phones, Mohammed Sokor, Nairobi, North Kenyan camp, SMS, telephone networks, United Nations, World Food Programme.

Grameen Foundation makes it easier to set up Village Phones

Abu Saeed Khan

on June 6, 2007

The Grameen Foundation has announced a new online assistance center to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) bring the benefits of telecommunications to poor communities around the world. The Village Phone Direct Assistance Center, was launched in Nairobi, Kenya during the International Telecommunications Union’s “Public & Private Sectors Partnership Forum” (PPPF-Africa 2007) conference. It features a how-to manual, a message board, customizable templates and other information that will help MFIs work independently with local telecommunications providers to develop Village Phone Direct programs for their clients. Read more.

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Tags: Africa, Grameen Foundation, International Telecommunications Union, Kenya, local telecommunications providers, Nairobi, online assistance center, telecommunications, Village Phone Direct Assistance Center.

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