Stories by Rebecca Wanjiku

Africa banking on mobile to be first post-PC continent

A convergence of historical circumstance and an increase in innovative mobile applications may make Africa the first post-PC continent.

App developers, operators face revenue sharing challenges

Mobile service subscription models have emerged as a major factor as mobile operators and developers debate ways to balance revenue sharing models, increase the number of local applications and encourage innovation.

Africa to continue using IPv4

Africa will continue using Internet Protocol version four (IPv4) after the global supply is exhausted in coming weeks.

Open source pushed at Ghana meeting

Open-source software developers, governments and entrepreneurs are meeting in Ghana to address ways to promote innovation and develop legislation that does not favor proprietary software in procurements.

Rampant piracy affects open source in Africa

Rampant software piracy and lack of awareness of the benefits of using open-source software have contributed to the slow uptake of software services in Eastern and Southern Africa.

World Cup opens door for African game developers

The upcoming FIFA World Cup is expected to raise the profile of Africa's game developers, as more companies invest in gaming platforms and more people go online to play.

Trademark issues could derail new gTLDs at ICANN meeting

Trademark protection, costs and cybersecurity threats are some of the issues likely to derail the introduction of new Internet generic top-level domains, being discussed at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board this week in Nairobi.

Google Earth Pro unveiled for African NGOs

Google has unveiled its Google Earth Pro software to coincide with the upcoming climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.

ICANN: New TLDs debate to drag on

The debate has become heated at the ICANN meeting in Seoul this week over whether new generic Top-Level Domains should be approved and whether some applicants should be allowed into the fast-track process.

Africa hopes to leapfrog other regions in IPv6 adoption

Africa's lag behind other regions in technology may actually serve to ensure a faster Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) adoption.

Nokia embarks on Ovi Africa marketing campaign

Nokia has embarked on an aggressive campaign to promote the Ovi online store among software developers in East Africa.

MTN offers Android-based HTC Dream in South Africa

MTN Group, Africa's biggest mobile-phone company, has released the Android-based HTC Dream smartphone in South Africa and is expected to start sales in 22 other countries. 

Cisco to develop new generation of data centers

Africa is set to benefit from Cisco Systems' new unified data technology that delivers multiple applications over a network using minimal bandwidth.

Kenya Linux group challenges procurement policies

After losing out on many software tenders to the government, the Linux Professional Association (LPA) will engage the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) in Kenya over procurement rules, according to the association chairman.

Microsoft denies threatening to withdraw funding

Microsoft East Africa has dismissed allegations that it threatened to withdraw funding to Kenya if the government did not vote "yes" on OOXML.