By Nawa Mutumweno – A Kenyan ICT firm has won a Sh464.8 million tender to upgrade ICT infrastructure systems for the Zambian power utility company, ZESCO. Sevenseas Technologies will spearhead the project to modernize the power firm’s billing, data, center storage and enterprise resource planning systems. It will work in partnership with Compusource International, a Zambian ICT firm. The upgrade aims at improving the efficiency of business processes within the firm and customer service delivery, ZESCO managing director Cyprian Chitundu disclosed in Lusaka recently. “This development is driven by ZESCO’s view to improve its operations through implementation of integrated business... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, June 18th 2012 |
Yusuf Kitete Abala is the civic representative of the Barsuba location in Lamu County and hails from a small minority community numbering about 5000 known..
Publish Date: Tuesday, February 28th 2012 |
By Mark Oloo in East Africa – Kenya’s Parliament wants the country’s Central Bank governor Njuguna Ndungu to resign to allow for an independent investigation into his conduct. The indictment follows the governor’s failure to manage the recent sharp decline in the value of the Kenyan currency—the shilling— against the major world currencies. The fall, witnessed towards the end of last year, at one point hit a record of Sh107 against the US dollar, amid spiralling inflation and unprecedented increase in interest rates. A committee of Parliament, which probed the shilling woes, handed its report to the House today in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, February 15th 2012 |
They are the most secretive and presently are in the first line defense in the Kenya’s war on Al Shabaab.
Publish Date: Monday, November 14th 2011 |
On Thursday 13 October, an MSF team suffered an attack in Dadaab, Kenya. One of the MSF drivers, Mohamed Hassan Borle, age 31, was injured during this attack; his medical condition is stable, he is out of danger and remains hospitalised. Two international staff, both Spanish, were taken. As yet, MSF has not been able to establish contact with the two staff taken. A crisis team has been set up to deal with this incident. The two Spanish colleagues abducted are Montserrat Serra, age 40, from Girona (Palafrugell) and Blanca Thiebaut, age 30, from Madrid, both working as logisticians for... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, October 15th 2011 |
