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Tech Scene Kenya
Where the gynecologist is also the domain registrar

I heard this story 2006, some people were laughing that in one African country, the guy who operates the ccTLD is also the gynecologist. It sounded funny given that the two areas of expertise are not related.  read more »

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Replacing the legacy systems in Telkom Kenya

Today is a new dawn for Telkom Kenya; it will officially rebrand to Orange, with a new logo and a new way of doing business -- from a sleeping giant to a competitive commercial entity.  read more »

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Kenyans and free things

When Safaricom announced a KSh19 billion profit, it also said we could call free from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., provided you load KSh100 of air time during the day.

On the first day, making calls was not that hard, but the next week, it was hell. No call was going through. Many wondered why Safaricom was giving such an offer if the system could not handle the number of calls.  read more »

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