Author: Kaluka wanjala

Africa Data Centres has announced it has secured a piece of land adjacent to its existing data centre in Nairobi, Kenya, and plans to expand the facility up to an extra 15MW of IT load. The build will be completed in the first half of 2024 and will bring five times more than the current capacity. According to Hardy Pemhiwa, Group President & CEO of Cassava Technologies, “Colocation has become the foundation of African digital transformation and will be for the foreseeable future. Our investment into expanding our data centre operations in Kenya is in line with the increasing demand…

SkyGarden has had a few rough months and even had plans to shut down operations. The e-commerce platform was running out of cash and could not keep operating unless it got a cash injection. The company was burning a lot of cash but was just not profitable yet as is the case with more other e-commerce sites. Just last year, $4 million in series A funding but by October this year, the company was running out of money. With e-commerce requiring huge investments in marketing to attract buyers, the platform spent a significant chunk of the funding to do just…

Black Friday seems to still be on and ecommerce platform, Masoko, has some deals that you can get. You can get up to 36% off on the various deals available in case you want to get a new smartphone and save some money at the same time.  Unlike other ecommerce platforms, Masoko isn’t very vocal about the deals it has to offer. I don’t get why this is the case as they do have some good devices on offer.  The phones are in different price segments as you will see below.  Smartphones below Ksh 30,000 Nokia C2 – Ksh 10,999…

Pay Television Company StarTimes Media is set to enrich subscriber’s viewing experience following the introduction of a bouquet upgrade campaign that will see subscribers on both terrestrial and satellite platforms enjoy automatic access to higher bouquets at the cost of lower bouquets for the first 15 days upon renewal of their monthly bouquets of choice. StarTimes will offer more premium channels for every subscription renewed where subscribers on terrestrial platform’s Nyota bouquet will for the initial 15 days access content reserved for Basic bouquet while subscribers on Basic will access Classic bouquet for a similar period with Classic subscribers earning…

Vertiv has announced the introduction of Liebert XDU , a new generation of thermal management systems that supports liquid-cooled servers and enables the control of liquid quality, flow and pressure. As high-density computing applications such as data analytics and machine learning increase, rack densities and temperatures are exceeding the cooling capabilities of traditional air-cooled units and require more efficient and sustainable solutions. The Liebert XDU coolant distribution system enables the deployment of liquid cooled server applications into any data centre environment, from core to edge computing sites. The system is now available across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).…

Appzone has announced that it is rebranding to “Zone”, a regulated blockchain Payment Infrastructure company. By building Africa’s first layer-1 blockchain network, Zone will enable payments and the acceptance of digital currencies for Financial Service Providers globally. Zone’s regulated blockchain network enables direct transaction flow between financial service providers without an intermediary, bringing reduced transaction costs, instant dispute resolution, and absolute reliability across Africa’s payment borders and beyond. As part of its evolution, Appzone is pivoting from its cloud-based SaaS infrastructure to offer payments processing services that support both fiat money and digital currencies, with the intention to enable a hybrid…

Huawei is ramping up the process of growing the Kenyan pool of trained solar engineers and technical specialists amid an upward tick in energy prices and demand for solar powered electricity connections. The firm has announced a new program known as Thousand Digital Power Talents to add 1,000 professionals to the growing national pool of solar specialists. This move, said the company’s President of Southern Africa Digital Power Business Mr. Xia Hesheng, is designed to bridge the gap in trained and certified professionals that has been dogging the renewables energy sector. Huawei will host 25 training sessions in the remainder of 2022…

After the success of the hit Kenyan police procedural and legal drama Crime and Justice, starring Sarah Hassan and Alfred Munyua, Showmax is set to premiere Crime and Justice Lagos, a new police procedural and crime drama series on Thursday, 8 December 2022. New episodes will be released every Thursday on Showmax for six weeks. Set against the backdrop of the biggest and most densely populated city in Africa, Crime and Justice Lagos explores the activities of the fictional Serious and Special Crimes Unit (SSCU) headed by its charismatic boss, Deputy Commissioner of Police Femi Biboye (William Benson) and made up of an elite…

 Autochek, the automotive technology company making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the launch of Autochek Financial Services, a new arm of the business that will focus on providing a range of vehicle financing solutions for consumers and businesses across the continent. Autochek Financial Services will continue to support Autochek’s Marketplace platform, which partners with car dealers and other service providers to make it easier for consumers and businesses to finance their vehicles. It will also provide best in class technology and advisory solutions to car dealers, financial institutions and other stakeholders in Africa’s automotive ecosystem, supporting them to improve…

Africa Data Centres is building its first data centre in Kigali, Rwanda; The facility will have 2MW of IT load and will break ground in the first quarter of 2023. Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, is pleased to announce that it is building its first data centre in Kigali, Rwanda. The data centre will have 2MW of IT load and will be purpose-built to meet growing demand in the region. “It is an exciting time for Africa Data Centres,” says Tesh Durvasula, the company’s CEO. “Our decision to build a data centre in…