East Africa tackles the challenge of e-waste

Dell leaders have joined members of the E-Waste Solutions Alliance for Africa in Nairobi to mark the opening of East Africa Compliant Recycling – the region’s first large-scale e-waste recycling facility – and the creation of a new e-waste business to be supported by...

Seacom to resell East African connectivity

Seacom will become the first reseller of the AMS-IX East Africa Exchange Point in Mombasa, Kenya, which is planned to go live mid-November. The new exchange is an initiative of AMS-IX in conjunction with the Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya...

New fibre to reach remote areas

At the Great Rift Valley ICT summit taking place in Dar es Salaam next week, Gilat Satcom will unveil a raft of new fibre routes in coastal and landlocked Africa. These routes are already providing companies with fast and reliable broadband connectivity at competitive...

Phoenix distributes Norton in East Africa

Following the announcement last year of the distribution agreement between Phoenix Distribution and Symantec, through which the specialist security distributor is responsible for Symantec’s Norton portfolio, the two companies have expanded their partnership to East...

Portables grow as East African market dips

The East African PC market, which covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, shrank 6,4% year-on-year to 207 385 units, according to IDC.  In Kenya, this decline can be attributed to the general election, as most government businesses were at a near standstill...