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U.S. President Donald Trump met on Monday with the chief executives of seven technology companies and he agreed with their request for timely licensing decisions from the Commerce Department on blacklisted Chinese firm Huawei Technologies, the White House said. The CEOs expressed "strong support" for policies restricting
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Safaricom, Telkom and Airtel have been directed by the government to withdraw the Paybill numbers and SMS codes used by 27 betting firms whose operations have been suspended. The Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) acting director, Liti Wambua, said the operating licenses of the 27 firms remain suspended, and,
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Instagram on Monday said they will be debuting two new features to curb the growing problem of bullying and harassment on the social network. Instagram hopes its two new features will prevent bullying in the first place as well as provide tools to those who are being bullied. Head of
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The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has confirmed that the training of supervisors and enumerators hired to conduct 2019 national census will begin this month, on July 15. As per the details that the Kenyan Business Feed has received and confirmed, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has recruited
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Smartphones are great, but by design, they draw us into spending more and more time on them. Recent stats indicate on average people spend an entire day in a week glued on their phones. Google and even Apple have stepped up to help (us) with that by introducing “digital wellbeing”
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Facebook has been fined more than $2 million (Ksh.206 million) in Germany for inaccurately reporting the amount of illegal content on its platform. German authorities said Tuesday that Facebook had provided “incomplete” information in mandatory transparency reports about illegal content, such as hate speech. The Network Enforcement Act, which
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The market expects the successor to Bob Collymore to continue Safaricom’s path of investing in innovation and data services to keep the integrated communications company at the top of the competition. Safaricom delivered a strong financial performance in the financial year ended March 31, 2019, with a 13.1
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Columnists How tax administration is going digital Wednesday, June 12, 2019 20:27 By MUMBI WAMBUGU | The revenue authorities have over the past years adopted various technologies in an effort to enhance tax compliance and grow tax revenue. The complexities of tax administration as well as increase of information is
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Health & Fitness Reduced screen time reverses teenage sleep problems, study shows Tuesday, June 11, 2019 19:19 By SARAH OOKO Most young people are addicted to electronic gadgets, especially mobile phones and computers, which they use to browse the internet and communicate with their peers. Aside from broadening their
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DHL Africa eShop sees impressive growth in first seven weeks; Platform has been rolled out to nine more countries across Sub Saharan Africa; Growing demand for online retail service fuels further growth. Following the success of the DHL Africa eShop app in 11 countries across Sub Saharan Africa, DHL Express
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Counties Tharaka-Nithi gets maternal healthcare boost from Safaricom Monday, June 10, 2019 21:30 By ALEX NJERU Maternal health services in Tharaka-Nithi County have received a boost after the Safaricom Foundation funded the equipping and renovation of a centre. The Foundations said the Kamanyaki Dispensary project was aimed at boosting
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World Google made $4.7bn from the news industry in 2018, study says Monday, June 10, 2019 14:03 By THE NEW YORK TIMES It’s more than the combined ticket sales of the last two “Avengers” movies. It’s more than what virtually any professional sports team is worth.