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M-Pesa services return to normal

mpesaBusiness Daily By OKUTTAK MARK

Thursday, March 7  2013

M-Pesa services across the country returned to normal on Tuesday as most agents resumed business to the relief of customers who had difficulties depositing cash.

Most outlets remained closed on Monday, which was a public holiday, as Kenyans went to vote. On Tuesday only a few were open, but the operators reported insufficient electronic cash (float).

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Technology failure regrettable

voterNearly 24 hours after the polls closed, Kenyans were on Tuesday still awaiting the outcome of the election for which they endured hours of waiting to participate in.

The wait, which was expected to go late into the night last evening, is one Kenyans did not expect given the assurances that the IEBC gave the electorate that it was ready for the polls .

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Global firms eye phones market share

Mobile-surfingSunday Nation By CHARLES WOKABI

Sunday March 3, 2013

Competition for the local smartphone market is racheting up as new entrants fight for a slice of the revenue accruing from the increased demand for data services.

Technology multinationals have been growing the appetite for the data devices market with products from US firms Intel and Microsoft already on the local market.

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Kenya on the right track to era of electronic voting, say IT experts

voterBusiness Daily By GALGALLO FAYO

Tuesday, March 5  2013

The use of electronic devices to verify eligibility of voters and in the transmission of results has raised hopes that electronic voting could be introduced in the next General Election in 2017.

However, technical hitches with some of the electronic voter identification devices as Kenyans voted on Monday spoilt the party when the polls agency resorted to the manual register in the affected centres.

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Survey finds savers prefer banking on mobile phones

M-PesapxBusiness Daily By JAMES KARIUKI 

Friday , March 1  2013

Mobile phone money services have become the preferred avenue of savings around sub-Saharan Africa according to a study published by a global mobile operators’ lobby.

The 2012 Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey shows that 81.8 million cellphone subscribers had mobile money accounts, with global use of the handsets for deposits growing by almost 38 per cent.

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