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From MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, KenyaKenya BureauNAIROBI, (CAJ News) - CISCO has unveiled its Cybersecurity Technology Experience Centre in Africa. The facility has been launched in Kenya, where it will be housed at the University of Nairobi’s Chiromo Campus. The launch this past weekend is under the Cisco Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) global programme. Leveraging

The World Bank apparently offered Sh52 billion for the 25,000 free WiFi hotspots.

Parent company, ByteDance, denies claims it shares user data with Beijing for surveillance.

From MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, KenyaKenya BureauNAIROBI, (CAJ News) - KENYA is to construct a 1 gigawatt data centre that officials believe will be iconic for the continent. It will be constructed in partnership with Eco-Cloud, G42 investment group and Microsoft in Naivasha, northwest of the capital Nairobi. Timelines have not been disclosed. “The facility

Kenya’s National Security Council to decide on whether or not to ban public officials from using TikTok.

Cisco has launched a new Cybersecurity Technology Experience Centre at the University of Nairobi. 

TikTok is facing an existential threat worldwide with countries increasingly calling for the app to be banned. Here's the full list:

Kenya's Ministry of ICT told lawmakers that this is part of the plan to address the negative effects linked to TikTok, instead of banning it from the country.

Kenya’s information ministry has opposed suggestions to ban TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video social platform owned by ByteDance

Video-sharing platform TikTok has now been mandated to start publishing reports every quarter following a new mandate by the Ministry of ICT.