Thanks so much for your help, foreign investors! That is what Kenyans are thinking after it emerged foreigners will scoop the Safaricom shares for Sh5.50, after a much-hyped book building.

The Government is planning to build a 5,000 seat technology park at the export promotion zone by 2012, a move that is aimed at increasing the business process outsourcing resources in the country.

The ICT sector is calling on the government to revise a tax structure that appears to penalise software developed locally.

A communication mutiny is on and the pattern of keeping in touch is changing by the day. From a mere talking tool to a fancy multimedia device -the mobile phone is taking social and office networking to a new horizon.

Government Technical High School, GTHS, Ombe is now hooked-up to the exciting world of Information and Communication Technology, ICT.

A delegation from the Korean company, POSDATA, is in Cameroon to evaluate the needs and conduct technical studies in view of installing digital broadcasting and management in the Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV) television.

After nearly two weeks of speculation and denials, the South African mobile network company MTN has said it is in 'exploratory' discussions with the New Delhi-based Bharti group for a possible takeover or a strategic alliance.

Telkom Kenya has sent a strong message of its intention to compete in the tough GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) market, signing a Ksh9 billion (US$145.6 million) deal with Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson.

The traditional Carthage Investment Forum which will be held in Gammarth north of Tunis will take place between June 12 and 13, 2008.

The dead hand of the Ghanaian Government has prevented a good market from reaching its full potential and becoming a great market. Everyone knows what needs to happen but somehow it never quite seems to get done.

CreditRegistry, Nigeria's pioneer private credit bureau is set to transform the retail credit unit of the financial services sector, as plans have been concluded to host key stakeholders in the financial, telecom and retail service industries.

Rwanda could become the centre for upcode-a highly developed program which enables a mobile phone to act as an optical reader to scan physical objects and retrieve data.

The African Union Commission (AUC) has initiated a process to engage development partners to fund nine of 11 flagship projects under the Africa Regional Action Plan on the Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) programme.

Gasabo district workers recieve laptops at the district head quaters.

Just when Kenyans are getting comfortable with the Celtel brand, consumers and marketers will have to once again change their perceptions as it switches its name to Zain later this year.

The technological advances in computing and other forms of telecommunication have for long been touted as the "enablers" we need to create wealth.

THE Makerere University Business School (MUBS) council has not taken a decision to terminate an information and communications technology tender with SocketWorks.

A toll-free mobile service being launched in selected remote areas in Africa promises to save lives by connecting people with emergency medical cases to health personnel.