Kenya’s government has given telecom operators in the country an extension to bid on a 4G spectrum license, the country’s ministry of communications announced this week.

The 14 September 2011 deadline has been extended by two weeks despite an initial lack of interest by local telecom firms. The new deadline has been set for September 27 2011.

MapIT, a South African digital mapping company, has been selected by SATNAV East Africa as its Mapping Data Provider for East Africa. SATNAV East Africa is Uganda’s pioneer in Global Positioning System [GPS] technology and GPS based consumer electronics.

Nokia, a global mobile phone supplier, is showing its continued confidence in the African mobile market with the release of affordable phones in Kenya.

Nokia has released the Nokia 100 and dual-SIM Nokia 101.
Nokia estimates that by the year 2015 about 20% of the world’s new mobile phone subscribers will come from the African continent.

 

Telkom Kenya has made changes to its board of directors with the appointment of Eddy Njoroge as the chairman of the board. Njoroge, who is currently the Managing Director of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and the Chair of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, joins the board of Telkom Kenya as a nominee for France Telecom – Orange.

Commenting on this appointment during the unveiling of the new chairman at Orange’s headquarter in Nairobi, France Telecom-Orange’s Vice President for East Africa, Michel Barré, says that Njoroge brings in new energy as well as immense executive and corporate governance experience to the board at a time when the company is strengthening its leadership and bolstering its provision of quality voice and data services.
“I am very glad with this appointment, more so at this determining point for the company.