Posts Tagged ‘Nokia’

Kenya: Nokia Executive Vice President, Rick Simonson shares his wisdom in leadership and Nokia’s vision for Africa

June 3rd, 2010

BY JAMES RATEMO

“It is the right people with the right passion and right attitude that has brought Nokia this far,” says a confident Rick Simonson, the Executive Vice President at the leading mobile phone manufacturer.

Tall and focused, Simonson has been a top executive at Nokia for nine years and is keen to keep the winning culture at the company which has maintained a leading position in phone manufacture. » Read more: Kenya: Nokia Executive Vice President, Rick Simonson shares his wisdom in leadership and Nokia’s vision for Africa

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Nokia keen to tighten grip in African Market

June 3rd, 2010

BY JAMES RATEMO

Leading mobile phone manufacturer has finally unveiled her first dual sim handsets for the global market.

In the global launch in Nairobi yesterday, Nokia also unveiled an eco-friendly bicycle charger to serve markets off the electricity grid, especially rural Africa and Asia. » Read more: Nokia keen to tighten grip in African Market

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Kenyans be ready. Is Nokia N8 a phone, a camera or an editing suite?

April 27th, 2010

Nokia unveils a wonder gadget-Nokia N8

By James Ratemo

Leading mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia on Tuesday released its latest smartphone into the market that also doubles as still, video camera, an editing suite and a mini home theatre.

The virtual launch, live from Finland, was followed by tech journalists around the world.

Complete with a 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon
flash and a large sensor that rivals those found in compact digital cameras users of Nokia N8, can create compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps. » Read more: Kenyans be ready. Is Nokia N8 a phone, a camera or an editing suite?

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Nokia announces a million dollar competition for innovators

January 21st, 2010

Local innovators stand to win sh75million (one million dollars) in a new competition announced by leading mobile phone company Nokia. » Read more: Nokia announces a million dollar competition for innovators

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Safaricom’s Mpesa’s monopoly in Kenya would never be forever Nokia explains deal to enter mobile money transfer

September 26th, 2009

The news in brief

-Four billion people own mobile phones but only 1.6 billion have bank accounts worldwide.

- Nokia phones will have the necessary Nokia money client pre-installed, but users will also be able to download and install the client on other Nokia phones and on mobile phones from other vendors. » Read more: Safaricom’s Mpesa’s monopoly in Kenya would never be forever Nokia explains deal to enter mobile money transfer

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Eco-friendly charger to beat e-waste

May 10th, 2009

By James Ratemo, Nairobi, Kenya

The headache that goes with carrying multiple chargers when using two or more phones may be soon be a thing of the past. » Read more: Eco-friendly charger to beat e-waste

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