Wrap-Up: Our pick of main stories, Friday April 10th, 2015

Social Business Incubator, TNO launch Taka Taka Challenge in Kisumu…. Forum on critical infrastructure set for April 21….. Innovation Dinner to address Security Convergence……and more.

Meet the man police link to Safaricom, NIC Bank frauds

The 26-year-old Information Technology expert at the centre of ongoing investigations into airtime theft at Safaricom is also facing separate criminal charges for his role in last December’s hacking of a bank’s system, it emerged on Thursday. Alex Mutungi Mutuku acknowledged that he is the same person who was charged with hacking into NIC Bank in January, adding that he believed Safaricom has singled him out from among the other suspects because of that case.

Social Business Incubator, TNO launch Taka Taka Challenge in Kisumu

The Taka Taka Challenge invites entrepreneurs and startups, as well as experts and professionals from around the world to co-create winning solutions that make profit from waste. A special business plan challenge was launched on Thursday April 9 in Kisumu city, Kenya. The Taka Taka (Swahili for waste) Challenge is an initiative of the Dutch Social Business Incubator in collaboration with technology partner TNO.

Forum on critical infrastructure set for April 21

A task force formulated by three Cabinet Secretaries in the Ministries of Transport and Infrastructure, Energy and Petroleum and Information, Communications and Technology is calling on the public and on all stakeholders to a stakeholder consultative forum on Tuesday, 21st April 2015 at Bomas of Kenya, Langata, starting from 9.00 am. According to a notice published in the Daily Nation, the consultative forum will have a key focus on structuring a draft policy and legislative framework for the protection of critical infrastructure in the Country.

Innovation Dinner to address Security Convergence

In today’s security environment, enterprise security leaders need to do more than control who comes and goes, they need to know who is attempting to, or accessing areas without the necessary authorisation. It is in regards to this that IT leaders will convene Nairobi, Kenya for the next Innovation Dinner, which will be held on the 28th of May 2015 – and address the theme “Leveraging Security Convergence to Enable the Enterprise.”

SBS’ Alumni Ball to discuss ICT, energy mega trends in Africa

Selected business leaders and policy makers from across the African continent will this weekend converge at Windsor Golf & Country Club in Nairobi to discuss the mega trends in Africa. The forum organized by Strathmore Business School (SBS), business leaders among them Kenyan Industrialist Dr. Manu Chandaria, Keroche Breweries CEO, Mrs Tabitha Karanja and Prof. Reid, Whitlock, Chief Executive Officer, Tony Elumelu Foundation, will discuss the growing trends in key economic sectors and prospects for the African continent with a view of providing insights for the continent’s growth in the next decade.

Madison Insurance deploys SAP’s planning solution for enterprises

Kenya’s Madison Insurance Company that specializes on Life, Health, Home, Business and Auto covers has announced it has incorporated a planning solution from SAP that is currently live beginning January, this year. Personalized for Insurance companies, the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software was implemented by Turnkey Africa and One Connect, which specialize in enterprise solutions for the insurance industry across the continent.

Kenyan software firm to launch salon management software

Salon managers in Kenya spend a lot of time handling operations at the expense of their core business, or hire costly accountants to process payroll and other reports and as well manage their day to day business financial processes. However a Kenyan-based firm is set to end this menace.

Wiselink Business Consultants, a web and software development firm based in Nairobi Kenya has said it’s set to launch an innovative software product for salons and barbershops in the country to help them focus on their core duties and use the software to take their services to the next level.

Alliance High School benefits with computer lab

A project aimed at tapping innovative and analytical skills among secondary school students and youth was launched on Wednesday at Alliance High School, Kiambu county. Global Peace Foundation Kenya executive director Daniel Juma said Innovate Kenya Project will improve ICT skills for the youth.