Wrap-Up: Our pick of main stories, Tuesday March 3, 2015

The first Tuesday of the month sees various activities in Kenya’s technological space, to keep you in touch with these developments; we have featured top stories from around the web in today’s wrap-up, these stories include; Accenture granting Amref additional funds to help improve its mobile health training program in Kenya, MultiChoice Kenya naming Airtel Tanzania ex-CCO Chiruyi as GM to find out more about these and other stories, read on…

Accenture grants Amref additional funds to help improve its mobile health training program in Kenya

Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded Amref Health Africa an additional grant of US$3 million to help the organization enhance and scale its mobile health training program to 3,000 community health workers in Kenya.

This grant brings Accenture’s direct support to Amref Health Africa to more than US$7.3 million since 2005.

Safaricom Withdraws Million Dollar Investment from Kenya’s Sports Sector

A perceived lack of accountability and a failure to keep up with best practices appears to have caught up with Kenyan sports administrators as one of the key players in the field of sports investment in the country, telecommunications giants Safaricom, have announced the withdrawal and termination of their lucrative sponsorship deals from three different sports federations in Kenya.

The main reason for Safaricom’s withdrawal of their investment was clearly hinged on the rising tide of corruption controversies which have appeared to encumber true growth and potential in Kenyan sports. The three federations affected by the pulling of sponsorship are the athletics, rugby and, crucially, football federations.

Businessman Chris Kirubi wants PANG license cancelled

Billionaire businessman Chris Kirubi Tuesday told House Committee on Energy and Communications that PANG license should be cancelled.

He said Communication Authority and government must find a way to get an independent platform for digital signal distribution to end the hullabaloo about Digital migration.

MultiChoice (DStv) increases subscription fee

Multichoice announces increase in annual subscription fee with effect from April 1, 2015 citing inflation, satellite lease cost, programming costs and efficiencies affected within the company. Multichoice released

Association out to block cashless fare system

More than half a million jobs will be lost if the new cashless fare system is adopted, the Matatu Welfare Association (MWA) has said.

In a bid to prevent such an eventuality, MWA has moved to court to block the system’s adoption.

MultiChoice Kenya names Airtel Tanzania ex-CCO Chiruyi as GM

Former Airtel Tanzania chief commercial officer Walingo Chiruyi has been appointed as general manager for MultiChoice Kenya.