Nairobi: Bharti Airtel said on Sunday it would roll out 3G services in Rwanda in the next quarter and reiterated plans to invest $100 million in the central African country.
Airtel launched its mobile services in Rwanda in March, and presently runs a 2G network. It said then that IBM and Ericsson would help build and manage its network.
"Although Kigali is currently operating on a 2G network, the company also plans to launch 3G services in the market within the upcoming quarter," the company said in a statement.
"Airtel plans to invest $100 million in its operations over the next three years and will work towards generating both direct and indirect employment opportunities."...
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01:57 AM, May 28, 2012
The Intercontinental Cup matches in Nairobi have been put back until September because of security concerns. ...
05:59 PM, May 16, 2012
Nairobi: Joseph Mwangi hoped and prayed his children had escaped the inferno caused when a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded on Monday, sending flames racing through a Nairobi slum and killing at least 75 people. Then he saw two small blackened bodies in the wreckage of his home. "Those were my children," he sobbed, collapsing in anguish amid the charred corrugated iron sheets and twisted metal. Mwangi had been feeding his...
07:56 AM, Sep 13, 2011
Nairobi: A leaking gasoline pipeline in Kenya's capital exploded on Monday, turning part of a slum into an inferno in which at least 75 people were killed and more than 100 hurt. Flames leapt out from the pipeline in a radius of some 300 yards (meters), setting shacks ablaze and incinerating scores of people. Reporters later saw clusters of charred bodies and blackened bones at the site. Some burned bodies...
12:26 AM, Sep 13, 2011
Nairobi: A leaking gasoline pipeline in Kenya's capital exploded on Monday, turning part of a slum into an inferno in which at least 61 people were killed and more than 100 hurt. Flames leapt out from the pipeline in a radius of some 300 yards, setting shacks ablaze and incinerating scores of people, leaving charred bodies and blacked bones in the charred homes. Some burned bodies floated in a nearby...
06:12 PM, Sep 12, 2011
Nairobi: The United Nations said on Wednesday two regions of southern Somalia had been hit by the worst famine in the area for 20 years and that 3.7 million people in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation risked starvation. "If we don't act now, famine will spread to all eight regions of southern Somalia within two months, due to poor harvests and infectious disease outbreaks," Mark Bowden, the humanitarian coordinator...
11:37 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Nairobi, Kenya: A UN humanitarian report and aid workers caught in the crossfire reported on Wednesday an increase in violence in a new front near the already tense internal border between north and south Sudan, with dozens of people reported killed in attacks. The violence in South Kordofan has killed at least 25 people, a UN humanitarian report said, though it said local sources indicated that up to 64 people...
02:59 AM, Jun 16, 2011
Panaji: Mayola is an expatriate who has returned from Africa. Succorina is a village girl. Donna has been brought up in affluence in Britain. The three meet in Nairobi-born Belinda Viegas' new novel, which raises crucial issues that confront today's Goa in the midst of change. Set mainly in the verdant, sunshiny land of Goa, 'The Cry Of The Kingfisher' is a warm and inspiring tale of hope and courage....
11:59 AM, Apr 18, 2011
Nairobi: Nine fans died in a stampede while trying to enter a stadium where a football match between two of Kenya's most popular teams was being played, the Kenya Red Cross said. Jack Oguda, the CEO of the Kenya Premier League, said he did not know why fans couldn't get into the stadium properly because it wasn't full. "A gate was broken into by fans forcing their way into the...
07:43 AM, Oct 24, 2010
Nairobi/Abuja: At least 15 people died on Friday in twin car bomb blasts in the Nigerian capital Abuja as the West African nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain, witnesses said. In an e-mail alert, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) earlier said it had planted bombs and gave people 30 minutes to begin evacuating Eagle Square in Abuja, where President Goodluck Jonathan...
09:33 PM, Oct 01, 2010
Elephant herds across east Africa have dwindled in numbers. ...
05:13 PM, Nov 16, 2009
Ndesandjo's book will donate 15 per cent of its proceeds to charity. ...
02:25 PM, Nov 04, 2009
Christened Lighting Bolt, cheetah to be raised at animal orphanage in Nairobi. ...
04:05 PM, Nov 03, 2009
Twenty classic cars were driven from Johannesburg to Nairobi for the event. ...
04:28 PM, Sep 30, 2008
A Kenya Airways plane crashed in southern Cameroon with 115 people on board shortly after it took off from Douala. ...
02:43 PM, May 05, 2007
