Kenya Engineer

Global e-Schools and Communities Initiatives (GESCI) has partnered with AccessKenya to help improve the quality of teaching of Science, Technology, and Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in Kenyan schools.  It is feared that the number of students taking up these subjects is on the decline in Secondary schools which would likely lead to lack of future engineers and scientists....

While 87% of IT decision-makers feel their organization’s perimeter security is effective at keeping out security threats, 30% of IT decision-makers admit their company has fallen victim to a data breach 33% think unauthorized users are still able to access their networks and 34% are not confident in the security of their organization’s data should a breach occur 90%...

DHL (http://www.dpdhl.com), the world’s leading logistics service provider, and Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT, have jointly released a new Trend Report focused on the Internet of Things (IoT) at the DHL Global Technology Conference in Dubai. DHL and Cisco Consulting Services are also collaborating on a joint IoT innovation project that will improve decision-making in warehouse operations with...

Transporting goods and services using marine channels can be a cumbersome activity but with the invention of a new mobile application developed by International Standing Committe on Shipping (ISCOS) transport costs are deemed to drop. The mobile application referred to as M-Ship can monitor delays in moving goods across sub-Sub-Saharan Africa, detect areas where delays occur during clearance, and...

The Connected East Africa Summit is a yearly conference that was created by the ICT authority in consultation with ICT industry players and key government decision makers. The aim of the Summit is to nurture collaboration between the government and the ICT sector to hasten implementation of government IT projects.   This year, the Connected East Africa Summit took...

Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of  Education, Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi has today, April 14, 2015 officiated the first edition of East Africa Education Conference in Nairobi. The conference theme ‘Educate for the Future’ attracted educators, consultants, service providers and organizations at all levels. The forum aimed at discussing on ways that can enhance quality and relevance in the education sector. The...

Visa (NYSE: V) (http://www.corporate.visa.com), an international electronic payment company, sponsored the Prepaid Summit Middle East event for the sixth consecutive year in 2015. The event was held in Dubai. Uniting over 150 leading participants, this conference is a regional standard for the electronic payments industry On this occasion, various awards were presented during a ceremony to regional financial institutions, including...

While bookstore shelves are filled with books on politics, celebrities, international affairs and more, relatively few books discuss engineers or the process of engineering. In fact, even when the books are available, young engineers find them difficult to read because they can be quite boring. However, just like any other field, reading is vital in honing knowledge and understanding...

Pursuant to the provisions of THE ENERGY (PETROLEUM PRICING) REGULATIONS 2010, the maximum pump prices in Kenya shillings per litre, for the major towns for the period 15th April to 14th May 2015 are as follows:    April 15 - May 14, 2015MAXIMUM PUMP PRICES                  Super       Diesel...

AVEVA announced today that Progen Projetos Gerenciamento e Engenharia S.A. (Progen), a leading Brazilian engineering company, has gained impressive benefits by using AVEVA PDMS software on a major greenfield project in Brazil, for multinational EVONIK. ‘We have experienced significant advantages by using AVEVA PDMS on EVONIK’s BOOST project, a new plant that will produce products for the cosmetics industry’, explained...