6 Tactics for Dealing with Short-Notice Requirements
Being an implementer of prior proper planning pays out most of the time. However, it doesn’t eliminate dealing with short notice taskings. These are the emergent issues that pop-up on every project, sometimes at the most inopportune time. They most often come from the client, or a senior stakeholder, and your ability to concisely and accurately answer the mail...
Orange announces the winners of its big data ‘Data for Development’ Challenge
• Five research projects selected from categories spanning health, agriculture, transportation/urban planning, energy and national statistics • Five additional research projects selected for their contribution to the creative or scientific methodology or application of big data open innovation, such as big data ethics, anonymisation, data science, data crossing or data...
AIF announces the 10 nominees for its annual Innovation Prize for Africa Awards
What do an environmentally-friendly minicab, a water distillation system and a fire alert detector have in common? They all represent outstanding innovation talent across Africa, applied for the celebrated Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) (http://www.innovationprizeforafrica.org) award this year, and are now being considered for the grand share prize of US$150 000! Since its inaugural launch in 2011, IPA has...
Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP), Petroleum Sector – Reforms and Capacity Building
Kenya Petroleum Technical Assistance Project (KEPTAP), Petroleum Sector - Reforms and Capacity Building Type : Tender ( IFB ) Category : Professional Services , Other Professional Services Ref No : P145234 By : MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND PETROLUEM Closing : Fri, May 01, 2015 23:59 Eligibility : Kenya REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND PETROLUEM GENERAL...
MAINTENANCE OF DATA CENTER COMPONENT
MAINTENANCE OF DATA CENTER COMPONENT Type : Tender ( IFB ) Category : Information Technology (ICT) , Other ICT services Ref No : ICTA/KTCIP/NB/22/2014-2015 By : ICT AUTHORITY (ICTA) Closing : Tue, Apr 28, 2015 10:00 Eligibility : Kenya ICT AUTHORITY. TENDER NOTICE. MAINTENANCE OF DATA CENTER COMPONENT. TENDER NO. ICTA/KTCIP/NB/22/2014-2015 The...
Managing the risk of climate change in agricultural production
Climate change is the experience when the climatic conditions PERMANENTLY shift either side of the known average. We are familiar with the shift in the start or end of rain season, the number of rain days, length and intensity of dry spells. It can also be exhibited in the intensity and frequency of extreme climatic events such as droughts,...
Government to build 200 more irrigation schemes by 2016
The State plans to have completed 90 irrigation schemes by March 2016 so as to increase food production to feed the growing population.40 more schemes have also been designed and will be implemented starting next year under a public-private partnership pact while 70 others are being designed, bringing the total to 200 schemes. This new approach will see...
Fuel-efficiency report for Kenyan vehicles launched
The government is in negotiation with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the National Treasury to introduce incentives for purchasing fuel-efficient cars and cut down carbon emissions. This was announced as one of the recommendations of a study by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and University of Nairobi unveiled by Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). This has been...
Government sets aside KES1bnto support innovation
The Government has set aside KES1bn to support innovation and is calling on innovators to take up this opportunity to invent applications that can solve local problems. This was disclosed today, April 9th, 2015, by Dennis Itumbi, during the opening of the 2nd edition of the East Africa Digital Marketing Summit and Exhibition at Kenyatta International Convention Center. The...
Seamless resin terrazzo system to be launched to Africa’s construction industry this year
The seamless resin terrazzo system Mondéco Crystal will be launched to Africa's construction industry at this year's Totally Concrete Expo. Designed to create large expanses of eye-catching flooring, Mondéco Crystal (http://www.flowcretesa.co.za/our-products/mond%C3%A9co/mond%C3%A9co-crystal/) incorporates light reflective glass aggregates into the system's resin material to produce a glittering lustre across the floor finish. Flowcrete South Africa (http://www.flowcretesa.co.za/) will be unveiling the system to Africa's architects,...
