Airtel connects Machakos police station with free internet

Airtel has connected Machakos Police station with free internet.   

The connection will allow the officers at the station connect to relevant online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter allowing them to interact, receive and share information related to security with security agents and members of the public in the County.    

With free internet connection, officers from the station will also be enable to access intelligence information and news online which will aid their duties of serving the people of Machakos County.  

      

Airtel Kenya CEO said that the company acknowledges the fact that security is one of the key factors that influence growth of businesses in the community that we live in.    

“The company recognizes that communication is very crucial when it comes to security. Access to reliable communication will open up superior channels of communication, giving the police officers an opportunity to take security control to a whole new level,” added Mr. El Youssefi.    

In a statement, Machakos Police Communication Officer Francis Simiyu Barasa said; “We are grateful to Airtel for the free internet connection as it will go a long way in ensuring that security is enhanced through a fast and reliable means of communication. With free Internet connection, our officers will now be proactive in keeping up with security content and updates from various information platforms available online.”   

Periscope goes live on Android

Android users are now able to use Periscope on their phones.

This comes soon after Twitter launched the live streaming app that was only available on iOS.

As a small startup, Twitter’s initial launch was limited to iOS. Now, Android users are able to have a special live streaming experience on Android that is unmistakably Periscope. Android owners using Version 4.4 (KitKat) and above can download Periscope from Google Play.

Periscope on Android has all the same core features that Periscope users have come to love: start a public or private broadcast, choose to allow comments from just those you follow, and interact with a broadcaster by chatting or sending hearts.

There are a few things that are unique to Android. The application features a Material-inspired design that should feel familiar but modern to Android users .Android users have granular control over additional Push Notification settings, such as “First Time Broadcast notifications” (when somebody you follow on Twitter broadcasts on Periscope for the first time) and “Share notifications” (when somebody you follow on Periscope shares somebody else’s broadcast). 

Periscope on Android offers you a “resume notification” so you can keep watching where you left off in case your broadcast gets interrupted (by a phone call or message).Periscope on Android makes it easy to resume where you left off. Replays are saved without requiring the broadcaster to upload a file. This should save broadcasters lots of time and preserve precious mobile data allowance, making it the beginning for Periscope on Android.

Recently, Twitter introduced Periscope, a new app that lets you share and experience live videos from your mobile phone. Periscope helps further that mission by giving people a way to share and experience the world around them, both near and far.

Strathmore Business School to host Food Safety Summit Africa 2015

Strathmore Business School (SBS) will this week host the Food Safety Summit Africa Conference & Expo at Strathmore University Auditorium to discuss food safety issues in Kenya and Africa.  

The two-day forum that kicks off this Thursday May 28^th to Friday May 29^th, 2015 will bring together international and regional service and product providers and policy makers; regulatory agencies, entrepreneurs, managers and professionals from the food agro industries in Sub-Saharan Africa for an intense dialogue on food safety matters. 

Commenting on the forum, Strathmore Business School Dean, Dr. George Njenga said: “Africa is faced with many challenges, including inadequate human capital and infrastructure – required to produce, harvest, store, transport, and process the bulk of its produce.  This often leads to huge losses and of course, an increase in unsafe food ending up on the table of millions of unsuspecting consumers.”

“Food poisoning is today a major health issue that costs families and households huge sums of money in treatment and in some cases leading to deaths. But the problems of unsafe foods does not end there, the rise in lifestyle diseases like cancer, hypertension and heart disease can also be linked to the consumption of unsafe food,” he explained.

According to the Dean, the Food Safety Summit Conference & Expo will serve as an important forum to engage the Government, NGO’s, food value chain players and the public to build upon the continent’s goal to “not only feed itself through agriculture and agro-processing, but also to produce safe food and horticultural products for local and export markets.”

The Conference will focus on current and emerging food safety issues in Africa in the face of changes in regulatory environment in the continent and its key export markets. Discussions at the conference will take the farm-to-table approach - covering the entire value chain from production, handling and storage, processing, retail and distribution of food, beverages and agricultural produce and will cover the latest information on food safety issues, from sanitation issues to the latest technological breakthroughs in an open and informative manner.

Organizers say the Food Safety Summit Africa 2015 provides opportunity for the continent and Kenya to start looking for African solutions for its unique food safety challenges, while working with the international community, suppliers, Governments, researchers and academia.

The Food Safety Summit Africa Conference & Expo is an annual event that focuses on current and emerging food safety issues in the continent in the face of changes in regulatory environment in the continent and its key export markets.