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		<title>High speed Internet exposes Kenya to cybercrime</title>
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Salim Idd, a Nairobi-based internet security expert, is increasingly worried about new developments in the virtual world of internet.
Using his personal computer located in the city centre, he casually taps his keyboard in an attempt to gain unauthorized online entry into a local bank’s database.
He flits through the back-end of the financial institution’s e-banking website, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/08/high-speed-internet-exposes-kenya-to-cybercrime/</link>
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		<title>Run your content services on the Sembuse network &#8211; how it works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Subscribers accessing the services are charged a higher rate  above the normal rates for their Sembuse&#8217;s. The revenue generated is then  split between Symbiotic Media Consortium and the Content Provider. The Revenue  split is 40:60 in favor of the content provider and is normally exclusive of VAT and other  government taxes.



Revenue [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/run-your-content-services-on-the-sembuse-network-how-it-works/</link>
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		<title>Run your content services on the Sembuse network &#8211; connection requirements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is simple to start your own content service on the Sembuse network, if your smart you can make a good living   here is how you can get started
1.  Content provider will  allow reasonable time of at least 4 working days for  provisioning, testing and contract preparation.
2.  Content provider will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/run-your-content-services-on-the-sembuse-network-connection-requirements/</link>
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		<title>Seacom and Teams to usher in new era in service innovation, Symbiotic CTO Idd Salim on an interview with the BBC London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first of four undersea cables bringing high-speed internet to eastern Africa goes live today (July 23rd 2009). The BBC&#8217;s Anne Waithera, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, finds a nation impatient to join the broadband revolution.In a busy cyber cafe in Nairobi dozens of people, mostly young, are hunched over computers surfing the net.I try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/seacom-and-teams-to-usher-in-new-era-in-service-innovation-symbiotic-cto-idd-salim-on-an-interview-with-the-bbc-london/</link>
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		<title>M-masomo&#8230;mobile education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[M-masomo, a collaboration between Nation Media Group and ICT Kenya has just been launched is being billed as &#8220;your smart tutor in your hand, bringing you a new way to revise for your exams from your phone&#8221;
Update: download url for the application comes from Wandflower Education, which points to adaptation or licensing of the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/m-masomoeducation-comes-to-the-mobile-phone/</link>
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		<title>Storymoja Hay Festival &#8211; many stories, one world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A three day international celebration of stories, ideas, writing and contemporary culture through books, storytelling, skits, music, live discussion forums, demonstrations, workshops, open-mike sessions, debates, exhibitions, live performances and competitions.
The festival is modelled on The Hay Festival held in the UK every May in which up to 100,000 people attend &#8211; ranging from presidents to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/storymoja-hay-festival-many-stories-one-world/</link>
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		<title>A jobboard for african devs and designers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week Erik Hersman launched a little side project: JOBS.whiteafrican.com It is as a place to connect freelancers and small teams with gigs and project work in the African tech sphere.
Erik has been getting a number of emails lately asking him to connect people in the US, Europe or large organizations in Africa with local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/a-job-board-aimed-at-african-devs-and-designers/</link>
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		<title>People making a difference in the african tech and dev circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We want to start highlighting people making a difference in the african tech circle&#8230;african or not. To put up their profiles, where possible have interviews with them to see what their vision for africa is, and what they are doing to get us there. From ceo&#8217;s who are willing to experiment with technology, government officials [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/people-making-a-difference-in-the-african-tech-and-dev-circle/</link>
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		<title>Standard Investment Bank launches Easy Hisa, with Symbiotic deploying the messaging fuctionality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Over the last year, Symbiotic Media has been working on EasyHisa with Standard Investment Bank to implement the our robust messaging technology and gateway to realize the vast benefits that EasyHisa has to offer including diaspora access to their accounts via sms from their country of residence.
It is great to finally have EasyHisa out. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/2009/07/standard-investment-bank-launches-easy-hisa/</link>
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		<title>Maker Faire Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the ICT space has developed a head of steam in some parts of Africa, a “maker philosophy” is yet to occur. [It is imperative that the educated do not perceive technology as what appears before them on a computer screen]. The aim of a Maker Faire-like event is to create a space on the [...]]]></description>
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