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Postal Corporation of Kenya introduces MPOST - uses mobile phone number as postal address.

You Can Now Use Your Mobile Phone Number as A Postal Address in Kenya | Kenya Vitals The 300 shillings is annual fee charged to maintain the MPost postal address like you would pay Kshs. 2300 for the traditional postal address

Great news. FAA regulations for commercial drones

Commercial Drone Rule Met With Industry Excitement about the Future of UAS - Geoawesomeness Tweet Share on Facebook Share Share Email Pin Pocket Flipboard This morning, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the highly anticipated rules governing the operation of small UAS (sUAS) for commercial purposes. The new rules are scheduled to take effect in late August – until that ti...

Digital addresses are the future! Hats off to the Mongolian Post for daring to break away from convention and embrace technology: what3words

Mongolian post will use what3words for national addressing system For centuries Mongolians were keeping nomadic lifestyle moving from one place to another. Due to that reason, Mongolia, although nearly as big as...

A move in the right direction or too little too late? Considering Communications Authority of Kenya made the same announcement exactly 6 years ago!

Our digital platform would allow the Kenyan Govt. or any other Govt. in Africa to skip the entire planning & development cycle at only a fraction of the cost, not to mention the thousands of jobs that will be created both directly and indirectly by the mobile ecosystem. Africa needs to leverage on technology and innovation to solve her problems. The infrastructure is already in place and is staring us in the face (smartphones: every 10 min or so). We're certain that the digital address revolution is already here.

Tell us what you think and how you'd like Ukowapi to get involved...

Kenya plans nationwide home address system Kenya is working on a comprehensive national numbering and address system to improve accessibility and foster economic activities.

To our German-speaking fans and supporters, check out this article on ukowapi published by Africa Positive e.V.

Thank you kindly Eric Otieno for this interesting piece.