Nairobi Star (Nairobi)
30 March 2011
AccessKenya yesterday donated Sh4 million towards this week’s Kenya Open tournament at Muthaiga. The listed ISP firm will be the tournament’s official technology partner-providing hi-tech technology touch to the event.
The event tees off with the Pro-Am on today and the PGA tour will start tomorrow through to Sunday. “By partnering with the organisers of the event, we are delighted to play a significant technological role that will guarantee real time communication and continuous updates of the goings on at the tournament with the rest of the world.
We will provide a high speed internet enabled media centre, players’ cyber cafe, internet to the PGA office, score recorders’ office, event management office and WIFI ‘hot spots’. And as is our custom, we look forward to providing reliable high speed internet and IT service to the players, spectators, media and stakeholders involved,” AccessKenya Group Communications Manager, Nancy Imunde said.
As the event’s first ever technology sponsors, AccessKenya will provide a co-sponsorship fee of Sh1 million and Sh3 million towards installation of high speed Internet including technical support, computers, set up, fittings and furnishings in the media centre.
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