The firm's MD Kris Senanu said the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Authentication is intended to address rising internet security concerns.
"Email hacking is a global problem and this technology protects our clients and other users on our network," he said.
Email account holders will be provided with unique usernames and passwords to access servers through the authentication system.
By Nation Media
I Paid a Bribe (IPaB) is a desktop, mobile web and SMS app that gives Kenyans a platform to share their experiences with bribery. Through a user-friendly interface, a user can post an incident where they had to pay a bribe because a public officer expressly asked for it or a situation where the officer asked for it but they refused to pay the bribe.
The app also allows users to report an incidence where no bribe was asked, and the service was delivered on time.
Since the launch of the website in December 2011, 630 bribery incidences worth Sh20 million have been posted on the website.
The police, municipal services, immigration and registration of persons and lands departments are the leading bribery hotspots as reported by citizens.
Interestingly, there are quite a high number of witness reports showing high bribery prevalence in the private sector, according to IPaB.
"Once a user files a bribe report on the site, the system takes it up automatically and edits out any names. IPaB does not target individuals but seeks to expose weaknesses in the system and advocate for them to be rectified," says Anthony Ragui, developer of IPaB.
After users send their experience, either through the IPaB website, mobile site or SMS, the story is published on the website after a 10 minute lag. Specific data from the story (county, amount paid and department) is logged in and added to the analytics.
"I paid a Bribe Kenya as a platform aims to get Kenyans to report and talk about the problem of corruption," says Ragui, who came up with idea after seeing a similar initiative in India.
A Transparency International (TI) report on East African Bribery Index revealed while a vast majority of Kenyans perceived Kenya as a corrupt county, only seven percent reported corruption incidences, probably for fear of victimisation.
Written by Ken Macharia for Capital Business
The scheme aims to capitalise on the popularity and success of mobile money transfer services in the country.
According to data released by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the number of mobile money subscribers in the country stood at 18.9 million by April 2012, with money deposited through mobile phones amounting to Sh177 billion.
The project, still at pilot phase, will require potential investors to be registered as mobile money subscribers with the various operators in the country, who will open Central Depository System accounts for them.
"Today, any Kenyan can pay their electricity bill with the phone, and so will they be able to pay for bonds bought," said Mr Yira Mascaro, who leads the World Bank's financial and private sector development group in Nairobi, which is behind the initiative.
The scheme will help individuals cultivate a culture of savings and increase participation in the bond market, which is currently less than 3 per cent.
The first phase will be rolled out to bank holders before being integrated with the unbanked.
