SimbaPay, a digital money transfer provider, has expanded its instant Africa money transfer service to 5 new EU countries. The new countries are France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain. This follows a pilot that has been running [c]
Fintech has partnered with Broadridge, a global financial solutions provider to offer transaction data reconciliation services through PROactive Reconciliation, a solution that automates reconciliation from multiple data silos to drive operational efficiency across a broad spectrum [c]
Tiny Totos, Pegg Entertainment, Ukall Limited, Zamoyo Limited and Jiinue Holdings were last Friday awarded by British Airways and Safaricom for winning the Emerging Enterprise Initiative. The campaign was launched in November 2015. The five companies falling under SME categories [c]
There’s a now portal – Rent A Gent – where ladies (whether single or otherwise) can come to, choose the type of men they need for various roles at hand… and then pay a [c]
ZTE has been named as one of the first eleven partners in the China Mobile 5G Joint Innovation Lab (5G JIL), which was launched at the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) Summit held during Mobile World [c]
Juliana Rotich, who has been involved in Kenya’s tech, entrepreneurship and startup scene for a couple years, has joined Africa Technology Ventures (ATV) as a Venture Partner. Ms Rotich is globally recognized as a [c]
Visitors to the 2016 edition of the Mobile World Congress surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in the event’s history, with nearly 101,000 attendees, the GSMA reported an increase of more than six [c]
Schools without power or internet access will now access interactive classes after the Vodafone Foundation introduced Instant Classroom lite platform. The platform is designed for teaching lessons to large class sizes in refugee camps. It [c]
Following the global launch of Huawei’s innovative HUAWEI MateBook, 14 publications have been quick to recognize the new 2-in-1 device at Mobile World 2016. In addition to Tuesday’s 5 awards, one day later, the MateBook [c]
By Robinson Murage, Communications Manager, Jumia Kenya Thousands of retailers in Kenya are now selling online having listed their products on different e-commerce websites, some of the retailers have physical stores and are looking to bridge the [c]
The 2016 eCommerce Africa Confex took place last week from February 17 – 18 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The conference and exhibition, which doubled in size from the inaugural edition in 2015 [c]
Germany’s Mobisol Group in partnership with German Development Bank, is set to launch its solar power technology in Kenya for low income households at an event scheduled for Juja Town on next Monday. Mobisol solar solutions work on a [c]
Airtel Kenya has launched it’s Free Internet for Schools Programme in Kisii County by connecting 20 schools to the internet for free. Speaking at Kenyoro Mixed Secondary School in Kisii County where he launched the [c]
ZTE Corporation of China has released its efficient, scalable and elastic cloud bearing solution that makes full use of software-defined networking (SDN) / network function virtualisation (NFV) technology to develop a network structure centred on [c]
Michael Macharia, the founder and CEO of Seven Seas Technologies in Kenya is among the finalists in this year’s Africa CEO Forum Awards. Macharia has been nominated in the new “Young CEO of the Year” category [c]
The manufacturer of a camera that can be connected to a car’s dashboard, allowing the driver to capture, save and share images and videos while on the road without stopping the car has launched a [c]
The GSMA has announced all winners of the 2016 Global Mobile Awards (Glomo Awards), which were revealed during a series of ceremonies and live TV presentations throughout the week at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in [c]
By Robinson Murage, Communications Manager, Jumia Kenya You will realise that the delivery rider has been cycling around your residence for the last one hour since you first made contact unable to find you. It would be a [c]
Telkom Kenya is running a month-long mobile voice, data and device campaign, that will see the telco’s Mobile customers enjoy an enhanced value proposition; with the introduction of the month-long offer. Mobile subscribers can now [c]
By Gerhard Hartman, Head of Department: Sage HR & Payroll International Division The job market in Kenya is a paradox. On the one hand, an estimated 2.5 million youth are unemployed; on the other employers [c]
Samsung Electronics has announced its new Samsung top mounted freezer (TMF) refrigerator. The RT7000, which was launched at the Samsung Africa Forum in Monaco is designed to enhance modern living, Samsung is the first manufacturer [c]
The country’s ICT fraternity has suffered a loss with the demise of Owino Magana, who’s among those involved in the policy formulation process for the sector. The late Magana passed on last Friday February 12. [c]
Kenya made significant gains at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 that was held in Geneva, Switzerland in November last year. (ABOVE: ICT and Innovation Principal Secretary Eng Victor Kyalo) The WRC reviews, and, if necessary, revises [c]
Mahindra Comviva has announced that its mobiquity Money has powered AsiaHawala, Iraq’s first mobile money service. AsiaHawala offers consumers with a mobile stored valued account for conducting a wide range of financial transactions quickly and efficiently. It provides customers a full [c]
SEAT, Samsung Electronics and SAP have created a technological alliance to develop future projects for the connected car. At the 11th edition of Mobile World Congress (MWC), the three companies showcased concepts developed by pooling their [c]
Together with its industry partners, Huawei unveiled its Safe City Solution Experience Center at Mobile World Congress 2016, running from February 22 to 25 in Barcelona, Spain. Under the theme “Leading New ICT, Making Cities [c]
ZTE Mobile Devices has announced the signing of a sponsorship deal with Sevilla Football Club to serve as the club’s “Official Technology Partner.” This sponsorship seals the deal for ZTE to be the official smartphone [c]
The government – through the ICT Authority and the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (formerly Kenya Institute of Education – KIE) – is calling Publishers, Independent content developers and Open Educational Resource Providers to apply [c]
Barclays Bank Kenya has launched a next-generation, mobile card payment solution which will enable Kenyans to pay for low value transactions with ease, speed and convenience. The Barclays Mobile Point of Sale (MPOS) is a [c]
Central Africa is the area of the continent with the lowest intra-community trade volume, though it may rapidly increase it by using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This was reiterated in presentations during day one [c]
A new report from Juniper Research has valued operator in-flight roaming revenues at nearly US $3 billion by 2020, doubling the value estimated for this year. This figure includes mobile voice, data and SMS. However, in terms [c]
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