In celebration of Global Money Week, Uber and Old Mutual are set to extend the free money management course that took place in South Africa to its driver-partners in Accra, (Ghana), Lagos (Nigeria) and Nairobi, [c]
Liquid Telecom Kenya has launched a series of countrywide awareness campaigns to protect rural fibre optic cable networks from vandalism that is costing the country and ICT industry hundreds of millions of shillings a year. [c]
Nakumatt Holdings has announced a smart points redemption campaign to allow its loyal shoppers acquire eco-friendly reusable carry bags. Commencing this weekend, Nakumatt shoppers holding the firm’s loyalty card will be afforded an opportunity to [c]
Guo Ping has been appointed as the Rotating and Acting CEO of Huawei from April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017, according to the Chinese firm’s Rotating CEO system. The Rotating and Acting CEO acts [c]
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has donated computers and other assorted ICT equipment worth Kshs 4.3 million to Njiru-ini Secondary school in Nyeri County. The donation is part of CA’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme and is in [c]
Safaricom is the latest firm to set up shop at the newly opened Two Rivers Mall, as part of its strategy to get closer to customers. The new shop, which is now the telco’s 46th retail [c]
Sophos has released the findings of a regional study carried out in South Africa and the Middle East, indicating that the majority of organizations in Middle East and Africa (MEA) are recognizing the benefits of integrated [c]
The month of March ends today and as we turn our calendars to a new season – complete with the Easter holidays – here’s what your online entertainment provider ShowMax has prepared for you in [c]
Econet Media’s Kwesé has secured the free-to-air (FTA) rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017. In the deal, Kwesé has been granted exclusive free-to-air (FTA) rights for sub-Saharan Africa [c]
After concentrating on and serving business and enterprise users for quite a while, Sophos in December 2015 launched a new antivirus exclusively for home and non-commercial users. Called Sophos Home, the antivirus can protect upto [c]
Toni Solarin-Sodara has been awarded the Most Valuable Professional (or MVP) award from Microsoft. The award comes after Toni worked consistently for four years with the .NET platform at Andela. The Microsoft’s MVP is a coveted award [c]
Mozilla has announced winners of its global Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, a contest which targeted submissions and projects on ways to provide unfettered access to the open internet for anyone across the globe. The contest [c]
African Utility Week, taking place from 16-18 May in Cape Town, will showcase how the continent is coming up with innovative, home-grown solutions to its energy and water challenges and how these are creating exciting [c]
The Mombasa County government’s investment portal – called Mombasa Invest – is now live. The portal is part of the digital reforms initiated by the County Government’s Department of Trade, Energy and Investment meant to [c]
As the month draws to a close, many are those who’re keen to renew their Startimes subscription in order to keep enjoying their favourite programmes but maybe don’t know the various payment options available. Today [c]
Huawei has partnered with US-based technology firm Honeywell Home and Buildings Technologies to introduce smart building offerings as a viable solution to address urban development pressures. Through this collaboration, the two companies will jointly pursue [c]
Alternative Circle, a Kenyan mobile fin-tech start-up, has signed an agreement with the international credit risk management company – Creditinfo Group – to the tune of Kshs 110 million (US $1.1 million). The seed capital [c]
Merchant service provider, Kopo Kopo, has partnered with Mastercard to roll out Masterpass QR across 11 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, impacting over 250,000 micro and small businesses over the next five years. The announcement was made [c]
Surf and Facebook have launched Express Wi-Fi by Facebook in Kenya. This initiative was born from the mutual belief of both organizations that access to internet should be available and affordable for everyone. Express Wi-Fi is a [c]
DStv and Telkom Kenya have partnered in a deal that will see customers purchasing DStv HD decoders walking away with Orange routers and complimentary bundles. For every purchase of a DStv High Definition decoder, at [c]
Safaricom will from next week implement a 50% tariff reduction for all Lipa Na M-PESA Buy Goods merchant fees. Under this new Lipa Na M-PESA tariff, merchants will be charged a maximum of 0.5% of the transaction [c]
A total of 2 million bank customers have signed up for the new money transfer platform, PesaLink, which is owned by the bankers’ umbrella body KBA. The milestone has been achieved barely two months after [c]
MYDAWA which is considered to be a revolutionary Kenyan innovation in the e-health sector and Kenya’s first online store for prescription drugs was launched this week. It is an app meant to help you buy [c]
Shippers using the Northern corridor, which stretches from the port of Mombasa to the Kenya/Uganda Malaba border, now have an additional reason to smile with the launch of the Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS). [c]
Ericsson has moved to simplify its organizational structure by phasing out the two-tiered leadership structure – Executive Leadership Team and Global Leadership Team – and forming a single Executive Team. In addition, the geographical setup with [c]
By Khalid Elgibali The sweeping changes in payments technology fascinate me, and this stems from my observations as a child. Growing up, I vividly remember lining up at the bank with my father, eagerly waiting as [c]
MTN South Africa, Qualcomm Technologies – a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated -, and Huawei have jointly completed 4×4 MIMO field trial in a live network, where the average download throughput increased by 74% compared to [c]
The SpeedUPAfrica Bootcamp is set to be held Lagos, Nigeria from July 5 to 9 with the goal of empowering a new wave of African start-ups. Following the event’s success in 2016, the team behind the bootcamp [c]
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) will on Monday April 3rd 2017 from 8 – 10am announce the nominees for the BAKE Awards 2017 at the Intercontinental Hotel. Afterwards, BAKE will then launch the voting phase for [c]
As terrorism, organized crime and cybercrime become increasingly intertwined, government, police and industry leaders are meeting to identify a more effective path to meet these challenges. The three-day (28 – 30 March) Unity for Security [c]
Kenyan Fintech innovators had the chance to learn from each other and network with other Fintech innovators from across the continent at the 2017 Africa Fintech Unconference in Ghana. The two-day event kicked off on [c]
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