Mid last month, Finserve – Equity Group’s fintech subsidiary – was formally launched. And with launch, Finserve also announced the going live of two other products that offer innovative payment solutions to businesses and developers [c]
By Alex Perekalin Nothing. What you don’t need to do about the recent Facebook security breach: Don’t rush to change your password. Passwords were not affected during the breach, so they’re as safe as you’ve made them. Don’t [c]
Vodacom Tanzania has now renewed the search for a CEO after it became apparent that Sylvia Mulinge, Safaricom’s previous head of Consumer Business who had been seconded to the telco as CEO from Kenya, has been [c]
The July 2018 hack of the presidential website could perhaps have been prevented if stronger security measures, including web application firewalls (WAF), had been implemented. This is the opinion of Simon McCullough, major channel account manager [c]
Redstor, a South Africa-based cloud data management SaaS business, is expanding its operations in Kenya after seeing the company’s market share grow by around 50% annually in the last four years. The company is not [c]
The rise of fintechs might be shaking up the banking sector in developed countries, but African banks are taking full advantage of this technological revolution. So argue the co-founders of TagPay – Yves Eonnet and Hervé [c]
South Africans can now buy prepaid utility services or pay their accounts from approximately 600 bill issuers with the new EasyPay mobile app using Masterpass, the global digital payment service from Mastercard. EasyPay processes 1.3 [c]
Local supermaket chain, Tusker Mattresses, has moved to enhance its service offering in the premium market category, with the scheduled launch of a dedicated consumer electronics’ departmental store this weekend. According to Tusker Mattresses Group [c]
Two Kenya-based start-ups are among six African start-ups selected to benefit from the 2018 Amref Africa’s Innovate for Life Fund Accelerator programme. The start-ups have been selected out of over 300 applications drawn from all over [c]
Cloud computing is essential to most of today’s businesses’ network inventory because it helps them run more efficiently. Not long ago, it was thought that only large companies benefited from cloud computing, but the fact [c]
Dubai Holding and Emaar Properties have announced the launch of Dubai Square, a new retail metropolis that pushes the boundaries of modern retail and leisure in Dubai Creek Harbour by drawing on next-generation technology. Disruptive [c]
After launching the OPPO F9 in the country last week, OPPO Kenya has finally released and started selling the device at vendor outlets after placing it on pre-order from September 10, 2018. The OPPO F9 [c]
In line with its focus on bringing people together and supporting the development of connected communities, Facebook has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership [c]
Google is celebrating 20 years of organizing the world’s information and making it accessible to billions of users in close to 200 languages. When Google Search was launched in 1998, the entire web consisted of [c]
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) is concerned that the government has reintroduced sections of the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act, (2018) that were suspended by the High Court through the Finance Act 2018. In the [c]
Online shopping platform, MallforAfrica, has launched its platform to Mombasa residents in a bid to tap into the high demand of consumers looking to access international stores virtually through the site. The move will now [c]
A little more than a decade ago, an application (app) was associated with form-filling. Now, the term has been defined by technology, more specifically mobile phones. Apps initially used to simply be additions that could [c]
An audit of the databases of the country’s telcos by the industry regulator Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has revealed that the mobile network operators (MNOs) are not conforming with the SIM card registration regulations. The [c]
Naspers has announced that it plans to list its Video Entertainment business separately on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and simultaneously to unbundle the shares in this business to its shareholders. The new company will [c]
MTN Uganda in partnership with Mastercard and United Bank for Africa (UBA) have announced a new service that will enable quicker, safer and more convenient online payments globally. Through this partnership, MTN MoMo customers will [c]
TE SubCom, part of TE Connectivity Ltd and a pioneer in undersea communications technology, has secured a contract from connectivity and data center solutions provider, MainOne, to extend its active submarine cable system into West Africa’s [c]
Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund and tech incubator, Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), has launched its fourth incubator and tech hub in Nairobi, Kenya. This will serve as its flagship East African space, [c]
Liquid Telecom has announced a partnership with Zindi to support the rollout of its new data science competition platform across Africa. Zindi was launched at the AI Expo Africa in Cape Town, to provide a [c]
Telkom is this year’s title sponsor of the Connected Kenya Summit, scheduled to take place at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi, from October 22 to 24, 2018. Now in its tenth year, the Summit is a [c]
Sony Middle East and Africa has released two new High Power home audio systems to power the best parties in 2018 and beyond. The two models in the ‘3-box’ range, MHC-M40D or MHC-M80D will transform any home into the [c]
Pay TV provider StarTimes Media has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights for UEFA Europa League. This will see the broadcaster air 205 live soccer matches during each of the three seasons that will run until [c]
First went Joel Chacha, then Alex Owiti followed later. But now, it seems the staff exodus from Ogilvy PR, by both entry-level and senior employees, is yet to end as the agency continues to witness [c]
By Sarah Pike Reading a recent post about a stolen iPhone and the importance of two-factor notification, I had a mortifying realization. I’d happily enabled 2FA for pretty much all possible accounts — banks, Google, if they had the [c]
By Ben Roberts When mobile phones took off more quickly and more widely in Africa than elsewhere, the continent leapt ahead of the western world in mobile adoption. This was driven by its sparse and costly landline [c]
Nairobi Garage has been selected to host the new Nairobi operations of the African Leadership University (ALU) and the Meltwater School of Entrepreneurial Technology (MEST), as all-inclusive co-working becomes the preferred solution for organizations of [c]
Safaricom has received Tier III Design Certification from Uptime Institute for its Thika Data Center, thereby joining elite data centers in the world to be certified by the leading Data Center Authority. The certification was [c]
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