Pay TV company StarTimes media is set to broadcast the 2021/22 FKF Premier League season curtain raiser pitting newly crowned FKF Premier League Champions Tusker against FKF Betway Cup winners Gor Mahia in the FKF [c]
South Africa’s agri-fintech start-up HelloChoice has announced the finalisation of a major investment from Standard Bank, solidifying its market position as the premiere digital fresh produce and agricultural marketplace. HelloChoice is a South African success [c]
MARE OF EASTTOWN | Binge now on Showmax 4 Emmys from 16 nominations: Outstanding Lead Actress: Limited Series (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actor (Evan Peters), Supporting Actress (Julianne Nicholson) and Production Design HBO’s Mare of Easttown dominated the Limited Series acting [c]
The US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has invested $10 million in Nithio’s Financial Intermediary, Nithio FI,, an AI-enabled clean energy financing platform. Strongly aligned with DFC’s climate-focused investments agenda, the investment is aimed to enable [c]
Airtel Money has partnered with World Remit to allow Airtel customers to receive money from 129 countries, free of charge. World Remit is an international money transfer service that allows people across the world, to send [c]
ESET Research continues its series on Latin American banking trojans, this time dissecting Numando, which targets mainly Brazil and rarely Mexico and Spain. Numando is similar to the other malware families described in this series [c]
Endeavor Nigeria, the community of high-impact entrepreneurs in Nigeria, has announced that its third annual scaleup entrepreneurship summit, Catalysing Conversations, will be held on Thursday, 21 October 2021. This year’s virtual event is tagged “The Multiplier [c]
Many people rarely stop to think about it but most people spend too much washing and drying clothes. In Kenya, 90 percent of washing happens during the weekend. In Nairobi, for instance, moving around on weekends [c]
IT solutions and technology provider, Dimension Data, has appointed Christopher Makyao as the MD for its Tanzania business. Making the announcement, Dimension Data East and West Africa MD Richard Hechle said the company was beefing [c]
The Real Housewives of Lagos is set to debut in early 2022 as a Showmax Original. The MNet streaming service affiliate has also renewed The Real Housewives of Durban for S2, after the show broke [c]
Equity Bank Kenya has received two International Standards Certifications – ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 – on IT Service and Information Security Management Systems respectively, cementing its commitment to prioritising customer safety and satisfaction. The two [c]
Google and the Kenyan Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) have announced a collaboration to improve gender equity, diversity and inclusion within organisations and the workplace. The collaboration, announced as part of celebrations to mark #IamRemarkable Week [c]
MultiChoice Africa believes in the power of entertaining and telling stories conveniently, not only to touch people’s lives but to celebrate African talent and creativity from all corners of the continent. This was keenly displayed [c]
As family life evolves and the way we interact with technology to relax and learn changes, the tablet has become a key player which is receiving serious attention from users and manufacturers. Brands work tirelessly [c]
LG Electronics (LG) has unveiled a new brand shop in Nairobi’s northern suburbs as it steps up a campaign to take its products and services closer to consumers. The new shop at Thika Road Mall [c]
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has secured $25 million in a Series B round, led by Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund. The round also included participation from [c]
Ogilvy Africa has announced a new leadership team for its agency in Lusaka, Zambia. The move aims to further it’s network by strengthening its market leadership and operations in Zambia. The new line-up includes the appointment of [c]
Online sports betting has undergone a great rise over recent years. The majority of people, mainly youngsters, are gripped into sports and sports betting, now more than ever. All sports betting is rising but football [c]
TecXposition has launched the second edition of its annual Africa’s premier tech event. Taking place from November 11 – 12, 2021, the virtual event offers the opportunity to experience technology through a global lens, with local [c]
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has announced the launch of the BAKE Awards 2021. The launch coincides with the submission phase of the competition. The annual blogging competition, which is in its 9th year, [c]
Credit Bank has entered into a deal with the Kenya Diaspora Alliance to provide a bouquet of solutions to enable Kenyans living abroad to invest back home, safely and confidently. Speaking during the official signing [c]
George Njuguna, the Director of IT and CIO at Safaricom, has been named by Light Reading as one of the influential leaders, innovators and disrupters who are connecting the world in 2021. Njuguna has been [c]
Introduction Poorly controlled, distributed, with persisting black market linkages, and above taxation agencies’ range: Unsurprisingly, several of Bitcoin’s most incredible visible characteristics were also causing authorities throughout the globe the creeps. If it weren’t for [c]
Many people are not excited about their work for various reasons. They dread going to work because they have to do what they don’t like, their work is stressful, and the routine has become boring [c]
Smartphone brand TECNO has confirmed that it will feature MediaTek’s Helio G96 chipset in its upcoming CAMON 18 series devices set to launch in October, making it the first smartphone brand to do so for [c]
By Danie Thom We may not always be aware of it, but open source underpins many of the applications we use today. Big tech companies like Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, and Google are all active users [c]
The global market for truly wireless stereo (TWS) hearables experienced a less-than-impressive performance quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth in the second quarter of 2021, as typically strong spring sales waned across the US and Asia ex-China markets, resulting [c]
Delivery firm Glovo has partnered with Kenyan supermarket Chandarana Foodplus with the intent to link its customers to an ever-expanding portfolio of niche outlets. Speaking during the partnership announcement, Priscilla Muhiu, Glovo’s GM for Kenya, said that the move will benefit Chandarana [c]
Online retail platform Jiji Africa has unveiled a redesigned logo as part of a rebranding initiative. Jiji has completed the rebranding effort to align with accelerated company growth, development, and vision for the future. The platform [c]
Equity Group’s fintech subsidiary, Finserve Africa, has been named the best in E-commerce – Banking/Financial and Insurance Services Gold Category at the 3rd Edition of the Kenya E-Commerce Awards 2021 held in Nairobi. The award recognises Finserve’s continued commitment to innovation [c]
A hybrid event entitled Tech4Nature: an innovative technology partnership for conservation impact was held on September 6, 2021, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) 2021 in Marseille, where Huawei and IUCN introduced the global Tech4Nature project and shared the [c]
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