Having credit is essential to navigating a modern lifestyle. Few Kenyan consumers have the ability to pay cash for a home, a car, big ticket items or education. But what do you do when your [c]
By Nael Dabbagh The last two years have had a profound impact on economies, education, and healthcare systems around the world. As a result, countries, businesses, and individuals have been forced to adapt. One thing [c]
Last year, the number of cyberattacks recorded was record-breaking, with a 50% increase in overall attacks per week on corporate networks compared to 2020. In fact, in 2021, the world witnessed one of the most serious [c]
Mastercard has partnered with Schoolvoice, a school-parents communication platform based in the UAE, to digitize the education experience for schools in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The collaboration will help simplify communications [c]
Equity Bank Rwanda has extended its social impact contribution by scaling up the various programs that are already under implementation through Equity Group Foundation (EGF), the Group’s social impact engine. The Bank, whose purpose is [c]
By Huang Yu For hundreds of years, students worldwide have been taught almost exclusively in classrooms, typically with a passive, teacher-centric approach. In the past decade, though, this has begun to change: The education field has [c]
Kenyan education-based trivia startup mSwali has raised a pre-seed funding round that will enable the firm to expand its mSwali Quiz MVP from USSD app to a web app. mSwali a Kenyan mobile learning games developer which [c]
From urban kiosks and rural farmers to fashion stores, service providers and entrepreneurs in countless other sectors, the small business segment in South Africa has faced unprecedented changes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, [c]
Human beings have evolved, thus advancing in skills and knowledge. One of the most remarkable innovations in mankind’s evolution is developing the art of reading and writing. In the modern era, all the information collected [c]
Equity Group intensified its CSR efforts and projects in the first half of 2021 by investing $496 million (approximately Kshs 54.3 billion) in social impact projects through Equity Group Foundation. The projects are anchored around [c]
By Sa Nyoung Kim As a responsible and ethical corporate citizen, LG Electronics (LGE) has over the years invested in many social and community causes in East Africa touching on environment, education, health and sports. [c]
Continuing to support education and youth, Canon EMEA, the global digital imaging solutions vendor, has announced its sponsorship participation for the tenth anniversary edition of Uganda Press Photo Awards 2021. Canon has been collaborating with [c]
The African-based education technology (edtech) startup uLesson, recently secured $7.5 million in a venture capital investment. uLesson founder and CEO Sim Shagaya stated that the foundations for an education revolution have been motioned into action due [c]
Microsoft has committed to collaborate with the Ministry of Education in Kenya as well as governments across Africa to transform the education sector. During an event in London by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) [c]
Sophos has published the “Sophos State of Ransomware in Education 2021,” which looks at the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on educational institutions worldwide during 2020. In the wake of headline grabbing ransomware attacks [c]
It was jubilation in two schools in Kenya on June 24 when LG Electronics East Africa handed over new facilities to two schools in Machakos County. One of the schools caters for the needs of [c]
As a general rule of thumb, parents always want the best for their kids, and this means stimulating their growing minds in the best possible way. But for a lot of kids, just the word [c]
Over 1,000 learners in Turkana County have benefitted from classrooms, books, desks and chairs donated by Safaricom Foundation. Among the schools are Katiko Primary School which got 5 new classrooms and Jeriman Lokitaung which received [c]
Visa has announced the expansion of Practical Business Skills, a global digital platform delivering free educational resources to help small and micro enterprises (SME) owners make confident, informed decisions to grow their businesses. The resources are [c]
Brand Africa founder, Thebe Ikalafeng, has announced the launch of the Africa Brand Leadership Academy (ABLA), an Africa-focused specialist brand leadership academy aimed at sharpening the minds that build brands that build Africa. Every year [c]
The Safaricom Foundation and CBM Kenya, an international disability inclusive development organization, have successfully completed the third phase of the Wezesha Elimu Project with a mobile clinic held in Homabay Level 5 Hospital. Through the [c]
“Education is not a privilege; it is a birth right,” says former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. But for millions of children around the world, this simply isn’t the case. Educational technology is hard to come [c]
The Brave Generation Academy, a disruptive approach to education that will change the course of schooling, is now looking for people with the passion to make the difference to become partners in opening new educational [c]
The M-PESA Foundation has committed Kshs 22.5 million to improve menstrual hygiene among teenage girls as part of Safaricom’s 20th anniversary celebrations. The Foundation in partnership with NGO Huru International will distribute sanitary towels and offer [c]
Samsung Electronics and Safaricom Foundation have launched a partnership to support the Accelerated Learning Program in Bungoma County. The event took place at Matumbufu Primary school in Bungoma and was attended by Samsung MD Mr [c]
Technology, by definition, is a capability provided through the practical application of knowledge. Therefore, it’s a product of education. Schools plant the seeds of knowledge, and students water them with practice and experience to eventually [c]
Orange announces the launch of its online training platform “Orange Campus Africa” in partnership with the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) during GSMA Thrive Africa. Hosted at its data centre in Côte d’Ivoire, it was [c]
Information security and cloud security terms can be hard to follow – especially with all those acronyms like DLP, SAML, and more. As cloud technology expands and users incorporate more apps and services into their [c]
By Tonny Tugee A fundamental building block in ensuring the success of not only a country, but each citizen, is education. Our journey to becoming a digitally transformed nation has only just begun and it’s [c]
Huawei Technologies has collaborated with Education for All Foundation, UNCESCO and UNICEF on raising social awareness on the importance of safeguarding education in armed conflict across the world. In Kenya, Huawei has been lighting up [c]
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks (attacks that aim to overwhelm a network until the server crashes) against educational resources grew exponentially over the first half (H1-20) of this year when compared to the previous [c]
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