Kenya’s FIA rally stars Hamza Anwar, McRae Kimathi and Jeremy Wahome have expressed confidence ahead of the 3rd round of the African Rally Championship that kicks off on Friday 23 July to Sunday 25 July [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 Dot Connect Africa (DCA) Digital Academy has announced the winners of its 2020 eHealth Innovation Essay Writing contest. The essay writing competition was created for university students to participate and use this special #StayAtHome [c]
Azam TV has completed the migration of its video platform from the Eutelsat 7B to Eutelsat 7C satellite, with a multi-year extension of the existing contract and an incremental capacity commitment. One of Africa’s major [c]
People from over 200 countries can now send and receive money via Vodacom Tanzania’s M-Pesa mobile money service. This follows the announcement by Vodacom M-Pesa about the expansion of its international money transfer service portfolio. [c]
Nonprofits around the world have told us that they need access to digital tools to continue operations, maintain productivity, and raise awareness. We are pleased to announce that Google for Nonprofits is now available in Ghana, Nigeria [c]
HP, together with local authorities in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, have confiscated number of counterfeit trading programmes and removed close to 200,000 illicit products from the African region, including fake HP printer cartridges and components [c]
After the 2020 edition of VivaTech that was scheduled to be held in Paris was cancelled by the organisers of the event, Sanofi will on June 11, 2020 organise an online pitch session as part [c]
Continuity East Africa (CEA) plans to invest over Kshs 500 million (about $4.7 million) in the next three years to expand its Work Area Recovery facilities in the region. According to the company, the expansion of [c]
Nothing ruins a family faster than lies and secrets that have been kept hidden for too long. When that family is as rich as the Hazes, then prepare yourself for unending drama, mystery and suspense [c]
Tigo Tanzania has launched a service that allows all Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive cash on their mobile money wallets from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda and MTN and Airtel in Rwanda. [c]
Mastercard announced that it has increased contactless payment limits across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region as people look for safer ways to pay in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is [c]
Ride hailing firm Uber has temporarily suspended its services in Uganda following the government’s directive halting all public transport services as a measure to help control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the [c]
Over 150 leading African business, political and diplomatic leaders are set to attend the 8th edition of the African Leadership magazine’s ‘Persons of the Year’ event and awards gala. The event with the theme: Africa [c]
As the deadline for use of old passports looms this month, the number of Tanzanians applying for electronic passports has drastically increased to an average of 1,200 applications from between 300 and 400 per day. [c]
Greenlight Planet, a provider of pay-as-you-go solar products, has partnered with major telecom operators in Africa. Recognizing the natural synergy between the telecom and pay-as-you-go solar industries, the company is pursuing a strong telecom-focused strategy [c]
The Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in partnership with the University of Dodoma have announced that the fourth edition of the annual Community Networks Summit will be held in Dodoma, Tanzania [c]
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has partnered with digital payments provider DPO Group and Mastercard to rollout a business to business (B2B) virtual payment card in Kenya and Tanzania. The DPO Virtual Card will improve the [c]
Liquid Telecom has appointed Hussein Kitambi as the new CEO of Raha Liquid Telecom Tanzania from October 1, 2019. Hussein, a long-serving Wananchi Group executive, brings international cross-functional experience from the telco industry and has [c]
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK is encouraging European channel partners to grow their business by using its new-look partner portal and by helping to plant over 1,000 trees in Europe and Tanzania in support of ForestNation’s campaign to [c]
As part of its efforts to support and develop young, African innovators, Siemens has extended its Eskom Expo partnership to schools in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The firm has also refurbished and restocked [c]
Mobile lender Tala has stopped issuing loans in Tanzania after trying out its lending product in the country and is currently conducting a review to establish the best way going forward. In statement, and to [c]
The East Africa Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF) will take place on October 17 – 18, 2019 at the East Africa Community Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The EAIGF is a platform for inclusive multilateral, multi-stakeholder and [c]
Three start-ups – ShopIt, Exportunity and Wakulima – from South Africa, Benin and Tanzania respectively, emerged the winners of the Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) sub-Saharan innovation challenge. Selected from among a competitive group of 174 [c]
Kenya’s local content developers are set to benefit from a Kshs 200 million investment by payTV company StarTimes Media set to go towards the firm’s progressive efforts for the development of local content that will [c]
As it marks its five-year anniversary, Tala, the mobile lending app, has disbursed loans to over 2.5 million customers globally. When Tala (formerly Mkopo Rahisi) launched in Kenya in 2014, it was the first in [c]
DPO Group has launched a business-to-business (B2B) payment card. DPO’s DumaCard, which is offered as a plastic card as well as in virtual form, is available initially to its 10,000 business customers in Kenya and [c]
Visitors to the OLX website will from June 20, 2019 be redirected to Jiji after the Nigeria-based classifieds company acquired OLX operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Upon going to the site, both [c]
Smile Telecoms, a pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and DRC, has announced the appointments of Ahmad Farroukh as Group CEO and Irene Charnley as Deputy Chairman, respectively, effective June 1, 2019. [c]
Glovo, a delivery services provider, has announced a €150 million ($169 million) Series D funding round, led by international venture capital firm Lakestar. The start-up, which recently launched in Nairobi, will use this injection of [c]
Four African countries made the list in terms of top 10 countries by share of users attacked by mobile malware; Nigeria climbs from fifth place in 2017 to third in 2018. Kaspersky Lab researchers have [c]
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