Month: October 2017
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News
What does the future African city look like?
What does the future African city look like? How do we identify the impact and trends resulting from urbanization? What…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore takes prolonged sick leave, Company’s CFO to be in charge.
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore will be away for a couple of months to receive specialized treatment, the company’s chairman Nicholas…
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News
Sophos XG Firewall Delivers a Breakthrough in Network Visibility with Synchronized App Control
Sophos today announced the latest version of its next-generation Sophos XG Firewall that delivers a breakthrough in network traffic visibility.…
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Gadgets
Tecno Phantom 8 Specifications and price in Kenya
Tecno Mobile launched the much-hyped Tecno Phantom 8 recently in Dubai on 22nd October. We had told you so much…
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CYBER SECURITY
“Beware of BadRabbit” Sophos warns against new ransomware strain
Network and endpoint security leader Sophos has warned against a new ransomware strain known as BadRabbit targeting consumers and businesses. BadRabbit is among the…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Food announces plans to hire more female riders
Online food delivery company, Jumia Food has announced plans to recruit more women riders. The company’s new Managing Director Shreenal…
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Gadgets
Ahead of the Tecno Phantom 8 launch, here’s what we know so far
We have told you already about Tecno Mobile’s next Phantom, The Phantom 8. Tecno Mobile will be releasing this device…
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New Appointments
Jumia Food appoints Shreenal Ruparelia as its new Managing Director
Online food delivery company, Jumia Food has announced the appointment of new Shreenal Ruparelia as its new Managing Director. Shreenal…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Travel to revive its Business in Sudan after economic sanctions against the country were revoked
Jumia Travel has announced that it is reviving its operations in Sudan after the revocation of economic sanctions against the…
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COLUMNS
The role of payment infrastructure in boosting cross border business and drive economic growth
By Denis Kruger, Head of Sub-Sahara Africa, SWIFT Four years after its launch, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Tanzania are benefitting…
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BUSINESS
Jumia launches loan program for SMEs
Jumia has launched a new lending program targeting small and medium-sized business enterprises (SMEs) across the country. The loan program…
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Gadgets
The Tecno Phantom 8 is launching on 22nd October
By now you must have seen Tecno Mobile teasing its next Phantom, the Tecno Phantom 8 and the Phantom 8…
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CYBER SECURITY
Personal Cyber Security:How To Protect Yourself From Cyber Criminals
The Importance of Online Security (Personal Cyber Security) Online security has never been more important both for business or individual…
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News
Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun to Resign over ‘Unprecedented Crisis’ at the company
Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-hyun, who is also the vice chairman and head of the company’s Device Solutions Business has…
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BUSINESS
Impact of Innovation on Real Estate
Among the various factors that have disrupted the world’s economic growth is the enormous impact that technology has had, and…
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News
Kenyan Startup Lori Systems wins TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2017
The winners of the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2017 have been announced. The winners were selected from 15 startups from…
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News
AfricaCom 2017 packs a punch with global speaker line-up
In less than a month anyone who’s anyone in African telecoms and technology will be in Cape Town at AfricaCom…
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News
Andela raises a further $40 Million in new round of funding
It’s less than two weeks since Andela announced a new partnership with Google to launch the Andela Learning Community (ALC…
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BUSINESS
DHL, MallforAfrica partner to sell Made-in-Africa products in the United States
DHL Express has announced a new partnership with e-commerce company MallforAfrica to facilitate the selling of made-in-Africa products to customers…
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BUSINESS
Ecobank launches mVisa across 33 African Countries
Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers across 33 African countries the…
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News
10 Things You Did Not Know About Jumia House
Launched in 2013, Jumia House is a global property portal focusing exclusively on emerging markets. The fast-growing platform is currently…
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News
Digital health among the top agenda at the AfricaCom 2017 conference
Mobile technology is, without doubt, the next great ‘enabler’ in healthcare in Africa. A mobile phone has become a biosensor,…
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Startups
6 Kenyan Startups among the DEMO Africa 2017 30 finalists
6 Startups from Kenya have made it to the list of the final 35 startups from 28 African countries that…
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News
The Nokia 8 is now available in Kenya for Ksh.60,000
The Nokia 8 has started selling in Kenya a month after the phone was launched globally. HMD Global has announced…
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BUSINESS
Jumia ‘Price Hero’ campaign is offering deals of up to 50% off
Jumia Kenya has launched a new campaign that will see consumers buy products online at the lowest price ever. Dubbed…
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BUSINESS
Report: Smartphone integrated real-time data driving demand for fleet management services
A recent study by Transparency Market Research (TMR) on the global IoT fleet management market has found that smartphone integrated real-time data…
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