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Moringa School partners MPesa Africa to train on Mini Applications and API Development
Moringa School, Safaricom and M-PESA Africa have partnered to provide digital API (Application Programming Interface) training and certification across Africa.…
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[UPDATE] MPESA super app currently down
Safaricom’s MPESA app is currently down. Several users have reported being unable to use the app in the last few…
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How to buy and sell Bitcoin with Mpesa
We can all agree that buying bitcoins with Mpesa may look challenging or confusing. Today, we will show you how…
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Safaricom Adds Daily Transaction Limit Counter on MPESA Messages
Back in April, the Central Bank of Kenya increased the daily transaction limit on mobile money transfer services in the…
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Breaking: Safaricom Network is down countrywide, calls, data and Mpesa services affected
If you have tried making calls this morning, or even doing any transaction using your Safaricom number chances are you…
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Cellulant beats Mpesa to win Best Payments and Transfers Company Award at African FinTech 2016
Pan-African mobile commerce company Cellulant, emerged the winner of the Payments and Transfers category in this year’s African FinTech 100…
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Mpesa transactions now to reduce from an average of two hours to less than 30 seconds
M-Pesa customers will now be able to make mobile banking transactions instantly after Safaricom upgraded its system to the Application…
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Carrefour’s self-checkout service now available at the Hub Store
Carrefour has announced the launch of its self-checkout service at the Hub store, in Karen. The retail stores owned and…
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Showmax appoints Emma Gichonge as General Manager in East Africa
African streaming platform Showmax has appointed Emma Gichonge as its first-ever General Manager of Operations for East Africa. Gichonge is…
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Unlocking convenience and conscious spending with your Equity Prepaid Card
Embarking on a new year comes with the promise of fresh starts, and there’s no better way to kickstart your…
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Sky.Garden re-launches a year after being acquired by Lipa Later
One year after being acquired by Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) company Lipa Later, Sky.Garden, the Kenyan e-commerce platform has…
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A Step-by-Step Guide: How to Buy Safaricom Shares in Kenya
Safaricom PLC is a publicly traded company whose headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya and which provides mobile network services. Safaricom…
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[Kenya] Visa working with local banks to roll out Tap To Pay payment services
Tap To Pay is a concept that Kenyans have not really been accustomed to. As much as customers are gradually…
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Michael Joseph resigns from Safaricom board
Michael Joseph has resigned as a Director on the Board of Safaricom, the telco giant announced on Tuesday. In a…
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Kaveve Kazoze Hitmaker ‘Ngesh’ Signs Lucrative Deal with Odibets
Barely two months after taking the Kenyan music industry by storm ‘Kaveve Kazoze’, hitmaker Ngesh wa Vasha has signed a…
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International Baccalaureate to conduct a review of its programmes for students in Kenya
The International Baccalaureate (IB), a global leader in international education, is set to revolutionize the learning landscape in Kenya by conducting…
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KCB Bank bets on Tap To Pay to deepen uptake of cashless payments in Kenya
Tap To Pay is a concept that Kenyans have not really been accustomed to. As much as customers are gradually…
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Safaricom granted mobile money license to launch M-Pesa in Ethiopia
Safaricom has announced that it has officially been granted a mobile money license to launch M-PESA in Ethiopia. Since launching…
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Safaricom to launch M-Pesa in Ethiopia this year
Safaricom has revealed that its mobile money service M-Pesa will go live in Ethiopia this year. Dilip Pal, Safaricom’s chief…
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How to apply for the M-Pesa Foundation Academy 2023 scholarship program
The M-Pesa Foundation Academy has opened applications for its 2023 scholarship program targeting learners who will sit for their KCPE…
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[Interview] Visa Kenya’s Eva Ngigi-Sarwari on fintech and Gen-Z spending
We are living at an exciting time where technology has made it easier for people to access funding, invest and…
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Carrefour introduces self-checkout service at Nairobi’s Westgate store
Carrefour, one of Kenya’s most popular retail stores owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim has launched a self-checkout service…
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Ethiopia sets $150 million license fee for M-pesa entry
The telecommunications landscape in Ethiopia has largely lagged behind its neighbors, owing to strict observance of monopolistic regulations. Until Safaricom…
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Eight suspects arrested by DCI in KSh.500 million M-Pesa Fuliza fraud scheme
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have arrested eight suspects in a high-profile fraud scheme where telecommunications firm…
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Absa introduces bank withdrawal options on its Timiza app
Absa Bank has added an option on its Timiza App where customers can withdraw cash from any ATM machine across…
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Lucy Kenyan Scoops Smart TV After Bidding with Sh5 Bob on Bids Safi
A lucky Kenyan walked away with a smart TV after bidding with Sh5 bob on Bids Safi. Grace, who could…
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Safaricom now lets you withdraw your Fuliza balance at M-Pesa agents
Fuliza, the overdraft facility from Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom is one of the most popular digital loans and its ease…
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How Sh20 Bob Can Win you TV, Nduthi or Cow on Bids Safi
Would you want to bid for a product from as low as Sh20? Well, Bids Safi, a bidding platform is…
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Safaricom M-PESA Go for juniors explained
M-Pesa Go: A number of banks in Kenya offer what they call special kids savings accounts that enable young children…
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Software firm Odoo has chosen Nairobi as its African headquarters
Odoo, a Belgium company that builds business solutions for eCommerce, accounting and inventory has been slowly making its presence felt…
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Safaricom officially goes live in Ethiopia
About 16 months after winning a telecom license to operate in Ethiopia, Safaricom has today finally gone live in the…
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Make Your Back to School Easy With Equity
It is a no-brainer that the Back-to-school season can be a hectic period for parents, guardians, and students as they…
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Telkom Kenya Joins the Mobile Lending Frenzy With T-Kash Loan
Mobile service operator Telkom Kenya is gearing to launch a mobile loan service to take a slice of the fast-growing…
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Safaricom to launch commercial operations in Ethiopia this year
Safaricom is set to launch commercial operations in Ethiopia within the year. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa confirmed this while releasing…
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Safaricom’s M-Pesa revenue hit Ksh 107.69 Billion
Safaricom M-Pesa revenue grew by 30.3% to hit Ksh. 107.69 Billion. This is according to the telco’s Full Year 2021/2022…
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Need a career change? Demand for software developers and engineers is on the rise
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has redefined every aspect of work in modern times. In every organization today, the IT-department…
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Odibets launches ‘Odi Bet Master’ promo
Kenyan betting firm Odibets has launched a new promo for its customers dubbed the ´Odi Bet Master´ that is set…
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How to pay for goods and services from your Telkom line using Safaricom’s Till number
Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel recently announced the interoperability of their mobile money service platforms that will see Kenyans from any…
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Flutterwave CEO Embroiled in Bullying, Fraud Claims
A former employee of Nigerian-based payment solutions provider Flutterwave has levelled claims of bullying and fraud against company Founder and…
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14 Days of Love: Odibets Launches One of a Kind Valentines Promo
In the spirit of Valentines, one of Kenya’s leading betting firms Odibets has launched a valentines promo targeting Its customers…
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More than 5 million customers are now using the M-PESA Super App
Safaricom’s M-PESA super app now has over 5 million customers. Launched in June last year, the app brings front-end insights…
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Tech startups key to Africa’s digital transformation but urgently need investment, report
The World Economic Forum’s latest report, “Attracting Investment and Accelerating Adoption for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa” analyses the…
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Equity rolls out One Till Number platform, works with all mobile wallets
Equity has introduced a new product they are calling One Till Number. The product, a first in the Kenyan market,…
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Telkom Kenya T-Kash App: Here’s everything you can do with the app
Telkom Kenya officially launched the T-kash app last week, an easy-to-use application that will enable its customers to access a…
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Telkom Kenya launches T-kash App to enhance customer experience
Telkom Kenya has today launched the T-kash App, an easy-to-use application that will enable its customers to access a wider…
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Francophone Africa Payments Processor CinetPay secures $2.4 million seed round from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave
CinetPay, a digital finance platform that enables merchants in Francophone Africa to seamlessly accept and make payments, has announced a…
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Betty Mwangi replaces Sam Chappatte as new Jumia Kenya CEO
Jumia has today announced the appointment of Betty Mwangi, as its new Chief Executive Officer for Kenya. Betty takes over…
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Equity Revamps its Online Banking Solutions to Drive Customer Convenience
Equity Bank has revamped its online banking offering, previously known as Eazzy Net, in line with the bank’s One Equity…
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Benkiko Finance – Making Cryptocurrencies Easier To Use
Benkiko is a Kenyan Blockchain startup that is working on a digital bank with the goal of making Cryptocurrencies easier…
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Odibets, Bahati Tena Foundation Partner to Support Small Scale Businesses
One of Kenya’s leading betting firms, Odibets has partnered with award-winning artist Kelvin Bahati in a promo dubbed “Pata Bahati…
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Understanding WAZIBET, The newest betting company in Kenya
Wazibet, one of the newest sports betting site in Kenya, has experienced tremendous growth in the last few months courtesy…
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‘Shinda Lunch ya Punch’ – Odibets to award customers on Madaraka Day
Kenya’s leading betting firm Odibets has announced that it will be awarding more than 4000 customers with Sh500 worth of…
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Safaricom’s Ambitious Plans to Connect Africa via Mobile Money
Launched in 2007, Safaricom mobile money service M-PESA has catapulted the telco to the global map. M-PESA is crucial, especially…
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P2P Crypto Marketplace Bitzlato Partners with Lemonade Finance to Ease Money Transfers Across Africa
Bitzlato (BZ), the latest P2P Crypto Exchange to enter the African market, has added Lemonade.Finance, a borderless payment platform for…
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Safaricom M-PESA Charges Effective January 2021
The year began with the return of transaction charges for money transfer between Ksh 101 up to Ksh 1000. The…
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Free M-Pesa Transfers will Soon Come to an End
The CBK took a hard stance in March, at the onset of covid19 in Kenya, allowing Kenyans to send cash…
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Six Emerging FinTech Trends in Africa
Africa is quickly becoming the centre of new fintech innovations and adoptions. Many financial technology start-ups are coming up across…
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OdiBets launches competition to reward customers with early Christmas gifts
Betting firm Odibets has unveiled a new competition to reward its customers with Christmas gifts. Dubbed ‘Shinda mbuzi ya krisi’, Odibets…
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Safaricom Contemplates Reducing M-PESA Transaction Costs
Safaricom has hinted at plans to cut M-PESA transaction costs to retain increased cash transfers on the mobile money platform.…
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Safaricom Half-year Profit Falls 6 Percent to Ksh 33 Billion as M-PESA Revenue Declines
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, just announced its half-year financial report for the period ended 30th September 2020. The company’s half-year…
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Buy These Telkom Bundles and Get Showmax Pro Mobile Free for One Month
Telkom has announced a partnership with Showmax Pro Mobile, offering new data bundles coupled with a free one-month subscription for…
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Mastercard study highlights the digital divide that needs to be addressed to power gig economy growth in East Africa
Mastercard has released a white paper revealing how gig work across East Africa is helping to drive economic growth by…
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This Kenyan edtech startup is launching an online marketplace to help students learn from home
PataTutor, a Kenyan edtech startup has announced plans to launch an education-based online marketplace to help students learn from home…
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Safaricom’s Lipa Na M-PESA Business App Is Now Official
Safaricom has today launched a Lipa Na M-PESA Business app for its more than 170,000 merchants on the service. Named…
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Little Partners With St. John Ambulance To Offer Emergency Ambulance Services
Ride-sharing company, Little, now offers emergency ambulance services right inside the app. In partnership with St. John Ambulance, the ride-sharing…
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Safaricom’s Sanda Ojiambo Appointed United Nations Global Compact Executive Director
Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United…
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This Kenyan Gaming startup has launched a video conferencing system for Africa
Kenya’s Gaming tech start-up, Usiku Games has today launched Gumzo, the first Made-in-Africa video conferencing system. The launch comes at…
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Safaricom’s M-PESA revenues from betting declined by Ksh.1.9B
Safaricom’s M-Pesa revenue shrunk by 33%, amounting to a whooping 1.9 Billion due to reduced betting activities in the country.…
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StarTimes new online platform, StarTimes GO, will allow customers to shop from their TVs
Pay Television provider StarTimes Kenya has introduced an online shopping platform for its customers. Named StarTimes GO, the platform will…
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Safaricom’s 200 Percent Storo Bonus Promotion is Back
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, is back with its Stori Ibambe promotion, which offered its subscribers a 200 percent airtime bonus…
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[Column] Mobile Lending – Non-traditional data in credit decision making
Retail lending in Kenya has taken a unique path. It has skipped some stages typical for developed markets and climbed…
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Safaricom Partners With Ria Money To Enable International Money Transfers With M-PESA
Safaricom has today announced a new partnership with Ria Money Transfer that will allow MPESA users to receive money from…
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Safaricom Customers Being Conned Using Telco’s Official Number
Looks like fraudsters are always devising new ways to con people on the Safaricom network. A number of users are…
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#CIO100AwardsEA: URA’s James Kizza is 2019 East Africa CIO of the Year
James Kizza, Assistant Commissioner IT, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is the winner of the East Africa CIO of the Year Award…
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Safaricom’s Masoko Plans Expansion into more Sub-Saharan Countries in 2020
Masoko online retailer by Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom has revealed their expansion plans into more sub- Saharan countries in 2020.…
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SwitchLink Africa – Leveraging technology to drive efficient remittance
Latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) indicates that Kenyans living and working abroad sent home Sh67.16 billion…
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Safaricom Super Sunday Talk-Time Offer To Enjoy Madaraka Day
Madaraka Day weekend is here whereby Kenya will be celebrating 56 years since Independence. With the celebrations around the corner,…
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Microsoft and ALN Academy call on Financial Services Industry to increase AI capacity for professionals
Microsoft and the Africa Legal Network (ALN) Academy have called on the Financial Services Industry to increase AI capacity for…
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Family Bank partners with SimbaPay to launch instant money transfers to WeChat
Family Bank has partnered with London-based financial technology firm SimbaPay to launch an instant money transfer service from Kenya to…
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[Column] Reasons for the Growing Bitcoin market in Africa
Recently, Africa has shown to be a fertile ground for Cryptocurrency with several countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Ghana,…
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MYDAWA leverages on fintech solution iPay to scale up service delivery
Kenya’s leading e-health platform, MYDAWA, has signed a partnership deal with iPay Limited, an innovative payment processing solution and payment…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom introduces optional Internet Plus Package for its Home Fiber customers
Safaricom has introduced new packages for its Home Fiber customers. The company is calling it Internet Plus and is describing…
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Safaricom opens new retail shop in Busia
Safaricom has today opened a new retail shop in Busia. The new shop is an addition to the retail centers…
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Kenyans in diaspora sent home over Sh. 25 billion in the month of May
Kenyans in the diaspora remitted back to the country over 25 billion in the month of May. This is an…
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BUSINESS
Here are the new M-Pesa transaction charges effective July 1st 2018
You will now have to dig deeper into your pockets starting today, July 1 when sending money via M-Pesa. Safaricom…
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BUSINESS
Alipay and WeChat Pay expanding to Kenya. What does this mean for M-Pesa?
China’s biggest Internet-based mobile messaging platform, WeChat has been planning to go international for a long time now. In fact,…
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Key highlights from the Jumia Mobile Week 2018 White paper
On March 15th, Africa’s leading online shopping platform Jumia released its Mobile Week 2018 white paper. The report noted that…
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BUSINESS
Mobile Money users in Kenya to start sending money across networks in March.
Safaricom and Airtel will on Monday 22nd January pilot mobile money interoperability across their networks awaiting the full roll-out in…
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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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AfricaCom 2017 – Celebrating 20 years of Africa’s telecoms and technology journey
Header: A look back at 20 years of AfricaCom shows how far we have come …and where we are yet…
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BUSINESS
Kenyans abroad are the biggest senders of mobile to mobile remittances
Kenyans in the diaspora are the biggest senders of digital remittances to mobile accounts. This is according to new data…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Travel expands to Cover London and Dubai
Jumia Travel is further solidifying its global presence in the hotel, travel, and tourism ecosystem, unveiling new continental and international…
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BUSINESS
Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom’s M-Pesa.
A few days ago I visited Chinese internet finance museum for a blockchain event organized by okcoin, one of Bitcoin’s…
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BUSINESS
The Hotel Payment Option: Is Cash Still King?
There are about 2000 Kenyan hotels live on travel.jumia.com; a leading online hotel booking platform that gives hotel guests the…
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Huawei to help in accelerating ICT development in Kenya
Global ICT solutions provider Huawei has announced that it is reiterating its commitment to accelerating ICT development in Kenyan counties.…
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#MWC16: UK and GSMA partner to fight global poverty using Mobile Technology
The United Kingdom (UK) and GSMA , a body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide have announced a…
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Start A Library Campaign raises Nine Million Kenya Shillings
The Start A Library Campaign has raised 9 Million Kenyan Shillings to support the development of 30 libraries to be…
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What you need to know about Joseph Mucheru, New ICT Cabinet Secretary
Joseph Mucheru MBS, is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary nominee for ICT. The ICT docket was initially headed by Dr.…
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Equity officially launches Equitel as subscribers hit one million mark
Equity Bank Group yesterday launched its much awaited Equitel, a new mobile payment and banking platform for its customers –that…
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BUSINESS
Vodafone launches M-Pesa payments between Tanzania and Kenya
Vodafone has launched Mpesa transfer services between Tanzania and Kenya. A service which it says will see M-Pesa customers from…
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BUSINESS
HELB, KCB automate payout of Kshs. 8Billion kitty
(Photo source: Helb) High Education Loans Board (HELB) and KCB have launched a Student Smart card aimed at improving efficiency…
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