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WhatsApp makes its native Mac app beta available to everyone
Popular messaging app WhatsApp has now made its native version of the app available to all Mac users. This is…
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WhatsApp launches Communities, a new way to manage groups with similar interests
The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a new feature, structured for better management of groups that have…
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Users in Africa hit by new malicious WhatsApp mod
A new malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp is doing rounds targeting users in the META…
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WhatsApp is testing an Undo Button help you recover deleted messages
WhatsApp commands a top spot among the world’s most popular messaging apps. Even with a number of competitors hotly contesting…
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WhatsApp new feature will allow you to leave groups silently
The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has made a good attempt to stay ahead of the competition by being…
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WhatsApp launches campaign to profile SMEs from across Africa
WhatsApp has announced the launch of the WhatsAppreneurs campaign, profiling small entrepreneurs from Africa who are using the WhatsApp Business…
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Equity bank rolls out chatbot on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram
Equity has introduced Equity Virtual Assistant (EVA), the Bank’s chat banking platform for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Telegram. EVA chatbot will offer digital…
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Kenyan e-health startup Zuri Health launches Whatsapp Chatbot
Kenyan health tech startup Zuri Health has launched a WhatsApp chatbot for its users in Kenya. Known as Vera, Zuri says…
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Malawian nurse arrested for insulting president on WhatsApp
Police in Malawi have arrested a nurse for allegedly insulting president Lazarus Chakwera during a WhatsApp debate on governance. The…
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WhatsApp Business Subscription Plan to Introduce new Features
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp could introduce a paid service soon for users of WhatsApp Business. A new report by Wabetainfo,…
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INSURANCE
Zamara Customers Can Now Access Their Pension Plan via WhatsApp
Zamara Group has announced that its digital pension plan Fahari Retirement Plan can now be accessed via the popular messaging…
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Meta launches a WhatsApp chatbot for SMEs in Africa
Meta has announced the launch of a new WhatsApp chatbot to help SMEs across Africa learn how to grow their…
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WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Are All Down
Looks like all the popular social media apps WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger are all down. Users from different…
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WhatsApp will stop working on these devices starting November 1st
In two months, popular messaging service WhatsApp will stop working on a number of old devices. The Facebook-owned messaging app…
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CYBER SECURITY
Kaspersky uncovers a malicious code spreading through a mod in WhatsApp
Kaspersky has discovered a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod (unofficial modification of the app) called FMWhatsapp. This…
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WhatsApp disappearing photos feature is finally here
WhatsApp has finally rolled out the disappearing photos feature to the stable version of the app. The feature has been…
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Telkom launches virtual card for WhatsApp payments in South Africa
Telkom has launched Africa’s first Mastercard virtual card for use on WhatsApp, enabling Telkom Pay customers in South Africa to…
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WhatsApp’s Payment Feature Goes Live in Brazil After Suspension
WhatsApp Pay, the chat app’s payment feature, is live in Brazil after June 2020 suspension. WhatsApp Pay was suspended in…
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WhatsApp Voice and Video Calls Hit an All-time High on New Year’s Eve
2020 was anything but a crazy year for the human race due to the novel coronavirus. The pandemic occasioned an…
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WhatsApp Stops Working on Select Phones
WhatsApp is currently ranked among the most popular messaging apps in the world. The Facebook-owned messaging app is continuously updated…
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WhatsApp Has Rolled Out its Payments Feature in India
Facebook started testing its WhatsApp payments service in India in 2018 and had failed to launch it on time over…
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Brazil Suspends WhatsApp’s Payment Service
Earlier this month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp unveiled a digital payment system in Brazil, the company’s second-largest market after India. In a…
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WhatsApp Debuts A Digital Payments System in Brazil
The Facebook-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp, has just launched a digital payments service in Brazil. Through the payment service which…
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WhatsApp’s Payment Service Set To Be Rolled Out In India By End Of May
WhatsApp’s UPI based payment service, WhatsApp Pay, is finally ready to be launched in India. After around two years since…
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This WhatsApp ChatBot Helps You Debunk Those Covid-19 Myths
Misinformation has emerged as the biggest problem of the current internet era. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, misinformation has become one…
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How To Stop Promotional Messages On Safaricom Through WhatsApp
Promotional text messages can be annoying sometimes especially for services you did not subscribe to. A number of users have…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s AI Chatbot Zuri Brings A One-Stop Support Desk On WhatsApp
Safaricom’s AI Chatbot Zuri is a hell of a kind. The telco is the only one in the country with…
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Safaricom’s AI chatbot Zuri now available on WhatsApp – How to activate
Remember Zuri? Safaricom’s artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot to manage customers’ queries. Well, she’s now available on WhatsApp. Zuri has been…
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Facebook Might be Blocked From Integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, And Messenger
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company plans to unify all of its three platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram, and…
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New Cool WhatsApp Features That You Should Know About
Being one of the most popular instant chatting platforms out there, WhatsApp tries to be ahead in terms of functionality.…
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WhatsApp is working on multi-device support
Multi-device support could be coming on WhatsApp soon. This is according to one of the beta versions of WhatsApp for…
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CYBER SECURITY
WhatsApp bug could allow hackers exploit devices using MP4 files
A unique bug on WhatsApp revealed by the company could let attackers exploit your device using MP4 files. The bug,…
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WhatsApp is Suing Infamous Spyware Vendor NSO Group For Allegedly Hacking its Users
WhatsApp has decided to take action against the notorious Israel-based NSO Group, a company well known in the world for…
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WhatsApp Glitch Could Allow Hackers To Steal Your Media Files Using GIFs
It is again high time that you should consider updating your WhatsApp. According to a report published by a security…
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WhatsApp Working on Self-destructing Messages
The latest WhatsApp beta update brings a new feature that lets messages self-destruct. The tip comes from reliable WhatsApp features…
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New Proposed Bill Will Require WhatsApp and Facebook Group Admins To Be Registered with CA
A new Bill headed to Parliament this week could require all Facebook and WhatsApp group administrators to be registered with…
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WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Alter Your Messages
Facebook’s popular instant messaging app WhatsApp has yet another series of flaws that could let attackers alter your messages. The…
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Facebook to Add its Name to Instagram and WhatsApp to Indicate it Owns Them
Recently Facebook has been under scrutiny by the EU over its ownership of both Instagram and WhatsApp. According to the…
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Gadgets
Whatsapp Now Available on KaiOS; a Feature Phone Operating System
KaiOS is a feature phone OS that has been a Google side mobile OS for a while now. KaiOS features…
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A Telegram and WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers Manipulate Your Media Messages
Messaging platforms are popular these days and everyone other user values the privacy of their activities on these platforms. WhatsApp…
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Upcoming WhatsApp feature will enable you to share your WhatsApp status to Facebook and Instagram
Facebook will soon let you share your WhatsApp stories to different platforms. Rolled as a beta-feature on June 24, the…
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WhatsApp to take legal action against spammers
WhatsApp Facebook-owned instant messaging platform has been run into problems with spammers, but now the going has turned out to…
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WhatsApp beta for iOS hints the inability to save profile pictures in the future
WhatsApp, Facebook-owned instant messaging app has been reported working on a few improvements in the iOS app. One of the…
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Indonesia restricts usage of some WhatsApp and Instagram features over riots
The Indonesian government has restricted the use of both Instagram and WhatsApp over deadly riots experienced in the country. The…
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Ads are coming to WhatsApp Status next year, are you ready?
WhatsApp since being acquired by Facebook in February 2014 was the only app that was not monetized. However, in last…
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WhatsApp voice call feature used by attackers to inject malicious spyware
On Monday, WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned instant messaging service, has reported the existence of vulnerabilities that allowed hackers to spy on…
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Gadgets
Nokia 8110 4G gets WhatsApp support
The Nokia 8110 4G banana phone now supports WhatsApp. The phone was launched in February last year and came pre-loaded…
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New WhatsApp update stops people from adding you to groups without your permission – here’s how to activate it
I belong to the group of people who hates WhatsApp groups. In fact, I think I am in less than…
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WhatsApp latest update adds Group Calling for Voice and Video feature.
WhatsApp latest update will now allow group voice calls and video calls between up to 4 people. The update will…
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WhatsApp latest update will now label forwarded messages
WhatsApp has now made it easier for you to identify the origin of information shared on the messaging app. The…
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WhatsApp will now allow group admins decide who can post to the group
If you’re an admin of a WhatsApp group you must really be finding it hard to deal with those annoying…
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WhatsApp will now allow you to delete messages sent by mistake after an hour.
Most of us were quite happy when WhatsApp last year unveiled the delete message feature. This feature was meant to…
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WhatsApp Business App is now available for download in Kenya
Businesses in Kenya can now download the new WhatsApp Business App. They app had been rolled out in select markets…
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Breaking: WhatsApp Goes down on New Year’s Eve
You are probably wondering how you are going to text everyone to wish them ”Happy New Year” Why? Because popular…
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How to delete messages you sent by mistake on WhatsApp
You probably have read about WhatsApp ’s latest feature that will now allow you to delete a message sent by…
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WhatsApp is working on ‘Pin On Top’’ and ‘unsend’ features
If you use WhatsApp a lot then you know how the conversation lists get pretty crowded, especially with groups. This…
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Guys, WhatsApp is bringing back the text Status after replacing it with a Snapchat Story clone
Last month, WhatsApp made some update which caused some user backlash. The company replaced the ability for users to set…
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WhatsApp Android beta brings a bunch of new emoji
We all love emoji. I mean they have become a necessity in our modern communication. From smiley faces, winks and…
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WhatsApp’s New Update will let iPhone users Queue Messages Without Internet connection
WhatsApp has rolled out some major update which is probably going to make iPhone users happy. The update will let…
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WhatsApp will stop working on your phone this month – Check if you’ll be affected
Earlier last week WhatsApp turned seven years old. As it marked this huge milestone, the world’s most popular messaging app…
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WhatsApp rolls out video calling feature to everyone
A couple of weeks ago we told you that WhatsApp was testing a video calling feature. Well, today, the company…
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WhatsApp rolls out video calling feature
Rumour that WhatsApp has been working on video calling feature has been going on for some time now. The first…
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WhatsApp could be working on a passcode protection feature
A couple of months ago Facebook-owned app WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption as an added security measure to keep users’ conversations…
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WhatsApp now lets you tag people in group chats, here’s how to do it
One of the key features of messaging service WhatsApp is group messaging. Well, personally I am not a fan of…
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WhatsApp just launched a desktop app for Mac and Windows
Facebook owned messaging service WhatsApp has finally come to your desktop. The company has today launched the desktop application that…
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After WhatsApp, Facebook is also ditching support for BlackBerry
It’s just a few weeks since WhatsApp announced that it is killing support for Blackberry and other older devices. Of…
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WhatsApp now allows you to share PDF files
If you have tried attaching a file to a WhatsApp text you must have noticed some additional feature, Document. Yes,…
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WhatsApp Killing support for All BlackBerry and other older devices
This is probably going to make most WhatsApp users with older devices sad. Well, WhatsApp says it is killing support…
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Tigo Tanzania customers to access free WhatsApp service
All Tigo customers in Tanzania will now be able to access free WhatsApp service. This announcement was made by Tigo…
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BUSINESS
New Airtel UnlimiNet 20 Bundle to offer free Facebook and WhatsApp
Airtel Kenya has today unveiled a new set of bundles for Voice, SMS and data. Dubbed ‘’UnlimiNet 20 bundle, the…
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Breaking News : Whatsapp is Free Forever
Today when I woke up at 07:30 PM EAT I found out a surprise to my Whatsapp. Your service expiration…
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WhatsApp could be working on Video Calls Support
WhatsApp is reportedly working on adding video calls support to the service, German Apple blog Macerkopf has claimed. The blog…
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Court Bans WhatsApp in Brazil for 48 hours
WhatsApp users in Brazil will for the next 48 hour be blocked from using the Facebook owned the service. This…
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REPORTS: WhatsApp testing a new voice-calling feature
Just weeks after unveiling a Web version of WhatsApp that will allow its more that 500 million users send messages…
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You can now access WhatsApp on your desktop browser
By Nixon Kanali, Nairobi Sometime last year, we published a report suggesting how world popular instant messaging service WhatsApp was…
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WhatsApp may come to your desktop soon: Report
AndroidWorld has recently published a report suggesting that world popular instant messaging service WhatsApp is developing a web version of…
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Bored with those WhatsApp ‘blue ticks’? you can now disable them on your Android smartphone
Recenly, Popular messaging service, WhatsApp rolled out a new feature that allows users to know when a message they have sent…
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WHATSAPP NOW TELLS YOU ‘WHEN’ YOUR MESSAGE WAS READ!
Popular messaging service, WhatsApp has now rolled out a new update that allows users to know when a message they…
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EU approves Facebooks’ acquisition of WhatsApp
By Nixon Kanali The EU has finally given a green light to Facebook’s acquisition of mobile messenger service WhatsApp. According to…
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WhatsApp hits 600,000,000 active users.
The number of of WhatsApp active users has now hit 600 million. WhatsApp’s CEO-cum-founder Jan Koum has posted on his Twitter “Now serving…
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WhatsApp back for Windows Phones
WhatsApp is back now back in the Windows Phone Store The app the had been temporarily pulled from the Windows Phone Store,…
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#Facebook to pay #WhatsApp $2 billion if deal fails to get necessary approvals
Facebook will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal. This is…
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[24Bit Podcast] The State of Paying for Social Media in 2023
This is a discussion of the different aspects of social media, how things have changed to the extent in which…
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Safaricom Go Monthly bundles explained
In December last year, Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom announced that it was merging its PostPay and All-in-One plans into one…
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[Interview] Peppa.io’s Bankole Alao on how they’re helping grow e-commerce business in Africa
Trust is a key component in the success of e-commerce business globally. Buyers first seek sellers who look and sound…
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CHESTER WISNIEWSKI: Artificial Intelligence Now a Match for Natural Ignorance
End-user security training has traditionally been an important aspect of cybersecurity efforts, as it aims to educate and empower employees…
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Scammers move from dating apps to now targeting Twitter users
Scammers are no longer dominating dating apps but other social media platforms such as Twitter. This is according to a…
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South African grocery delivery startup Yebo Fresh raises 4.5 million in pre-Series A
Yebo Fresh, a South African grocery delivery startup has raised $4.5m in a pre-series A equity funding round. The pre-series…
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Fraud attempts continue to rise in Africa, Smile Identity report reveals
A comprehensive report released by pan-African identity verification company Smile Identity has revealed that fraud rates across the continent hit…
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Startups
Kenya’s Zuri Health raises an undisclosed amount of funding from Moroccan VC UM6P Ventures
Zuri Health has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Moroccan VC UM6P Ventures. The funds will be used to…
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Sub-Saharan Africa Lost $261 Million Last Year Due to Internet Shutdowns
As internet penetration across the world increases, internet shutdowns that hit various countries last year had a devastating effect on…
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realme eyes bigger market share in Kenya with new entry-level smartphones
Demand for entry-level smartphones has begun to rise in Kenya as young consumers go for devices that offer large storage,…
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Meta sued for its role in Ethiopia’s Tigray War
Meta the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has been sued in Kenya’s High Court for allegedly fueling the recently-ended…
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Safaricom PostPay and All-in-One monthly plans consolidated under Go Monthly proposition
Safaricom is merging its PostPay and All-in-One plans into one Go Monthly proposition. The telco says this move will see…
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Ex-Jumia executives launch new e-commerce platform
Former Jumia executives have teamed up to launch a new e-commerce company called “Kapu”. Launched on Monday, the new platform…
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Spotify Wrapped: Drake was the most streamed artists in Kenya on Spotify this year
Spotify today announced the arrival of Wrapped 2022, its yearly look back at what songs, artists, albums and playlists people…
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BUSINESS
Sendy and Meta to offer free digital skills training to SMEs in Kenya and Nigeria
Sendy, the Kenyan logistics startup has partnered with Meta through the Innovation Growth Hub (IGHub) to offer free training for…
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Reviews
Redmi Note 11 Pro Review: Worth Buying
Xiaomi officially launched the Redmi Note 11 series in Kenya back in February. The series comprised three models in total,…
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Startups
Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $10M Series A funding
Kenyan insurtech firm Turaco has closed a $10 million Series A equity round led by AfricInvest, via the Cathay Africinvest…
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