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News
How to opt-out of Safaricom’s Nyakua Bonus Flash SMS service
On Saturday I sent out a tweet expressing my frustration on how annoying the new Safaricom Nyakua Bonus Flash SMS…
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BUSINESS
PayPal will no longer register new users from Russia
Online payments company PayPal on Wednesday announced that it has stopped accepting new users in Russia. The move comes amidst…
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Startups
Glovo launches pitch competition for tech startups in Kenya
On-demand delivery platform Glovo has launched a pitch competition targeting early-stage tech startups in Kenya that are delivering value to…
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Gadgets
Realme expands into high-end smartphone market with the GT 2 Series
Realme yesterday unveiled its first premium GT 2 Series at Mobile World Conference (MWC) 2022. The series features two phones,…
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Startups
Microsoft to support 10,000 African startups over the next five years
Microsoft has today announced new initiatives to support 10,000 African startups. The initiatives will be run under its recently established…
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Social Media
Instagram to stop supporting the IGTV app
If you’re an avid user of IGTV on Instagram then we have some news for you. Instagram has announced that…
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News
Your personal data is safe with government institutions, Data Commissioner assures Kenyans
Data Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Commissioner Immaculate Kassait has assured Kenyans that their personal data held by government…
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Startups
South African fintechs Payflex and Merchant Capital launch cash advance solution for small retailers
Two South African fintechs, alternative lender Merchant Capital and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) specialist Payflex, have launched a cash advance solution for small…
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Startups
M-KOPA raises $75M funding as it hits two million customer milestone
Connected asset financing platform M-KOPA, has raised $75M funding. The ”Growth Equity round” as the company describes it in a press…
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CLOUD
Safaricom selects VMware as its Cloud Platform partner in Ethiopia
Safaricom Ethiopia has selected multi-cloud services provider VMware as its Telco Cloud Platform partner. The announcement was made at the…
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Gadgets
African Editions of Nokia 105 and 110 feature phones launched in Kenya
HMD Global has always gone big on feature phones and now, the company is launching two new feature phones exclusive…
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News
South African fibre provider Vumatel acquires non-controlling stake in ISP Herotel
South African fibre provider, Vumatel has acquired a 45% non-controlling stake in Herotel, a significant fixed wireless internet service provider and…
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Startups
3 Kenyan startups selected for Catalyst Fund fintech accelerator
Three Kenyan startups are among the six selected to join the tenth cohort of the Catalyst Fund fintech accelerator. The…
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Startups
Kenyan food-tech startup Kune starts commercial operations in Nairobi, unveils new mobile app
Kenyan food-tech startup, Kune has officially begun commercial operations with four meal hubs located in strategic locations in Nairobi. The…
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Startups
B2B eCommerce platform TradeDepot acquires Accra-based Green Lion to accelerate expansion across Ghana
TradeDepot, a B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa has acquired its competitor from Ghana Green Lion for an…
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Startups
Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation Announce Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Finalists
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation today announced the 25 teams from across Africa receiving Finalist prizes for the Milken-Motsepe Prize in…
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Social Media
Meta officially rolls out Facebook Reels to users across Africa
Last week we reported that Meta had launched Reels on Facebook for users in Africa. This is after we spotted…
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News
Zimbabwe becomes the 3rd country to restrict social media this year for political reasons
According to cybersecurity company Surfshark, Zimbabwe suffered its third internet disruption in the past 3 years, as internet service was…
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Startups
Kenyan startup MarketForce raises $40M to scale its merchant inventory financing program
Kenyan-based B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa Today, MarketForce has raised $40…
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BUSINESS
Mastercard opens nominations for its Women SME Leaders Awards 2022
Mastercard has announced the inaugural Women SME Leaders Awards 2022, to recognize and further empower women-owned and run SMEs in the…
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Gadgets
Huawei nova 9 launches in Kenya for Kshs 65,999
After opening pre-orders for the Huawei nova 9 two weeks ago, Huawei Mobile Kenya has today announced that the device…
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Gadgets
vivo V23 5G Smartphone Officially Launched in Kenya
vivo smartphone has officially launched the vivo V23 5G in Kenya, its latest smartphone in the V series. The Vivo…
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Startups
African fintech Flutterwave rebrands, introduces new products and services
African fintech startup Flutterwave has unveiled a significant re-brand and identity at Flutterwave 3.0, a virtual event held on Friday, 18th February…
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Social Media
Facebook Reels now available to users in Africa
Facebook Reels: Instagram officially launched Reels in August last year to take on TikTok. Instead of disappearing after 24 hours…
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Gadgets
Realme 9i with Snapdragon 680 launching in Kenya later this month
Realme is gearing up to launch its first smartphone in Kenya this year, the realme 9i later this month. The…
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BUSINESS
MTN Group rebrands, adopts new logo and slogan
Africa’s biggest telecom company MTN Group is rebranding. The rebrand, the company says is to position it as a technology…
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Gadgets
All-New Redmi Note 11 Series Officially Launched in Kenya
After globally launching the Redmi Note 11 series on January 26, Xiaomi is now officially making these devices available in…
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BUSINESS
Chumz is a new investment app that lets Kenyans invest as little as Ksh.5
Chumz Investment app: The last couple of months have seen a number of investment apps being launched in the Kenyan…
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Startups
African fintech Flutterwave valuation rises to over $3B after $250M Series D funding
African fintech firm Flutterwave has tripled its valuation to over $3 billion after raising $250 million in Series D funding.…
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Startups
Haskè Ventures announces a $150K investment in Senegalese retail-tech startup ProXalys
Senegalese retail-tech startup ProXalys has raised $150,000 in pre-seed funding from Haskè Ventures, the venture builder for Francophone Africa. The…
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BUSINESS
TECNO Opens New Flagship Store at Sarit Center
Smartphone maker TECNO Mobile has opened a new flagship store at the Sarit Center mall in Westlands. The store which…
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Startups
Sendy fulfillment service crosses 1,000 online sellers
Launched in November last year, Sendy fulfillment service is a digital-enabled platform that relieves online sellers of logistics difficulties while…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 11 Series Launching in Kenya This Thursday
One of the best devices I used last year from Xiaomi was the Redmi Note 10 Pro. Xiaomi launched the…
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Startups
Remedial Health raises $1 million pre-seed funding to digitize African pharmacies
Healthtech startup Remedial Health has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize neighbourhood pharmacies across Africa starting with Nigeria.…
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Gadgets
Huawei Watch GT 3 With Up to 14-Day Battery Life Launched in Kenya
Huawei Mobile Kenya is officially making its next-generation smartwatch, Huawei Watch GT 3 available in Kenya starting today. The Huawei…
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Startups
DCA extends application deadline for Miss. Africa Seed-Fund Impact Program
Miss.Africa Initiative led by DCA Academy has announced that it is extending the application deadline for its Miss.Africa Seed- Fund…
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News
StarTimes commits Ksh.200M to support local content production
Pay Television broadcaster StarTimes Media has committed to inject an additional Ksh.200 Million investment in local content development this year.…
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Gadgets
LG XBOOM Go portable speakers launched in Kenya starting at Kshs 11,000
LG Electronics East Africa this week launched a new portable speaker in Kenya. Dubbed the LG XBOOM Go PL, the portable…
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News
SEACOM acquires now-obsolete Africell Uganda assets
Subsea cable company SEACOM has announced that it will acquire selected infrastructure assets from now-defunct Africell in Uganda. The acquisition SEACOM…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy S22 Series Officially Launched: Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event finally happed yesterday. The event saw the company unveil its new devices in the S series…
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News
Safaricom to Pilot Smart Vehicle Tracking System
In October last year, we did an interesting podcast on The Internet of Things (IoT), a topic we believe affects…
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Startups
Kenyan electric vehicle startup BasiGo secures $4.3 million seed funding to commercialise its electric bus business model
Kenyan-based electric vehicle technology and financing startup BasiGo has closed a $4.3 million seed funding round. The funding was led…
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Gadgets
Huawei nova 9 pre-orders open in Kenya for Ksh. 65,999
Huawei Mobile has today opened pre-orders for the Huawei nova 9 in Kenya for Kshs 65,999. The pre-orders can be…
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News
Google launches Hustle Academy for SMEs and Entrepreneurs across Africa
Tech giant Google has today announced the launch of a new academy to offer free training to small and medium…
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News
Showmax is now offering Safaricom customers two months of streaming for the price of one
Video streaming platform Showmax today announced a new partnership with Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom. The partnership will see Showmax offer…
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New Appointments
Nokia appoints Pius Ang’asa Country Manager for Kenya
Nokia has appointed Pius Ang’asa as Country Manager for Kenya. Pius will be the primary interface with local authorities and…
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News
Mdundo says it recorded 20 million users across Africa at the end of Q4
Pan-African music streaming service, Mdundo, has announced that the platform recorded 20 million users at the end of Q4, up…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Africa reported a 21.7% revenue growth to $3.4 billion in Q3 2021
Airtel Africa has released its Q3 results for the year 2021 reporting a 21.7% revenue growth to $3.4 billion. Airtel…
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Logistics startup Truck It raises $13 million seed round, largest in MENAP trucking space
Pakistan’s logistics tech startup Truck It In has closed a $13 million seed round jointly led by venture capital firms…
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Gadgets
Canon EOS R3 full-frame mirrorless Camera officially launched
Canon has unveiled yet another full-frame mirrorless Camera in its EOS R camera series. Known as the Canon EOS R3,…
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Startups
Insurtech startup Casava secures $4m pre-seed funding to provide affordable insurance for millions of Nigerians
Nigeria’s digital insurance company Casava has secured US$4 million in pre-seed funding to provide affordable and accessible insurance products for…
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News
Docklands Ventures acquires South African prop-tech startup ParkUpp for an undisclosed amount
Real estate investment company Docklands Ventures has acquired South African prop-tech startup ParkUpp for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2016, ParkUpp…
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BUSINESS
Spotify recorded 180 million Premium Subscribers in Q4 2021
Spotify on Wednesday reported its fourth-quarter financial results. The announcement came amidst the controversy surrounding Joe Rogan’s popular podcast that…
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News
Posta threatens to evict Huduma Centres over Ksh.1.7bn rent
The Huduma Kenya Programme is a Kenya Vision 2030 flagship project that was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta in November…
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Startups
Kenyan insurtech startup Lami acquires Bluewave Insurance Agency for an undisclosed amount
Kenyan insurtech startup Lami Technologies has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency, another Kenyan-based insurtech startup for an undisclosed amount. Bluewave leverages mobile…
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BUSINESS
Equity adds some new features to its USSD service
Equity Bank has made some new updates to its USSD service (*247#). The bank says the newly updated USSD will…
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Startups
Wealth-tech startup Ndovu launches in Kenya to provide users with easy access to global financial market
Wealth-tech startup Ndovu has today officially launched in Kenya. Founded by Radhika Bhachu, Ro Nyangeri, and Gianpaolo De Biase, Ndovu…
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Startups
African fintech mobility startup Moove raises $10 million financing from NBK Capital Partners
African fintech mobility startup Moove has closed a US$10 million financing facility from NBK Capital Partners. Moove is Uber’s exclusive…
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BUSINESS
Jumia customers in Nairobi to enjoy free delivery on orders above Ksh 1,000
E-commerce giant Jumia Kenya has announced that customers in Nairobi will from this week enjoy free delivery on orders above…
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BUSINESS
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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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2022 Event happening on February 9: What to expect
It’s now official that the Samsung Unpacked 2022 event will take place on February 9. Samsung sent out invites for…
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News
Our position on cryptocurrencies has not changed, CBK Governor says
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge has insisted that the bank’s position on the use of cryptocurrencies…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Africa joins UK’s FTSE 100 Index
Airtel Africa Plc is joining UKs FTSE 100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange) index Monday 31 January 2022. FTSE 100 index includes…
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CLOUD
Cisco Middle East & Africa hosts ‘Future Cloud’ Summit to showcase new hybrid cloud innovations
Cisco Middle East & Africa (MEA) is hosting the ‘Future Cloud’ summit showcasing new ways it is helping its customers…
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Gadgets
Infinix’s first 5G smartphone launching soon
5G is already going commercial in most countries especially in Africa. In countries like Kenya, telcos like Safaricom which launched…
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Startups
Call for startups to Pitch Live at 2022 Africa Startup Summit in Nairobi
Africa Tech Summit has opened applications to the 2022 edition of Pitch Live at the fourth Africa Startup Summit. The…
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News
Telkom Kenya says it will not bill customers affected by the mobile voice and data services outage
Telkom Kenya has announced that its mobile voice and data services have now been fully restored in some areas. The…
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Startups
Kenyan Mobile commerce platform Copia raises $50 Million to ramp up African expansion
Kenyan-based mobile commerce platform Copia has raised $50 million in a Series C equity round led by Goodwell Investments. Copia…
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New Appointments
Moringa School names Scale-Up Specialist Snehar Shah New CEO
Learning-accelerator Moringa School has appointed Snehar Shah as its new CEO. Snehar succeeds Audrey Cheng and brings a vast experience…
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Startups
Kenyan fintech startup Zanifu raises $1M funding, eyes Ghana and Uganda expansion
Kenyan fintech startup Zanifu has closed a $ 1 million seed round to scale its business and improve on its…
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BUSINESS
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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Gadgets
OPPO Unveils two new devices, OPPO A16k and the OPPO A55 in Kenya
OPPO has announced the availability of two new smartphones in Kenya, the OPPO A16K and OPPO A55. The two devices…
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Startups
Sankore Pitch Competition is coming to Nairobi targeting blockchain startups
Nairobi-headquartered blockchain community Sankore is launching the Sankore Pitch Competition Tour (PCT) in Nairobi. The pitching competition is targeting startups…
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News
Fourth edition of Africa Tech Summit Coming to Nairobi This February
One of Africa’s top tech events the Africa Tech Summit is coming to Nairobi. The event will take place on…
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News
4.8 million people in Kenya own cryptocurrency, report
Cryptocurrency adoption has been growing rapidly in Kenya over the past few years. In fact, the country is one of…
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Startups
Kenyan BNPL Startup Lipa Later Secures $12M funding to Expand Across Africa
Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) startup Lipa Later has raised $12 million funding from a consortium of investors to expand its operations…
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BUSINESS
MTN Uganda partners with NCBA to launch an overdraft facility
MTN Uganda has launched a new overdraft service that will enable MTN MoMo customers to access advance Mobile Money funds…
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Social Media
Nigeria lifts Twitter ban after 7 months
Nigeria “indefinitely suspended” Twitter ‘s operations in the country on June 4 last year after the company deleted President Buhari’s…
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News
Bolt raises €628M, its largest funding ever, to boost growth
Ride-sharing and food courier service Bolt has raised €628 million at a valuation of €7.4 billion. The round is Bolt’s…
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Startups
Ivorian e-commerce startup Afrikrea raises $6.2M in pre-Series A, rebrands to “ANKA”
Afrikrea, an Ivorian e-commerce startup has raised $6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires. The startup has also…
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Startups
Egyptian fintech startups called to apply for Orange Ventures seed challenge
Orange Ventures has opened applications for its Seed Challenge that will see the VC form award one fintech startup from…
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News
Binance Becomes Official Sponsor of AFCON 2021
Leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced its partnership with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as an…
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BUSINESS
StarTimes to broadcast all 52 AFCON 2021 matches
Pay Television Company StarTimes Media has acquired broadcasting rights to the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in sub-Saharan…
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News
Kenyan fintech startup Alvin raises $740,000 pre-seed funding
Kenyan fintech startup Alvin has raised a $740,000 pre-seed funding round led by Nigerian venture capital firm, Ingressive Capital. Other…
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Gadgets
Oppo A95 With Snapdragon 662 SoC, 5000mAh battery launched in Kenya for Ksh. 33,999
After globally announcing the launch of the OPPO A95, OPPO has announced that it’s now making it available for purchase…
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News
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G With 120Hz AMOLED Display, Snapdragon 888 Chip Now Official
Samsung has officially welcomed the newest member of the Galaxy S21 series, the S21 FE 5G (Fan Edition). The company…
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News
TECNO and BBC are working on mobile camera innovation film
Chinese smartphone maker TECNO is working with BBC Storyworks, BBC Studios’ in-house commercial content studio to create a short film…
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News
Showmax’s second Kenyan original series, Single-ish, to premiere on January 20
Showmax has announced its second Original series in Kenya, Single-ish, will premiere on on the platform on January 20. Single-ish…
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CLOUD
Digital Realty to acquire majority stake in South African data centre company Teraco
Digital Realty has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments Pty, Africa’s largest…
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News
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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News
Realme GT 2 Pro flagship smartphone with an eco-friendly back cover coming to Kenya early this year
Realme’s most premium flagship line-up ever, the realme GT 2 Pro Phone is coming to Kenya. The company has announced…
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News
The Tony Elumelu Foundation opens applications for its $5000 2022 Entrepreneurship Programme
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme is open to African…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom opposes CA’s move to slash mobile call rates
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has filed a case with the Communications and Multi-media appeals tribunal opposing the recent move by…
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BUSINESS
Telkom Kenya welcomes CA’s move to slash mobile call rates
Telkom Kenya has welcomed the Communications Authority’s review of mobile calling rates for local telcos. The telco said in a…
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News
SA Online home services platform, SweepSouth acquires Egyptian start-up, Filkhedma
South Africa’s online home services platform, SweepSouth has announced its acquisition of Egyptian startup, Filkhedma as it continues its African…
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News
FSD Africa announces a £3m investment in Kenyan fintech firm MFact
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of FSD Africa, has today announced a £3m investment in Kenyan fintech firm…
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Reviews
Zenbook 13 OLED is Asus’s premium OLED laptop with a Ksh.140k price tag
The Zenbook series has always been my favourite from Asus. One of the laptops that we have seen the company…
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Startups
AfDB to invest $170 million in Nigerian startups
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $170 million to finance a digital and creative enterprises program…
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Startups
Ventures Platform Closes its First $40M Pan-African Fund
Nigeria-based Ventures Platform has announced the first close of its $40 million pan-African fund to invest in market-creating innovations across…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi 11T Pro with 120W charging officially launched in Kenya
Xiaomi Kenya has officially unveiled the Xiaomi 11T Pro smartphone in the Kenyan market. The phone was launched in Europe…
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Gadgets
OPPO Find N, OPPO’s First Foldable Smartphone is Now Official
By now we all have to agree that foldable phones are now becoming a thing and we should expect to…
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