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Apps
New Mobile App Trends That Will Help Businesses Succeed In 2020
Mobile apps are reshaping all industries and business leaders need to quickly adopt the latest mobile app trends in order…
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BUSINESS
Nigeria’s Attorney General has withdrawn a $2bn tax demand against MTN
MTN Nigeria has for a long time now been trying to fight a $2 billion tax dispute in court with…
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Startups
African Guarantee Fund receives $33M financing to support African SMEs
Africa’s leading Guarantee Institution, African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has received an additional USD 33M financing from German lender KfW Development…
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Gadgets
Vivo Y19 with 5000mAh battery set to launch in Kenya soon
Vivo is bringing its latest product, the Vivo Y19 to Kenya. The device will be an addition to the Y-series…
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Startups
Nigerian Fintech Startup Trove Secures An Undisclosed Amount Of Funding From ARM
Nigerian micro-investing fintech startup Trove has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from asset management firm, ARM. This is the…
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New Appointments
Microsoft Names Kendi Nderitu New Country Manager For Kenya
Microsoft has appointed Kendi Nderitu as the Country Manager for its operations in Kenya. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kendi served…
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BUSINESS
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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BUSINESS
We’re not exiting the Kenyan market, SWVL says
Ride-hailing company, SWVL has denied claims that it plans to exit the Kenyan market. The company has also refuted allegations…
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News
Vodafone Australia partners with Nokia to begin rollout of 5G services
Vodafone Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) has announced a new partnership with Nokia to roll out 5G services in Australia, the two…
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New Appointments
Nancy Matimu Takes Over From Odipo As MultiChoice Kenya Managing Director
MultiChoice Africa has appointed Nancy Matimu as its new MultiChoice Kenya Managing Director, effective December 2019. Nancy becomes the first…
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Gadgets
Nokia C1 Now Available In Kenya For Ksh 5,999
The Nokia C1 is now officially available in Kenya for Ksh 5,999. The Nokia C1 was among the devices launched…
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News
#TECNOTakesMeHome Campaign Winners Announced, Promo Extended To January 25
TECNO Mobile Kenya ‘s #TECNOTakesMeHome campaign finally came to an end. TECNO Mobile launched the campaign early December 2019 to…
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Startups
4G Capital Raises $4million Funding For Onward Lending To MSMEs in Kenya And Uganda
4G Capital has announced the completion of its second round of fundraising. The investment was secured by a $2m debt…
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News
VIVO V17 Pro Review: Is It Worth Your Money?
Vivo V17 Pro review: Vivo finally announced their official entry into the Kenyan in November 2019. This official entry was…
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BUSINESS
Bolt is expanding to seven more towns in Kenya
Ride-hailing app Bolt is extending its operations into more Kenyan towns. The company is expanding to Nyeri, Meru, Embu, Nanyuki,…
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Reviews
Infinix S5 Camera Review
When Infinix Mobile’s local office sent us a review unit of the Infinix S5, one of the features we were…
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BUSINESS
Visa is partnering with MFS Africa to boost digital payments among African consumers and businesses
Visa and pan-African fintech leader MFS Africa have announced a partnership to boost digital payments among African consumers and businesses.…
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Reviews
Infinix S5 Review: Worth Considering
Infinix S5 Review: Budget smartphones have been pretty exciting this year. The market has seen a number of these devices…
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News
OPPO Reno 2F Camera Review
We have been using the OPPO Reno 2F for a while now and one of the things we wanted to…
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Reviews
OPPO Reno 2F Review: You certainly can’t go wrong with it
OPPO Reno 2F Review: The OPPO Reno 2F with a pop-up selfie camera is now official. The device was launched…
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CLOUD
Internet Solutions partners with icolo.io to enhance its Data Centre Services Offering
Converged ICT Services Provider Internet Solutions has signed a partnership with IT infrastructure company, icolo.io, to boost its data centre and…
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Reviews
Tecno Spark 4 Review
Tecno Spark 4 Review: The Tecno Spark series has always been my favourite series from Tecno Mobile. Tecno first launched…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos upgrades its Cloud Optix to simplify cloud security
Endpoint security leader Sophos has unveiled advancements to its Cloud Optix that automate and simplify the detection and response of…
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Reviews
Infinix S5 Unboxing
The Infinix S5, a successor to this years Infinix S4 is already out in the market. Infinix launched two variants…
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News
AfDB and Microsoft launch platform to help African youth learn to code
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Microsoft have launched a new digital training to help young people across Africa learn…
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Gadgets
The Huawei Y9s is now available in all retail stores across the country
Huawei officially announced the launch of the Huawei Y9s in Kenya last month. The device has been available for pre-order…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Food Index report predicts a 50% increase in On-Demand deliveries in 2020
Jumia Food launched the Kenya Food Index yesterday. The report has some interesting stats and predictions about the type of…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 12 Air Review
The Tecno Cam 12 series has been in the market for a few weeks now. As we have previously mentioned,…
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Startups
Nigeria’s edtech startup uLesson raises $3.1 million seed round led by TLcom Capital
uLesson, Sim Shagaya’s edtech startup from Nigeria that aims to address infrastructure and learning gaps in Africa has raised $3.1mn…
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News
#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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Reviews
TECNO Camon 12 Review: Ideal budget-friendly phone
TECNO Camon 12 Review: The TECNO Camon 12 was launched in the country back in October. Tecno launched the three…
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News
KRA now plans to go after local based online ads to raise more revenue
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has recently been looking for ways to get a share of the digital economy. The…
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News
#CIO100AwardsEA: Hernovation forum puts focus on soft skills for women in tech
CIO East Africa today held it second edition of Hernovation, a platform that aims to empower women in technology across…
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Reviews
Asus ZenBook Pro Duo Laptop Quick Thoughts
Last week, I had a rare chance to spend a few days with the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo Laptop. Well,…
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Startups
VC4A has launched a dedicated online training program for Africa’s Business Angels
Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) has launched a dedicated online training program for Africa’s Business Angels – ‘Mentor-Driven Capital Over…
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BUSINESS
Equity Bank’s diaspora remittance volumes hit Sh100 billion in just nine months
Equity Bank’s diaspora remittance volumes hit Sh100 billion in the nine months to September. This helped boost the lender’s forex…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 8 battery is a powerhouse
We have covered almost everything about the Infinix HOT 8. The device just as we stated in our review offers…
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News
Standard Chartered Bank lends KShs 6.3bn to SME in 9 months
Standard Chartered Bank says injected KShs 6.3 billion in direct and indirect lending to Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (SME)…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 8 Review: Enough to offer at its price
Infinix launched the Infinix HOT 8 a few weeks ago. The HOT 8 packs some great features such as the…
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Startups
Here are the winners of the 2019 edition of the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the ME
Orange has unveiled the names of the three winners of its Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle…
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News
Our OPPO A9 2020 Top and Favorite Features
After successfully launching the Reno 2 series in Kenya, OPPO has also brought the new OPPO A Series 2020 into…
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News
Infinix HOT 8 Unboxing
Our Infinix HOT 8 Unboxing is here. Infinix actually launched two variants of the device just recently. There’s the HOT…
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News
Agritech startup WeFarm secures $13 Million funding to scale its Smallholder Agricultural Ecosystem
London-based farmer-to-farmer digital network WeFarm has raised $13 million in a Series A round of funding. The round was led…
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News
Interswitch acquires Nigeria’s healthcare tech startup e-Clat
Nigeria’s leading e-payments company Interswitch has acquired a majority stake in healthcare technology startup e-Clat. The deal was completed on…
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News
Safaricom, Huawei among companies shortlisted for AfricaCom Awards 2019
Safaricom, MTN and Huawei are among the companies that have been shortlisted for the 2019 AfricaCom Awards. AfricaCom Awards 2019…
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Startups
On-demand deliveries startup Sendy raises $2m from Goodwell Investments
Nairobi based on-demand delivery platform Sendy has received a $2 million investment from Dutch impact investor Goodwell Investments. According to…
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News
150 East African companies shortlisted for the 2019 CIO100 Awards
150 East African companies have been shortlisted for the 2019 CIO100 awards. The companies have been shortlisted ahead of the…
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Startups
Kenya’s agri-tech startup Twiga Foods secures $30M to digitize food distribution
Kenyan food distribution startup, Twiga Foods has raised $23.75 million in a Series B equity round led by Goldman Sachs.…
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BUSINESS
Jumia partners with Posta Kenya to expand its pickup stations countrywide
Jumia Kenya has entered into a new partnership with Postal Corporation of Kenya to expand its pickup up stations across…
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News
Lack of competition in broadband markets is keeping millions offline
Lack of competition in broadband markets is keeping millions of consumers offline. Markets with a single broadband provider, for example,…
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Reviews
Video: Unboxing The Nokia 7.2
The Nokia 7.2 was launched in Kenya a couple of weeks ago and is selling at Ksh.34,000. It comes with…
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New Appointments
Cisco Appoints Sally Kimeu Country Leader and Regional Manager East Africa
Networking corporation Cisco has appointed Sally Kimeu as its new Country Leader and Regional Manager for its East Africa operations.…
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CLOUD
Sophos Cloud Optix to provide cloud security vulnerabilities to Amazon Web Services Customers
Sophos today announced the availability of Sophos Cloud Optix on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. As a new agentless software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering,…
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Startups
Boehringer Ingelheim launches Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya
Leading pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a Making More Health Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya. Boehringer…
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Startups
U.K announces a Ksh.1.3 billion fund to support Kenyan fintech startups
The United Kingdom has announced a Ksh. 1.3 billion fund to support fintech startups in Kenya. This announcement was made…
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Gadgets
Infinix HOT 8 & HOT 8 Lite officially go on sale in Kenya
Infinix Mobile has announced the availability of the Infinix HOT 8 device in Kenya. The device comes in two variants,…
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News
TECNO Mobile shares its African achievements at the China-Africa Mobile Internet Economy Summit in Nairobi
In recent years, Africa’s mobile network infrastructure has been rapidly improved, and smartphones have been further popularized. The number of…
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News
SheHacks 2019: Microsoft commits to support women Cybersecurity Engineering
Microsoft through its Cloud and AI Security Engineering team has reiterated its commitment to advocate for women with an interest…
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Startups
VentureBuilder officially launches to support off-grid solar startups in Africa
VentureBuilder, which is focused on scaling African-owned and managed off-grid solar enterprises, has officially been launched. VentureBuilder has been launched…
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Startups
List of tech startups shortlisted for the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards
The final shortlist for the 5th AppsAfrica Innovation Awards have been announced. The annual Awards attracted over 400 submissions from 52 countries, with…
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BUSINESS
Passenger and cargo carrier Air Afrik to lay off 200 employees in Kenya and South Sudan
Passenger and cargo carrier Air Afrik is set to lay off at least 200 employees in Kenya and South Sudan…
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New Appointments
Bolt (Taxify) Has Named Kenneth Micah as Regional Manager For East Africa
Bolt (Formerly Taxify) has announced the appointment of Kenneth Micah as the Regional Manager for East Africa. In his current…
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BUSINESS
DTB, Mastercard and DPO Group extend digital payments in Kenya and Tanzania
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has joined African payment services provider DPO Group, and Mastercard in the rollout of a business…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 17: Bus Hailing Apps – SWVL and Little Shuttle
This episode was shot before the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) announced that it was suspending bus hailing app…
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Startups
IFC is investing $1M in Tunisia’s Flat6Labs Anava Seed Fund to boost the country’s startup ecosystem
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced that it is investing $1 million in Tunisia’s Anava Seed Fund (ASF) to…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Food now has a subscription service
Jumia Food now has a subscription service. Known as Jumia Prime, the service will allow customers to pay a standard…
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Startups
Glovo expands to Mombasa in continued market expansion push
Spanish delivery firm Glovo has launched its service in Kenya’s second city, Mombasa. The move will now see residents of Mombasa…
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News
Opera Mini browser now has an offline file sharing feature
Opera Mini browser users will now be able to transfer images, videos and audio files between nearby devices using their…
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Startups
Kenya’s e-Logistics startup Lori Systems expands to Nigeria
After 10-months of piloting, Kenya’s logistics startup Lori Systems has officially launched in Nigeria. The startup has been doing the…
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Startups
CredoLab, a Singapore-based credit scoring startup has launched in Kenya
Singapore-based fintech startup CredoLab has launched in Kenya. The firm had in July this year announced its plans to expand…
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News
Paxful has launched a new Mobile Wallet App to ease access to bitcoin in Kenya
Paxful has launched a mobile wallet app that will enable bitcoin transactions to be conducted with ease. The mobile app,…
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BUSINESS
TAI+ has launched an app to directly link Kenya truckers and cargo shippers
Estonian based technology company TAI+ has launched a mobile App that enables truckers to connect cargo shippers directly in real-time…
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Startups
Nigeria’s CcHUB has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee
Nigeria’s technology innovation centre Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee. The deal will see iHub’s…
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Startups
Facebook London Accelerator opens to African startups for the first time
Facebook is inviting applications for the third edition of its Facebook London Accelerator programme, which is open for the first…
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Startups
Kenya’s Tiny Totos wins MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa finale
Kenyan-based startup, Tiny Totos, has been named among the winners of the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) Africa finale. Tiny…
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Startups
Startup Insight: Develop your innovative idea into a viable business
Kenya is among the African countries with a vibrant startup ecosystem. According to VCA4 this is due to a number…
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CYBER SECURITY
Growth in Fintech drives growth in cyberattacks, Kaspersky
Africa’s Fintech sector is booming! According to reports, Africa’s Fintech ecosystem has surged 60% in the last two years and the…
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CLOUD
#OOW19: Oracle to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions by the end of 2020
Oracle has announced that it plans to launch 20 new Oracle Cloud regions by the end of 2020, for a…
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News
Network operator rain commissions Africa’s first 5G network in South Africa
South African network operator rain is making 5G network available to its existing customers in certain parts of Johannesburg and…
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News
Andela is laying off over 400 developers in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda
Andela, the Africa-focused software developer training and outsourcing company is laying off more than 400 developers from its hubs in…
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News
Vodacom Tanzania and Smart Lab launch new $150k accelerator program for tech startups
Vodacom Tanzania and Smart Lab have launched a new accelerator program to support arly-stage and growth-stage technology startups. The “Vodacom Digital…
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BUSINESS
Nokia to strengthen its online presence through a new partnership with Jumia Kenya
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones has entered into a new partnership with Jumia Kenya as the official distributor…
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Startups
Applications for Standard Chartered Bank’s Women In Tech Accelerator 3rd Cohort Open
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has opened applications for its Women In Tech Incubator third cohort. The application which will close…
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BUSINESS
Jumia partners with over 50 brands to launch Jumia Mall, a new category to sell products from authorized distributors
Jumia customers will from today be able to purchase their favourite products exclusively from authorized distributors. The e-commerce platform has…
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BUSINESS
Africa Logistics Properties forum addresses supply chain challenges in East Africa
Key stakeholders in the logistics industry gathered in Nairobi for a Supply Chain Network Forum to address the challenges facing…
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Startups
Three Kenyan firms among top 12 finalists in the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge
Three Kenyan organisations are are among the 12 finalists, shortlisted for the Regional Finale of the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge…
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BUSINESS
More local SMEs need to start selling online, says Jumia Kenya MD Sam Chappatte
Kenya has for a long time been ranked among the African countries that are dominating the e-commerce sales. E-commerce has…
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Startups
TechTribe Accelerator to offer training to hundreds of SADC startups
The TechTribe Accelerator (TTA), a brand-new online training platform wants to offer online training to thousands of African entrepreneurs across…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Wants Telkom and Airtel to Pay Ksh 1.3 Billion Debt Before Merger
Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Mugo Kibati on Tuesday said Safaricom was interfering with the Airtel-Telkom merge. Speaking at a news…
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Startups
ENGIE acquires off-grid solar solutions provider Mobisol an undisclosed amount
French multinational electric utility company ENGIE has acquired Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions to expand its decentralized energy…
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Gadgets
Vivo Y Series Smartphones now in Kenya targeting the youth
Vivo Kenya officially set shop in the country this year. The Chinese smartphone maker is a subsidiary to the third-largest…
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Gadgets
Africa’s mobile phone market declined by 1.8% in Q2 2019
The Africa mobile phone market declined 1.8% quarter on quarter, QoQ, in Q2 2019, according to the latest figures announced…
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News
Shuttle-hailing firm SWVL set for KES 1.5b cash injection into Kenyan market
Cairo-based shuttle-hailing firm SWVL has announced plans to pump $15 million (KES 1.5 billion) into its Kenyan operations. With this…
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News
Logistics startup Kobo360 launches operations in Kenya
African e-Logistics startup Kobo360 has officially launched its operations in Nairobi, Kenya. The startup had announced plans to expand into…
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Gadgets
Samsung’s 2019 QLED 8K TVs are now available in Kenya
Samsung Electronics East Africa has officially introduced its 8K QLED TVs in the Kenyan market. This is a new industry…
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News
Africa mobile money market to reach $1 billion by 2024, report
The Africa mobile money market reached a transaction value of US$ 200.5 Billion in 2018. The market is projected to…
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News
Bolt launches food delivery services Bolt Food
Bolt, the ride-hailing service formerly known as Taxify is venturing into food delivery service, Bolt Food. The Estonia-headquartered company has already…
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Startups
MEST Africa is investing $100,000 in each of these 11 startups from its 2019 graduating cohort
MEST Africa is investing US$1,1m in eleven early-stage startups from its 2019 graduating cohort. This is the largest single investment…
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BUSINESS
Ethiopia is partnering with Jack Ma’s Alibaba to build its digital economy
Ethiopia has entered into a partnership with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to build and boost the country’s digital economy. The…
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CLOUD
SEACOM is doubling its data capacity to connect more African businesses to cloud
SEACOM wants to double the data capacity on its broadband submarine cable system from 1.5 terabytes to 3 terabytes. The…
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News
Africa Data Centres Becomes PCI DSS Certified in Kenya
Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known as East Africa Data Centre) has become the first neutral data centre to be…
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