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News
Huawei Kenya and Lewa Launch virtual marathon campaign
Huawei Kenya has partnered with Lewa to host a virtual Lewa Safari Marathon and also launch #preparingfortomorrow campaign. This means,…
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BUSINESS
Visa and TerraPay partner to drive domestic remittances
Visa and TerraPay, a payments infrastructure company have announced a new partnership to drive domestic remittance. The two companies will develop…
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Gadgets
Nokia 5.3 Now Available for purchase in Kenya
The Nokia 5.3 now available for purchase in Kenya. HMD Global has announced the availability of the device in the…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y8p and Y6p Now Available For Purchase in Kenya
HUAWEI ‘s local office has announced that the HUAWEI Y8p and HUAWEI Y6p is now available for purchase in Kenya. …
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News
SATO is introducing a hand-washing solution to help fight COVID-19 in developing countries
SATO SATO, LIXIL Group has today introduced ‘SATO Tap’, its new hand-washing solution to help fight COVID-19 in Developing countries…
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Reviews
Some Quick Thoughts On The Budget Nokia C2
Nokia C2 Review: Nokia C2 is already selling in the Kenyan local market. The phone is among the budget phones…
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Gadgets
ASUS’s latest ZenBooks are the world’s thinnest laptops
ASUS has unveiled two new ZenBook laptops. The company unveiled these laptops yesterday and it is calling them the “world’s…
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BUSINESS
Equity Group calls off plans to acquire Atlas Mara banking businesses
Equity Group has called off plans to acquire Atlas Mara (ATMA). The decision according to Equity is consistent with the…
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News
These Are The 6 Kenyan Startups Selected For Google’s Startups Accelerator Africa 2020
Google has announced that 20 African startups that have been selected for its new class of Google for Startups Accelerator…
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BUSINESS
Zoho launches Bigin, a CRM solution for SMEs priced at Ksh.560
Zoho, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm has today launched Bigin, a pipeline-centric CRM software designed specifically for small and micro business owners.…
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Gadgets
Nokia 5310 Now Available in Kenya For Ksh.4999
HMD Global has today announced the availability of the Nokia 5310 in Kenya. The feature phone which is inspired by…
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News
Visa launches new initiative to support Small Businesses in Kenya
Visa has launched a new initiative to support support small businesses in Kenya. The “Where You Shop Matters’ initiative seeks…
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BUSINESS
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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News
Vivo V19 With A Dual Punch Hole Camera Is Coming To Kenya
Vivo is bringing the vivo V19 smartphone to Kenya. The phone was first introduced in April globally and is now…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cisco’s cloud-native security platform Cisco SecureX now available globally
Cisco has announced the general global availability of its cloud-native security platform Cisco SecureX. Cisco launched this platform in February…
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Startups
Kenyan e-logistics startup Lori Systems among 100 new Tech Pioneers Awarded by World Economic Forum
Kenyan e-Logistics Lori Systems has selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers. The…
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Startups
Kenyan e-health startup MamaPrime among winners of Sanofi VivaTech 2020 Global Challenge
Kenyan e-health startup MamaPrime is among the 5 winners of the VivaTech 2020 Global Challenge. This follows an online final…
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News
Huawei Launches IdeaHub to drive enterprise collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched an intelligent collaboration product to drive enterprise collaboration in the in Sub Saharan Africa…
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News
Internet Solutions is rebranding to Dimension Data East Africa
Internet Solutions (IS), Dimension Data and Continuity East Africa (CEA) are all rebranding to operate as Dimension Data East Africa.…
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News
Jumia Has Opened Up Its Logistics Services To External Clients
E-commerce leader Jumia has opened its logistics services to external clients for deliveries. The company will leverage its logistics networks…
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Gadgets
Budget Nokia 2.3 currently selling on Masoko at a discounted price of Ksh.10,999
The Nokia 2.3 is now selling on Masoko at a discounted price of Ksh.10,999. HMD Global launched the phone in…
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News
Microsoft launches hackathon to spur innovation among Kenyan university students
Microsoft has launched a student-driven and hands-on hackathon programme to spur innovation among university students across Kenya. The Game of…
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Gadgets
TECNO Pouvoir 4 now selling in Kenya for Kshs.14,999
TECNO Mobile has today officially unveiled a new addition to its hugely popular Pouvoir series – TECNO Pouvoir 4. The…
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News
This Kenyan organization is installing hand hygiene devices in commercial and public spaces in Nairobi to create awareness about Covid-19
Tippy Tap Kenya, a Nairobi-based community-based organization dedicated to creating awareness and solutions to barriers of accessing WASH (Water, Sanitation…
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Reviews
Nokia C2 Unboxing
Nokia C2 Unboxing: Nokia C2 is HMD’s latest entry-level device in Kenya, that follows Nokia C1 ( announced December 2019)…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 9 Play Review: Worth Considering
Infinix Mobile’s new Hot series device dubbed Infinix HOT 9 Play is now officially in Kenya. The device succeeds the…
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Startups
Naspers invests $5.5 million in South African agri-tech startup, Aerobotics
Early stage business funding initiative Naspers Foundry has announced a $5.5 million investment in South African agritech startup Aerobotics. Aerobotics…
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Reviews
ASUS ZenBook 14 (UX434F) Review: Premium Laptop With An Extra Display
ASUS ZenBook 14 UX434F Review: In November last year, I did a quick review of the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo.…
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Gadgets
Every Nokia 7.2 purchase on Masoko gets you a free James Bond 007 edition phone case
The Nokia 7.2 was probably one of my favorite Nokia devices to be launched in Kenya. HMD Global, the home…
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News
OPPO A92 Unboxing and Quick Specs
OPPO A92 Unboxing: OPPO finally launched the OPPO A92 in the Kenyan market on May 28th. The company is selling…
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News
Thousands of Counterfeit HP Products Seized in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania
HP, together with local authorities has seized close to 200,000 counterfeit products in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania The products include…
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News
Growth in edge computing could generate new revenue opportunities for telecom operators, report
Growth in edge computing could generate new revenue opportunities for telecom operators. This is according to a new report by…
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News
Nokia C2 is currently selling on Masoko at a discounted price of Ksh.7,499
The Nokia C2, the successor of the Nokia C1 that was launched in Kenya in December last year is selling…
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Startups
Orange Launches Seed Challenge For Startups in Africa and The Middle East
Orange Ventures has launched the MEA Seed Challenge targeting startups in Africa and the Middle East. The challenge is looking…
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Gadgets
Nokia 2.3 is now running Android 10
Nokia 2.3 is now running Android 10. The device was launched in the Kenyan market in December last year for…
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Gadgets
Huawei shipped 2.6 million smartwatch units globally in Q1 2020, Report
Global shipments of wearable devices reached 72.6 million units in the first quarter of 2020, with a year-on-year increase of…
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New Appointments
Sophos Appoints Sharon Evelyn Ombongi as Country Manager for Kenya
Sophos has appointed Sharon Evelyn Ombongi as country manager for Kenya. In her new role, Ombongi will drive the company’s…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 9 Play Unboxing
The Infinix HOT 9 Play is yet to be launched in the Kenyan and we’re not sure when it will…
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New Appointments
Standard Chartered Appoints Abbas Husain Corporate Finance Lead for Africa and Middle East
Standard Chartered has appointed Abbas Husain the Regional Head of Corporate Finance, Africa and the Middle East (AME). Bringing over…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 22: Video Chat Apps – The new normal for many
In this latest episode of our 24Bit Podcast, Emmanuel Chenze, Nick Kanali and Dickson Otieno discuss Video Chat Apps people…
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Reviews
OPPO Reno 3: Our Three favourite Features
The OPPO Reno 3 is already selling in the Kenyan market. OPPO officially launched the phone on April 22 and…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom closes Thika Road Mall shop after staff tested positive for Covid-19
Safaricom has closed its Thika Road Mall (TRM) shop after one of its staff working at the shop tested positive…
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Startups
TeleAfya Mobile app wants to connect patients with local doctors for medical assistance
A new mobile application that seeks to connect patients with doctors for medical assistance has been launched in Nairobi. Known…
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BUSINESS
Maintaining Enterprise Resilience during Systemic disruption
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the global economy hard. While it is hard to exactly tell the extent the damage…
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News
Safaricom Partners With Media Houses To Offer Digital Newspapers For Ksh.20
All Safaricom Customers will be able to access Digital Newspaper for a promotional price of Ksh.20 per day for the…
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Gadgets
Huawei nova7i officially goes on sale in Kenya
Huawei has officially launched the Huawei nova7i in the Kenyan market. The device will be retailing for Kshs. 29,999 and…
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BUSINESS
DHL acquires minority stake in UK-based Link Commerce
DHL Express has today announced its minority stake acquisition in Link Commerce, the UK-based e-commerce firm that helped the logistics…
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News
Samsung has partnered with SoFi to launch its first Samsung Pay debit card
Samsung has today announced plans to launch a no-fee Samsung Money cash management service and debit card for its smartphone…
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Reviews
Huawei nova 7i Review: This is a good mid-ranger
Huawei nova 7i Review:: Huawei’s latest device in the Kenyan market, the Huawei nova 7i will be going on sale…
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News
Koch Industries Completes Close To $13B Acquisition of Infor
Koch Industries announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining portion of Infor from Golden Gate Capital. Details…
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Startups
[Zambia] BongoHive FinTech Challenge Applications Opened
Zambian Innovation hub BongoHive has announced that it has opened applications for its annual BongoHive FinTech Challenge. Through this challenge,…
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News
Bolt raises Ksh.11 Billion in funding from Naya Capital to Boost its Growth Strategy
Bolt (Formerly Taxify) has raised a Ksh. 11 billion investment round bringing its total capital raised to date to more…
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INSURANCE
[Interview] Addressing cross-border insurance in Africa
Africa remains one of the regions with the greatest growth potential in the world with African organisations focusing their growth…
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Startups
Villgro Kenya awards $150,000 to 12 EA startups fighting COVID-19
Nairobi-based healthcare incubator and investor Villgro Kenya has awarded $150,000 in grant to 12 East African startups helping in the fight against…
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Startups
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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News
Andela Partners with Microsoft To Launch Azure Training For African Developers
Andela through its Andela Learning Community has partnered with Microsoft 4Afrika to launch the ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020 in Kenya…
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Startups
Zuru, the ‘’AirBnB for cars’’ has launched in Nairobi
Zuru, a new car-sharing platform that lets you rent your car to strangers has launched in Nairobi. Through its vehicle-sharing…
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CLOUD
Zoho’s software applications now available at a fixed Kenyan Shilling price
Zoho Corporation, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm has announced that all its 45+ business software applications are now available at a…
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News
HUAWEI nova7i Pre-orders open in Kenya
HUAWEI has opened pre-orders for the nova7i smartphone in Kenya. The pre-order will run until 24th of May and will…
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Reviews
TECNO Spark 5 Quick Thoughts
TECNO Spark 5 review: Tecno officially unveiled the Spark 5 in the market a week ago. The Spark Series is…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 15 Premier Camera Review
One of the key features Tecno Mobile was making so much noise about when it first started sending out teasers…
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BUSINESS
TransUnion launches COVID-19 playbook for financial services providers in Kenya
Global information and insights company TransUnion has launched its COVID-19 playbook for Kenyan business and credit industry players. The playbook…
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News
Visa customers who order medication and essential products via MYDAWA to get discounted rates
Visa has entered into a partnership with online retail pharmacy MYDAWA to give discounts to its customers who order medication…
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CYBER SECURITY
Paying Ransom Doubles Ransomware Attack Recovery Cost, Says Sophos
Many organisations have always considered paying cyber ransom whenever they are hit by a ransomware attack. Doing so might however…
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BUSINESS
Purchasing essential products on Jumia with your Mastercard will earn you a 10% discount
Consumers who purchase essential products using their Mastercard on the Jumia platform will receive up to a 10% discount on…
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News
From Zoom to Houseparty: The World’s Most Popular Apps During Isolation Revealed
The coronavirus pandemic has seen an unprecedented change in the way we live our lives. With the governments imposing lockdowns…
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News
COVID-19: KEPSA and Jumia launch Digital Commerce Program to support Kenyan businesses
Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has partnered with e-commerce leader Jumia to register and train local businesses to sell online.…
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News
Going cashless is helping contain the spread of Covid-19 in Africa
As the effects of the coronavirus continue to bite, many countries in Africa are turning to technology to fight this…
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BUSINESS
#Covid-19: Airtel Uganda and Avaya Partner To Enable Remote Work And Learning
Airtel Uganda has partnered with Avaya to enable organizations in the country to implement remote working and learning initiatives. This…
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News
Tech for humanity: Preparing for the next phase
ICT has been critical to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and transforming society over the long term. But the key to…
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Startups
South Africa’s fintech startup Ukheshe selected for Mastercard Start Path program
South African fintech startup Ukheshe, has been selected to join the 2020 Mastercard Start Path program. Mastercard Start Path is…
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News
Maina Kiai among 20 members appointed to the Facebook oversight board to moderate content
Kenya’s Maina Kiai is among the three Africans that have been appointed as Board Members to the newly created Oversight…
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News
MeMo² sets the course in Marketing Analytics
Research and consulting agency MeMo² recently introduced a new way of real-time cross-media measurement and optimization. Dutch consumers can now…
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News
Andela lays off 135 staff across five markets
Andela, the Africa-focused software developer training and outsourcing company has laid off 135 staff across five markets. According to reports,…
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CLOUD
Teraco is building a second data centre facility in Cape Town
Teraco today formally confirmed the construction of Teraco Cape Town 2 (CT2), a new 30MW data centre facility. This follows…
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INSURANCE
Insurance sector players urged to go digital to cope with Covid-19 realities
Players in the insurance sector have been urged to speed-up the industry’s digitization process so as to be able to…
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BUSINESS
Bolt launches its new business delivery service in Nairobi
Ride-hailing taxi app Bolt has launched its new delivery service in Nairobi. The service dubbed Bolt Business Delivery, works by…
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News
Safaricom to provide free data, voice call minutes and SMSs to over 5,500 Government healthcare workers
As the effects of the coronavirus continue to bite, Safaricom has announced that it will provide communication support for the…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 20: Working from Home – How it has been for us
The world is going through what is being called the world’s biggest work-from-home experiment over the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.…
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Interviews
#TechTrendsChats : Safaricom CEO, Peter Ndegwa on Telco’s expansion plans to Ethiopia and other African markets
Safaricom expansion plans to Ethiopia: Safaricom has been planning to expand to the Ethiopian market for a while now. When…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom partners with Visa to develop M-Pesa products for customers and merchants
Safaricom has entered into a new partnership with digital payments leader Visa to develop products that will support digital payments…
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News
DPO Group and Mastercard launch DPO Store, an e-commerce platform for African businesses
Digital payments company, DPO Group, has launched an e-commerce platform to help merchants across Africa to move their businesses online.…
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BUSINESS
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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CYBER SECURITY
Malware infects 1.69M Android Handsets in South Africa, Report
Secure-D from mobile tech company Upstream detected 1.69 million malware-infected Android devices in South Africa last year. Within many popular…
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Gadgets
Nokia C2 With Android 9 Pie (Go Edition) Now Available In Kenya For Ksh.8,199
HMD Global has today announced the availability of the budget Nokia C2 in Kenya. The Android Go edition smartphone is…
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Reviews
Huawei Y7p Camera Review: Here’s what you get with 48MP
Huawei officially unveiled the Huawei Y7p in the Kenyan market selling at Ksh.18,499. The phone comes with a 6.39-inch touchscreen…
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Reviews
TECNO Camon 15 Review: A good camera phone that needs some slight adjustments
TECNO Camon 15 Review: TECNO mobile launched the TECNO Camon 15 a few weeks ago in the Kenyan market. The…
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Startups
Here Are The 22 African Startups Selected For The Wimbart Mentorship Programme
London-based PR agency Wimbart has announced the final list of 22 African startups that will take part in the first…
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BUSINESS
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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CLOUD
South Africa to lead cloud adoption race in the continent
As the battle between international cloud providers intensifies, Africa’s cloud market is starting to gain traction with many enterprise customers…
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BUSINESS
Twiga Foods sign fresh produce distribution deal with Jumia, cut prices by 50%
Twiga Foods has signed a distribution deal with e-commerce leader Jumia to deliver fresh and processed food to consumer’s homes…
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Gadgets
TECNO Camon 15 now available in Kenya for Ksh.17,999
TECNO Mobile has announced that the TECNO Camon 15 is now officially available in the Kenyan market. The Camon 15…
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News
Huawei Y7p Now Available In Kenya For Ksh.18,499
Huawei Mobile Kenya has today announced the launch of the HUAWEI Y7p, the latest addition to the HUAWEI Y Series.…
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New Appointments
Liquid Telecom appoints Mark Townsend as CEO of Zambia business
Liquid Telecom has appointed Mark Townsend as CEO of Liquid Telecom Zambia. Mark takes over from Susan Mulikita who resigned…
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Startups
Kenya’s Logistic Platform Amitruck Secures Funding From GreenTec Capital
Kenya’s mobile and web-based trucking logistics startup Amitruck has received a new investment from GreenTec Capital. With this new undisclosed…
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News
Vodacom and Samsung donate 20,000 smartphones to the South African government to help fight COVID-19
Vodacom Group has partnered with Samsung to provide 20,000 smartphones to the National Department of Health in South Africa to…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Reports discovers 30 Fleeceware Apps Targeting iPhone users
Sophos has published a new report showing how Apple device users are being targeted by applications that overcharge users through…
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News
Facebook launches its Coronavirus Information Center in Kenya and 16 other African countries
After launching in South Africa, Facebook is now expanding its Coronavirus Information Center to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom partners with more PSV Matatus to Collect Fares through M-PESA
Safaricom has partnered with more matatu Saccos to collect fares through M-Pesa. The telco first launched the service last month…
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News
Jumia donates 100,000 masks to the government to help fight Covid-19
Jumia has today donated 100,000 masks to the Ministry of Health to support the fight against Covid-19. The masks will…
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Gadgets
OPPO Reno 3 Pre-orders Now Open In Kenya
OPPO Reno 3 pre-orders have been opened in Kenya. The pre-orders can be made via the OPPO Kenya Facebook Page at…
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