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Reviews
Huawei Y6S Unboxing And Quick Impressions
Huawei Y6S Unboxing: The Huawei Y6 is as we have previously mentioned is expected to go on sale across the…
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News
Microsoft launches initiative to support social enterprise startups
Microsoft has today announced the launch of the Global Social Entrepreneurship programme to support startups in 140 countries around the…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y6S Specs, Price And Availability In Kenya
Huawei Y6S specs: Huawei Y6S smartphone is expected to go on sale across the country from March 4th 2020. The…
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Startups
12 African ed-tech startups to receive funding from Mastercard Foundation
The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) has announced the first 12 African EdTech…
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News
Santam Insurance invests in South Africa’s Insurtech startup JaSure
South Africa’s on-demand insurance technology (Insurtech) startup JaSure has raised funding from the country’s leading short-term insurer Santam. Details about…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s integrated mobile platform DigiFarm wins Global Mobile Award
Safaricom’s integrated mobile platform DigiFarm has been named the Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets in this year’s Global Mobile…
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News
Samsung Opens Pre-Orders For The Galaxy S20 In Kenya
Samsung announced its new Galaxy S Series flagship devices, the Galaxy S20 early this month. As we mentioned in the…
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BUSINESS
Glovo to integrate an SOS function on its Glovo app
Local delivery firm Glovo has announced plans to integrate a new emergency SOS function into its mobile app to improve…
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CYBER SECURITY
Nigeria to host the 2020 Cyber Africa Summit
Global B2B events and conference organizer, Tradepass is set to host their exclusive cyber security conference, Cyber Africa Summit (CyFrica)…
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BUSINESS
Jumia appeals to local manufacturers with 50% lower commissions
In a move aimed at encouraging more local manufacturers to sell online, e-commerce leader Jumia is now extending a 50%…
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Startups
Ecobank Opens Applications For Its 2020 Fintech Challenge
Ecobank Group is calling on African startups and developers to apply for its 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge.…
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BUSINESS
Standard Chartered Bank launches mobile traded bond
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has become the first commercial bank in Kenya to launch bond traded exclusively through mobile phone,…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom rolls out new 0110, 0111 mobile prefixes
Safaricom has today announced the introduction of SIM cards with the 0110 and 0111 prefixes. The sim cards will be…
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Startups
Kenyan fintech startup Wapi Pay raises capital to scale across Africa
Singapore and Kenyan based Fintech startup ‘Wapi Pay’ has raised seed capital through the accelerator Future Hub making it its…
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News
African business leaders believe data is key for strengthening customer trust, IBM Study
91 per cent of African business leaders strongly believed data helps create a strategic advantage in strengthening their level of…
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Startups
Egyptian E-health startup Vezeeta raises $40m Series D funding round led Gulf Capital
Egyptian e-health startup Vezeeta has raised a US$40 million Series D funding led by UAE-based Gulf Capital, alongside further investment…
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BUSINESS
Intra-African remittances to soar to record numbers in 2020, says WorldRemit
Online international money transfer company WorldRemit predicts that 2020 will be the year of intra-African remittances. The World Bank already…
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Reviews
Vivo Y19 Unboxing
Vivo Y19 Unboxing: The vivo Y19 is official. The device was launched in the country back in January and is…
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Startups
Nigerian fintech startup Aella raises $10m financing round
Nigerian fintech startup Aella has raised a $10m debt financing round from Singapore-based HQ Financial Group (HQF). This debt financing…
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Startups
Egyptian food delivery startup Elmenus raises $8m series B funding
Egyptian food delivery startup elmenus has raised $8 million Series B funding round. The round was co-led by Global Ventures,…
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Startups
Africa-focused VC Firm TLcom Secures $31M For Its TIDE Africa Fund, Closes At $71M
TLcom, the Africa-focused Venture Capital firm has secured an additional $31M for its TIDE Africa Fund. This new funding now…
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Startups
Five African credit scoring startups selected for ENGIE challenge at the Africa Tech Summit
French multinational energy utility company ENGIE has announced the five credit scoring startups that will pitch on the Africa Startup Summit at…
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News
Decentralized Finance Conference to held in Nairobi in March
Fintech companies or startups are making Africa a leading global Innovation Hub. To help organisations understand this Kesho Labs Development…
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Startups
On-demand delivery platform Sendy raises $20 million round
Kenyan on-demand delivery platform Sendy has raised a $20 million Series B led by Atlantica Ventures. The funding was also backed…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Advertising now official, opens its platform for brands to advertise
Three weeks ago, Jumia Kenya CEO, Sam Chappatte, through a LinkedIn post revealed that the e-commerce giant was planning to…
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News
2020 is set to be the year of RCS, says mGage
The interaction between organisations and consumers is set to become revolutionised with all-new Rich Communications Services (RCS), the latest development…
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BUSINESS
Samsung, Safaricom and M-Kopa unveil financing plan for the Galaxy A10s, don’t go for it
Safaricom, Samsung and M-Kopa today morning launched a new product or what they are calling a pay as you go…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 18: Mobile Money and Mobile Banking Transaction Rates in Kenya
Do you use mobile money services? Okay, what kind of a question is that? Kenya is very synonymous with mobile…
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Startups
African tech startups raised $491M funding in 2019, Disrupt Africa report
2019 was the best year yet for investment into the African tech startups, with 311 companies banking a combined US$491.6…
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Apps
Bolt Now Has A Multiple Destinations Feature
Ride-hailing app Bolt has updated its mobile application with a new feature that will allow users to add extra stops…
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Startups
CDC Group to invest £2 billion in African businesses over the next two years
CDC Group is to commit a further £2bn into African businesses over the next two years, as it looks to…
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Startups
Women-Led Janngo Announces EUR 60 Million Fund To Support African Tech Startups
Janngo has announced a Euro 60 million fund to support African tech startups accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
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Startups
Online Travel Agency Timbu Launches New Fund To Invest In Kenyan Travel Startups
Timbu, a Mauritian based online travel agency has launched an investment arm to fund and invest in Kenyan travel and…
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News
Liquid Telecom Is launching First 5G Wholesale Roaming Network Service In SA
We are all excited about 5G and we are all looking forward to when it will be available to all…
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Startups
Here Are The Five Zambian Startups Selected For FinTech4U Accelerator Programme
Five Zambia-based fintech startups have been selected to join the FinTech4U Accelerator Programme in January 2020. The five were selected…
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New Appointments
Kenneth Oyolla Takes Over From Diana Owusu-Kyereko As New Jumia Kenya CCO
Kenneth Oyolla has joined Jumia Kenya as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) from IPS Group Limited where he previously held…
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Startups
Applications for the 4th edition of Digital Lab Africa’s acceleration programme opened
Digital Lab Africa (DLA) has opened applications for its fourth edition of the DLA acceleration programme (DLA#4). Creatives and cultural…
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Gadgets
Vivo Y19 Is Now Available In Kenya For Ksh.26,999
We have previously told you about vivo’s plans to bring the vivo Y19 smartphone in the Kenyan market. Vivo started…
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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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