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News
Uber launches Safety Toolkit for riders and drivers
Uber has launched a Safety Toolkit for its riders and drivers across 38 countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania,…
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Startups
Founders Factory wants to build and scale African tech startups
London-based startup accelerator Founders Factory has partnered with Standard Bank to launch its first international location in Johannesburg, South Africa…
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COLUMNS
The Pros and Cons Of PDF
Are you thinking about converting your word files into PDF files? If that’s the case, you have to read up…
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BUSINESS
CBA’s third economic forum discusses food security
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) yesterday hosted its third Economic Forum at Serena Hotel in Nairobi. The third Economic Forum…
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COLUMNS
IT & Leadership: Rewriting the African narrative
By Karien Bornheim, CEO, and founder of FABS Footprint Africa Business Solutions (FABS) is a company that was inspired by frogs,…
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Interviews
Tech In Film: Why It Makes No Sense To Ban Films In 2018
Creativity and technology are an integral part of the film industry and hence help the industry grow beyond the regular…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y9 (2019) Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
Huawei recently unveiled a new device in its Y series, the Huawei Y9 2019 in the country. The new Huawei…
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News
536 East Africa companies compete for the coveted 2018 CIO100 Awards
With entries coming to an end, 536 East Africa companies participated for the analysis as 200 companies make it for…
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24BIt
24Bit Season 2 – Episode 1 – Music Streaming Apps
Music Streaming Apps Want to get your stream on? I bet you do. In recent years, music streaming apps have…
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Startups
List of Eight African startups selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase
VC4A has announced the eight Africa ventures that have been selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A. The…
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COLUMNS
IFRS 9 – Why Credit Bureaus Are The Ideal Partner?
Financial institutions around the globe are feeling the heat from the introduction of IFRS 9 impairment reporting. Credit Bureaus offer the most effective…
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BUSINESS
DHL Express awarded most Top Employer certifications on the continent
DHL Express has been awarded most Top Employer in Africa for the fifth consecutive year, at the prestigious Top Employer…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Pocophone F1 specs, price and availability in Kenya
Xiaomi has confirmed that its flagship killer, the Pocophone F1 which is its first device in its new Pocophone (You…
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Social Media
Instagram wants to share your location history data with Facebook
Instagram is apparently testing a new setting that will allow it to share your location data with its parent company…
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COLUMNS
Five steps to evaluating a DDoS managed service provider
The news that the Southern African Department of Labour was recently able to foil a distributed denial of service (DDoS)…
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BUSINESS
Cross-network money transfer between Safaricom and Telkom goes live
Cross-network mobile money transfer between Safaricom and Telkom went live in Kenya on Thursday. This came as the country’s main…
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News
Kenya wins Bid to host the International Open Data Conference in 2020
Kenya has won the bid to host the 6th edition of the International Open Data Conference (IODC) in 2020. This…
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New Appointments
Oracle Appoints Andrew Sordam New Vice President for sub-Saharan Africa
Oracle today announced the appointment of Andrew Sordam as Vice President for sub-Saharan Africa with immediate effect. Andrew Sordam takes…
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News
The Rising Tide of Tax Disputes
By JJ van der Walt, Candidate Attorney, and Arnaaz Camay, Tax Executive, Tax Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg New research from…
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COLUMNS
Fintech flourishes in Uganda as regulation remains hands-off for now
Financial technology is flourishing in Uganda, thanks partly to the enormous popularity of mobile money and payment systems and partly…
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News
MEST unveils its fourth African tech hub in Nairobi
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has unveiled its fourth incubator and tech hub in Nairobi. The pan-African entrepreneurial…
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News
Safaricom named UN Global Compact LEAD company
Safaricom has been recognized as a UN Global Compact LEAD company for its ongoing commitment to the United Nations Global…
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BUSINESS
Jumia partners with Amadeus to launch first Flight Marketplace in Africa
Jumia Travel has partnered with Amadeus, a leading travel technology company to launch the first flight marketplace in Africa. The…
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News
South Africa’s data management firm Redstor expands to Kenya
Redstor, a leading South Africa-based cloud data management SaaS business, is expanding its operations in Kenya. This expansion comes after…
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News
Google 20 years on!
Google just marked its second decade! Twenty years ago, Google started with an ambitious goal to organize the world’s information…
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News
“Africa is the Silicon Valley of banking”, say co-founders of TagPay
The rise of fintechs might be shaking up the banking sector in developed countries, but African banks are taking full…
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News
Internet Society Partners with Facebook to Expand Internet Connectivity in Africa
The Internet Society is partnering with Facebook to develop Internet Exchange Points (IXP) throughout Africa. An Internet Exchange Point is…
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News
22.4 million smartphones shipped to Africa during second quarter of 2018
A total of 22.4 million smartphones were shipped to Africa during the second quarter of this year (Q2 2018), this…
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News
Samsung Electronics Wins 49 IDEA Design Awards
Samsung Electronics announced today that it won 49 IDEA Design Awards, including one Gold, six Silvers and two Bronzes, at…
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BUSINESS
LG Customer Connections for Great Experiences
Walk into any of the LG showrooms and you immediately feel the difference in the experience that makes this establishment…
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BUSINESS
Create A Logo In No Time Using LogoAi
Need a logo design right now for your online business? With the right tool, you can create a professional looking…
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Startups
List of 10 startups shortlisted for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 awards
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has named the top 10 startups that will compete for its prestigious Innovation Prize for…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT S3X Unboxing and First Thoughts
Infinix is selling its latest device, the Infinix HOT S3X on its new e-commerce shop X-Mall for Ksh 17,500. The…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Data Center attains Tier 3 Design Certification
Safaricom has received Tier III Design Certification from Uptime Institute for the Thika Data Center, thus joining elite data centers…
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CYBER SECURITY
ESET East Africa receives Cyber Security Company Of The Year award
ESET East Africa has been voted the Cyber Security Company of the year at the 2018 Digital Inclusion Awards (DIA).…
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News
Nairobi Garage to host ALU and MEST Kenyan operations
The African Leadership University (ALU) and the Meltwater School of Entrepreneurial Technology (MEST) are launching their operations in Kenya. The…
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COLUMNS
Explaining the High Cost of Remittance to African Countries
The World Bank recently released a study report with findings that the cost of remitting cash to African nations is…
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News
Taxify rolls out new feature to help boost driver earnings
Cab-hailing app Taxify has unveiled a new feature to enable its drivers to maximize their daily earning potential. The new…
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COLUMNS
IT Leadership: These five technologies are transforming the travel experience
The whole notion of what today’s hyperconnected travellers want, and what they value, has changed. While cost, choice and convenience…
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Social Media
Grow Your Business Sales with Social Media in 2018
Social media has changed the traditional ways of marketing of the business. In 2018, again you have a chance to…
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Gadgets
Here’s how you can stream today’s Apple’s iPhone launch event
It’s Wednesday, September 12, 2018, and this is the day we expect Apple to unveil a new iPhone. Actually, we…
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News
Loon successfully sends test internet connection 1000km across seven balloons
Loon, the Alphabet company that is planning to launch balloon-powered internet connectivity in Kenya next year, has successfully sent a…
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CYBER SECURITY
IT Leadership: Preventing your network from becoming a Botnet
By Harish Chib, vice president, Middle East & Africa, Sophos Botnets are large volumes of distributed networked computers and devices that…
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Gadgets
The Infinix HOT S3X is available on X-Mall for Ksh.17,500.
The Infinix HOT S3X (Well, I wonder why Infinix decided to give this phone such a name) went on sale…
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COLUMNS
IT Leadership: IT security – oxygen or onion?
By: Mark Walker, associate vice president of Sub-Saharan Africa at International Data Corporation (IDC) Search for security on Google. The…
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BUSINESS
Internet Solutions is pilots consumption-based bandwidth service in Kenya
Internet Solutions is in the process of piloting a consumption-based billing service for its connectivity business as the demand for…
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Gadgets
OPPO F9 with VOOC integration launching this month in Kenya
OPPO’s next device in the F series, the OPPO F9 is set to launch in the country at the end…
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CYBER SECURITY
More than 40% of ICS computers were attacked in H1 2018
More than 40% of all industrial control system (ICS) computers protected by Kaspersky Lab solutions were attacked by malicious software…
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BUSINESS
Solar Energy firm Fenix International now powering 30,000 Zambian households
Leading pay-go energy company Fenix International, has reached 30,000 Zambian households just 9 months after expanding into the country. This…
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BUSINESS
Telkom Kenya has unveiled 200 new 4G sites in Nairobi
Telkom Kenya has unveiled 200 new 4G sites within Nairobi and its environs to cater for the growing demand for data. The…
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News
Google’s Art Selfie feature goes live in Kenya
Google’s Art Selfie feature has gone live in Kenya and other countries across the globe. The new tool that connects…
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News
Report: Africans spent more than 4 million hours reading online in 2018
African mobile users have spent more than 4 million hours reading books on their mobile phones in 2018. This is…
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BUSINESS
Logistics firm Bwala Africa closes Ksh 24 million debt financing
Kenyan logistic firm Bwala Africa Group has secured a Ksh 24m debt financing from South African-based bank CFC Stanbic to…
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News
Kenya is hosting first Google Web Rangers Africa Summit
Google Kenya is hosting the first Web Rangers summit in Africa aimed at spreading awareness about internet safety and promoting…
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News
Sports betting, Kobi Kihara and Riparian Land among the most Google searched items in August
Google has released top trending searches for the month of 2018. Sports betting platforms such as Sportpesa, betpawa, betika, betin…
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News
Community Networks Key to Connecting Africa, says Internet Society
As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom announces plans to unveil new data packages
Safaricom has announced plans to unveil new data packages. According to the company, this is in line with its customer…
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COLUMNS
Willing To Avoid Higher Interest Card Rates? Opt For Low Interest Rate Credit Cards Now
Lowest form of interest rate based credit cards are often the amazing tools for those who want to reduce the…
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BUSINESS
HF Group records Ksh12.6 million in half-year profits
HF Group has posted half-year period pre-tax profit of Ksh 12.6 million for the period ending June 30, 2018, compared…
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Gadgets
The S Pen adding colour and more connectivity to the Galaxy Note 9
From when it was first introduced in 2011, the S Pen has gone ahead to become an iconic feature of…
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News
Nopia Ride, the first ever full-electric cab hailing service now in Kenya
Nopia Ride, the first ever full electric mobility service in East Africa has launched its cab services in Kenya by Finnish…
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News
LG unveils its first B2B business innovation center in Nairobi
LG Electronics has today launched its first LG B2B showroom in Nairobi to give business owners, integrators, and contractors a…
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COLUMNS
Has anyone thought about what happens after all the devices are connected to IoT?
By: Mandla Mbonambi, CEO of Africonology Is your business driving change or being driven by it? This is the question…
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Startups
List of 30 Startups finalists shortlisted for DEMO Africa 2018
Three Kenyan startups are among the thirty African startups finalists shortlisted for DEMO Africa 2018. The startups, CLoud9XP, Sote and Zipora…
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BUSINESS
Use of drones in the Shipping sector set to take-off
This year saw the first successful ocean rescue of two swimmers in rough seas in Australia by drone. A number…
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BUSINESS
HFC calling on local developers to help improve its HF Whizz app
HFC Group is calling on local developers to create complementary apps that would enhance its new HF Whizz app which…
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BUSINESS
M-Pesa puts Safaricom on Fortune Magazine’s 2018 Change the World List of Companies
Safaricom has been recognized in Fortune Magazine’s 2018 Change the World List of Companies for its efforts in tackling society…
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News
Google Search now gives Swahili users more detailed results of things they care about
Google Search has now made it possible for Swahili users to get more intelligent and contextualized results of people, things,…
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Apps
Apps that are changing the face of tourism in Dubai
It goes without say that technology is changing how we do things and tourism has not been left behind. In…
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Gadgets
Nokia 2.1 starts selling in Kenya at KES 11,500
HMD Global has announced that the availability of the new Nokia 2.1 in Kenya starting today. The device will be…
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COLUMNS
Africa Rising: How millennials and entrepreneurship are driving the African economy
By Clemens Weitz, CEO: ROAM (Ringier One Africa Media) In recent months, Africa has seen several big announcements of international…
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News
LG OLED TVs and other diverse portfolio of products
If you have been a keen follower of LG Electronics you will agree with me that the company has been…
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BUSINESS
DCI George Kinoti says efforts to fight SIM swap fraud on course
The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has assured the public that the fight against Sim Swap fraud is on…
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LATEST DEALS
EaseUS Dаtа Rесоvеrу Wizard Frее
What can уоu do in саѕе уоu ассіdеntаllу dеlеtеd an іmроrtаnt file? Hоw do уоu rесоvеr a photo or a…
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Gadgets
Galaxy Note 9 Pre-orders now open in Kenya
Samsung Electronics has announced that it is now taking the Galaxy Note 9 Pre-orders in Kenya. The company says the first 500…
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News
How YouTube is helping reclaim the lost art of apprenticeship
We live in a fast-paced century. Half the time at work is spent keeping up with and adapting to new…
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LATEST DEALS
Jumia Back to School campaign offering up to 60% discount
It’s that time of the year when KCPE and KCSE candidates are preparing to sit for their final exams. In…
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CYBER SECURITY
Shippers get serious about Cyber Threat
Major attacks like the NotPetya malware incident have been a wake-up call for the shipping sector, creating a renewed urgency…
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Blockchain
Russia is hosting the Blockchain Life 2018 conference in November
Industry leaders will from 7th to 8th November gather in St. Petersburg, Russia for Blockchain Life 2018 Conference – The…
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Startups
Kenyan AgriTech Startups can now apply for the MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge
Kenyan and other African startups in the Agriculture sector have been asked to apply for this year’s edition MTFC Innov8Agric Challenge.…
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Gadgets
The Galaxy Note 9 is here: Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
Its official, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was finally unveiled to the world on Thursday. The phone was unveiled at…
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BUSINESS
The NASCO 40-Inch LED TV is coming to Jumia
The NASCO 40-Inch LED TV With Integrated Decoder is coming to Jumia. NASCO might not a very common brand locally…
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News
Alibaba’s Jack Ma Launches US$10 Million Africa Entrepreneur Prize
Alibaba Group founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma has launched a $10 million ‘Netpreneur’ Prize for African entrepreneurs. He made…
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COLUMNS
Six cool Google Maps tricks that will make your life easier
If you are a frequent Google Maps user, you’ve probably already figured out many of its features beyond the basic…
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Gadgets
Galaxy J8 Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
Samsung has announced the addition of another device to its 2018 J series, the Galaxy J8. The introduction of the…
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New Appointments
DPO Group names Lourens Brink as new Chief Financial Officer
African payment service provider DPO Group has named Lourens Brink as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 1, 2018.…
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News
Greek firm introduces recovery software for Kenya’s banking sector
Greek financial solutions software firm Relational has launched a new solution, AroTRON Collections & Recoveries, targeted at Kenya’s banking industry.…
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BUSINESS
Equity Bank lowers lending rates to 13 percent
Equity Bank has lowered the interest rate charged on loans to a maximum of 13 percent p. a with effect…
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24BIt
24Bit Episode 11: Are Tablets Dead?
Worldwide tablet shipments declined 11.8% to 31.6 million in 1Q18 (5.1% below forecast). The forecast for the remainder of the…
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News
Infinix is Teasing The Infinix HOT S3X, And It Comes With a Notch
Infinix Mobile is teasing its next device of 2018, and it’s calling it the Infinix HOT S3X. Little is being…
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News
mSurvey, Safaricom partner to enable merchants collect customer feedback via Lipa Na M-Pesa
Kenyan SaaS Mobile Consumer Feedback Company mSurvey has announced a new partnership with Safaricom’s M-Pesa. The partnership, announced today, will…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Redmi 6A Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
The Xiaomi Redmi 6A is coming to Jumia. The device was launched back in June in Beijing China and is…
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News
Croatia President and Lunar eclipse among top trending Google searches in July
Google has released top trending Google search trends for the month of July 2018 in Kenya. The World Cup dominated…
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BUSINESS
Betting industry emerging as a major player in the mobile money industry
Kenyans transacted over Kes.960 billion through mobile money in the first three months of 2018. This is according to data…
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News
Invest in Africa Now! : eLearning Africa conference set for 26-28 September in Kigali
“From the perspectives of both learning and private sector development, it is time for Africa to leapfrog to technology for…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy J6 Specifications, Price and Availability in Kenya
The Samsung Galaxy J6 was among the devices Samsung launched in Kenya in June this year. The device was launched…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos introduces Sophos Intercept X for Server To Protect Businesses Against Cyber Threats
Sophos has today announced Sophos Intercept X for Server, its next-generation server protection with predictive deep learning technology that provides…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y5 Prime (2018) specifications, price and availability in Kenya
The Huawei Y5 Prime 2018 was launched early this month in the country. The device is a budget smartphone targeted…
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LATEST DEALS
Deal: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional for only $12.6 with free shipping!
Microsoft Window 10 is the latest operating system combines the strengths of Windows 8 and the popular Windows 7 skillfully.…
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New Appointments
World Bank Appoints Mr. Felipe Jaramillo New Country Director for Kenya
Mr. Felipe Jaramillo has been appointed as the new World Bank Country Director for Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, effective…
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New Appointments
Equity Appoints Mary Wangari Wamae as Group Executive Director
Equity Group Holdings has appointed its long-serving Group Director of Strategy, Legal Services and Company Secretary Mrs. Mary Wangari Wamae…
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