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Visa expands its digital payments with new office in DRC
Global payments company Visa has announced the establishment of local business operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC…
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Nokia and Safaricom complete Africa’s first Fixed Wireless Access 5G slicing trial
Nokia today announced that it has successfully piloted its 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network slicing with mobile operator, Safaricom…
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LG’s New Eco-Conscious Bottom-Freezer to Save Users Upto 10% Reduction Annual Energy Consumption
LG Electronics has rolled out its environment-conscious bottom freezer refrigerator that offers a 10 per cent reduction in annual energy consumption…
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The Ultimate LG InstaView Door-in-Door Refrigerator Buyer’s Guide
This Side by Side LG InstaView Door-in-Door refrigerator with a net total capacity of 635 litres is loaded with exquisite…
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Hackathon to Protect Maasai Mara Predators using Web3 Technologies announced
Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI) will host an online hackathon this October and November, featuring teams building tech in service to…
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Asus is launching its Zenbook 17 Fold OLED laptop on August 31
Asus has announced that its much-anticipated Zenbook 17 Fold OLED (UX9702) will be launching on August 31. Asus first showcased…
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Equity Bank: Safeguarding Yourself and Your Bank Account
As the world continues to adopt digital banking be it on mobile or online, it is important that all of…
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Kenyan University Trained on Blockchain by Polygon Carry Hope for the Continent
From 11th– 15th July this year, students from Multimedia University were taken through an introductory training course on blockchain, organized…
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Koolboks Closes $2.5M Seed Round to Scale Solar Refrigeration Across Africa
Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5M Seed funding…
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Kenyan agtech IProcure secures $10.2M to expand into Uganda and Tanzania.
Kenyan tech and data-driven agricultural inputs supply startup iProcure has raised a $10.2 million Series B funding round to support…
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Microsoft Appoints Phyllis Migwi New Kenya Country Manager
It has been a couple of months since Kendi Ntwiga who headed Microsoft as Kenya’s country manager left for Meta,…
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Tala Named Among 50 Disruptor Companies of 2022 by CNBC
Popular mobile loan company Tala has been named on the list of Disruptor Companies of 2022 by business-focused media house…
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Active Adversaries Increasingly Exploit Stolen Session Cookies to Bypass MFA, Sophos Report
A new Sophos report has revealed that those active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication…
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[Interview] Africa is central to our long-term growth strategy, says Visa CEO
AI Kelly is the Chairman and CEO of the global payments firm Visa. He joined Visa in October 2016 as Chief Executive Officer and…
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TECNO Spark 9 Pro Review: A budget champ
The TECNO Spark 9 Pro has been with us for about a month now. The series was launched alongside the…
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OPPO’s ColorOS 13 based on Android 13 to launch on August 18th
OPPO is set to launch its latest mobile operating system, ColorOS 13, on August 18. It will be one of…
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Kenya’s Lori Systems has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Google
Kenya e-logistics company Lori Systems which operates across East Africa has raised an undisclosed amount of Round B funding from…
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Spotify to offer three months free to new Premium subscribers
Music streaming platform Spotify has seen a commendable rise in subscribers as reported in its last quarter results, but the…
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Kenya’s Blockchain Startup Crypsense Digital Joins Draper VeChain Web 3 Accelerator Program
Kenyan crypto startup Crypsense Digital Group has been selected to join the 12-week Draper VeChain Web 3 Accelerator Program. The…
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Roam has inked a deal with M-Kopa to have its electric motorcycles available on credit
Kenyan electric vehicles manufacturer startup Roam has entered into a partnership with fintech firm M-Kopa which will see its motorcycles…
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This new National Geographic Kids Africa programme aims to inspire young environmentalists
National Geographic together with its partners has announced the title and lineup of its highly anticipated kids programme in Africa.…
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Pocket App Is Our Favorite Offline Reading App, Here’s Why
Mozilla in partnership with Aga Khan University made its brand new Pocket app available in Kenya a couple of weeks…
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Google’s Equiano undersea cable finally lands in South Africa
After successfully landing its Equiano undersea cable in Namibia last month, Google has announced that the cable has now landed in South Africa. The…
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List of LG products that can be controlled and monitored via a mobile App
As of May 2022, the total app downloads globally reached 36.9 billion in Q1 2022, a 1.4% increase compared to Q1…
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Amazon is buying Roomba vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion
Ecommerce giant Amazon has announced it is acquiring iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuum cleaner robots for $1.7 billion. The…
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Netskope expands NewEdge Security Private Cloud in Africa
Netskope has announced its continued global expansion of the Netskope NewEdge network with an additional data centre now launched and…
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Applications for the 5th edition of Catapult: Inclusion Africa Programme open
The LHoFT Foundation has opened applications for the 5th edition of the CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa which will be delivered in Luxembourg.…
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TikTok parent ByteDance has acquired a high-end private hospital chain for $3.9 bn
Tech companies have recently been branching into the healthcare sector, most of them opting to purchase companies providing various solutions…
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Baidu is rolling out driverless taxis in two Chinese cities
The dream of self-driving cars is quickly becoming a reality. It’s a battle dominated by Chinese and American companies working…
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Hive, LockBit and BlackCat Ransomware Gangs Consecutively Attack the Same Network, Sophos Reports
Sophos today announced in the Sophos X-Ops Active Adversary whitepaper, “Multiple Attackers: A Clear and Present Danger,” that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware…
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This Nigerian health-tech startup is giving maternal healthcare in Africa a new face
The subject of maternal healthcare has been at the centre of global conversations at every turn. Several approaches offering a…
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US Senate has passed a $280bn bill to support chip manufacturing firms
The supremacy battle between China and the United States has in recent years shifted to the technology front. Many observers…
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Disney is now ahead of Netflix in subscriber numbers
In the movie streaming business, subscriber numbers are everything. They determine your bottom line and dictate the direction of your…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 officially launched
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its newest lineup of foldables – the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Flip…
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Nigerian Startup Klasha Appoints Ayman Jawhar as New Chief Product Officer
Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has appointed Ayman Jawhar as its new Chief Product Officer. Ayman will be based in the United…
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Visa announces grant to support women entrepreneurs in Africa
Global payments firm Visa has announced a grant in support of African women entrepreneurs. The African Women Impact Fund (AWIF)…
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Jiji Kenya bags two awards on Safety and Classifieds Categories
Ecommerce marketplace Jiji has, for the second time in a row, bagged the best classifieds website award at the Digital…
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Uhuru presides over countrywide roll-out of coding curriculum in schools
President Uhuru Kenyatta is in his last days in office and has used whatever time he has left to launch…
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VC Firm HAVAÍC announces $500K investment in FinAccess to grow across Africa
Cape Town-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has announced a $500,000 investment in FinAccess. The investment has been allocated from…
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CBK grants Virtual Pay International a PSP License to operate in Kenya
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has granted Virtual Pay International Limited a license to operate as a Payment Service…
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TECNO Camon 19 VS OPPO A57 VS Samsung Galaxy A23 – Which One Should You Buy?
Tecno Camon 19 is among the devices in the Camon 19 series that TECNO unveiled in the Kenya market a…
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#KenyaDecides: What role are Mobile Network Operators playing during the elections?
Kenya goes to elections on August 9th to elect new leaders from the county to the National level. A key…
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Kenyan Mobile commerce startup Copia Unveils Manufacturing Unit for Sugar and Rice Production
Copia Global, a Kenyan-based mobile commerce platform has unveiled a new manufacturing unit to enhance its output of affordable sugar…
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Over 60 Kenyan women to join Tech4Dev’s 2023 Women Techsters Fellowship
Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) has unveiled 1,466 successful candidates for the 2023 Women Techsters Fellowship digital…
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LG unveils 2022 Side-by-Side and Top Freezers refrigerator lineup in Kenya
LG has unveiled its latest Side-by-Side and Top Freezers refrigerators in Kenya. Delivering sophisticated style and improved user convenience, the sleek,…
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Kenya power to start construction of charging hubs for electric vehicles
Kenya Power has announced plans to is to start the construction of electric charging centres for electric vehicles in the…
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Uber drivers have increased by 31% as people seek extra cash
The number of people driving for Uber has shot by 31% from last year as people seek ways of making…
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Filmmakers Launch Campaign to Promote Local Film and Content
An initiative aimed at reawakening interest in the Kenyan film and content industry has been launched in Nairobi. The campaign…
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Nigeria fines Multichoice for airing a documentary on insecurity in the country
Multichoice Nigeria has been fined five million naira (about 11,780 euros) by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) after airing a…
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4G Capital goes live on Mambu’s cloud banking platform
African Micro and small business-focused neobank 4G Capital has gone live on Mambu’s cloud banking platform 4G Capital says Mambu’s…
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20 startups from the Middle East and Africa announced winners of Migration Enterpreneurship Prize 2022
The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022 has announced the 20 startups from the Middle East and Africa selected for its second cohort.…
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Consumers in Kenya to enjoy faster deliveries with Jumia Food Mart
Jumia Food has announced the launch of Jumia Food Mart on its platform which will see customers enjoy a record…
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Music streaming service Mdundo hits 20 million monthly active users
Mdundo says it has recorded 20.3 million monthly active users in June 2022, beating the upgraded expected target of 19…
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American fintech UMBA acquires majority stake in Kenya’s Daraja Microfinance
UMBA, a U.S-based fintech whose investments spread to emerging markets has acquired a majority stake in Daraja, a Kenyan deposit-taking…
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This website lets you check who to vote for within your locality
The clock is ticking and Kenyans are counting less than a week before they line up to vote for a…
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Dstv announces it will raise subscription rates from next month
Kenya’s provider of premium pay-tv DStv has announced a hike in its subscription fees from 1st September 2022. This, according…
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Safaricom’s Tuinuane Campaign To Foster Optimism Among Kenyans
Kenyan’s leading telco Safaricom has unveiled a Tuinuane, a campaign that aims to foster optimism, brotherhood and confidence in the…
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Kenyan digital media houses win Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge
The news business has changed dynamically since the arrival of social media platforms. Media houses have been forced to become…
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Kenyan HR startup FaidiHR raises undisclosed amount of funding from SprintX
Kenyan startup Crew HR & Payroll has rebranded to FaidiHR after it received an undisclosed amount of funding from SprintX,…
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Digital Realty Completes Acquisition of Teraco for $3.5 Billion
Digital Realty has today announced the acquisition of Teraco from a consortium of investors, including Berkshire Partners and Permira, that…
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SeamlessHR introduces attendance management module to enhance workplace productivity
The modern workplace is substantially different from what it was one or two decades ago. With lower concentration levels and…
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Vodafone is selling its business in Ghana to Telecel
Vodafone plc, a company known for its extensive telecommunications business across Africa and Europe is reportedly selling its operations in…
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Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies raises $3.7M to expand across Africa
Kenya-based insurtech startup Lami Technologies has raised a US$ 3.7m seed extension to expand its insurtech product across Africa. The…
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[24Bit Podcast] Discussing Samsung’s 2022 TV and Home Appliances Lineup
Samsung has unveiled a new lineup of smart home digital and electronic appliances. These are immediately available in the market.…
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Samsung eyes bigger market share with the launch of new foldables
It’s that time of the year when we expect Samsung to host its next major ‘’Unpacked’’ launch event. This year,…
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More than 100 cyber security experts graduate from the USIU Cyber Shujaa Program
The first cohort of 170 trainees has graduated from the Cyber Shujaa program run by the United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) in partnership…
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Flutterwave responds to accusations of operating without a license in Kenya
After reports emerged that Nigerian fintech startup Flutterwave was operating without a license in Kenya, the company has sent out…
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Absa Bank Kenya introduces online account opening platform
Absa Bank Kenya will spend nearly Ksh. 2 billion on upgrading its digital systems to improve customers’ banking experience. Among…
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CBK Governor Says Flutterwave is Not Licensed To Operate In Kenya
The Governor of the Central Bank Of Kenya (CBK), Dr Patrick Njoroge has said that fintech companies Flutterwave and Chipper…
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Web3Clubs First Cohort To Graduate This Week
Web3clubs in partnership with BitKE will this week host its NEAR blockchain project presentations and Graduation ceremony. This will be…
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Kenyan Women Parliamentarians Launch Campaign Against Online Harassment
As the race to the August 9th general elections in Kenya enters the home stretch, women parliamentarians have launched a…
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[Interview] Sara Badru: Tech programs shaping the foundation for women in digitally enabled jobs
As Kenya’s digital economy propels the country’s economic growth, a lot more needs to be done to prepare citizens and…
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5G subscriptions in MEA to exceed 250 million by 2026, Nokia research
Nokia has released research that forecasts 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 263 million in the Middle East and Africa…
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Samsung 2022 TV line-up launched in Kenya
Samsung Electronics East Africa has today unveiled its 2022 TV Lineup in Kenya including the 2022 NEO QLED TV. The…
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Nigeria’s Kwik has launched a free eCommerce storefront for African merchants
Nigeria’s digital commerce enabler Kwik has introduced KwikStore, a storefront that enables merchants across Africa to build and run a…
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Egyptian fashion e-commerce startup The Fashion Kingdom has raised $2.6 Million in seed funding
Egyptian Fashion and accessories startup The Fashion Kingdom (TFK) has raised $2.6 in seed funding round. The company was founded…
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The OPPO Find X5: Our Three Favorite Features
OPPO brought its flagship device, the FIND X5 to Kenya about a month ago, quite an interesting device featuring a…
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Nigeria’s mobility startup Moove has expanded to India
Nigeria is home to some of the most innovative startups and many of them are disrupting their respective industries in…
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Africa Tech Challenge by AVIC International is back after a long break
Chinese construction company AVIC International has announced the return of the Africa Tech Challenge after a two-year hiatus prompted by…
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OPPO announces a two-year multi-competition partnership with UEFA
OPPO has announced a partnership with UEFA across different UEFA competitions including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA…
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