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Startups
Seedstars is launching a $100M fund to invest in African tech startups
Seedstars has announced a new partnership with Paris-based First Growth Ventures to launch a $100 million fund to invest in…
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Branch raises $170 million funding round, announces new partnership with Visa
Visa and Branch International, have announced a partnership that will see virtual Visa prepaid debit cards offered to over 2…
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Standard Chartered launches its first Africa eXellerator innovation hub in Kenya
Standard Chartered Bank today opened its Africa eXellerator innovation hub in Kenya to support and work with fintechs in the…
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Partech Africa Report: African tech startups raised US$1.163 billion in equity funding in 2018
African tech startups raised a total of US$1.163 billion in equity funding in 2018. This is according to the Partech…
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Ampion and Plutos Ventures launch new venture to invest in African startups
Africa-focused Ampion and Berlin-based Plutos Ventures Holding have announced the founding of Ampion Ventures to support African startups. The goal…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Open banking to transform East Africa’s digital financial services
Open banking is revolutionising the financial services landscape across the world, and presents opportunities for transformation and financial inclusion throughout…
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Visa to reward $100,000 To Women Entrepreneurs in Global Competition
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Visa has announced the launch of the first Visa Everywhere Initiative: Women’s Global Edition.…
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Nigeria’s OneFi secures $5M Debt Facility from Nairobi-based Lendable
Nigeria’s fintech startup Finance Limited (OneFi) has today announced that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer-facing…
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COLUMNS
Column: Cloud computing unlocking rapid innovation in Africa
Africa is a continent pulsating with energy and this carries over from its beautiful cultures to business and innovation. Digitalisation…
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Mastercard, DPO Group partner to boost Pan-African merchant payments
Mastercard and Africa’s leading payment service provider, DPO Group have entered into a new partnership to enable more than 40,000…
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BUSINESS
Ecobank names MFS Africa Ltd as its Digital payment partner
Ecobank has announced the appointment of MFS Africa as its Digital payment partner enabling cross-platform payment services for Ecobank account…
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More collaborative efforts required to fight mobile money fraud and cyber crime, says DPP
The Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji has called on all stakeholders in financial institutions and banking sector to work together to strengthen…
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COLUMNS
The Opportunity Cost of Doing Business for SMEs in Africa
The African economy has gathered momentum over the years, with an estimated increase of 3.8% of the real output growth…
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Two Kenyan startups among Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program graduates
Two Kenyan startups, Cloud9xp and PayGo Energy were among the second class of 11 startups who graduated yesterday from Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa…
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Naspers Sets Up A $9m Fund To Support South African Tech Startups
South African media company Naspers has set up a R1.4bn ($96m) Naspers Foundry fund to invest into South African technology…
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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
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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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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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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Startups
Kenyan startups top list of 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa winners
Kenyan startups have topped the list of 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa winners. The startups, Lynk, WeFarm, and Solar…
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Kenyan Startup Mookh Africa wins Visa Everywhere Initiative Top Prize
Kenyan Startup Mookh Africa is the overall winner of the Visa Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Everywhere Initiative, The startup won…
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Myriad Connect Solutions launches in Kenya to combat mobile transaction fraud
Mobile technology solutions company Myriad Connect Solutions has launched in Kenya to combat digital transaction fraud. Unveiled yesterday, the company…
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BUSINESS
CBA Partners With AGF and ECAP To Launch Faster Payments Solution For Corporate Suppliers
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) in partnership with African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(AGF) and ECap a Nairobi…
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COLUMNS
An effective blended learning strategy for Africa: how to get it right
An effective blended learning strategy for Africa: how to get it right More and more learners are turning to online…
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Who wants complimentary passes to the Finnovation Africa: Kenya 2018 summit?
The Finnovation Africa: Kenya 2018 summit is coming to Nairobi on 31st May 2018. The event will bring together more…
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Startups
Connecticut Innovation brings its $5 VentureClash Challenge to Nigeria
U.S based organisation Connecticut Innovation launched its VentureClash global venture challenge in Nigeria. The competition is targeting companies that are…
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Orange Digital Ventures announces new $8.6 million investment in Kenya’s Africa’s Talking
Orange Digital Ventures Africa has announced its first investment in an African startup. The technological investment fund will help Nairobi…
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COLUMNS
Cloud computing can improve local realities in Kenya
Corine Mbiaketcha Nana, Managing Director Kenya Hub covering East, Central and West Africa at Oracle Kenya has distinguished itself as…
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Visa opens up the first Visa Everywhere Initiative to young developers at the Nairobi Tech Week
Visa has announced that it will be opening up the first Visa Everywhere Initiative for Sub Saharan Africa to young developers…
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COLUMNS
Ways in which east African Students can pay for Online Courses.
Described with examples of Udemy and Coursera With developing technology that has promoted reliable and stable internet connectivity among east…
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Mastercard partners with Selcom to Expand its Masterpass QR mobile payment solution in Tanzania
Mastercard has today announced a new partnership with Tanzanian fintech Selcom to expand its mobile payments solution, Masterpass QR, in…
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Agriculture based startups dominate Pangea’s application list
Just two months after launching in Kenya, Norwegian accelerator Pangea has closed its application platform recording a total of 403…
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BUSINESS
Digital credit scoring is paving the way to more affordable microloans in East Africa.
Fintech companies are using digital technology to score the creditworthiness of people in emerging markets, potentially enabling millions of people…
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Growing Africa’s digital ecosystem by bringing high touch to high tech
The international tech community is nurturing Africa’s digital ecosystem by supporting skills development, technology adoption and the growth of digital…
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Startups
Kenyan Startups invited to apply for this year’s DataHack4FI competition
Nairobi Garage is calling on Kenyan startups to apply for the for this years DataHack4FI competition with the winning team…
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How to save money with remittances to Africa
International money transfers to Africa are rising. There are good reasons for that. With the choice of the right online…
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Opera’s new Kenyan office to serve as East Africa’s hub
Opera, the developer of popular Opera Mini and Opera browsers, have set an office in Kenya. Techweez reports that the…
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6 Kenyan Startups among the DEMO Africa 2017 30 finalists
6 Startups from Kenya have made it to the list of the final 35 startups from 28 African countries that…
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Addressing Financial Inclusivity through Digital Democracy: Is Bitcoin the digital version of gold?
Financial inclusivity is a pre-requisite for building any economy, none more so than in Africa. Acknowledging the role Fin-Tech is…
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BUSINESS
Regional and international experts gather in Nairobi to discuss the future of payments in the region.
The 2017 Seamless East Africa conference kicked off in Nairobi today, bringing together regional and international experts to discuss the…
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AfricaCom 2017 – Celebrating 20 years of Africa’s telecoms and technology journey
Header: A look back at 20 years of AfricaCom shows how far we have come …and where we are yet…
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Report: Consumer popularity of Samsung phones sored as TV and laptop business reaped less during elections period
Consumer popularity of Samsung phones soared the whole of Q2 2017, beating HTC. The value of Samsung mobile phones as…
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Battle of the Brands: Infinix vs Tecno.
Let us just agree that Tecno and Infinix Mobile are some of the most popular mobile phones in Kenya right…
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Reviews
Infinix Note 4 Review: Great device for just Kshs.14,000
A new report from DataFintech, a Kenyan consumer data broker reveals that Infinix Mobile has monopolized the first position in…
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News
AfricaCom 2017 to be held from 7th-9th November as it celebrates its 20th Anniversary
One of Africa’s leading technology event AfricaCom will be held from 7th to 9th November 2017 in Cape Town, South…
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Report: Toyota cars still popular among Kenyans as automotive market prices go down in Q1-2017
The Kenyan Automotive scene has been growing over the last couple of years. A 2016 report by Deloitte suggests that…
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BUSINESS
Demand for TECNO Mobile phones went up after the Camon CX launch
Lets just agree that TECNO Mobile has been doing pretty well in the Kenyan market and even in Africa.…
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Startups
Orange launches 50 million euros investment initiative to support African Startups.
Orange Digital Ventures , Orange Group’s investment vehicle for early-stage innovation projects in Africa has launched a new investment initiative…
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COLUMNS
A new meaning for CIOs: Champions of Innovation in Organisations
Kenyan CIOs should be ready to surf the next wave of digital disruption By Nikki Summers, Regional Director for Sage…
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BUSINESS
Oppo beats Xiaomi to become most popular brand in Q1-2017 in Kenya
In our today’s update on the battle for brands segment, our friends at Data Fintech have shared some insights on…
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News
Report: Acer beats Asus laptops to top at 75% in brand popularity in Kenya
Acer laptops were the most popular brands than Asus in the period between March 2016 and March 2017. According to…
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COLUMNS
CIOs should embrace the role of championing innovation and agility in the business
The previous wave of digital disruption, triggered by mobile technology, caught most CIOs and organizations off guard. 10 years ago, hardly…
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Kenyans bought more Infinix smartphones than HTC between February 2016 and February 2017
Infinix was the most sought after smartphone brand in Kenya in between February 2016 and February 2017. According to the…
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COLUMNS
Why Electronic Dealers Need The Online Marketplace
With Kenyans becoming more and more tech-savvy, the demand for certain electronic goods in the country has grown rapidly with…
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Report: Lenovo Laptops, and LG television brands most popular among Kenyan consumers
Data Fintech has been working with PigiaMe to come up with an Electronics Trends Market Report. The reports provide an…
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COLUMNS
Opinion: A look to the bank of the future
Imagine a world where you could predict when your customers will have their first thought about retirement planning and be…
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BUSINESS
Nikon beats Canon to become the most favored camera brand in Kenya
The Kenyan electronic market is always very competitive. From smartphones, television, and others, all these brands are always trying…
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News
Leading decision makers in Africa to gather in Lagos for the 2016 Telecom Media Technology conference
Leading decision makers in African telecoms, media, and technology (TMT) will gather in Lagos on September 20, for the 2016…
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Startups
International value remittance service Ozaremit secures funding from top French investors
International value remittance service Ozaremit has secured funding from French investors Thibaults Launay, Romain Girbal and Célia Grémy to boost…
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BUSINESS
NetGuardians brings anti-fraud software solutions to Kenyan banks
Recent times have seen Kenyan banks being hit by several high profile fraud cases despite the Central Bank pledging tougher…
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Interactive Intelligence wins Zimbabwe service excellence award
Interactive Intelligence has been named the winner of one of the excellence awards at the fourth annual Contact Centre Association…
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BUSINESS
Co-op Bank and SimbaPay partner to offer Diaspora Remittances
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has today announced a new partnership with SimbaPay to offer international money transfer services to…
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