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BUSINESS
Safaricom Launches Pochi La Biashara, a new M-PESA Product for Small Business Owners
Safaricom celebrated its 20th birthday yesterday with the company launching a new campaign. The company also launched a new product…
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Blockchain
Importance of security awareness amongst users when trading in digital currency
In acknowledging Cybersecurity Awareness Month during October this year, peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency marketplace, Paxful, is highlighting the importance of security awareness…
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News
Phone Model, Mobile Internet and Missed Calls Might Determine Whether You Get Credit
Ever more personal data will in the future determine whether people can get a loan or buy goods on instalment.…
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Apps
Safaricom Updates MySafaricom App With New Features
Safaricom’s MySafaricom App update has brought with it a range of new features. The most notable of the bunch is…
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BUSINESS
Telkom Revamps Pawa Voice Bundles with Data and SMS
Telkom Kenya has revamped its Pawa voice bundles. The telco has sweetened the deal by including SMS and data packs.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Celebrates 20th Birthday, Launches New Campaign
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, is today celebrating its 20th birthday after officially being launched in the country on 23rd October…
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Reviews
Tecno Spark 5 Pro Review
Tecno Spark 5 Pro Review: Tecno Mobile officially unveiled the Tecno Spark 5 Pro in Kenya this month. This launch…
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News
Safaricom to Offer Free Calls and Data to Customers as it Celebrates 20th Birthday
Safaricom turned 20 on Friday 23rd after officially launching in the Kenyan market on 23rd October 2000. The telco celebrated…
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News
realme 7i confirmed to launch in Kenya on November 10th
Realme has announced plans to unveil another product from its number series, the realme 7i on Tuesday, November 10th at…
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News
Ericsson launches its 2020 edition of the Graduate Program in Africa
Ericsson has announced the launch of its 2020 edition of the Graduate Program in Africa. The program will run virtually…
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Reviews
Unboxing The Infinix Note 8 and Quick Specs
Infinix NOTE 8 Unboxing: Infinix NOTE 8 is now official. Infinix officially unveiled the device last week at an event…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Willie Oosthuysen: How IoT can be the catalyst for better and smarter cities in Africa
While the Internet of Things (IoT) may still be an emerging technology, it is difficult to dispute that it has…
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News
Cars & Tech: Hyundai Tucson Video Review
Hyundai Tucson : In July this year, Portuguese multinational Salvador Caetano Group launched a new one-stop showroom in Kenya. The…
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News
OPPO A93 officially launched in Kenya, to be available for Ksh. 30,999
OPPO Kenya has today launched the OPPO A93, its latest addition to the A Series portfolio in the country. The…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Ep 25: Is the iPad a Computer?
In this latest episode of our 24Bit Podcast, Emmanuel Chenze, Nick Kanali and Dickson Otieno discuss the iPAD. The iPAD…
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CYBER SECURITY
Remove these 21 Malicious Apps from Your Phone
The Google Play Store has millions of apps with different purposes. However, it has become commonplace, once in a while,…
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BUSINESS
Huawei’s Revenue on The Rise Despite Business Uncertainty
Chinese tech company Huawei has announced its financial performance in the first three quarters of 2020. According to the company,…
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News
Oppo A93 Price, Specifications and Availability in Kenya
OPPO A93 is the latest phone to hit the Kenyan market from the Chinese tech company, OPPO. It features a…
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News
Cellulant Names Faith Nkatha Gitonga Country Manager for Kenya
Cellulant has announced the appointment of Faith Nkatha Gitonga as its Country Manager for Kenya. Faith joins the fintech company from…
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Gadgets
Huawei Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro Plus Price and Specifications in Kenya
Last week, Huawei announced the new phones under its flagship Mate series. The company unveiled a total of four new…
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Gadgets
Infinix NOTE 8 and NOTE 8i Price and Specifications in Kenya
Infinix NOTE 8 and NOTE 8i are already available in Kenya after last week’s launch. Officially, Infinix NOTE 8 price…
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Gadgets
realme Buds Q now selling in Kenya for Ksh.3,999
The realme Buds Q true wireless earbuds are now selling in Kenya. Realme introduced the buds recently and is selling…
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Gadgets
Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro Plus Officially Unveiled with 50W Wireless Charging
Huawei has announced the latest iteration of its Mate Series smartphone lineup. The HUAWEI Mate 40 Series follows the same…
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BUSINESS
Streaming Service Quibi Shuts Down Six Months After Launch
The streaming market is booming as people continuously adopt online entertainment. Netflix has already recorded its best quarter yet this…
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Blockchain
PayPal to allow Users to Buy, Hold, and Sell Cryptocurrencies on the Platform
PayPal is finally joining the crypto market. On Wednesday, the company announced a new service that will allow users to…
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News
LinkedIn Stories feature is now live for users worldwide
LinkedIn thinks we need a stories feature. The professional social network just rolled out LinkedIn Stories to users worldwide, giving…
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CYBER SECURITY
The Top Three IT Security Threats in Africa
Kaspersky is warning Africa ’s cybersecurity operatives of the top IT security threats on the continent. In its latest insights…
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Gadgets
Huawei Y7a Officially Announced with 6.67” Display and 5,000mAh battery
Huawei has announced several phones under the Y series in Kenya this year. The latest in the series, Huawei Y9a,…
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News
Truecaller’s New Call Reason Feature Will Let You Know Why Someone Is Calling You
Truecaller will now be able to tell you why someone is calling. The company has rolled out a new update…
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News
[Column] Amrote Abdella: Data-driven agriculture can solve the challenge of food security in Africa
One of most the prominent challenges facing Africa is providing food security for its citizens. While many farmers still rely…
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BUSINESS
Tips to be more responsive to your customers
If you are a service provider, customer responsiveness should be among your top priorities. This is basically the quality and…
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Blockchain
Why Africa is yet to Adopt Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Widely
Africa is considered one of, if not the most promising region for the adoption of cryptocurrencies. The unique opportunity available…
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News
The Infinix Note 8 is now official, to be available in Kenya for Ksh.21,799
Infinix Mobile is officially unveiled the Infinix Note 8, one of its flagship devices for 2020 today. The phone will…
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BUSINESS
Fifth Africa Fintech Summit to be held Virtually Starting November 9th
Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS), the global initiative dedicated to the African fintech ecosystem, is hosted in Washington DC each April…
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Gadgets
These Are The LG AI Direct Drive Washing Machines Currently Available for Purchase in Kenya
LG’s new AI-Powered washing machines are now available for purchase in Kenya. These front load washers were first introduced to…
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News
Kenya’s e-health Startup Ilara Health Secures $1.1M Grant to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
Kenyan e-health startup Ilara Health has received a US$1.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve…
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Gadgets
Watch Infinix Unveil the new NOTE 8 Series Smartphones Today
Infinix is about to launch two new phones in the country; the Infinix NOTE 8 and Infinix NOTE 8i. Pre-orders…
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News
LG’s #NanoNiNoma Competition Winners Announced
LG Electronics has awarded the top five winners of the just concluded social media competition dubbed the #NanoNiNoma Challenge. The…
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News
Realme C15 Review
Realme C15 Review: Realme C15 is already selling in the Kenyan market. The device was launched four weeks ago at…
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News
Catalyst Fund, Mastercard, MEST launch $4.3m Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana
Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)…
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Gadgets
OPPO A93 Confirmed to Launch on October 26 in Kenya
OPPO is set to introduce OPPO A93 in Kenya this month. The A93 is the latest addition to the A…
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News
Steam+ technology on the LG AI DD washers and its benefits
LG Electronics developed the first steam washer over 20 years ago Steam has so many advantages. The first advantage according…
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Gadgets
Samsung Smartphone Sales Rebound Reclaiming Top Spot – Report
Samsung has surpassed Huawei to become the top smartphone seller between July and August. The latest data from Counterpoint’s Monthly…
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BUSINESS
Buy These Telkom Bundles and Get Showmax Pro Mobile Free for One Month
Telkom has announced a partnership with Showmax Pro Mobile, offering new data bundles coupled with a free one-month subscription for…
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News
Odibets revamps its virtual betting platform
Betting firm Odibets has revamped its virtual betting platform, Odileague which now boasts several games from various leagues including the…
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Gadgets
Budget Nokia 2.4 is now selling in Kenya for Ksh.13,799
HMD Global has announced the availability of Nokia 2.4 budget phone in Kenya. The phone was first introduced to the…
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BUSINESS
Uber Starts Over-the-Counter Medicine Deliveries in South Africa
Uber owns the lion’s share in South Africa’s $600 million food delivery market, but the company has widened its services…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Processes an average of six Loans Per Second on Fuliza
Safaricom ’s overdraft facility, Fuliza, was launched in 2019 but now processes an average of six transactions per second. In…
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News
Twitter Goes Under for Many Over Internal System Issue
Early this morning, Twitter announced that its service was down to many users owing to “some trouble” with internal systems.…
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BUSINESS
Bolt launches initiative to celebrates heroes helping fight Coronavirus
On-demand transportation platform Bolt is celebrating extraordinary heroes who have been on the frontlines day in and day out in…
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News
Online learning platform Coursera now offering free pricing options
Online learning platform Coursera has announced free versions of Coursera for Campus. The platform has also upgraded features to address…
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News
TECNO Spark 5 Pro now selling in Kenya for Ksh. 13,999
Tecno Mobile has today officially launched the TECNO Spark 5 Pro in Kenya. The device will be available for Ksh.…
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BUSINESS
Nairobi is the leading African city for online food delivery, report
Nairobi is the leading city across Africa for online food delivery, followed by Casablanca (Morocco), Lagos (Nigeria) Kampala (Uganda) and…
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News
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2020: Early detection can increase the survival rates
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is a month set aside to create awareness about this type of cancer…
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CYBER SECURITY
Zoom Plans to Roll out the Much-Needed Privacy and Security Feature Soon
Zoom announced plans to implement the real end-to-end encryption for calls in May, after public scrutiny. At first, Zoom planned…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 10 Review
Infinix HOT 10 Review: Infinix launched the Infinix HOT 10 in Kenya two weeks ago. The device is selling at…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Considers to Sell Part of its Honor Smartphone Business – Report
Huawei is reportedly in talks to sell part of its Honor smartphone business amid the US ban. According to the…
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Gadgets
Global PC Sales Rise Sharply to 81.3 Million Units
The traditional PC market, which includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations, posted another strong double-digit growth in Q3, 2020, owing to…
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CLOUD
Africa Data Centers appoints Vimal Sharma new GM Sales for Eastern Africa region
Africa Data Centres has appointed Vimal Sharma as its new General Manager: Sales for the Eastern Africa region. Before joining…
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News
NAPAfrica announces direct access to Microsoft’s Azure Peering Service
Internet Exchange Point, NAPAfrica, has announced that its members can now have direct access to the Microsoft Azure Peering Service and benefit from…
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BUSINESS
CBK Blocks over 300 Mobile Lenders from Listing Defaulters at CRBs
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has barred over 337 unregulated digital and credit-only lenders from listing loan defaulters at…
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WomenInTech
Mastercard’s Girls4Tech STEM Program Reaches 1 Million Girls in 30 Countries
Mastercard’s signature STEM program, Girls4Tech, reached its initial milestone goal of educating one million girls, the company has announced. The…
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New Appointments
Sophos Appoints Kevin Isaac Senior Vice President of Sales for EMEA
Sophos today announced a new appointment to its senior EMEA sales leadership team. Kevin Isaac has joined Sophos as senior vice…
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BUSINESS
Over 55Pc of Kenyans with Fixed Internet Pay for Speeds Between 2-10Mbps
The number of mobile data subscribers has just surpassed the 40 million mark while the fixed broadband market has also…
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CYBER SECURITY
Cyber Attacks Decrease by 59.9pc in Kenya due to Improved Security, CA says
Kenya experienced a massive decline of cyber threat attempts in the second quarter (April – June) of the year, the…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Reclaims Top Spot in the Fixed Broadband Market
Back in Q1, Zuku surpassed Safaricom to top the country’s fixed data subscription market. But the reign didn’t last. As…
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News
Infinix Note 8 and 8i Launching soon in Kenya, Pre-orders start on 12th
Infinix Mobile is planning to launch its latest device in the Note Series in Kenya, the Infinix Note 8 and…
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BUSINESS
Here’s How Much Kenyan Telcos Made from Mobile Services in 2019
The latest data from the ICT watchdog, the Communications Authority of Kenya(CA), shows how much revenue the telco sector made…
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BUSINESS
Kenyans Sent Nearly 450 Billion to Businesses in Three Months
Kenyans sent a lot more money to businesses in the April-June quarter, owing to the government directive urging them to…
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BUSINESS
Mobile Subscriptions in Kenya Rise to 57 Million
The Communication Authority of Kenya, CA, has released the latest Sector Statistics report giving an overview of the general performance…
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Startups
Global Startup Awards expands across all African countries
The Global Startup Awards (GSA) is expanding across Africa. GSA is the largest independent startup ecosystem awards platform with a…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Inks Deal with Ericsson to modernize its 4G network in Kenya
Airtel Africa is extending its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enhance its 4G network coverage in Kenya. As a result,…
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News
[Interview] We’re connecting Africa one transaction at a time, Leon Kiptum, Chipper Cash Kenya boss
Financial technology – Fintech, has become a significant force in shaping the structure of the financial services industry in Africa…
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CYBER SECURITY
Huawei conspires with the Chinese Government, UK Parliament Says
The British parliament’s defense committee says they have found evidence that the Chinese technology giant, Huawei, conspires with “the Chinese…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Partners with Mondia to launch a new gaming service for customers in Africa
Africa’s eCommerce giant, Jumia, has partnered with Mondia (https://Mondia.com), a technology company specializing in marketing and distributing digital content to…
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News
Paul Ducklin: Securing you IoT devices at home
Paul Ducklin, Principal Research Scientist at Sophos, offers some tips for keeping IoT devices and other connected computers secure at…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Nick Durrant: Businesses need to adapt to new disruptive staffing models
Recruiting and staffing have become more complex, technology driven and many businesses view this disruption as a threat. They need…
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News
OPPO Reno4 Camera Review
OPPO Reno4 Camera Review: The OPPO Reno4 is already selling in Kenyan market at Ksh. Ksh39,999. OPPO launched the device…
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CYBER SECURITY
Chrome for Android and iOS Starts Sending Alerts when Saved Passwords are Leaked
Google Chrome is ramping up security protocols and will now tell you if the passwords you’ve asked Chrome to remember…
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BUSINESS
Showmax Adds Five Local TV Channels on its Platform
Showmax, Multichoice’s streaming service, has bolstered its product offerings since the year started. With the introduction of Showmax Pro, Kenyans…
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CYBER SECURITY
MTN, Airtel and Stanbic Bank Uganda Lose Billions of Shillings to a Third-party Service Provider Hack
Hackers have broken into Uganda’s Pegasus Technologies, making away with cash in the billions. Pegasus Technologies touts itself as a…
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BUSINESS
Fraud in the banking industry: What are banks doing about it?
Chances are you have at least received a call once or twice from people claiming to be representatives from your…
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Gadgets
Vivo Starts Selling its Budget Y1s Smartphone in Kenya
Vivo’s Kenya subsidiary has silently launched another Y-series phone in the country. It’s not surprising that the phone hasn’t received…
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Gadgets
Apple Stops Selling Rival Headphones and Speakers in its Stores
Apple has stopped selling third-party headphones and speakers in its stores ahead of an imminent launch of its audio products.…
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Reviews
Video: Infinix HOT 10 Unboxing
Unboxing the Infinix HOT 10: The device is already selling in Kenya and comes in two models – The HOT…
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BUSINESS
Airtel Customers Will Soon Acquire Samsung Smartphones Under Flexible Financing Plans
Airtel Africa has partnered with South Korean device maker, Samsung, and Mastercard to provide customers will smartphones on flexible payment…
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CLOUD
[Column] Francis Wainaina: Africa, Kenya and the Cloud – The Numbers You Need to Know
As a unified online platform for communication and collaboration, the cloud is now widely considered to be one of the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google Announces Initiative to Solve Security Issues in non-Pixel Phones
In the past three years or so, Google has ramped up Android updates and security patches to third-party vendors. The…
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News
Equity Announces a $100 Partnership With Proparco to Support 240 Local MSMEs
Equity Group has announced a $100 partnership with Proparco, a French Development Finance Institution to support Micro, Small, and Medium…
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News
Ngao Credit opens new branch in Thika town
Financial services provider Ngao Credit has opened a new branch in Thika town. The new branch will serve the entire…
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News
LG’s AI Direct Drive washers come with a bigger drum capacity to hold more laundry
Owning a washing machine is among the top considerations for any households in this day and age. Washing machines come…
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CYBER SECURITY
Global Shipping Industry Hit with Cyber Attacks
The global shipping industry has been hit with two cyberattacks within a week, causing disruptions to the movement of goods.…
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BUSINESS
Google to pay news publishers for their content
Google has made its first serious attempt in compensating publishers for their hard work. In a recent blog post, Google…
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News
Kenya’s e-commerce Startup Sokowatch wins ‘Visa Everywhere Initiative’ 2020 competition
Nairobi-based e-commerce startup Sokowatch has been named winner of the recently concluded Visa Everywhere Initiative – Pandemic Challenge. This year’s initiative was…
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News
Mabati Rolling Mills launches SAFBUILD Manufacturing Plant in Athi River
Mabati Rolling Mills Limited (MRM), a Member of the Safal Group has launched the SAFBUILD Manufacturing Plant at its Athi…
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News
Huawei Y9a now selling in Kenya for Ksh.30,999
After opening pre-orders for the Huawei Y9a in Kenya last week, Huawei Mobile has now officially launched the device. The…
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News
Samsung increases stock for its smart home appliances in Kenya
As more people adopt the work from home model in Kenya due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for smart…
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BUSINESS
Banks to start blacklisting loan defaulters at CRBs after CBK’s Nod
Since Kenya reported the first case of Covid-19 in March, several measures were hastily put in place to cushion citizens…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom and NCBA Differ on Lowering M-Shwari Interest Rates
Amid pressure to cub predatory mobile lending platforms from the regulator, Safaricom and its partner NCBA have differed on cutting…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Food Festival campaign to support local restaurants
Jumia has announced the launch of a Food Festival Campaign to raise awareness of the difficulties the restaurant industry has…
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BUSINESS
PayPal Deposits and Withdrawals Services via M-PESA to be Briefly Unavailable on Monday
Safaricom’s M-PESA and PayPal ‘s team are planning service maintenance on the 5th of October, next Monday. The service maintenance…
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