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Startups
Kenyan B2B E-commerce Startup Wasoko Opens an Innovation Hub in Zanzibar
Innovation plays an ever-increasing role in growing Africa’s emerging technology ecosystem. In fact, A study by Briter Bridges and AfriLabs…
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Kenya’s Fintech Pezesha Has Raised $11 Million to Expand Across Africa
Pezesha, a Kenyan fintech that has built a platform where small and medium enterprises can access funding has raised $11…
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Government unveils new digital number plates
The government on Tuesday unveiled the new generation of digital number plates featuring a number of security features. The plates…
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Jumia Brand Festival Campaign Kicks Off on August 30th
E-commerce leader Jumia has unveiled the 2022 Brand campaign to promote authentic brands at discounted prices directly from the manufacturers…
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CLOUD
RICHARD MUTHUA: Kenya and Africa are ready to join the future of Cloud
It is sometimes too easy for the world to wrongfully assume that Africa lags too far behind the global cloud…
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Startups
Nigerian fintech Grey raises $2M to simplify cross-border payments across Africa
Grey, a fintech started by two Nigerians to simplify sending and receiving foreign payments for Africans, has raised $2 million…
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News
Huawei has opened applications for its 2022 Huawei Global App Innovation Contest
Chinese technology giant Huawei is inviting applicants for its 2022 edition of the Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (Apps Up)…
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Safaricom Ethiopia pilots its services in Dire Dawa ahead of national launch
After announcing plans to launch commercial operations in Ethiopia within the year, Safaricom has now started large-scale customer pilot of…
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Startups
Kenyan startups raised $820 million in VC funding in the first half of 2022
Kenya has secured an enviable position among the most competitive innovation and investment destinations in Africa. The country’s attractiveness has…
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News
South Africa’s iiDENTIFii wins the Tech Innovator in Africa Awards by KPMG
South Africa’s biometrics and identity authentication firm iiDENTIFii has emerged as the winner of the Tech Innovator in Africa awards organized…
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BUSINESS
CBK grants digital payments provider DPO Group a PSP license to operate in Kenya
African digital payments provider DPO Group Kenya has received official approval from the Central Bank of Kenya to operate as…
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News
Password management firm LastPass says it was hacked, tells users not to panic
LastPass, the world’s most popular password manager has admitted that it was hacked. In an email to customers, the company…
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Google has pulled down more than 2,000 loan apps from Play Store in India
Google says that it pulled more than 2,000 personal loan apps from Play Store in India for what the company…
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STIMA brings electric motorcycles to Kenya in new partnership with India’s OneElectric
STIMA, a battery swapping technology company has partnered OneElectric, an Indian manufacturer of electric motorcycles to supply more than 3,000…
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Twitter is integrating podcasts to its platform
Twitter announced on Tuesday that it integrating podcasts into its platform as a part of its newly redesigned Spaces Tab.…
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Nigeria’s B2B e-commerce startup Omnibiz has raised $15 million to accelerate expansion
There is a growing number of startups across Africa that are helping to connect manufacturers with wholesalers and retailers. Nigeria’s…
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Rosatom, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Sign Сontract for Joint Work at El-Dabaa NPP in Egypt
Rosatom engineering division (Atomstroyexport JSC) and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. (KHNP) have concluded a contract for the…
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Google Wallet goes live in South Africa
South Africa has become the first African country to benefit from Google Wallet, a service that allows customers to pay…
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Ecobank Opens Applications for its 2022 Fintech Challenge for African Startups
Ecobank Group has launched the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge targeting African fintech startups. Selected startups stand a…
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Sasini to start using drones for fertilizer application and chemical spraying on its Kipkebe tea farm
Sasini will soon start using drones for fertilizer application and chemical spraying on its Kipkebe tea farm. The firm has…
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News
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Just how slow is 5G adoption in Africa?
5G deployment across Africa has been very slow despite telecom operators around the world having rolled out the network since…
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MTN has rolled out 5G trials in seven cities across Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has launched 5G network in 190 sites across seven cities in the country. This initial installation of the…
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Smile Identity says cases of identity theft in Africa have increased by 26% since last year
Pan-African provider of identity verification technologies Smile Identity has said that cases of identity theft have increased by 26% since…
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AT&T Senior Director Cynthia Karuri-Kropac joins Safaricom as new enterprise manager
Safaricom on Wednesday announced the appointment of Cynthia Karuri-Kropac as its Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 1st September 2022. Cynthia…
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News
Kenya’s AfyaRekod Partners with Medi-Science to Decentralize Access to Patient Data
Medi-Science International and Kenya’s healthcare startup AfyaRekod have announced a partnership aimed at transforming healthcare delivery through improved access to…
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KFCB is Asking Local Content Creators to Submit Comments on Self-Regulatory Framework
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has urged creatives in the country to submit proposals and comments to help draft…
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Safaricom is Closing its Outlet at Two Rivers Mall from August 31st
Safaricom has announced it will be permanently closing down its retail shop at Two Rivers Mall effective 31 August 2022.…
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Flutterwave’s New Chief People and Culture Officer Mansi Babyloni Empowers Young Africans with Tech Skills
Nigerian fintech company, Flutterwave, has appointed Mansi Babyloni as the new Chief People and Culture Officer. This was contained in…
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Mozilla is awarding five Kenyan projects developing Kiswahili voice-enabled applications $50K grant each
Mozilla has announced a collaboration that will see eight companies developing Kiswahili voice technologies receive $50,000 grant each to advance…
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News
You can now stream LaLiga and Serie A 2022/23 seasons on Showmax Pro
With the new LaLiga and Serie A seasons kicking off, Showmax Pro subscribers across the continent can now stream the games live, courtesy…
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Gadgets
Infinix Note 12 5G Series officially launched, specs, pricing and availability
Infinix Mobile has officially unveiled the Infinix Note 12 5G series. The series includes two devices – the Infinix Note…
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News
You can now pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 from Masoko
Samsung has opened pre-orders for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip p4 in Kenya. The new foldables…
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News
PATRICK NDEGWA: Will the updated National Digital Masterplan accelerate digital transformation in Kenya?
In April 2022, Kenya’s Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs marked a significant step in the country’s journey towards…
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Gadgets
OPPO A77 With MediaTek Helio G35 SoC Launched in Kenya for Ksh. 26,999
OPPO has today launched the OPPO A77 smartphone in Kenya. The phone is the company’s latest addition to its A-series…
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News
LG Unveils its Smart Space-Saving Washtower Compact at IFA 2022
LG Electronics has unveiled its new WashTower™ Compact laundry solution at IFA 2022. The new WashTower is a fully integrated…
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BUSINESS
DPO Group CEO Eran Feinstein announces his retirement
DPO Group (DPO) co-founder and CEO Eran Feinstein has announced his retirement from the company. His retirement comes just nine…
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News
TECNO Spark 9 Pro vs Spark 9T vs Spark 9C: What’s the main difference?
The TECNO SPARK 9 series has been with us for a few months now. TECNO officially unveiled this series alongside…
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CLOUD
Incentro Africa bags Best Cloud Computing Solutions Provider award 2022 at DigitalTech 100
Incentro Africa has been awarded Best Cloud Computing Solutions Provider, 2022 by DigitalTech 100. The DigitalTech 100 awards recognize corporates…
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Tanzania has installed high-speed internet on Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzanian officials held an unusual press conference from 12,000 feet above sea level at the top of Africa’s highest mountain,…
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News
Meta is inviting applicants for Training in AR/VR across Africa, here’s how to apply
Meta, Facebook’s parent company in conjunction with Imisi 3D and Black Rhino has opened applications for training and hackathon in…
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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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Gadgets
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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Blockchain
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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News
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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BUSINESS
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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Blockchain
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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Startups
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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News
TikTok has banned paid political ads on the platform ahead U.S. midterm polls
Short-video sharing platform TikTok has been emphatic about avoiding political messaging on the platform. Earlier this week, the company issued…
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News
Cameo Live lets you have a 10-minute call with your favorite celebrity
What would you tell your favourite celebrity if you had a chance for a 10-minute conversation with them? Cameo is…
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Social Media
This new Twitter feature allows businesses to display their location and contact info on their profile
Twitter has launched Location Spotlight, a feature that the company hopes will help give individuals and professionals with physical outlets…
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Startups
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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News
WhatsApp is testing an Undo Button help you recover deleted messages
WhatsApp commands a top spot among the world’s most popular messaging apps. Even with a number of competitors hotly contesting…
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News
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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BUSINESS
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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CYBER SECURITY
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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Interviews
[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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News
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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News
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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News
How High 4G/3G Penetration Influenced Elections in Kenya
The just-concluded general elections in Kenya presented the country with yet another opportunity to showcase its progress in the uptake…
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News
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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Bolt to only be available to corporate clients in Tanzania
Popular ride-hailing company Bolt has switched to corporate clients only in Tanzania. This, the firm says is due to 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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Full Time
Jobs: Data Engineer – Incentro Africa
Able to see logic in a pile of information or create solutions for problems people never knew existed? And doing…
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Jobs: DevOps Engineer – Incentro Africa
Building functional systems that improve customer experience? Love for deploying product updates, identifying production issues and implementing integrations that meet…
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Apps
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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CLOUD
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Featured
Is this the Easiest Jackpot to Win in Kenya?
Rarely is a jackpot won more than once, however, this has not been the case with the Odibets Laki Tatu…
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News
Teenagers Are Spending More Time On YouTube Than any other platform, Survey
There was a time when Facebook was the cool app that every teenager wanted to be. In fact, a survey…
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Telcos to refund airtime to users in case of network outages
The Communications Authority (CA) has issued new guidelines requiring telecommunication companies to give credit rebates to customers in case of…
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Featured
Azimio Coalition party Secures Majority Seats in Nairobi County
The Azimio coalition party has secured majority seats in Nairobi County. The Raila Odinga-led Azimio La Umoja Coalition has won…
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CYBER SECURITY
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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Startups
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Featured
The 6 Most Common Communication Mistakes Companies Make
Even small communication mistakes can cause significant damage to a business. Here’s how to avoid the obvious blunders. In the…
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Startups
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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News
WhatsApp new feature will allow you to leave groups silently
The world’s most popular messaging platform WhatsApp has made a good attempt to stay ahead of the competition by being…
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News
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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News
Twitter is down for thousands of users globally
Twitter was down for thousands of users on Tuesday. Outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 32,000 outage reports. The outage…
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News
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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News
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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Startups
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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Startups
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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News
Kenyans to pay cheaper for calls across mobile networks starting this month
Mobile operators in Kenya have agreed to cut the cost of calls between them from Sh0.99 per minute to Sh0.58…
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Reviews
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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TRENDING
#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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News
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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BUSINESS
Local telcos settle for Ksh.0.58 Mobile and Fixed Termination Rates
The Communications Authority has announced new Mobile and Fixed Termination Rates for local telcos. In December last year, CA cut…
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WomenInTech
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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