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Here are the five startups pitching at the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative Kenya edition
Payments firm Visa has unveiled the five finalists shortlisted for the final round of the 2023 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI).…
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BUSINESS
Somalia’s SomBank to roll out Mastercard debit cards
Mastercard today announced a partnership with Somalia’s SomBank to launch debit cards as the company seeks to promote the adoption…
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Digital retail distributor Kyosk Digital acquires KwikBasket, expands into fresh produce market
Many farmers in Africa face numerous challenges due to fragmented and inefficient distribution chains for agricultural produce. Farmers often struggle…
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CLOUD
Nokia migrates its cloud infrastructure and container operations to Red Hat
Nokia has announced a new partnership with Red Hat that will see the Finnish tech giant move its cloud infrastructure and container…
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New Appointments
SAP appoints Kholiwe Makhohliso new MD for Southern Africa
SAP has today announced the appointment of seasoned technology executive, Kholiwe Makhohliso, as its new Managing Director for Southern Africa. Makhohliso…
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MYDAWA raises $20m funding from Alta Semper Capital, acquires Uganda’s pharmacy chain Guardian Health
MYDAWA, the Kenyan health-tech startup famous for its e-pharmacy platform has received a US $20 million capital injection from private…
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Hillary Namunyu: How nongreen companies can apply ClimaTech solutions
This year has seen green-focused startups in Africa get more VC funding compared to other years as the world works towards reducing…
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BUSINESS
Multichoice increases DStv, GOtv charges, again
MultiChoice has announced a price increase for all DStv and Gotv packages. In a statement shared on Sunday, the company…
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Gadgets
Samuel Odhiambo: Understanding the Samsung Bespoke Refrigerator
We are living in the custom design era where the luxury consumer is looking at electronics as a way of…
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Mastercard and PayU launch roll out Click to Pay payments in South Africa
Mastercard, in partnership with PayU, have announced the launch of Click to Pay in South Africa. Click to Pay is…
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Blockchain
Kushite East Africa ICP launches web3 hub to drive blockchain awareness
One of the main challenges of blockchain technology is a lack of awareness and understanding among the general population. To…
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CYBER SECURITY
More Than Two-Thirds of Manufacturing Companies Hit by Ransomware Had Their Data Encrypted, Sophos Survey
In more than two-thirds [68%] of ransomware attacks against this manufacturing sector,, the adversaries successfully encrypted data. This is according to…
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Kenya experienced an 82% increase in cyber attacks in 2022, Liquid report
According to a cybersecurity report released by Liquid C2, a business unit of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Kenyan businesses reported an…
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WhatsApp Business crosses 200 million monthly users mark, introduces new ad features
Meta has revealed that WhatsApp Business, its messaging app designed specifically for small businesses now has more than 200 million…
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M-PESA App Users Can Now View Schedules, Book Tickets Across All Anga Cinemas
Safaricom has partnered with Vesen and Anga to draw more movie goers through a dedicated M-PESA Mini App. Located in the…
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Power Learn Project Alumni Startup, Payd, Wins Mozilla Africa Mradi Innovation Challenge Grant
Payd has been named among the winners of the prestigious Mozilla Africa Mradi Innovation Challenge, a competition sponsored by Mozilla…
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Safaricom picks new CEO for its Ethiopia business unit
Wim Vanhelleputte has been named the new CEO for Safaricom Ethiopia effective September 1. His appointment comes just a week…
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Featured
Odibets Unveils Mobile App, Revolutionizing Sports Betting in Kenya
Odibets, a leading sports betting company in Kenya, is thrilled to announce the launch of its highly anticipated android mobile…
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The Fluentalk T1 Translator device might be your perfect foreign travel companion
Fluentalk T1 Translator device: One of the biggest challenge I always have when in a foreign country has always been…
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Online ride-hailing service inDrive now licensed to operate in Kenya
inDrive, the e-taxi app has officially been granted a license to operate in Kenya. The company now joins other companies…
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Reviews
Nokia G11 Plus: Built on the premise of durability
If you’re on a tight budget and looking for a smartphone, one of the phones that you should probably consider…
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Satelite technology firm Avanti sets up its third African office in Nairobi
Satellite technology company Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) has opened its newly renovated office in Nairobi, Kenya. The 276SqM East African hub…
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Four SADC countries agree to scrap mobile roaming charges
If you’re an avid traveller, you’re probably always wondering why roaming internationally is always expensive. Even when you travel within…
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Anzisha Prize launches digital resource library for African entrepreneurs
The Anzisha Prize on Monday officially announced a new online digital resource library aimed at powering entrepreneurship education across Africa. …
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The government is considering bailing out Telkom Kenya
Telkom Kenya has been hitting the headlines over the last couple of months following its full acquisition by the government…
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CA launches cybersecurity hackathon and Bootcamp
Over 6,000 students have signed up for an online bootcamp and hackathon organized by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA),…
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Gadgets
Leaked renders and specs of the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5
By now, we are all sure that the next foldable phones from Samsung, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z…
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KCB Bank bets on Tap To Pay to deepen uptake of cashless payments in Kenya
Tap To Pay is a concept that Kenyans have not really been accustomed to. As much as customers are gradually…
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Kenya leads the world in global TikTok usage, report
Kenya has been ranked among the leading countries in terms of TikTok usage according to the Reuters Institute Digital News…
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SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Review
SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Review: In my line of work as a tech journalist and tech review editor at…
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Kenyan mobility startup Stima secures 100k euro investment from develoPPP Ventures
Stima Mobility, the Kenyan startup providing green tech solutions for the moto-taxi sector (boda boda riders) has secured 100,000 euro in…
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M-Pesa services to be unavailable on Monday morning
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has issued a notice to its customers of planned system maintenance that will affect its mobile…
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Featured
Odibets app goes live on Google Play Store
Odibets, one of the leading betting firms in Kenya, has launched its app on on Google Play Store. Betting fanatics…
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Airtel Kenya to add an additional 349 sites to its network by end of this year
Airtel Kenya is seeking to expand its network coverage by adding 349 new sites by the close of the year.…
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15 Women-led startups selected to join Cohort 6 of Standard Chartered’s Women in Tech program
Standard Chartered Kenya in partnership with @iBizAfrica- Strathmore University has announced the fifteen women-led startups that will be joining the…
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Renewable energy firm Africa REN secures €32M for its Walo Storage project in West Africa
Africa REN, a leading renewables project developer in West Africa has received a €32M debt financing of its Walo Storage…
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Decrypting the Intricacies of Cryptocurrency Support and Resistance Levels
Navigating the high seas of cryptocurrency trading can often feel like a roller-coaster ride. The adrenaline-charged ups and downs are…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Ethiopia CEO Anwar Soussa is leaving the company after two years
After being appointed to lead the Safaricom-Led consortium operations in Ethiopia in July 2021, Anwar Soussa now leaving the company.…
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OPPO ColorOS now has 5.5 million users around the world
ColorOS is the User Interface that we have come to identify OPPO smartphones with. The first version of ColorOS was…
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5 Kenyan startups among the 25 selected to receive $4M Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund
Five Kenyan startups are among the twenty-five from across Africa that have been selected for this year’s $ 4 Google…
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Vertiv Enhances Its Three-Phase UPS Channel Offering in EMEA
Vertiv has announced key enhancements to its dedicated offering for channel distributors and resellers. With these enhancements, Vertiv’s highly-efficient and…
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Startups
$50k up for grabs in the 2023 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge in Africa
Ecobank Group has opened applications for the 6th edition of its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The application is open to fintech entrepreneurs from…
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Africa is OPPO’s Third Largest Market
Africa has proved to be a very lucrative market for a number of smartphone companies. While Transsion continues to dominate…
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realme 10 with MediaTek G99 and 90Hz AMOLED display goes official in Kenya
realme has launched the realme 10 smartphone in Kenya. Launched on Monday, the phone is the company’s first in the…
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More than 1500 participants to take part in the Inclusive FinTech Forum in Kigali
The Inclusive FinTech Forum is scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda from the 20th to 22nd June 2023. The…
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I&M Bank Rwanda announces new executive appointment
The Board of Directors of I&M Bank Rwanda Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Benjamin Mutimura as the new…
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Eze secures $3.7 million seed funding to build global marketplace for electronics wholesaling.
Eze, a wholesale marketplace for used and new electronics, has secured $3.7 million in seed funding to develop its technology…
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Vertiv hosts first ever end user event in Rwanda
Vertiv recently hosted an end-user event in Rwanda in collaboration with PCTL Automation, a leading provider of industrial automation and…
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Featured
Odibets Loyalty Bonus: Odibets to Award Customers For Losing Bets
Kenya’s leading Odibets has launched an all-new promo dubbed ‘The Odibets Loyalty bonus’ that is set to see betting fanatics…
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Nokia G11 Plus is receiving Android 13 update in Kenya
Some good news here, HMD Global is rolling out the Android 13 update for the Nokia G11 Plus for users…
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#Budget2023KE: Government allocates Ksh 15.1 billion to fund the ICT sector
The government has allocated Ksh.15.1 billion for the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector in the 2023/2024 budget. The funds will…
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BUSINESS
#Budget2023KE: Government to allocate a further Ksh.10 billion to the Hustler Fund
The Government has revealed plans to allocate a further Ksh.10 billion to the Hustler Fund. The digital financial initiative was…
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PayPal Withdrawals made quick and easy with Equity
Last year, Equity launched a ground-breaking solution to expedite PayPal withdrawals to help customers transfer funds easily from PayPal to…
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Paying for your electricity bills via Airtel Money will now attract zero transaction fees
Customers paying for their electricity bills via Airtel Money will be charged zero transaction fees thanks to a new partnership…
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Gadgets
List of Infinix smartphones getting the new Android 13 and XOS 13 update
Infinix has shared details of its Android 13 roadmap for some of its existing smartphones as it tries to address…
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News
Exploring the World of Tech Journalism: Everything You Need to Know
Are you curious about the role of a tech journalist? In this article, I will dive into the exciting world…
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Visa launches its fintech accelerator program for startups in Africa
Visa on Wednesday announced the launch of the new Africa Fintech Accelerator program for African startups. The program seeks to…
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Gadgets
realme 10 receives 3-Year System fluency rating A certification
realme has announced that its recently released midrange device – realme 10 – will be the first smartphone in its…
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[Tanzania] I&M Bank and Mastercard launch a suite of Debit and Multicurrency Prepaid Cards
I&M Bank Tanzania has partnered with Mastercard to launch a suite of Debit and Multicurrency Prepaid Cards. These cards will…
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Gadgets
List of OPPO devices set to receive Android 14 update
OPPO has confirmed the list of devices from both its mid-tier and high-end segment that will be receiving the Android…
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[Interview] Canon’s Somesh Adukia on the company’s investment and plans for Africa
In this lengthy interview, TechTrends Media sits down with Somesh Adukia, the Managing Director, Canon Central & North Africa to…
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Samsung and Dezeen Launch Global Design Competition
Samsung Electronics and global design and architecture magazine Dezeen have launched a global design competition to recognize the value of…
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Epson Makes Additional Investment in Space Robotics Development StartUp GITAI
Seiko Epson Corporation and its subsidiary Epson X Investment Corporation recently made an additional investment in GITAI Japan Inc., a…
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Bolt responds to kidnapping incident involving their driver
Ride-hailing service Bolt has found itself on the wrong side of Kenyans, again. This is after reports emerged that one…
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Tax on digital content creators retained at 5%
A week after President William Ruto ordered for a review of the Finance Bill 2023 proposing a 15% tax on…
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Google project to assist sight and hearing in Kenya
A research project launched recently in Kenya, India, and Brazil, could eventually benefit millions of people with vision, hearing, and…
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Vertiv opens its African Head Office in South Africa
Vertiv, the global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions on Monday officially opened its African head office and…
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BUSINESS
Number of Jumia JForce agents in Kenya increase to more than 25000
A new report by Jumia Kenya has highlighted how online marketplaces can bring opportunities to underserved rural regions, by providing…
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Nigeria bans Binance operations in the country
Nigeria has ordered crypto exchange platform Binance to halt its operations in the country. The country’s Securities and Exchange Commission…
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Vivo shuts down its online store in Germany after losing patent dispute to Nokia
Vivo Smartphones has closed its online store in Germany. This comes just a few months after OPPO and OnePlus did…
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Nigeria health-tech Helium Health raises $30m Series-B funding
Helium Health, the Lagos-based health tech firm Helium has raised $30 million in Series-B funding The funding round was led…
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realme Q1 smartphone shipment up by 11%
realme grew its share of smartphones entering Kenya and other African markets by 11% according to research firm Canalysis. The…
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COLUMNS
Dilip Pal: The Telecommunications Greenfield Conundrum
For most businesses, expansion, especially to a new geographical area is both an exciting but also expensive and nerve-wrecking process.…
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Western Digital launches Xbox expandable storage cards
Western Digital has announced the launch of its own expansion cards for Xbox Series S / X consoles to take…
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Deal: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 sees 33% discount in Kenya to Ksh.95,995
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 was one of my favourite devices from Samsung last year. If you’re like me…
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News
Samsung has sold three million Bespoke refrigerators worldwide
Samsung says it has sold three million Bespoke refrigerators worldwide since the lineup’s launch. The company made this revelation at…
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News
Ravin brings its AI-Based Visual Vehicle Inspection Tech to South Africa
Ravin AI, an Israel and U.K.-based startup developing AI to autonomously inspect vehicles for damage has expanded to South Africa. …
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Ampersand now has more than 1,000 electric motorcycles on Rwanda and Kenyan roads
Ampersand, the Kigali-based electric motorcycle startup now has more than 1,000 commercial-use electric motorcycles on the roads in Rwanda and Kenya. This…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Power pilots smart poles for its home internet supply business
Kenya Power has been mooting the idea of providing fixed internet for some time now. As of last year, the…
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Social Media
WhatsApp rolls out Channels feature for broadcast messages
Meta is rolling out a new feature on WhatsApp called Channels. Channels, Meta says is a “one-way broadcast tool for…
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News
Safaricom partners with the KEWI to deploy Smart Water System
Safaricom is partnering with the Kenya Water Institute (KEWI) to deploy Smart Water System at the institute’s Nairobi and Kitui…
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Gadgets
Infinix NOTE 30 Series Launched in Kenya – Specs and Pricing
Infinix has officially unveiled its new NOTE 30 Series comprising the NOTE 30 Pro, NOTE 30 VIP, and NOTE 30. …
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News
M-PESA Foundation, Zuri Health Partner to offer free SMS and WhatsApp medical consultation service
M-PESA Foundation, and health-tech startup Zuri Health have announced a partnership to offer free SMS and WhatsApp medical consultation services…
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Gadgets
Nokia G11 Plus Specs, Price and Availability in Kenya
The Nokia G11 Plus Specs: The device has been selling in Kenya since September last year. The phone builds on…
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News
[Kenya] Fintech firm LemFi picks comedian Njugush as its brand ambassador
Fintech startup LemFi (Formerly Lemonade Finance) has announced comedian Njugush as its brand ambassador after launching its services in Kenya…
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COLUMNS
Amine Djouahra: Forces of Change in the creative industries – going beyond tech
As we are nearing the end of the first half of 2023, we have all become more comfortable with change…
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News
Senegal Government Shuts Down the Internet Amid Massive Rioting
Senegal Government has shut down the internet in some parts of the country following massive riots as a result of…
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News
Carrefour partners with Visa for online discounts
Carrefour is partnering with Visa to offer discounts to customers shopping via its online platform. The online campaign, which will…
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News
Huawei advocates for affordable spectrum to deepen home internet access
Huawei Technologies has called for a collective adoption of the 2.6 GHz as the dedicated spectrum with the most cost-effective…
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Startups
LemFi launches its diaspora remittance services in Kenya
LemFi, the cross-border payment solution that enables the diaspora community to send and receive money back home has formally launched…
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News
Samsung launches e-waste collection program in Nairobi
Samsung Electronics East Africa has partnered with home appliances store Housewife’s Paradise to collect e-waste for recycling as part of…
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News
Google Africa, C. Moore Media and Allison+Partners partner for the 4th edition of Female Mentorship Program
C. Moore Media and Allison+Partners have opened applications for the fourth edition of The Future is Female Mentorship Program. The…
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News
Infinix HOT 30 Vs Redmi 12C specs comparison
Infinix officially launched the HOT 30 back in April. The HOT 30 has undergone significant upgrades to its processor, especially…
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COLUMNS
Nixon Gecheo: Agtech, a pivotal force driving climate change action in agriculture
The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29% of these emissions…
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Interviews
[Interview] Youverify’s Dimitri Kanellopolus on the firm’s expansion to Kenya and the state of regtech in Africa
The last couple of years have seen a number of African countries start to adopt regulation technology – what has…
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News
Over 100 million women will need to adopt mobile internet to close the digital gender gap by 2030
The digital gender gap continues to widen with the latest report from GSMA indicating that over 800 million women will…
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Gadgets
Samsung hopes to sell 15 million units of the Galaxy Z Fold5 and the Galaxy Z Flip5 this year
Samsung has some crazy sales targets for its upcoming phones this year. The company hopes to ship 15 million units…
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News
President Ruto orders for a review of proposed tax on digital content creators
Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered for a review of the Finance Bill 2023 proposing a 15% tax on digital…
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Gadgets
Infinix HOT 30 Play Vs Redmi 12C specs comparison
If you’re in the market for a well-packaged phone with some quite impressive specs then the Infinix HOT 30 Play…
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News
Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event will be hosted in Korea instead of US
We are looking forward to the next Samsung Unpacked event where the company is set to Unveil the Galaxy Z…
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Startups
Regional winners of the Global Startup Awards Africa announced
Seventy-one startups from across Africa have been named regional winners at this year’s Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa – the largest, independent startup ecosystem competition…
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