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Samsung Beats Apple to Recapture Top Spot in Global Smartphone Market
Samsung is back to its top spot after shipping more smartphones than any other company in the Jan-March quarter. The…
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Gadgets
Xiaomi Opens its Tenth Mi Store in Kenya
Xiaomi has opened its tenth offline store in Kenya, almost two years after launching the first Mi Home Store at…
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BUSINESS
Vivo Smartphone Kenya Partners With Online Retailer to Increase Visibility
Vivo smartphone’s local office has partnered with Jambo Shoppe, an online retailer in the country, to help increase the smartphone…
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WomenInTech
Mastercard announces new investment in Rwandan female-focused eCommerce platform Kasha
Mastercard has today announced a new investment in Rwandan female-focused eCommerce platform Kasha. The companies say they will continue their…
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[Interview] Zahra Baitie-Boateng, Head of Partnership and Programs, Africa’s Business Heroes
Zahra Baitie-Boateng, is the Head of Partnership and Programs, Africa’s Business Heroes, Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa to support…
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[Column] Muneer Zuhdi: 5G+, A Catalyst for Digital Transformation
Enterprises were taken by surprise by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent impact on their business in…
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Key enablers to E-commerce in Kenya
E-commerce sales globally amounted to $4.28 trillion in 2020. This was mainly attributed to lockdowns, social distancing, and the push…
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Are you an eco-conscious consumer? Try LG energy saving products
Even as the world recently celebrated Earth Day, the ravaging impact of climate change is being felt globally through extreme…
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Bolt Partners with NTSA to Supports Boda Boda Rider Training Program
Bolt is partnering with the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and the National Youth Service (NYS) to support the…
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Telkom customers to send money for free from T-kash to any network
Telkom customers will be able to use T-kash to send money across local networks, at no cost, for the next…
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Rosatom and Russian Universities launch Virtual Education Fair
Rosatom and Russian Universities are pleased to launch Virtual Education Fair «Study in Russia». This free event will showcase Russian Universities Undergraduate and…
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Rosatom To Launch Atoms for Humanity Global Nuclear Awareness Campaign on 30 April
In order to power a better future, we need a clean and reliable source of energy, just like nuclear. However,…
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Gadgets
TECNO to Showcase a Selfie Documentary at Its Upcoming CAMON 17 Pro Launch
TECNO is preparing to launch its next flagship Camon 17 series in Kenya. As expected, the series will feature several…
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BUSINESS
Kenya Launches First Semiconductor Chip Factory
The semiconductor industry is one of the most crucial globally, with almost every device we use having these important chips.…
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BUSINESS
Former Uber East Africa GM Pilots Bike Renting Business in Nairobi
A former Uber East Africa general manager is running a pilot program for a bicycle renting business in Nairobi. Loic…
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Tech
OPPO Ranks Among Top 10 PCT Filers Worldwide for the Second Consecutive Year
For the second consecutive year, Chinese tech company Oppo has been ranked among the top 10 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)…
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News
Applications for the HiiL Justice Accelerator to close on 30th April
Southern African justice startups looking for the opportunity to take their business to new heights have until 30 April 2021…
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BUSINESS
Huawei Revenue Drops Due to Poor Performance of Consumer Business Unit
The US sanctions continue to bite Chinese tech giant Huawei, two years since they went into effect. During the three…
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BUSINESS
Visa Is Moving Into Cryptocurrencies ‘In a Big Way’
Visa CEO Al Kelly says the payments giant is moving into cryptocurrencies in a big way. Speaking during an earnings…
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News
Spotify Launches a Podcast Subscription Feature After Apple
Spotify is launching a new way for podcast creators to make money. The streaming giant’s podcast subscription feature comes just…
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CLOUD
Demand for Microsoft Cloud Services Continue to Grow
Demand for cloud services has been on the rise since last year at the onset of the pandemic. As one…
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News
Acquaint and Comply With The Digital Service Tax, PwC Urges Taxpayers
PwC Kenya has urged taxpayers to acquaint themselves and comply with the Finance Act 2020 on Digital Service Tax (DST)…
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Blockchain
Nigerian Regulator Issues Warning Against Cryptocurrency Investments
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a warning to the country’s citizens over cryptocurrency investments. The warning…
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Blockchain
Ethiopia Launches Blockchain-Based National Student and Teacher Identification System
The government of Ethiopia has launched a national blockchain-based student and teacher identification system. According to the Ethiopian government and…
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How to encounter a Bet9ja promotion code
Bookmakers are involved in a fierce battle in order to win as many customers as possible. One of the fronts…
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TECNO is partnering with a top Hollywood movie star for CAMON 17 Launch in Kenya
TECNO Mobile has announced plans to launch its latest device in the CAMON series, the TECNO Camon 17, in the…
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ICT can leap-frog Africa into a green economy, says Huawei
Chinese tech giant Huawei believes that information and communication technologies have the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 20%…
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News
CBFW, DHL and Sinpais Bring Training Support to 3,500 Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, DHL Express, and Sinapis have announced a new partnership to train over 3,500 most…
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Gadgets
What You Should Know Before Buying OPPO Reno5 F
OPPO Reno5 F is already selling on the Kenyan markets. This the most affordable variant of the Reno5 series. OPPO…
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CLOUD
VOGSY and Incentro partnership to boost productivity and profitability in the services industry in Africa
VOGSY, the quote-to-cash Professional Services Automation solution built for Google Workspace users, and Incentro Africa, have today announced today a new…
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Gadgets
Apple Rolls Out the Latest iOS 14.5 to Everyone
The anticipated iOS 14.5 is finally available for download on all iOS-14 compatible iPhones. iOS 14.5 includes Apple’s most stringent…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Cloud providers are generating massive revenues in Africa
As the demand for cloud in Africa continues to increase, cloud providers are trying to cope up while generating massive…
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New Appointments
Mastercard Appoints Shehryar To Ali Lead Sub-Saharan Team in East Africa
Mastercard has today announced the appointment of Shehryar Ali as Country Manager for East Africa. Shehryar will be based at…
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[Services Restored]Safaricom Customers Unable to Access Critical Services Due to a Major Glitch
Safaricom customers woke up to a lack of services this morning as a glitch hit the telco’s infrastructure. Customers were…
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Airtel Kenya refutes claims it’s exiting the market
Airtel has refuted claims that it plans to exit the Kenyan market. Last week, reports emerged that the telco was…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s Ambitious Plans to Connect Africa via Mobile Money
Launched in 2007, Safaricom mobile money service M-PESA has catapulted the telco to the global map. M-PESA is crucial, especially…
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BUSINESS
NCBA and KAM partner to support local manufacturing SMEs
NCBA Bank Kenya PLC has today partnered with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), to enhance the development of Manufacturing…
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News
Proposed Spectrum recommendations by ATU Aand Ericsson set to expand Africa’s ICT space
African countries and telecommunications stakeholders yesterday launched the first set of ATU spectrum recommendations for the continent. The recommendations focus…
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News
Microsoft ADC announces winner of Season 2 of Game of Learners competition
An innovation featuring a unique digital platform with capabilities to link students and teachers across Africa has been voted winner…
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Apps
Microsoft Office 2021 for Mac Goes in Preview
Starting today, Mac owners can try out the preview versions of Office 2021. It follows Microsoft’s February announcement of releasing…
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Apps
Snapchat has more active users on Android than iOS
Snapchat has more of its users on Android compared to iOS. The company announced the important milestone today during the…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Faizal Bhana: Shariah-compliant Structuring and its Relevance to Impact Investing
Sustainable finance, specifically impact investing, has gained considerable momentum over the past few years and shows no sign of slowing…
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Gadgets
Infinix Hot 10 T Launching in Kenya: Here’s Everything We Know
Infinix is preparing to launch a new HOT series phone in Kenya. The new smartphone, Infinix HOT 10 T, will…
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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos Unveils XGS Series Firewall Appliances
Sophos has today unveiled new XGS Series firewall appliances with unrivaled performance and advanced protection against cyberattacks. Sophos says the…
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BUSINESS
Andersky Tours to launch an online travel booking platform
The travel booking sector has undergone a huge transformation over the last couple of years due to technological advancement and…
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News
As we celebrate Earth Day, purpose to buy environmentally friendly products next time you go shopping.
Today, 22nd April, the world celebrates Earth Day – an annual environmental campaign that brings attention to the effects of…
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Apps
Zoom Update Lands More Meeting Reaction Emojis, and a Vanishing Pen tool for Annotations
Zoom in prepping to add a slew of new features, the company announced yesterday. The update includes a vanishing pen,…
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Gadgets
Samsung Starts Letting Users Repurpose Old Galaxy Smartphones
Samsung has begun allowing users to give their old Galaxy phones a new use case around their homes. Old Samsung…
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Malian Insurtech startup OKO raises $1.2 million to bring innovative insurance to smallholder farmers across Africa
Malian Insurtech startup, OKO has closed a Seed investment of $1.2 million. The round was led by Newfund and ResiliAnce. Mercy…
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Nigeria Suffers Mobile Malware Epidemic with 1 In 9 Android Phones Now Infected
Mobile users in Nigeria have been impacted by mobile malware during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to a new…
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Blockchain
PayPal-owned Venmo Payments App Adds Cryptocurrency Buying and Selling
Venmo, a payments app owned by PayPal, now allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. In a recent announcement, Venmo…
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Gadgets
The evolution of Fast-Charging Technology
Smartphones have been a part of our lifestyle for several years now. The year 2012 was the time smartphones became…
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CLOUD
icolo.io installs hybrid solar systems at its Nairobi and Mombasa data centers
icolo.io has announced the installation of Solar Energy systems at its Nairobi (NBO1) and Mombasa (MBA1) Data Centres. The 400kW…
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New Appointments
Bolt Food appoints Edgar Kipngetich Kitur Country Manager for Kenya
Bolt has announced the appointment of Edgar Kipngetich Kitur as the Country Manager for Bolt Food in Kenya. Edgar joins…
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BUSINESS
Canon Central & North Africa signs four new Business Partners across the continent
Canon Central & North Africa (CCNA) has signed four new value business partners in key markets to cement its footprint…
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News
Ericsson Launches Graduate Program in Kenya
Ericsson has announced the launch of its Graduate Program in Kenya with several graduates onboarded in 2020 and several more…
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News
Ferdinand Omanyala’s Olympic dream receives boost as Odibets Intervenes
A wise man once said there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel, this describes the story of…
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News
African tech startups invited to apply for the Smart Cities Innovation Programme
African tech startups in the fields of mobility, housing, and fintech have been invited to apply for the Smart Cities…
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Gadgets
TECNO Spark 7P Announced with a 6.8″ 90Hz Display and Triple Cameras
TECNO Mobile has unveiled a new smartphone, TECNO Spark 7P. TECNO Spark 7P targets Gen Z with its sizeable high…
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BUSINESS
Over 60% of All Equity Transaction Value Performed Digitally, First Time in History
Digital banking has continued to gain traction across the country, and more banks are bettering their apps and websites to…
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BUSINESS
Mastercard to buy digital ID verification firm for $850 million
Mastercard Inc will purchase a Seattle-headquartered digital identity verification company Ekata, in a deal valued at $850 million. The global…
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News
P2P Crypto Marketplace Bitzlato Partners with Lemonade Finance to Ease Money Transfers Across Africa
Bitzlato (BZ), the latest P2P Crypto Exchange to enter the African market, has added Lemonade.Finance, a borderless payment platform for…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Cloud computing is the technological revolution of the twenty-first century
One of the key drivers of Africa’s cloud computing boom is the unquestionable benefits the technology brings to the ICT…
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News
[24Bit Podcast] Buying a new computer? Here are things to consider!
Listen to Nick Kanali, Emmanuel Chenze, and Dickson Otieno share ideas on what to look out for when purchasing a…
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News
Here are the twenty-two African startups joining the UNICEF StartUp Lab second cohort
UNICEF has announced the twenty-two startups that will be taking part in this year’s cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab.…
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News
Showmax Slashes Mobile Subscription Prices in Kenya to Ksh 300
Showmax’s mobile exclusive subscription plan, Showmax Mobile, has received a 20 percent cut in Kenya. Showmax mobile subscribers will now…
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News
How Kenya’s Average Cost of 1GB Mobile Data Compares to the Rest of the World
The cost of data in Kenya has steadily reduced as mobile operators try to make their offers more competitive. Telkom…
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Startups
Applications for 2021 Grindstone Accelerator programme now open
Applications for this year’s Grindstone’s accelerator programme are now open. Grindstone Accelerator is an equity-free structured entrepreneurship development programme that…
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CLOUD
inq. partners with Elastic to strengthen cybersecurity in Africa
Pan-African cloud-based digital service provider inq. has announced that they are now a strategic managed security services partner for Elastic,…
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News
[Interview] Nick Treurnicht, Customer Engineer for Google Workspace, DigiCloud Africa, South Africa
Nick Treurnicht is the Customer Engineer for Google Workspace at DigiCloud Africa, Africa’s Google Cloud Brokerage, specialising in Google Cloud products –…
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News
LG partners with celebrity chef, Ali Mandhryf to launch virtual restaurant and competition
LG has partnered with celebrity chef, Ali Mandhry to launch a virtual restaurant and competition for food enthusiasts in Kenya. …
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News
METISS 3,200km Sub-sea fibre cable lands in Mauritius
Mauritius Telecom Network Operator Emtel has provided the only landing point for the METISS (Meltingpot Indianoceanic Submarine System) fibre optic cable in the country. The…
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Apps
Truecaller Intros Business Solution in Africa As It Hits 43 Million Users on the Continent
Truecaller, the popular Caller ID and Spam Blocking app has launched a new business-focused solution to help its users easily…
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News
African Fintechs collaborate to interlink mobile money and digital assets
The Seychelles-based SECDEX and global Digital Coin and Token-based payment platform KOINON announced a new partnership to foster B2C &…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Pilots Mobile Health Records System in Nakuru County
Safaricom is pushing further into healthcare with the latest pilot program in partnership with the Nakuru county government. The telco…
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Gadgets
Infinix’s ZERO 8 Bags iF ‘Product’ Design Award 2021
Infinix Mobile has won a design award from one of the oldest design firms, founded in 1953, that identifies outstanding…
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News
itel Announces Diamond Platnumz as its Brand Ambassador, Introduces its latest Smartphones A37 to the African Market
itel, a global leading mobile phone brand committed to provide budget-friendly, high-quality products boasting excellent user experience, has today announced…
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News
Spotify Expands Its Promo Share Card Tool for Artists
In October last year, Spotify for Artists launched its Promo Card microsite, allowing creators to easily generate eye-catching shareable social…
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News
Telkom Kenya to develop youth focused e-wallet for financial inclusion
Telkom Kenya has partnered with The National Youth Council of Kenya (NYCK) to develop a youth-focused e-wallet to boost financial…
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News
[24Bit Podcast] The Opportunities Fintech brings to Africa: A discussion with Flourish Ventures Principal Efayomi Carr
In this latest episode of our 24Bit podcast, I sat down with Efayomi Carr to discuss Fintech in Africa. Efayomi…
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Apps
Spotify Announces Car Thing, an In-car Entertainment Touch-screen Device
Spotify wants to be your go-to platform for audio, even inside your car. While Spotify can be accessed via Android…
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News
Itel Mobile Kenya Launches Dance Competition, Ksh 100k up for grabs
Itel Mobile Kenya has launched a dance competition for its customers across the country. The campaign is part of its…
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News
Microsoft Acquires Health Care AI Company Nuance for $19.7 Billion
Microsoft is acquiring Nuance, a health care AI company in a multi-billion dollar acquisition announced Monday. The American technology giant’s…
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News
Huawei Mobile Kenya launches a fitness campaign for its consumers
Huawei Mobile Kenya has announced a two weeks fitness campaign for its consumers. Dubbed “Let’s Fit Challenge” the campaign will…
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News
OPPO Reno5 named PUBG MOBILE Esports smartphone partner in MEA
OPPO today announced that the OPPO Reno5 has been selected as the official smartphone partner for the PUBG MOBILE Middle…
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News
Demand for PCs Increase Across the Globe, With 69.9 Million Units Shipped in Q1
Global PC sales continue to grow as more people work and study from home. Gartner’s latest research shows the market…
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News
Uber Expands Ride-hailing and Food Delivery Service to Nakuru
Uber is now available in Nakuru, one of Kenya’s top towns. The company’s taxi-hailing service and food delivery arm, Uber…
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News
Twitter Opens its First African Office in Ghana
Twitter is coming to Africa, the social media company announced Monday. The company seeks to build a team in Ghana,…
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CLOUD
Absa partners with AWS to launch an internal cloud computing incubator for its staff
Absa Group has launched a cloud incubator initiative in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. The initiative is aimed at enhancing…
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CLOUD
[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Africa is Undergoing a Revolution in New Cloud and Data Centre Capacity
Compared with other Data Centre markets around the world, Africa is unique in the sense it has a population of…
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News
Huawei to Invest Over $1 Billion on Car Technology
Electrifying cars has made the vehicle industry exciting, with an increasing number of people making the switch. Carmakers are also…
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News
Xiaomi Launches Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro in Kenya
Xiaomi Redmi Note series is now available in Kenya. Xiaomi Kenya launched the new devices under the company’s budget Redmi…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 10 Play Review: Could it be your next Ksh 15,000 Smartphone?
Infinix HOT 10 Play Review:: Infinix is one of the popular smartphone companies in Kenya. The company’s main focus on…
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24BIt
[24Bit Podcast] LG exiting the smartphone business and how this affects the whole industry
Last week, LG Electronics confirmed that it’s shutting down its smartphone business. The move, the company said will enable it…
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Startups
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[Rwanda] Electric Mobility Startup Ampersand Raises $3.5m from EIF
Kigali based electric motorcycle startup Ampersand has raised $3.5 million in funding from the Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF) to rapidly scale…
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News
Telkom Kenya Subscribers To Buy Standard Group’s e-papers Using Airtime
Telkom Kenya has partnered with Standard Group to enable customers to buy digital versions of The Standard and The Nairobian…
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Gadgets
HMD Global Debuts New Nokia Lite Earbuds
HMD Global, the company that revived the Nokia brand in the smartphone industry, held a mega launch event recently. It…
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News
Spire Bank Appoints Fredrick Omondi New Head of Finance and Administration
Spire Bank, a subsidiary of Mwalimu National Sacco has announced the appointment of Fredrick Omondi Nyasaka as the new Head…
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News
[Column] Chester Wisniewski: Beg bounty hunting – why do people do it, and how?
I recently wrote a Sophos News article on the whole phenomenon of “beg bounties” and invited organizations that had been…
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Gadgets
HMD Global Announces New Nokia Smartphones with Android 11 and 5G
HMD Global held a major launch event yesterday evening. The company announced six new Nokia smartphones; the first devices launched…
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News
Kris Senanu and Steve Okeyo exit Telkom Kenya
Telkom Kenya has today announced that two of its senior colleagues are leaving the company. The two are Steve Okeyo,…
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