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COLUMNS
WordPress Database Structure and use of NoSQL Databases
There are many websites of small bloggers to big corporations now consider WordPress CMS as their most reliable web development…
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Nairobi to host the 2019 Africa Shared Value Summit on 23-24 May
Kenya set to host the 2019 Africa Shared Value Summit. The summit will be held from the 23rd to 24th…
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Microsoft is setting up US $100 Development Centres in Nairobi and Lagos
Microsoft has launched its 7th global US $100 million Development Centre in Africa with a site in Nairobi, Kenya as…
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Kasha, Rwanda’s health and personal care products e-commerce platform now in Kenya
Kash, Rwandan e-health and personal care platform for women has officially launched in Kenya. The e-commerce platform first launched three…
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Telcos in South Africa ignore half of all consumer complaints on social media
Half of all consumer complaints on social media go unanswered by mobile operators in South Africa. This is according to…
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BUSINESS
KenTrade CEO Amos Wangora re-elected to Presidency of AAEC General Assembly
Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) Chief Executive Officer, Amos Wangora has been re-elected to the Presidency of African Alliance for…
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Startups
Delivery app Glovo secures $169M funding
International delivery app Glovo has secured a $169M Series D funding round. The round was led by technology entrepreneur VC…
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News
Mastercard’s Girls4Tech program wants to reach 1M girls globally by 2025
Mastercard launched Girls4Tech program in 2017 committing to bring STEM education opportunities to girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries. Today,…
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Startups
Podcast startup PortableVoices opens its first recording studio in Nairobi
PortableVoices, a Kenyan audio production, and podcast startup has opened its first recording studio in Nairobi. The startup, which is…
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Internet Solutions names former Vodafone Global Enterprise Country Head its new CCO
Integrated ICT Services Provider, Internet Solutions (IS) has named Sylvester Mboya its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Mboya, a former…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s Kredo Dabo Dabo Airtime Offer to give customers double talk-time to all networks
Safaricom has today launched what it is calling Kredo Dabo Dabo, a three-month offer that will see the telco’s customers…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Urban vs Rural – How to optimise ICT investment strategies
Africa is a large continent, and investors tend to pick and choose their markets based on a multitude of criteria.…
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Startups
World Bank allocates US$200 Million to support SMEs in Egypt
The World Bank has approved the allocation of $200 million to support SMEs in Egypt. The fund will focus on…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Modern Analytics Drive Proactive Transparency
Traditionally, businesses across the globe made decisions based on historical information. With a lack of access to current data, crucial…
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Reviews
Huawei P30 Lite Review: The ultimate 2019 midrange smartphone
The Huawei P30 officially goes on sale in Kenya on April 26th. Huawei unveiled the P30 series in the country…
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News
The Mastercard Engage programme is launching in Kenya targeting fintechs
The Mastercard Engage programme is expanding in sub-Saharan Africa targeting fintechs in Kenya and Nigeria. Mastercard says the first Engage…
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News
Google’s News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge expands to Africa
Google has announced that it is launching its Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge in the Middle East, Africa and…
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Applications for the 2019 Google Africa Certifications Scholarships opened
Google has opened applications for its next round of Google Africa Certifications Scholarships. In line with its commitment to provide…
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News
Microsoft launches its ‘AI for Good’’ series of events in Kenya
Microsoft has today launched its ‘AI for Good’ event series in the country. The company has partnered with Strathmore University…
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News
Telkom Kenya appoints former Safaricom Director new MD for its Mobile Division
Telkom Kenya has appointed Mr. Steve Okeyo, a former Director for Regional Sales and Operations at Safaricom as the new…
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Startups
Kenya is hosting the fourth annual MEST Africa Summit in June
MEST Africa is bringing its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit to Nairobi. The Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund and…
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News
Facebook AI researchers create the world’s most detailed population density maps of Africa
Facebook is working closely with key non-profit and research partners to use artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to address…
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News
African Development Bank and Microsoft launch all-female coding training in five African countries
The African Development Bank and Microsoft have announced the launch of an all-female coding training in five African countries –…
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Tracom launches a payment solutions tech academy in Kenya
Payment solutions company Tracom Services Limited has launched a youth tech academy in Kenya. Dubbed Tracom Academy, the school’s will…
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Ministry of Education, Interswitch and UNESCO Launch STEM Competition for Secondary School Students
Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Interswitch and UNESCO have today launched a National Science Competition targeting secondary students with a special…
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Parallel Wireless’ 5G RuralFirst initiative exploring new network deployment strategies for rural areas in Africa
Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of…
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Reviews
TECNO SPARK 3 Pro Unboxing
The TECNO SPARK 3 Pro went on sale in Kenya a couple of days ago. The SPARK 3 is the…
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News
Kenya to hosts U.S. pension fund managers to spur infrastructure investments
The Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC) will host 30 representatives of major U.S. pension and asset management funds from…
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News
Online Marketplaces Could Create 3 Million Jobs in Africa by 2025
Online marketplaces such as Jumia, Souq, Uber, and Travelstart could create around 3 million new jobs by 2025 across Africa.…
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BUSINESS
Metropol TV, Kenya’s first 24-hour business news channel launched
Business Information and Credit Management Company Metropol Corporation has launched Metropol TV, the first Kenyan 24-hour business news channel. The…
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New Appointments
Kaspersky Lab names Bethwel Opil as Enterprise Sales Manager for Africa
Bethwel Opil has been appointed as the Enterprise Sales Manager for Kaspersky Lab in Kenya. The appointment will see Opil…
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BUSINESS
Telkom sets up fibre loop for Mombasa in network expansion
Telkom Kenya has begun setting up a fibre loop for the city of Mombasa to meet growing demand for faster…
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Reviews
Infinix HOT 7 Unboxing and Quick Thoughts
The Infinix HOT 7 started going sale in Kenya this month. Infinix actually unveiled two variants of the device, a…
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Reviews
Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 Quick Thoughts
The Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 officially went on sale this month. Huawei is selling the device at Ksh.13,499 and you…
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Startups
List of African Startups taking part in the third Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme
Google has announced the 12 African startups that will take part in its third class of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa…
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News
SqwidNet launches second round of its IoT SA University Challenge
SqwidNet has launched the second round of its IoT SA University Challenge. The nationwide technology competition is aimed at getting university…
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News
Warner Music licenses Boomplay to distribute its music in ten African countries
Africa’s music streaming and download service Boomplay has signed a direct licensing agreement with Warner Music to bring the record…
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Startups
Ampion and Plutos Ventures launch new venture to invest in African startups
Africa-focused Ampion and Berlin-based Plutos Ventures Holding have announced the founding of Ampion Ventures to support African startups. The goal…
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Startups
Kenyan Blockchain Startup CapAgri selected into æternity Ventures’s 2nd Starfleet Accelerator Program
Kenyan startup CapAGRI Africa is among the blockchain startups from around the world selected to take part in æternity Venture’s…
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News
Africa’s Smartphone Market Sees First Growth Since 2015, IDC Report
Africa's smartphone market grew 2.3% in 2018 to total 88.2 million units, according to the latest figures announced by IDC.
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COLUMNS
[Column] Open banking to transform East Africa’s digital financial services
Open banking is revolutionising the financial services landscape across the world, and presents opportunities for transformation and financial inclusion throughout…
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BUSINESS
Kenyans can now pay for purchases on Alibaba’s AliExpress via M-Pesa
Kenyans shopping on AliExpress will from today be able to pay for their purchases using M-Pesa. Safaricom has entered into…
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News
Microsoft opens its Africa’s first data centres in South Africa
Microsoft has announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, with the general availability of Azure from the new…
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Startups
Beyond Baling Innovation Challenge looking for solutions to manage plastic waste
Coca-Cola, Trash Thread Textile and PETCO have launched the Beyond Baling Innovation Challenge (BBIC) for University students, SMEs and the…
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BUSINESS
Understanding Zuri, Safaricom’s AI Chatbot and Why it’s Important
In December 2018, Safaricom introduced Zuri, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot to help customers perform a wide range of tasks.…
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Startups
Nigeria’s Fintech Startup TeamApt closes $5.5M Series A Round To Scale Into Additional Markets
TeamApt, a Nigerian startup that provides digital solutions and payment infrastructure for Africa, has closed on a $5.5M Series A…
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Startups
List of 50 tech startups selected for the second annual MEST Africa Challenge
MEST Africa has announced the 50 startups that have been selected to take part in the second annual MEST Africa…
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News
80% of women in low- and middle-income countries are now mobile owner, GSMA Report
80 per cent of women in low- and middle-income countries are now mobile owners. This is according to the GSMA’s…
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Government and Private Sector to collaborate on Mobile Phone Data Protection & Privacy Framework
The Government has committed to work with telecommunications companies and civil society advocates to develop a data privacy and protection…
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Gadgets
ASUS introduces its ZenBook, VivoBook and TUF Gaming laptop models in Kenya
ASUS has introduced its new laptop models, ZenBook, VivoBook and TUF Gaming into the Kenyan market as it seeks to…
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News
Utimaco and Astel sign distribution partnership for HSMs in the Africa region
Astel, a leading provider for IT infrastructure and office automation solutions on the African continent, and Utimaco, the global number two…
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News
Freeze your perfect love over with this unconventional LG Valentine’s tech gift
That 21-century refrigerators come with so many dazzling features makes it easier to forget what their main job has always…
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Facebooks opening its first Sub-Saharan Africa Content Review Centre in Kenya
Facebook is opening its first content review centre in Sub-Saharan Africa in Nairobi Kenya. The company has partnered with Samasource…
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Startups
Startups: Why you should apply for the Sanofi VivaTech 2019 challenge
Viva Technology (Vivatech), an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups takes place in less than three months. The…
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COLUMNS
[Column] Charting a new course for Africa’s economic prosperity
Imagine a world where the laws of business survival are being redefined and new competitive market models re-assembled with the…
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News
icolo.io starts construction of its Nairobi Data Center
icolo.io, a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation services in Africa has commenced the construction of its new data centre in…
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CYBER SECURITY
Safaricom Introduces I.T Security Solutions For its Enterprise Customers
The services include Managed Security Solutions, Security Assurance and Advisory services as well as Managed Security Operations Center solutions and…
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Startups
MEST opens applications for its $50 MEST Africa startup Challenge
MEST Africa has opened applications for its second annual MEST Africa Challenge, a Pan-African pitch competition for tech scale-ups based…
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COLUMNS
Hackathon software, the innovation is scaled in the right manner now
Hackathon software is the need of time we can say. The hiring persons do not know what skills exactly have…
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Transport & Logistics Officer Job
We are a consultancy firm dealing with energy management and briquette manufacture. We are seeking to fill the above mentioned…
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News
The Need To Explore Space: Tunapanda Institute Plans to Open A Space Exploration Facility in Kibera
Tunapanda Institute was started 6 years ago by Jay Larson and Mick Larson, two globally nomadic brothers from the US…
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COLUMNS
Five things you didn’t know you could do with Google Search
Since the launch of Search 20 years ago, Google has built in several useful features and tools to help make…
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News
The 2019 trends impacting mobile on the African continent
According to the GMSA Mobile Economy 2018 report for sub-Saharan Africa, mobile subscribers rose by 44% in 2017 and this…
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News
Safaricom has opened applications for its 2019 technology internship program
Safaricom has opened applications for its 2019 technology internship program. The Safaricom Technology Academy is a 3-month internship program that is…
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BUSINESS
Telkom introduces Free Zones with free calls for its pre-paid voice customers
Kenya’s third largest mobile operator Telkom has launched Free Zones for its pre-paid voice customers. The Telkom Free zones according…
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Startups
M-KOPA raises new funding from Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation
M-KOPA has raised funding from Japanese multinational, Sumitomo Corporation to empower homes and small businesses. The deal was announced on December…
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News
LG makes the shift to 5G
Imagine a world where houses are self-cleaning and electrical grids responding automatically to fluxes in energy demands. Think about virtual…
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News
Dimension Data Solutions to launch its digital business solutions in 2019
Dimension Data East Africa, trading as Dimension Data Solutions Limited has announced plans to launch its digital business solutions in…
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News
Western Union and TerraPay partner to expand payout options to Mobile Wallets across Africa
Western Union, has announced a new partnership with TerraPay to enable mobile wallet and bank account payout options across Africa,…
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BUSINESS
Africa eCommerce Week: Africa had 21 million online shoppers in 2017
Africa had 21 million online shoppers in 2017 according to a report by UNCTAD, the United Nations body that oversees…
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BUSINESS
Ecobank names MFS Africa Ltd as its Digital payment partner
Ecobank has announced the appointment of MFS Africa as its Digital payment partner enabling cross-platform payment services for Ecobank account…
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COLUMNS
Column: Kickstarting the future- The South African entrepreneur
By: Chetan Goshalia, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at SqwidNet The small to medium enterprise (SME) is the lifeblood of…
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Startups
12 South African startups selected for Knife Capital’s 4th Grindstone Accelerator
South African venture capital firm Knife Capital has announced the twelve African startups that will take part in its fourth…
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News
Cellulant patners with Facebook to launch Augmented Reality (AR) powered try-on experiences on Messenger
Pan-African Payments company, Cellulant, has built Africa’s first Augmented Reality (AR) powered try-on experiences in Facebook Messenger. As part of…
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LATEST DEALS
Jumia Ultimate Black Friday 2018 deals revealed: Groceries, TVs, Phones — and Unga for Ksh.20 bob
The Jumia Ultimate Black Friday 2018 deals have been revealed and there are some good ones which online shoppers in…
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Startups
Standard Chartered’s ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator program has attracted over 180 women-led startups
Standard Chartered’s ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator program has attracted over 180 women-led startups. The startups will, however, be reduced to…
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News
Liquid Telecom Kenya reveals sustainability gains that have driven 20% sales growth
Liquid Telecom Kenya has published its second annual Sustainability Report revealing the internal reorganisation and value initiatives that have helped…
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News
Nokia partners with rain to roll out 5G in South Africa
Nokia has deployed its 5G site for the South African operator rain in time for the operator to launch 5G…
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News
Cellulant announces partnership with 2018 Pwani Innovation Week
Cellulant today announced its partnership and title sponsorship of the inaugural Pwani Innovation Week in conjunction with Swahilipot Hub. To…
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BUSINESS
Top firms to sponsor Young Entrepreneur Awards 2018
The inaugural Young Entrepreneur Awards 2018 has signed up three sponsorship deals for the awarding ceremony which will be held…
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COLUMNS
IT & Leadership: Deon Geyser – The 5G imperative
It has been just a decade since the mobile phone spread rapidly across Africa, leapfrogging the landline and bringing literacy,…
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Startups
Johnson & Johnson has Launched a US$50,000 Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson & Johnson has launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, a continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to…
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Reviews
Huawei Y9 (2019) Quick Thoughts: More than just the cameras
Huawei did a media launch for its latest device in the Y Series, the Huawei Y9 2019 on the 18th…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Black Friday 2018: Understanding the Jumia Flash Sales and Treasure Hunts
Jumia Black Friday is here and most of you have probably been saving for this time of the month to…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom takes M-Pesa Global Through A New partnership with Western Union
Safaricom has entered into a partnership with Western Union to launch M-PESA Global, a new service will allow anyone from…
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LATEST DEALS
Kilimall Black Friday 2018: Here is what to expect
Its November, that month of the year when everyone is always waiting to grab Black Friday deals from different retailers…
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News
Uber and Suzuki to expand UberCHAPCHAP vehicles across Sub-Saharan Africa
Uber and Suzuki Motor Corporation have entered into a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand the fuel-efficient UberCHAPCHAP vehicle…
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Gadgets
Samsung makes an addition to the J-series with the introduction of the Galaxy J6+ and Galaxy J4+
Samsung Electronics has extended the J-series 2018 line-up in the country with the introduction of the Galaxy J4 Plus and…
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COLUMNS
Leveraging intelligent technologies to help Kenya government connect better with citizens and build intelligent public-sector enterprises
By Robin Njiru, Director: General Business at SAP East Africa Public sector companies are not immune to the forces that…
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COLUMNS
Corine Mbiaketcha Nana: Three early industry adopters of autonomous technologies
Automation has already transformed industries in which complexity and performance demands must meet the challenges of fewer available resources, narrower…
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Reviews
Safaricom Neon Kicka 4: Kenya’s Cheapest Android Go Smartphone
Safaricom Neon Kicka 4: In August this year at the GSMA ‘Mobile 360 – Africa’ event held in Kigali. GSMA…
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Interviews
LG proves the future of the kitchen is digital
I remember when I was growing up, sitting in the kitchen watching my mother prepare chapatti with the hope of…
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BUSINESS
Samsung opens its largest retail store in Africa at Two Rivers Mall
Samsung Electronics has opened a new interactive store at Two Rivers Mall bringing to 29, the total number of Samsung…
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Startups
Founders Factory wants to build and scale African tech startups
London-based startup accelerator Founders Factory has partnered with Standard Bank to launch its first international location in Johannesburg, South Africa…
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News
Google announces Ksh 100m grant to train Kenyan farmers
Google has announced a Sh100 million grant to train more than 100,000 Kenyan smallholder farmers on digital skills. The announcement…
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BUSINESS
Jumia Black Friday sales event officially unveiled
Its that time of the year where every retailer hosts a Black Friday sales event. During this time retailers are…
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Startups
List of Eight African startups selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase
VC4A has announced the eight Africa ventures that have been selected for the 2018 VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A. The…
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COLUMNS
IFRS 9 – Why Credit Bureaus Are The Ideal Partner?
Financial institutions around the globe are feeling the heat from the introduction of IFRS 9 impairment reporting. Credit Bureaus offer the most effective…
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News
Kenya wins Bid to host the International Open Data Conference in 2020
Kenya has won the bid to host the 6th edition of the International Open Data Conference (IODC) in 2020. This…
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COLUMNS
Fintech flourishes in Uganda as regulation remains hands-off for now
Financial technology is flourishing in Uganda, thanks partly to the enormous popularity of mobile money and payment systems and partly…
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BUSINESS
Jumia partners with Amadeus to launch first Flight Marketplace in Africa
Jumia Travel has partnered with Amadeus, a leading travel technology company to launch the first flight marketplace in Africa. The…
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