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CYBER SECURITY
Sophos’ MDR Service Launches Compatibility with Third-Party Cybersecurity Technologies
Sophos has today launched new third-party security technology compatibilities with Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR). The new tech, Sophos…
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News
Netflix says it added more than 2.4 million subscribers in Q3 2022
Netflix has reported an encouraging rise in the number of subscribers after suffering devastating drops in the first months of…
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Startups
Auto Financing startup Moove raises £15 million financing to scale UK operations
Moove, a mobility fintech startup providing auto financing for gig economy drivers has raised £15 million in financing to scale…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Rallies Kenyan CEOs to Commit to UN Global Compact Coalition
Safaricom’s CEO Peter Ndegwa on Tuesday mobilised his Kenyan counterparts to join the Africa Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC). The telco…
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Nigerian data and intelligence firm Stears has raised $3.3 Million for expansion to East Africa
Nigerian data firm Stears has raised $3.3 million in a seed round in which Serena William’s VC firm Serena Ventures…
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BUSINESS
Demand for work-from-home products has slows as workers return to offices
Demand for work-from-home products such as laptops, desktop computers, tablets, and other home office appliances has slowed down as people…
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News
Wasoko dismisses reports that it has shut down its operations in Kenya
Kenyan-based B2B e-commerce startup Wasoko has dismissed reports that it has shut down its operations in the country. On Monday,…
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Twiga Foods Taps Google Cloud to Improve Food Security and Reduce Waste Production in Kenya
Twiga Foods has partnered with Google to leverage Google Cloud technologies in increasing accessibility and easier distribution of farm produce.…
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Epson boosts EPA with advanced workflow capabilities
Epson has launched the newest version of its Epson Print Admin (EPA) software featuring advanced workflows such as the ability…
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Microsoft Office rebranding to Microsoft 365 after 30 years
Technology giant Microsoft has announced a major rebrand for its popular productivity suite, Microsoft Office. The suite that’s popular for…
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Only 55% of the African population has access to the Internet, report
A report by online privacy and protection firm Sufshark has revealed huge discrepancies between internet access and speeds in developing…
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Users in Africa hit by new malicious WhatsApp mod
A new malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp is doing rounds targeting users in the META…
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TECNO SPARK 9 Pro Sport Edition Unboxing
TECNO SPARK 9 Pro Sport Edition Unboxing: Tecno launched its brand-new SPARK 9 Pro Sport Edition in Kenya last weel…
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News
African Governments Urged to Establish Favorable Digital Laws and Policies
Governments across Africa have been urged to expand digital rights and inclusion on the continent by formulating favorable laws and…
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News
Netflix is launching its ad-based subscription plan for $6.99/month
Netflix has finally introduced its ad-based subscription plan, months after the company initiated plans for this option as a way…
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EzyAgric and Pezesha launch Buy Now Pay Later services for Ugandan agro-dealers
Kenyan fintech Pezesha has partnered with EzyAgric to launch a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) scheme for agro-dealers all over Uganda. EzyAgric has…
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Donald Trump’s Truth Social app is now available on Google Play Store
Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social is now available for download on Play Store. Google removed the app from…
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News
Tecno Spark 9 Pro Sport Edition launched in Kenya for KES 21,500
Tecno has today launched its brand-new SPARK 9 Pro Sport Edition in Kenya targeting Gen Z. The phone now joins…
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News
UK telcos now have until December 2023 to remove Huawei 5G equipment from their network
The UK government has outlined plans to ban Chinese manufacturer Huawei from providing 5G equipment to telecommunications providers in the…
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Hisa among 7 Kenyan tech startups selected for MEST Africa Challenge 2022
Kenyan fintech Hisa Inc is among the 36 African startups selected for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge. The mobile investment…
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News
Kenyans in the diaspora can now pay bills on M-PESA via NALA Money
Tanzanian fintech startup NALA which was launched in 2018 to enable Africans in the diaspora easily send money home has…
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MFS Africa selects ThetaRay to monitor transactions and screen for sanctions
Digital payments network MFS Africa has selected ThetaRay to protect its growing network of services against financial crimes. ThetaRay, a…
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News
TECNO FAN Club Launched at The University of Nairobi
TECNO has partnered with the University of Nairobi to launch the TECNO Fan Club at the learning institution. The Fan…
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News
vivo V25 5G smartphone launched in Kenya for KES 57K
vivo has today officially launched the vivo V25 5G smartphone in Kenya. Featuring a colour-changing design, the phone will be…
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Gadgets
Samsung Galaxy A04s launched in Kenya for KES 19,999
Samsung on Wednesday announced the launch of the new 2022 Galaxy A04s smartphone in Kenya. The phone is available in…
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News
Showmax Pro to stream all 64 FIFA World Cup games in 4K
Showmax Pro will be extending its coverage of the best football from around the globe by broadcasting all 64 matches…
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CLOUD
Google Cloud to start accepting crypto payments in new partnership with Coinbase
Google cloud users will now be able to pay for their services using crypto. This is after Google partnered with…
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South African fintech JUMO launches Vela asset management engine
South African fintech JUMO has launched Vela, an asset management engine built to give investors access to real social impact…
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News
HP, Lenovo and Dell recorded a decline in PC shipments in Q3 2022
The International Data Corporation (IDC) revealed on Monday that global PC shipments have fallen by 15% in Q3 2022. The…
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Copia Global announces new executive regional appointments
Last-mile delivery and eCommerce platform Copia Global has announced new appointments in its leadership as it focuses on regional growth…
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YouTube is introducing user handles to make it easier for search and mentions
Nearly all social media platforms these days utilize user handles for easy identification and mention of user accounts. It started…
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News
CBK announces split of Airtel Money from Airtel Networks
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Tuesday announced the successful separation and transfer of Airtel money from its mobile…
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Liquid Dataport taps into Google’s Equiano sea cable to provide faster and affordable internet for consumers in SA
Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West coast submarine cable as it seeks…
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PayPal causes uproar after introducing new policy to curb Misinformation
For the better part of the weekend, PayPal caused online buzz after announcing that it would fine users $2,500 for…
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News
American Tower and Airtel Africa announce new communications sites partnership
Airtel Africa has announced that it will use African operations (ATC Africa) communications sites to support its network rollout across…
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Oppo Reno8 Series Set for Kenya Launch
Oppo has announced plans to launch its Oppo Reno8 series in Kenya comprising the regular Reno8 and the Reno8 5G.…
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News
Xiaomi unveils a new Mi Store in the CBD
Xiaomi has launched a new Mi store at the heart of Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD). The new store is…
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News
40 digital lenders in Kenya being probed over misuse of personal data
The Office of Data Protection Commission (ODPC) is investigating 40 digital lenders over allegations of abuse of personal data. The…
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News
Logistics startup Sendy cuts down on its Supply Service
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has restructured its operations, effectively winding down its Supply service. The startup says it will now…
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News
Ex-Google employee launches a tracker and ad-free search engine
Sridhar Ramaswamy, an Indian-born software engineer who worked in Google’s advertising division for 16 years has launched his own search…
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News
Samsung projects 32% profit slump as economic slowdown rocks the world
Samsung has warned of a 32% profit slump as consumers cut on expenditure owing to the global economic slowdown. The…
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News
Xiaomi’s Redmi A1+ Android Go smartphone launched in Kenya for KES 10,499
Redmi A1+, Xiaomi’s most affordable has been launched in Kenya. The entry-level smartphone runs Android Go and joins the range…
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News
Education stakeholders in Kenya commit to teaching coding in schools
Kenya Association of International Schools (KAIS) in partnership with Education Technologies firm, Kodris Africa and Kenya Commercial Bank on Thursday…
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News
Safaricom officially goes live in Ethiopia
About 16 months after winning a telecom license to operate in Ethiopia, Safaricom has today finally gone live in the…
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News
Google to build its first African Cloud region in South Africa for $1 billion
Google has announced plans to build its first cloud infrastructure in South Africa for an estimated $1 billion. The tech…
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News
Linda Ndung’u is the New Country Manager for Bolt Kenya
Ride-hailing company Bolt has appointed Linda Ndungu as its new country manager, charged with the responsibility of scaling the company’s…
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Startups
HAVAÍC completes its third investment in Kenyan FinTech Tanda
Cape Town-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has completed its third investment in Kenyan FinTech Tanda. The investment from the…
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Featured
How to Determine Whether or Not to Trust an Online Casino
Online gambling is experiencing increasing popularity in all parts of the globe. Money is not the main focus that people…
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News
Kenyan startup Kyosk Digital has launched in Uganda
Kyosk Digital Services aims to address some of the challenges that vendors of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) go through in…
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News
Konza City To Host High-Level Global Innovation Conference in 2024
The International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) has voted to host their high-level annual conference at…
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News
KCB Partners With EV Maker BasiGo Kenya to Finance Electric PSV Buses
The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and electric vehicles manufacturer BasiGo Ltd on Tuesday announced a partnership that will enable investors…
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BUSINESS
Helios Offloads its 60pc Stake in Telkom Kenya
Helios Investment Partners has offloaded its entire 60 per cent stake in Telkom Kenya, Capital News reports. Helios through Jamhuri…
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News
Ugandan Digital Lender Numida Has Raised $12.3 Million in Pre-Series A Round
Ugandan fintech startup Numida has been in operation since 2017. The company has found its footing, offering customers loans ranging…
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News
Google is shutting down its game streaming service Stadia
The hard economic times are hitting even the most resilient and well-moneyed enterprises. Facebook, Amazon and Google have all announced…
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News
Vodacom Rolls Out 5G Network in Tanzania
As the race to 5G network gains momentum, operators around Africa are laying down the infrastructure so that their users…
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News
Popular E-commerce Startup Sky.Garden Faces Closure After Failing To Raise Funding
Word in the streets has it that one of Kenya’s most popular e-commerce marketplace Sky.Garden may be closing down after…
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Reviews
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 Review: Ahead of its time
Galaxy Z Fold 4 Review: Samsung unveiled its newest lineup of foldables – the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the…
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News
Biometrics tech firm iiDENTIFii raises $15 million growth capital
Biometrics tech firm iiDENTIFii has raised US$15 million growth capital, the largest African Series A in the identity verification space…
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CYBER SECURITY
Nearly 75% of Local and State Government Organizations Attacked by Ransomware Had Their Data Encrypted, Sophos
72% of state and local government organizations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted—7% more than the cross-sector average. This…
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News
Northern African Countries Have the Cheapest Data in the Continent, Report
A report analyzing mobile data costs across 233 countries has revealed that Israel has the cheapest data costs in the…
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Startups
Nigeria’s restaurant management startup Vendease has raised $30 million to scale its food supply business
Nigerian startup Vendease which makes it easy for restaurants to access food supplies has raised $30 million in Series-A funding.…
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News
Konvergenz introduces cyber security program for the finance sector in Kenya
Cyber attacks have increased over the past years, taking different forms at every turn. Their evolving nature places organizations at…
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BUSINESS
Fuliza restructured, here is everything you need to know
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom, NCBA and KCB Bank Kenya have announced a restructuring of the popular Fuliza overdraft facility. Fuliza…
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Gadgets
vivo V25 5G with Color-Changing Design Launching in Kenya Soon
Smartphone maker vivo has announced plans to launch the vivo V25 5G in October Kenya – next month. The device,…
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News
Fallohide Africa: Re-writing Kenya’s Story through Virtual Reality
Kenya is putting its foot forward in the age of Immersive technologies, including AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality).…
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News
How African Digital Heritage is using digital mapping to preserve Mau Mau history
Part of the indelible part of Kenya’s struggle for independence is the undignified and humiliating detention camps from which the…
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News
Dr. Joyce Cacho Joins Sistema.bio as New Board Chair
Sistema.bio has announced Dr. Joyce Cacho as its newest board member, and incoming board chair, effective January 2023. Following her…
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News
Free itel P38 Smartphones up for grabs, here’s how to win
itel Mobile has announced a new partnership with Sunnbird, a marketing resource integrated service platform to offer giveaways to itel…
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Glovo fined $78M for breaching labour laws in Spain
Digital food delivery firm Glovo has been slapped with a $78M fine for breaching labour laws relating to the hiring…
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News
YouTube rolls out new ways for creators to make money from Shorts
Big Tech media companies today are using every tool at their disposal to ensure that there is mutual benefits for…
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News
Mara Launches Free Online Course to Advance Blockchain and Financial Literacy in Africa
Pan-African phone manufacturer Mara Group has launched a free educational online course with the aim to boost blockchain adoption and…
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News
Sound and Convenience Are What Makes LG XBoom Speakers Tick
Gone are the days when one would invest in mountainous speakers to get booming music that would threaten to bring…
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BUSINESS
Jumia adds electric Tuk-Tuks to its delivery fleet in Kenya
Jumia Kenya is adding E-Vans or what are commonly known as Tuk-Tuks to its delivery fleet in the country. The…
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News
Microsoft, AfDB partner to drive youth entrepreneurship in Africa
Microsoft is expanding its partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB ) to support Africa’s youth entrepreneurs under the bank’s…
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News
Kenya is Hosting Polygon’s First Web 3.0 Bootcamp in Africa, here’s how to sign up
Polygon has opened applications for the Polygon bootcamp, an eight-week intensive mentorship program and hackathon in Africa. The Polygon Bootcamp…
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Gadgets
Samsung Targets Local Gamers With New TV Innovation
The Gaming world continues to evolve and grow at a very fast pace. According to a statistic report by PwC,…
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BUSINESS
Sendy and Meta to offer free digital skills training to SMEs in Kenya and Nigeria
Sendy, the Kenyan logistics startup has partnered with Meta through the Innovation Growth Hub (IGHub) to offer free training for…
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News
Mozilla has added West Africa’s Twi language to its Common Voice Project
Most people in Ghana speak Twi as either the first or second language although English is the official language for…
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Social Media
TikTok Faces $29 Million fine For Failing to Protect Children in the UK
TikTok is facing a potential lawsuit in the United Kingdom for allegedly failing to protect children’s data. The Information Commissioner’s…
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BUSINESS
Make Your Back to School Easy With Equity
It is a no-brainer that the Back-to-school season can be a hectic period for parents, guardians, and students as they…
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Social Media
TikTok has copied this popular feature from social media app BeReal
Its only two years since the French photosharing app BeReal was launched and it has been on a highly spirited…
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News
itel Kenya Donates Libraries, Educational Materials To Meru Primary School
For children across the world, being able to go to school, learn, and make new friends is always a thing…
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News
Instagram is down: What we know so far
Instagram is currently down for users around the world. Users are reporting their feeds not working as well as having…
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News
Chinese Hackers Deployed Malware to Infect Australian Government Websites, Report
A report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint and PwC Threat Intelligence has revealed how Chinese hackers deployed a fake news site…
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News
Republic of Gamers Has Great Back-To-School Discounts on Gaming Laptops
Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced massive discounts as the back-to-school season kicks in. ROG a subsidiary of computer manufacturer…
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News
Flutterwave adds Google Pay as a payment option for African businesses
Nigerian fintech Flutterwave is adding Google Pay, a mobile payment service, developed by Google, as a payment method. As part…
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News
Canon launches a virtual academy video platform for filmmakers in Africa
Canon Central and North Africa on Thursday announced the launch of a virtual film school to provide filmmakers with a…
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News
Binance has launched a crypto education tour across five African countries
Cryptocurrency firm Binance has launched a crypto education tour across five French-speaking African countries. The tour aims to drive blockchain…
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News
Safaricom has the third fastest internet speeds in Africa, report
Speedtest Intelligence report by Ookla has ranked Safaricom 3rd among African countries with the fastest internet speeds, just behind South…
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News
StarTimes programming review boosts entertainment offering
Subscriber’s enrolled on the StarTimes pay television platform are set to enjoy enhanced content offerings following the broadcaster’s review of…
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News
Kenyan Tech Firm Brings Cloud-Based Services Closer Home to Marginalized Communities
According to the International Labour Organization, in 2021 unemployment rate in Kenya increased to 6.6 per cent. A significant percentage…
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News
Showmax is offering 3 months free to customers who purchase Vision Smart TVs
Showmax and Vision Plus have partnered to give customers who buy a Vision Plus smart TV three free months of…
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News
Michael Joseph appointed board chair of insurtech startup Pula
Former Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph has been appointed as board chair of Kenya agricultural insurtech startup Pula. The startup was…
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Startups
Nigeria’s health-tech startup Remedial Health raises $4.4 million in seed funding
Remedial Health, a Nigerian healthtech startup has raised $4.4 million in seed funding to accelerate its expansion across the country.…
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News
OPPO releases short documentary video series profiling its staff globally
In preparation for the 18th anniversary this month, OPPO has released a series of short documentaries profiling its employees through…
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News
Unicorn Growth Capital, EchoVC join Celo Foundation to support Web3 projects across Africa
Unicorn Growth Capital, an Africa-focused venture fund investing at the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), and EchoVC,…
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News
TechPR Nigeria appoints Felicia Ochelle as new CEO, announces pan-African expansion
TechPR Nigeria, a Public Relations and Communications firm, has announced the appointment of Felicia Omari Ochelle as the new Chief Executive Officer…
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News
Mdundo says it has made KES 100M in payments to African artists in the last 10 years
Kenyan music steaming platform Mdundo made payouts of KES 100M to African rights holders in the last 10 years. The company…
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News
Adobe has acquired its fierce rival Figma for $20 billion
Adobe Inc , the American software company responsible for some of the world’s most popular design software tools has purchased…
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News
Digitization is helping ordinary shops compete against big stores, report
A report released by fintech investor firm Flourish Ventures has revealed that corner shops are doing better than predicted despite…
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BUSINESS
Unregulated digital lenders in Kenya directed to cease operations
Kenya is home to more than 200 digital lenders that are providing people with easy access to loans of various…
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