- Autochek, the automotive technology company making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the launch of Autochek Financial Services, a new arm of the business that will focus on providing a range of vehicle...
- Utambuzi has launched in Kenya. Utambuzi is a personal finance management product that leverages machine learning to track income and expenses, and plan budgets while providing valuable insights on financial behavior to help users better...
- Africa Data Centres is building its first data centre in Kigali, Rwanda; The facility will have 2MW of IT load and will break ground in the first quarter of 2023. Africa Data Centres, a business...
- Kenyans can save upto KES 231,000 across select LG electronics appliances and electronics from today until the end of 2022. This follows an announcement by LG Electronics on product discounts ranging from between 10 per...
- On Saturday, Safaricom officially unveiled M-Pesa Go, the new financial product for teens and preteens. The company has been working on this product for a number of months and it has finally been rolled out....
- Africa Data Centres has been approved to be the colocation provider for the first ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) cluster deployed in Africa. The IMRS cluster deployment is intended by ICANN to assist Internet users...
- LG Electronics has today awarded more than 320 young technology leaders with disabilities from 16 countries for their effective participation and skills exhibition in executing computer-based activities. Drawn from across the globe, the leaders were...
- Investing the stock market has always seemed out of reach for most Kenyans. The process of getting started has always been tedious for most people. To get young people into this sector, there needs to...
- Liquid C2 has opened the doors of its first Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in Nairobi, Kenya, making this the second centre of its kind in Africa. “Kenyan businesses have seen increased digital adoption, and...
- Tanzania’s fintech company, Ramani, has today announced the close of its $32million series A round of equity & debt. The round was led by renowned global technology investors Flexcap Ventures and revered founder/CEO of Infoscout, Jared...
- The Electric Mobility wave is on the rise in Kenya. We have seen the introduction of electric buses and motorcycles in the country in the last couple of months. Companies such as BasiGo and Roam...
- A few days ago, Safaricom revealed that it will be introducing expiring Bongs Points as from January 2023. This as expected did not sit well with all subscribers as some wanted the telco to maintain...
- Modern laptops tend to be very powerful. This is the case for all segments as we can do more with our laptops compared to about a decade ago. Some people may see this as a...
- Last week, TCL Electronics unveiled its latest 4K TVs and other home appliances in the Kenya market. The TVs fall under its C series lineup and they should fit well in the Kenyan market where...
- As the world awaits kick-off of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Visa the Official Payment Technology Partner of FIFA, has readied a payments network that will enable contactless purchases throughout all official venues, including...
- Cellulant and Solv Kenya have signed a financial services partnership that will enable Solv Kenya’s expanding MSME partners to access digital payment and collections services offered by Cellulant. Following the announcement of Solv’s commercial operations...
- A few days back, Safaricom unveiled Mali, its first jump into investment trusts. The telco has been working on this product since 2019 and it has finally received regulatory approval and is live. Safaricom has...
- Avenews, a multinational financial technology company, is building the first financial super app for Kenya’s Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises (agri-SMEs). The super app provides a comprehensive financial management tool that enables advanced ML (machine...
- Last night, ASUS unveiled the Expert Series Business Laptops in the Kenyan market. The series is made up of a number of business products that promise reliability, flexibility, and enterprise-grade security. Asus says these new...
- LG has expressed interest in seeing increased adoption of digital laundromats in Kenya. With this, the company hopes to formalize the informal “mamafua” industry. This follows a growing demand for laundry services among an increasingly...
- Video streaming service, Showmax, has seen the number of paying subscribers grow by 50% this year compared to the same period last year. This is quite a jump for the industry that has faced stiff...
- The Nokia C31 is one of the latest smartphones from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is currently available in stores for Ksh 16,000. This is affordable but not the most affordable smartphone...
- BasiGo has been keen to roll out locally assembled electric buses in Kenya. This is one of the handful of manufacturers that has rolled out electric buses in the country. The company started piloting its...
- SecondSTAX, a technology company that is building solutions to enhance intra-Africa capital and investment flows, launched the SecondSTAX Portal – a technology-driven order management and execution routing system for investment firms – in Kenya and Ghana, enabling institutional investors...
- Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office (ATO) has announced a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support digital transformation in Africa’s agricultural sector. In a session during the Adaptation and Agriculture Day at...
- OPPO Kenya has announced some smartphone deals that you can take advantage of during its Black Friday Sale. The sale is now live and will be on all the way to November 30th, 2022. You...
- The realme C30s is the latest smartphone from the company to launch in Kenya. The phone is available starting from Ksh 10,700. You can get the phone through Jumia and most other smartphone retailers across...
- The African music industry has grown in leaps and bounds over the past few years due to a variety of factors, including collaborations with local and international artists, music streaming, and social media. However, only...
- DPO Group has announced the appointment of Judy Waruiru as Managing Director for DPO Africa. In her new role, becoming effective in January 2023, Judy will be responsible for DPO business in more than twenty...
- Itel Kenya today has launched the highly ranked itel S18 at Serena Hotel , a compact and stylish smartphone that is their flagship 4G model as opposed to all other existing models. The series succeeds...
- You may have probably heard about Raspberry PI single board computers if you love hardware technology. Their use is diverse with some people using them to learn programming skills, build hardware projects, do home automation,...
- Earlier today, Safaricom 5G went live in Kenya with availability limited to a few places across the country. The company also shared that those with 5G devices from OPPO, Huawei, Samsung and iPhones (to support...
- Safaricom has today officially launched its 5G network in Kenya. The service is available in select areas in Kenya. The company said that availability and affordability of 5G devices is still an issue in Kenya.The...
- Safaricom has this morning launched Kenya’s first 5G network. With this launch, Safaricom says that it has introduced the fastest internet speeds in Kenya since the first launch of internet in the country over 2...
- Internet Service Provider, Mawingu, is on the verge of closing a new investment round in the coming months, as it moves to capture a larger share of the digital market in the country. With over...
- Most times, if your SIM card is not active for a certain period of time, it is normally deactivated. This is the case for Safaricom subscribers but there is an option to keep your phone...
- NTT Ltd., a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, has today launched its 2022 Global Network Report, which found that 61% of CEOs in Middle East and Africa believe their network is slowing down...
- The OPPO Reno 8 5G is the next smartphone that the Chinese manufacturer will be launching in Kenya. This will be the successor to the Reno 7 5G that has been in retail stores in...
- Safaricom has partnered with Google to promote and grow Short Video content (YouTube shorts) on YouTube by offering low-cost bundles for its users. The two-month campaign will see Safaricom customers enjoy affordable 1GB data bundles...
- Driving the need for this investment is the increasingly rapid pace of digital transformation worldwide – a trend that chafes against the World Bank’s talent deficit forecast of 10 million people to 2027. More than...
- Yesterday, Kenya Power joined Roam Electric to roll out Kenya’s first-ever electric, mass transit bus operation at Green Park Terminus grounds, in Nairobi. The pilot program will showcase the country’s readiness for electric mass mobility...
- Over 350 companies from over 18 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Rwanda have submitted applications for the Digital Transformation (dx100) Symposium & Awards (formerly CIO100). Themed Catalysing C-Suite Engagement in Digital Transformation...
- Samsung has updated its budget lineup with the introduction of the Galaxy A04s. This is the latest to launch in Kenya and is available for Ksh 19,999 for the 64GB variant and Ksh 22,999 for...
- With most of us spending a significant part of our days online, we tend to share some personal information on the different platforms we spend time on. Access to our personal data is possible thanks...
- As the demand for cloud-based services grows across Africa due to the adoption of hybrid work, Microsoft has announced a partnership with Liquid Cloud through its Africa Transformation Office (ATO) to provide cloud services to...
- Last month, we told you that Showmax Pro will stream all FIFA 2022 World Cup Matches on its platform. The company has announced that it will stream all these matches in 4K. This will be...
- If you are on the market looking for a smartphone under 20,000, you do have a number of options to choose from. There are some good devices from Infinix, Tecno, Xiaomi and even Samsung. Most...
- Airtel Money has completed the split of its mobile money business from its telecommunications business. This Journey started back in 2019 and has led to the formation of Airtel Money Kenya Limited which will effectively...
- OPPO has confirmed that the Reno 8 series will be launched in Kenya later this month. The company says that the series will be launched in the country on Tuesday, 25 October 2022. The price...
- Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV) has announced that it has closed a pre-seed round of $1M USD from a group of well-known global investors. Tourism, Africa’s third-largest industry and employer of tens of millions across the...
