- E-commerce appears to be catching up in Kenya, but not all players have been successful at it. That has not stopped them from expanding their reach, and this has been made more obvious today with the launch of a similar business that targets to serve urban dwellers. Nonetheless, and as you may have…
- Ecommerce is a big business in Kenya, but not many companies have had success with it. Still, they continue to offer services to Kenya using a variety of models. Some are focusing on fulfillment, whereas others want to offer their services to clients in rural areas. Others also think that major e-…
- YouTube has released a list of the most watched videos in Kenya revealing a sharp rise in consumption of locally generated content from Kenya’s general elections news, comedies, music, religious, and real-life talk shows. The lists show locally created content that celebrates different ways of life…
- ICT watchdog the Communications Authority of Kenya has been undergoing some internal changes in terms of how it is led. More than one year ago, the CA received a new Director General, Ezra Chiloba. Chiloba replace Mercy Wanjau, who had been doing the DG roles but in an interim position. She…
- Hustler Funds are here, and as promised by President William Ruto, Kenyans can now access them to boost their businesses/personal lives. The kitty tops up at KES 50 billion and is offered for personal loans, and for micro-enterprises and SMEs. As you may have noticed, the Fund is accessed via…
- Second-hand phone commerce platform, Badili has raised Kshs. 230 million in preseed funding in a bid to increase its operations in Africa. The startup handles trade-ins and buybacks on behalf of major OEMs and other phone dealers with one of its major deals being a partnership with Samsung. Most…
- It’s a new month and the festive season is here with us and it’s prime time to upgrade your current smartphone either for yourself or a loved one. We have compiled a definitive list of the best under 20K smartphones for you to choose depending on your brand preference. Most of them are well spec’d…
- The creation of the Hustler Fund was President William Ruto’s main campaign promise and as soon as he got into Office, he created the fund with a Ksh 50 billion allocation meant for personal loans, and micro, small and medium enterprises. The President officially launched the fund earlier today in…
- Payments firm DPO Group, which has since been licensed to run its operations in Kenya, has announced that launched DPO Pay Mobile. This is a new version of their payments app. With several new features, DPO listened to merchant feedback to redesign and redevelop the payment app. DPO Pay Mobile app…
- Mobile (SIM) subscriptions have undergone ups and downs this year. At the end of the fourth quarter of the previous financial year, it emerged that SIM subscriptions dropped by 200K, but the reason for this was that there were some cards that had not taken part in the SIM re-registration exercise.…
- It has emerged that many Kenyans are still hanging onto their feature phones. This has been the case for an extended period of time, but there are several factors why it has been so. First of all, feature phones are cheap, and considering the purchasing power of locals is low, especially for…
- There aren’t many ride apps in Kenya. In fact, people tend to use the most popular one, including Uber, Bolt and Little. However, there are other players who have managed to stay under the shadow of the aforementioned apps, but have run their businesses locally anyway. One of them is NopeaRide,…
- Google today held graduation events in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria to celebrate 5000 business owners who have completed its Hustle Academy training program. At the events, Google also announced a new speaker series in which successful African entrepreneurs share lessons and advice, furthering…
- Vodacash is launching its new service M-Pesa Rallonge in the DRC to allow customers to financial assistance from their cell phones. M-Pesa Rallonge is a new service dedicated to M-Pesa users with zero or insufficient balances. Users will be able to take advantage of this service to get an instant…
- President William Ruto has officially unveiled Twiga Foods distribution center, a 200,000 sq ft facility that will offer fulfillment by Twiga services to manufacturers, brand owners, and farmers across East Africa. Located in Tatu City, the automated facility will see the company expand its…
- Introduction Utambuzi is launching in Kenya. Utambuzi which translates to ‘insights’ or ‘diagnosis’ in Swahili is looking to change the scope of personal finance management. The product, based on a business-to-customer model, helps a person track his/her income, detect fraudulent transactions, and…
- M-TIBA has announced a partnership with BYON8 to provide access to telehealth services by offering medical packages to members through the M-TIBA platform. For housekeeping purposes, M-TIBA provides a platform where members can access patient care digitally from specialists on the BYON8 platform.…
- M-PESA Junior Account is finally here, but it has arrived in more different ways than we expected. Launched today in Nairobi at an event attended by key leaders from Safaricom, including its CEO Peter Ndegwa and the CS for ICT and Innovation Eliud Owalo, the product, which will be available for…
- dx5 has just concluded the dx100 Awards that were held at Diani. The conference digs deeper into the tech ecosystem in Kenya and the wider African regions and includes in its discussions seasoned ICT leaders and experts from the same areas. This time around, we learned that the show was attended by…
- Asus has been selling its laptops in Kenya for some time now. It is one of the few companies that has managed to bring their business here, bearing in mind that leading tech companies tend to avoid African markets because of their low purchasing power. The other market where Asus laptops can be…
- Huawei has joined a global digital alliance led by the International Telecommunication Union to bring more than 120 million people living in unconnected rural areas to the Internet. Known as Partner2Connect, the international digital alliance aims to deliver digital connectivity to more than 80…
- The Safaricom Ethiopia story started a long time ago. The Ethiopia bid was a tough one and involved a lot of telecom companies, but Safaricom was picked in the long run. It took a long time to examine, and following a higher investment over rivals (it reportedly bid $850 million), Safaricom, which…
- Browsers’ true powers are unlocked when they are used alongside services such as extensions. Extensions are popular because some of them are genuinely useful. Don’t like YouTube ads? Extensions can help you with that. Want to deal with excessive website ads and popup ads? There are extensions for…
- We have already established that Safaricom will introduce Bonga Points expiry from January 2023. This means that Bonga points that will be more than three years old by January 1 will expire. This development has made a lot of Kenyans unhappy, and for good reason, because they feel that the telco…
- Automotive technology company Autochek has announced the launch of Autochek Financial Services, a new arm of the business that will focus on providing a range of vehicle financing solutions for consumers and businesses across Africa. Autochek Financial Services will continue to support Autochek’s…
- The dx100 Symposium and Awards (formerly CIO 100 Awards), organized by dx5, a digital transformation company, kicked off yesterday. Wednesday, 23, 2022. The first day of the three-day event saw a couple of discussions on topics bordering on Digital Transformation. The 14th edition of the Digital…
- The race to transition from gas-powered vehicles to electric replacements has received a shot in the arm today following the launch of four electric vehicles by energy producer, Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen). During the announcement of this development, KenGen mentioned that it…
- The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) tasks telecom operators to provide robust Quality of Service (QoS) for customers. Quality-of-Service encompasses the tools and technologies that enable telco operators to ensure networks, applications, and services are highly performant regardless of…
- The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act, 2009 provided the establishment of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The kitty is managed by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA). Its main goal is to promote communications infrastructure and services rollout in rural, remote, and underserved areas.…
- Showmax is set to bring a new crime drama series, Pepeta to the streaming platform. Now you will have a new series to binge amidst the ongoing World Cup which is also available on 4K on Showmax. The streamer held an exclusive premiere of the eight-part series at Nairobi Street Kitchen in Westlands…
- There is no limit to the number of affordable TVs you can buy in Kenya. This is because the market has matured, and less-known brands have found their way to the local market. You see, these brands do not price their sets as expensively as others, because they do not have such a big name […]
- Computer software and web-based business tools provider Zoho has announced that its Zoho Finance Platform has achieved 70% year-over-year (YOY) revenue growth in the MEA region, supporting more than half a million businesses across more than 160 countries. The corporation, which has its roots in…
- The growth of ICTs in Kenya has been unprecedented in the recent past. This is because Kenya is uniquely positioned as one of the leading countries in Africa that have done very well in terms of encouraging the adoption of ICT, and all the innovations associated with them. In the same spirit, we…
- TECNO is prepping to unveil the Phantom X2 next month and it will be the company’s most powerful smartphone. This is the successor to the original Phantom X launched early last year. The Phantom X was the company’s entry into the premium flagship smartphone market and TECNO is upping its game with…
- TECNO came back to its flagship roots with the launch of the Phantom X last year after being out of the game for a while. It was a great comeback as the flagship packed the top specs when it came to the screen and cameras. It featured a less powerful processor and the company wants […]
- Right after reviewing Vivo’s premier midrange device in the country – the V25 5G, we have gotten our hands on their latest affordable smartphone – the Vivo Y22. The company has really nice devices in various lineups and is the official smartphone of the just-started FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.…
- Lender Equity Group Holdings Plc has announced the promotion of Samuel Kirubi to Group Chief Operating Officer (COO). Kirubi moves from the position of Managing Director, Equity Bank Uganda to head the Group operations from Equity’s head office in Nairobi. Samuel holds a Masters’s Degree in…
- Safaricom has announced that Bonga Points will now be expiring, starting from January 1st, 2023. The loyalty program has been around for more than one decade and a half. It allows customers to accrue units named Bonga Points. One Bonga Point is an equivalent of KES 10 used on the Safaricom network…
- Streaming TV service Showmax, whose Pro product has been around for some time now, has revealed that the service has grown 111 percent YoY. This follows a report released by MultiChoice, which owns Showmax. The entertainment plan appears to be popular with paying subscribers growing 50% year on…
- Midrange smartphones have gotten so good, especially in the under 30K range in the country. If you’re looking for a camera smartphone in this price category, then you’re in the right place. OPPO A77s – Ksh 29,200 OPPO A77s is the company’s latest device in the country and starts off this list. It…
- In 2021, more than one billion Android smartphones were shipped across the globe. Now, the world’s most popular mobile operating system has over 2.8 billion active users, and most prefer Samsung devices. According to data presented by SportLens, Samsung Galaxy is the most popular Android phone…
- Loan apps have not been having a good time for the last couple of months – and that is a good thing. What happened is that these services started being a major concern to customers following their aggressive debt collection methods. At the same time, some loan apps were blatantly abusing customer…
- TECNO, a sub-brand of the listed Transsion Group, has been doing very well in emerging markets. It identified a niche that needed to be addressed and did so adeptly by releasing phones meant for people who do not have big budgets or high purchasing power as we have seen in developed nations.…
- Google hosted software developers and technical industry professionals to a full-day event of talks and workshops in Nairobi. The Google Sandbox program seeks to activate partnerships to deepen relationships within the local tech community and bring first-hand experiences of Google to industry…
- Black Friday is here, and as usual, you can grab a lot of nice stuff from retail stores and online shops if you can look for a good deal keenly enough. This is the period when people can buy electronics cheaply, including phones and other home entertainment products. Companies such as Samsung and…
- Smartphone companies spare no details when it comes to their flagship devices. They go all in on their apex devices – rocking them with high-grade hardware and software features. Some even go and switch form factors to bring foldables to the table. Here is our definitive list of the best flagship…
- The last couple of months have seen the CBK provide licenses to two companies to operate as Payment Service Providers (PSP). The first one was Virtual Pay International Limited, which received the document in July. Days later, DPO Group also received official approval from the Central Bank of Kenya…
- Asus has unveiled the Expert series of laptops for the Kenyan market. The tech company has been selling its PCs in the local market for some time, some of which we have reviewed on this platform and on our YouTube channel. The Expert series of laptops that have been announced include the B7, B5, B3…
- Former KCB CEO Joshua Oigara has picked the same role at Stanbic Bank Kenya and South Sudan, effective from December 1, 2022. This follows a period of inactivity since he left his post at KCB back in April 2022. He was replaced by Peter Russo. Oigara had been with the bank for nine years. Oigara […]
- The telco market in Ethiopia has been receiving a lot of interest in the recent past. With a population of over 120 million, the country was in dire need of competition in the carrier market that was mostly led by state-owned Ethio Telecom. A consortium of companies, under the Safaricom Ethiopia…
