Interswitch, in the earlier part of 2015, acquired a controlling stake in The Paynet Group, a Kenyan-grown company that was deep into the ATM space – specifically the PesaPoint ATM Space like the one that ...
Nakuru, a small market town with a population of 307,000, is a beneficiary of an initiative by Liquid Telecom and the Kenyan government whereby residents have been enjoying access to free internet via WiFi for ...
StarTimes Media has now launched its digital television service to cover regions as far off from Nairobi as Machakos County and its environs following a successful activation of its digital signal transmitter located at Mua ...
Sophos, has just introduced the market’s first synchronized security protection against today’s sophisticated threats with the Sophos Security Heartbeat capability of the Sophos XG series of next-generation firewalls and Unified Threat Management. This new technology ...
Samsung has yet again unveiled a new device in its stable of successful consumer devices in the Kenyan market; The Samsung Galaxy Note 5, in partnership with Safaricom for the distribution of these devices. The ...
In a bid to prevent potential fraud as well as encourage easier access to banking, there has been a strong interest in biometric solutions the World over and in advanced African countries like in South ...
mi-Fone has issued Legal letters to Chinese Smartphone giant Xiaomi and their African distributor objecting to their upcoming plans to distribute their smartphones across Africa. This objection is based largely on the fact that mi-Fone ...
Orange first launched its SMS APIs in 5 new countries Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Niger, and Senegal and at the same time launched its largest international developer challenge to date – running across 13 countries The ...
China’s AVIC International Holding Corporation has teamed up with Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to produce the 2nd season of their youth empowerment project, The Africa Tech Challenge. The first season of the ...
General Electric alongside Gearbox have planned to start a set of what they’re calling GE Garages; an initiative to impart skills to interested individuals in the fields of advanced hardware technologies therefore supporting sustainable skills ...
Microsoft has long valued the importance of forging partnerships with various solutions providers in Africa. The company perceives such relationships to be important especially as a way of responding to changes in business and technology ...
Just about a month ago in Nairobi, Orange Kenya & Mozilla launched the Orange Klif phone which is meant to be the first attempt by Mozilla at targeting to put the billion people online on ...
Kenya’s online car-buying platform, Cheki will host a car bazaar at Carnivore Grounds on the 18th of July 2015 with the aim of extending its value offering by organizing a face to face meet up ...
MTN Uganda, in partnership with Outbox and Garage48 launched the MTN App Challenge 2015. The MTN APP Challenge was a 3 day event in which local innovators came together to create Mobile Applications for use on Mobile devices.The ...
It has been an entire year since Airtel Kenya launched the Airtel Money VISA card – their own debit card that allows easy access to funds 24 hours a day and allows one to make transactions at points-of-sale ...
Access Kenya has just completed a network upgrade project in Nairobi, Nakuru and Thika; an exercise which is aimed at boosting resilience and to increase business connectivity for companies operating in these areas. This network is a ...
Easy Taxi has implemented a major price change to their taxi services. From now on, regular Easy Taxi rides will be charged not based on time but based on kilometers driven and this is regardless of weather or ...
StarTimes Media has introduced 5 new entertainment channels with a key focus on African content. The 5 new channels include: iROKO Play iROKO Plus African Movie Channel Series (AMC) StarTimes Zone Sports Focus (A sports channel) These new ...
