Kenya
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3.4KFuture for money remittances in Africa
SimbaPay a fintech finalist in the upcoming Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015, is a digital money transfer provider that enables Africans living abroad to...
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5.2KDigital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industries
After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new landscape – one where...
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SimbaPay announces Instant Deposit Service to Kenya
SimbaPay the digital money transfer provider has announced the expansion of its free instant deposit service to Kenya. SimbaPay has partnered with Choice...
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2.8KAfrica Hardware Accelerator 2015 – Call for Applications
Village Capital has announced the launch of their first hardware accelerator in Africa, in partnership with Gearbox, a unique space for inventors...
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2.9KGoogle launches Android One in Africa but cost of data still the big issue
The race to offer cheaper smartphones in Africa has dramatically increased with the launch of the Android One program in Africa, however the price of phones...
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5.5KAirtel Kenya launches free insurance with MicroEnsure
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Pan Africa Life Assurance Limited and MicroEnsure to launch a free insurance product which will offer Airtel...
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4.3KFacebook’s Internet.org Free Basic Services are bringing Africans online
Over the last year, Facebook has worked closely with more than a dozen mobile operators across 17 countries to give people access...
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2.8KRegulations need relaxing if African hardware is to become reality
Speaking recently Erik Hersman of iHub, Ushahidi and now BRCK renown bemoaned the fact that legacy tax laws made it impossible for...
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World’s first international access to M-Pesa PayBill
SimbaPay a leading digital money transfer provider has launched the first product in the world that allows Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa...
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SMS service seeks to reduce baby mortality in Africa
Most tech start-ups feel pressure in delivering a good experience for users but none probably as important as this one. “I wish...
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3.4KDeadline for Pivot East 2015 entries
PIVOT East the annual start-up pitching competition and conference run by m:lab East Africa is fast approaching with only four days left until...
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3.7KMTN and Vodafone agree mobile money deal
Customers of MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other following an agreement...
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Mobile Money to go cross border in East Africa
East Africa will by the end of 2015, be able to transfer money via mobile phones across borders if full implementation of...
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Connected East Africa Innovation Awards 2015
The deadline is fast approaching for the innovation awards at the Connected East Africa Summit 2015. Entries must be submitted by March...
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Kenyan start-up Safari Tales to educate kids with new app
When Njeri Wangari’s daughter turned three years old, she realised she was losing interest in all the toys she had bought her....
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Facebook to launch free internet app in Kenya
Facebook revealed that it will launch the Internet.org app in Kenya later this week, marking the third country in Africa to get...
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Transport startup built around social relationships
There has been a rush to provide technology solutions to Nairobi’s transport sector. Easy Taxi, a company bankrolled by Rocket Internet entered...
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Kenya’s BRCK providing African solution to rural connectivity issues
In the last year, the world has woken up to the crucial importance of connectivity in developing nations, with Africa a priority...
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Ugandan student becomes apps “billionaire”
Abdu Ssekalala is a young Ugandan student at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Makerere University, and a billionaire, at least...
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Appwiz 2014 launched for Kenyan developers
Safaricom has launched the Appwiz Challenge for 2014 to identify Kenyan developers and drive new app development across all mobile platforms. The...
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2.3KSeedstars coming to iHUB Nairobi
iHub Nairobi, in partnership with payment solutions company, Ingenico will be hosting Seedstars Nairobi, the Nairobi leg of Seedstars World on the 3rd...
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Terror killing ICT events in Kenya
Hot on the heels of Informa cancelling last weeks East Africa Com event in Nairobi, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced...
