Speaking recently Erik Hersman of iHub, Ushahidi and now BRCK renown bemoaned the fact that legacy tax laws made it impossible for...
SimbaPay a leading digital money transfer provider has launched the first product in the world that allows Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa...
Most tech start-ups feel pressure in delivering a good experience for users but none probably as important as this one. “I wish...
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...
Customers of MTN Mobile Money and M-Pesa in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other following an agreement...
East Africa will by the end of 2015, be able to transfer money via mobile phones across borders if full implementation of...
The deadline is fast approaching for the innovation awards at the Connected East Africa Summit 2015. Entries must be submitted by March...
When Njeri Wangari’s daughter turned three years old, she realised she was losing interest in all the toys she had bought her....
Facebook revealed that it will launch the Internet.org app in Kenya later this week, marking the third country in Africa to get...
There has been a rush to provide technology solutions to Nairobi’s transport sector. Easy Taxi, a company bankrolled by Rocket Internet entered...
In the last year, the world has woken up to the crucial importance of connectivity in developing nations, with Africa a priority...
Abdu Ssekalala is a young Ugandan student at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Makerere University, and a billionaire, at least...
Safaricom has launched the Appwiz Challenge for 2014 to identify Kenyan developers and drive new app development across all mobile platforms. The...
iHub Nairobi, in partnership with payment solutions company, Ingenico will be hosting Seedstars Nairobi, the Nairobi leg of Seedstars World on the 3rd...
Hot on the heels of Informa cancelling last weeks East Africa Com event in Nairobi, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced...
The idea of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO’s) has been in existence in other parts of the world for over 10 years...
British retail billionaire Lord David Sainsbury has set up an investment vehicle to invest solely in East African businesses. According to report by Kenyan newspaper Business Daily,...
25 exceptional mobile startups from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia have been selected to compete in the final of PIVOT East 2014.
PIVOT East the startups competition geared towards nurturing the growing ICT talent in East Africa, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s competition....
Plantwise has launched an app in Kenya that helps to improve world food security and the livelihoods of farmers in developing countries...
Pivot Easts final call for submitting applications for the competition is today, 11th April 2014. East African Startups Application is open to...
For Kamau Nyabwengi and his partner Job Mwaura, the solution to Kenya’s and to some extent, Africa’s challenges in transport, lies in...