Kenya

Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industry

Digital 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...

Applications Open for Village Capital, Lemelson Foundation, DOEN Foundation, VC4Africa and Gearbox Hardware Accelerator

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Africa 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...

“Android One,” after the company’s mobile operating system Android, and will cost less than $100.

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Google 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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Airtel 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...

SMS, not apps, key to content distribution in Africa

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Facebook’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...

Kenya’s BRCK providing African solution to rural connectivity issues

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Regulations 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...

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...

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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Deadline 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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MTN 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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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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Seedstars 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...

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...