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Thu, November 29th, 12:30 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft to charge businesses more for services via multiple devices

A new move by Microsoft means that businesses looking to give their workers access to systems through multiple devices will from December 1 pay 15 percent more for new licences. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 11:43 · Robin Okuthe

The Curious Case of Nyagaka Anyona Ouko, Conclusion – Part IV

Safaricom’s rejoinder to this HumanIPO series seems to rebuff Ouko’s claims to be the originator of M-Pesa mobile money transfer platform. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 11:28 · Elly Okutoyi

3 months after launch, Mdundo closes lucrative deals

Mdundo.com, the first Kenyan startup to sell local music on scratch cards, has sealed lucrative deals with some of the world’s leading corporations, including Airtel and Samsung. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 10:51 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom to remain unscathed despite lower MTR

Barely a week since Kenya’s telecommunications industry regulator lowered the mobile termination rates (MTR), sources from Safaricom reveal that the telco’s top executives are betting that other network providers are unlikely to be able reduce voice call charges and still remain profitable. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 07:43 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom and Britam launch new insurance product via M-Pesa

Safaricom, Britam and Changamka Health have unveiled Linda Jamii, a new insurance facility that enables low income earners to make contributions via M-Pesa mobile money transfer service. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 05:49 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom’s MShwari doesn’t threaten M-pepea’s emergency micro-credit facility, founder

Two developers have created ‘M-pepea,’ an emergency micro credit solution accessible via mobile phones, and insist that they are not threatened by the launch of Safaricom’s MShwari product yesterday. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 05:40 · Gythan Munga

GrowthAfrica, Village Capital launch accelerator pitch fest in Nairobi

GrowthAfrica, under its chief brands The GrowthHub and Village Capital, will today debut Pitch Fest Day in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, an event showcasing the startups on The GrowthHub accelerator program, which is devoted to investing in social enterprises bent on changing businesses and lives. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 13:37 · Tom Jackson

Kenya National ICT Master Plan launch postponed

The launch of Kenya’s National ICT Master Plan, detailing how Kenya intends to position itself as a leader in ICT investment and innovation by 2017, has been postponed with only a day to go. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 13:00 · Kamau Mbote

Nokia launches Lumia smartphone in East Africa

The launch of the first Lumia smartphone that runs on the Windows platform into the East African market is expected to trigger smartphone competition in the region. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 09:47 · Vincent Matinde

Nairobi to be covered by CCTV camera network by January 2013

The Kenyan government is fast-tracking a project to put the capital Nairobi under CCTV surveillance by early next year, in an attempt to curb the terrorism and rising crime rates within the city. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 07:17 · Kamau Mbote

Nowhere to hide for adult Kenyans as registration ministry automates

Kenya's Ministry of Immigration and Registrar of persons has completed the creation of an Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) that will enable financial institutions, employers and law and order agencies to store all data for any Kenyan at a central source. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 15:33 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom launches paperless, no collateral credit service MShwari

Kenyan integrated mobile services operator Safaricom has teamed up with Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) to offer M-Pesa users a chance to save as well as access money in a partnership that could help make the bank the largest in terms of customer base. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 12:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile money transfers in Kenya close to country’s national budget

The amount of money transferred via mobile money in Kenya is close to the East African country’s national budget value, new statistics from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) show, with some KSh1.117 trillion (US$13.5 billion) transacted. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 08:26 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan media network launches road traffic management app

Kenya-based media company Mediamax has launched an application called K24 Rush Hour, for vehicle traffic updates on various routes and roads across the country. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan

CCK lowers Kenyan mobile termination rates

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today announced a cut in mobile termination rates (MTR) following months of uncertainty about the move, flying in the face of protests from market leaders Safaricom and Orange. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 13:18 · Vincent Matinde

Q&A: Establishing data mining company, Doban Africa

Doban Africa was established by Elvis Bando to help companies and corporations manage data that comes in various channels. The company has also come up with medical products like Zahanati, which have been featured in big news outlets such as Aljazeera and Reuters. The founder spoke with HumanIPO on the start, challenges and future of Doban Africa. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 13:16 · Kamau Mbote

Mobile advertising on Android platforms threatened by new software

Advertisements on the mobile browser and other phone-based applications that use the Android platform are projected to face serious rivalry from mobile AdBlock software set for launch by software manufacturers Eyeo tomorrow. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 09:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

Prediqt to launch mobile survey app in 2013

Engagement solutions company Prediqt has revealed its 2013 mobile releases, which will enable easy access to survey results. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 08:31 · Vincent Matinde

M-Changa introduces new features one month after launch

M-Changa, Kenya’s premier crowdfunding app, has integrated new features barely a month following its official launch, aiming to tap into the African market in the near future. → Read more
Fri, November 23rd, 12:11 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom revises roaming rates to partner networks

Kenya’s integrated telecommunications firm Safaricom has introduced roaming charges for receiving calls through its partner networks in the East African Community (EAC), with receivers from MTN Rwanda hardest hit with charges KSh28 per minute. → Read more