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Thu, October 25th, 08:59 · Robert K'Odingo

Mobile-based initiative to cut death toll on Kenyan roads

Kenya’s integrated telecommunications services provider Safaricom and the Media Owners Association (MOA), an organisation of media agencies, has today launched a three-year multi-sectoral and SMS-based initiative named the “National Road Safety Programme” aimed at addressing runaway road carnage. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 14:17 · Elly Okutoyi

DEMO Africa kicks off in Kenya’s capital

Africa’s first DEMO event, running in Nairobi, Kenya at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) until October 26, kicked off today. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 12:26 · Vincent Matinde

mPawa gearing up to pitch job matching app at DEMO-Africa

A job matching app that targets the blue collar sector will have an opportunity to present its solutions and the inaugural DEMO-Africa to be held this week in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 06:36 · Vincent Matinde

Kirigo Ng’arua’s identity stolen on Facebook, M-Pesa

Cybercrime in Kenya is fast escalating and is now affecting individuals, with Citizen TV anchor Kirigo Ng'arua finding out the hard way after her identity was stolen on Facebook and M-Pesa. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 13:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Kenyan crowdfunding platform M-Changa launched

M-Changa, a new SMS-based crowdfunding platform, has been launched in Kenya expected to enable “individuals who are fundraising to raise more money, from more people, in a faster, more efficient and more transparent way than ever before”. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 13:05 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom tops list of taxpayers for 2011/2012

Kenya’s integrated telecommunications firm Safaricom has been confirmed as the country’s top taxpaying company for the fifth year running in the annual awards for top taxpayers from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 09:02 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s Yu Mobile seeks US$200M loan to expand operation

Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile is looking into taking a KSh16.8 billion (US$200 million) loan from international financiers to help it meet its expansion plans and upgrade its network to 4G. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 07:34 · Vincent Matinde

IT education in Kenya faulted by AITEC

There is a big disparity in what the educational institution are churning out in terms of skills and what the IT industry needs, according to AITEC chairman Sean Moroney. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 12:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Unreliable Internet hindering Kenyan superstore’s online retailing

Unstable Internet connectivity has been blamed for slowing down the launch of Kenya’s largest retail chain store Nakumatt’s online shopping website. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 09:14 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya’s giant telecoms firm deviates into solar business

Integrated telecommunications company Safaricom has unveiled a first-of-its-kind energy solutions for homes through its M-KOPA solar project, focused on providing cheap, clean energy for Kenyan households. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 08:07 · Vincent Matinde

East Africa’s top securities exchange geared towards virtual trading

A new virtual platform expected to be launched later this year will enable users to trade in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), East Africa’s leading securities exchange, from the comfort of their homes. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 07:22 · Tom Jackson

Start-ups gear up for 88mph Demo Day

Time flies when you’re going 88mph. For Steve Ngethe, founder of Manyatta Rent, it must have felt like he was moving even faster. It has only been a month since 88mph welcomed its 2012 cohort of budding entrepreneurs, but with the much-anticipated Demo Day approaching on December 13, for Steve it has been a month in which he has come full circle. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 13:50 · HumanIPO

Nokia launches mobile service centre in Kenya

Nokia has launched a mobile after sales service dubbed Care on Wheels (CoW) in Kenya aimed at ensuring the Finnish phone-maker’s customers across the country access after sale services conveniently. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:08 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Success or failure, it’s a question of funding

Joel Macharia is a Kenyan entrepreneur and Editor in Chief and CEO at Pesatalk.com. He is an avid reader and lover of all things finance and a self declared Kindle advocate. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 13:47 · Robert K'Odingo

Public-Private Partnership endorses startups’ eco-system

Stakeholders in Kenya’s ICT sector have pledged their commitment to collaborating with African governments to accelerate growth of the continents innovation drive. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 11:43 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s information ministry to endorse social media clubs for colleges

Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications is set to endorse social media clubs in the nation’s universities to promote social media as a tool for learning and communication by both lectures and students. → Read more