Kenya, Page 15
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Tue, June 10th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Buymore offers Kenyan students discounts through electronic cards
Kenyan startup Buymore is offering students discounts on their favourite brands and merchants through an electronic card, and has signed up 20 stores for the programme so far. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Eldoret Huduma centre ready in 3 weeks – Matiangi
The Huduma centre in Eldoret, Kenya will be ready and available for public use in three weeks, according to Ministry of ICT cabinet secretary Dr Fred Matiangi. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Equity, VFX Financial launch direct money transfer service from UK
Kenya’s Equity Bank has partnered United Kingdom (UK) firm VFX Financial to allow individuals and corporates in the UK to money to any Equity account through real-time, cross border, multi-currency money transfer service Equity Direct. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
ICTAK wants Safaricom denied operating licence
The Information Communication Technology Association of Kenya (ICTAK) has written to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) asking it not to grant Safaricom’s request for an operating licence renewal. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom braced for CAK ruling opening up M-Pesa agency network
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has said it is braced for a ruling by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) on June 30 which may force it to open up its M-Pesa agency network to rivals Airtel, yuMobile and Orange. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Qatar Airways partners Safaricom for ticket payments
Qatar Airways has formed a strategic partnership with leading Kenyan operator Safaricom allowing passengers travelling to various destinations to pay for their air tickets using M-Pesa. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s StarTimes drops decoder prices, eyes increased market share
Kenyan pay-TV provider StarTimes has reduced the prices of its decoders to enable more Kenyans to access digital television and grow the company’s market share. → Read more
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Mon, June 9th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom welcomes parliamentary probe after tender suspension
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has welcomed a probe into the security communications tender awarded to the company after the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Administration suspended the project. → Read more
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Fri, June 6th, 13:34 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange Telkom Kenya attracts Nigeria, Vietnamese interest
France Telecom’s possible sale of its 70 per cent stake in Orange Telkom Kenya has attracted two foreign companies, Nigeria’s Megatech Engineering Limited and vtel from Vietnam. → Read more
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Fri, June 6th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tech fraternity mourns One Africa Media’s Carey Eaton
The tech fraternity in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa is mourning the untimely death of One Africa media co-founder Carey Eaton, who was killed during an armed robbery at a friend’s home in Nairobi in the early hours of yesterday morning. → Read more
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Fri, June 6th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Parliament freezes Safaricom security tender
The Kenyan parliament has frozen the security contract awarded to Safaricom to supply of a national surveillance and communications system until an enquiry into the deal’s legality is completed. → Read more
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Fri, June 6th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Orange launches first mobile self-care Android app in Kenya
Orange Kenya has launched the first e-care app in the market, allowing subscribers to check their credit balances, recharge accounts and manage their subscriptions to Orange. → Read more
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Thu, June 5th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
KCB, KBS partner for Abiria card fare payment platform
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Kenya Bus Services (KBS) have unveiled the Abiria card, which facilitates cashless payments on commuter buses in line with the government’s directive that all public service vehicles migrate to such methods by July 1. → Read more
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Thu, June 5th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
First dedicated oil and gas website launched in Kenya
A dedicated oil and gas portal has been launched in Kenya, offering explorers, investors and stakeholders in the industry in the country and the rest of the region with information. → Read more
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Thu, June 5th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
IBM prepares Kenyan app developers for cloud revolution
Fifty Kenyan students and software developers have completed a two-week training course led by IBM experts in the latest software application development, project management, product development and commercialisation skills geared towards enhancing their technical and entrepreneurial skills. → Read more
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Thu, June 5th, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Kenyan startup Sapama offers property listings
Kenyan startup Sapama is providing individuals and estate agents with a platform for listing properties for sale or rent, with agent property management services in the pipeline. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
88mph rebrands co-working spaces, takes break from Kenyan investment
African seed investment fund 88mph is rebranding its Nairobi and Cape Town co-working spaces, and announced it will take a break from investing in kenyan startups this year. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 16:30 · Tom Jackson
Airtel reports Safaricom to Kenya’s Competition Authority
Airtel Kenya has asked the Competition Authority of Kenya to investigate Safaricom for alleged abuse of its position at the head of the East African country’s booming mobile money market. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Nailab unveils fourth cohort
Nairobi-based startup incubator Nailab has unveiled its fourth cohort since inception in 2010 and the second under a partnership with the Kenya ICT Authority, from which it expects to have incubated 30 startups by 2016. → Read more
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Wed, June 4th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government to hand over more bloggers to NCIC
The Kenyan government through the National Steering Committee on Media Monitoring (NSCMM) is compiling an exhaustive list of alleged bloggers of hate speech and incitement to be handed over to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) for action by June 9. → Read more
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