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Tue, July 9th, 13:15 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup finals kicks off in Russia
Eleven African teams are among the finalists facing off at Microsoft’s Imagine Cup finals in St Petersburg, Russia, battling another 76 teams from 71 countries around the world. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 12:43 · Nick Sato
Equity Bank allows Kenyans to withdraw from PayPal accounts
Equity Bank has launched Kenya’s first PayPal service, allowing customers to receive payments via PayPal and withdraw their money via their accounts. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 11:25 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia Asha 501 now available in East Africa
Nokia’s has launched the Asha 501 for purchase across East Africa, featuring a faster interface and smarter internet. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 09:18 · Nick Sato
Technology boosts ease of doing business in Kenya
The ease of doing business in Kenya has improved significantly over the last 12 months, attributed to the rise in the use of technology. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 12:11 · Nick Sato
Kipochi launches first Bitcoin wallet in Africa with M-Pesa integration
Kenyan Bitcoin wallet Kipochi has launched a service which enables people to send and receive the virtual currency and convert it to and from an M-Pesa balance. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 10:59 · Kamau Mbote
AccessKenya board urges shareholders to accept takeover bid
AccessKenya’s board of directors has recommended shareholders accept a KSh3.2 billion (US$36 million) takeover bid of 100 per cent of the shares by South Africa’s Dimension Data. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 10:51 · Martin Cheruiyot
GE and USADF sign agreement on $2m Off Grid Energy Innovation Challenge
General Electric (GE) Africa and the US African Development Foundation (USADF) have officially signed the letter of intent on their collaboration on the Off Grid Energy Innovation Challenge in support of Power Africa. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 09:50 · Nick Sato
Equity Bank’s Masai Mara park fee dispute could cost county $2.9m
The dispute between Equity Bank and Narok County over the contract for collection of access fees through the prepaid smart card system could cost the Kenyan county KSh250 million (US$2.9 million). → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 08:28 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom withdraws from Makueni by-election
Safaricom will not transmit election data for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) during the approaching Makueni by-election, saying flaws in the system procured by the IEBC had not yet been fixed. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 13:58 · Nick Sato
Kenyan banks urged to innovate to boost performance
Kenya Central Bank (CBK) governor Njuguna Ndung’u has said the government will fully support banks keen on coming up with innovations that can bolster their performance. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:35 · Nick Sato
Qualcomm partners m:lab for free testing of mobile devices
Qualcomm and m:lab East Africa have announced a yearlong partnership agreement allowing developers to access devices to test their applications at the m:lab for free. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:20 · Martin Cheruiyot
Safer account access through new Kenyan ATMs
Kenyan bank customers will soon enjoy safer access to their accounts with the launch of new high-security ATM machines. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:01 · Martin Cheruiyot
SEAL Africa partners with HP and SAP to adopt HANA
SEAL Africa has partnered with computer hardware manufacture HP and software developer SAP, with the aim of pushing the introduction of a new database management solution known as HANA in East Africa. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:55 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei appoints another non-Chinese executive in ESA region
Deborah-Anne Strydom has been appointed to the position of assistant director (in charge) of Huawei’s Contract Commercial and Fulfilment Department for the East and Southern African region, the first non-Chinese individual to be appointed to such a position globally. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:39 · Martin Cheruiyot
Africa App Quest competition continues
The Africa App Quest competition, run by South African Tourism in partnership with Visa, has received entries from countries including Tanzania, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:47 · Nick Sato
Standard Chartered launches 24hr online cheque system
Kenya’s Standard Chartered Bank has introduced a first 24-hour remote cheque printing service allowing corporate clients to print them along with signatures from their offices through its corporate internet banking platform, Straight2Bank. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 14:57 · Susan Mwenesi
CCK rural ICT levy collections begin this month
The Communications Commission of Kenya will this month begin collections of the 0.5 per cent levy on the revenue of Kenyan communications licensees to support the Universal Service Fund (USF). → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 14:50 · Nick Sato
Kopo Kopo partners with Steers and Debonairs
Kopo Kopo, an aggregator for Safaricom’s new Lipa Na M-Pesa service, has partnered with food chains Steers and Debonairs Pizza to allow the cashless payment platform to be used in their thirteen restaurants countrywide. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 14:02 · Mercy Makumi
Weza Tele wins IBM SmartCamp competition
Kenyan startup Weza Tele, of the MyOrder Enterprise, won the IBM SmartCamp competition at the Tech4Africa conference for its SMS ordering service. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 12:17 · Kamau Mbote
Samsung, Strathmore and Kenya Law Reports to unveil app for law practitioners
Samsung, Kenya Law Reports and Strathmore University are to create an app enabling practitioners in the judiciary to access case law, the Kenyan Gazette and the constitution on Samsung devices. → Read more
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