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Fri, November 15th 2013, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

Kopo Kopo gets $2.6m in funding

Kenyan merchant services platform Kopo Kopo has secured US$2.6 million in financing, enabling it to expand its service offering and branch out across Africa. → Read more
Fri, October 11th 2013, 10:00 · Nick Sato

Kenyan PSVs to install cashless payment systems by mid-2014

The Kenyan government has introduced a raft of new measures designed to crack down on public service vehicles (PSVs) that will among other things require PSVs to implement and operate cashless payment systems for all fares by July 2014. → Read more
Mon, June 24th 2013, 14:41 · Mercy Makumi

Safaricom targeting 100,000 SMEs for payment services in 10 months

M-Pesa has launched Lipa Na M-Pesa, a campaign aimed at entrenching the use of its payment services as the primary tool of transactions. → Read more
Tue, July 8th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan cashless fare service providers to pay for interconnectivity charges

Kenya’s National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has said passengers will not have to pay for interconnectivity charges occasioned by switching from one network to another when the matatu industry moves to the cashless fare system. → Read more
Mon, June 30th 2014, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan matatu owners want cashless fare deadline extended

Public transport operators in Kenya have requested the government extend the deadline for the compulsory implementation of cashless fare systems to allow for greater public awareness and to harmonise the cost of the gadgets. → Read more
Mon, June 23rd 2014, 12:30 · Agatha Nduku

Kenyan cashless bus payments providers must get CBK nod before rollout

The Central Bank of Kenya must approve any company seeking to offer cashless fare payments ahead of July 1, a move aimed at protecting commuters’ money held on the cards as deposit at any given time. → Read more
Tue, June 10th 2014, 09:00 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Kenyan public transport set for cashless chaos

New regulations set to come into place on July 1 mean Kenyan public service vehicles (PSVs) must operate a cashless fare system, with operators subject to fines, loss of licences or imprisonment if they fail to comply. Though in some respects the policy is admirable, the lack of information regarding the new regulations and the lack of a universal payments system threaten commuter chaos. → Read more
Thu, June 5th 2014, 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
Wed, May 28th 2014, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenyan matatu association introduces cashless system

Kenya’s Matatu Owners Association (MOA) has partnered with Fibre Space Limited to launch My1963, a cashless payments system allowing public transport users to pay electronically. → Read more
Mon, November 11th 2013, 10:01 · Winfred Kuria

Entrepreneurs see us as “easy target” for court action – Collymore

Bob Collymore, chief executive officer of Safaricom, has said innovators and entrepreneurs see Kenya’s leading mobile mobile network as an “easy target” for accusations of intellectual property theft. → Read more
Tue, October 8th 2013, 12:00 · Winfred Kuria

Airtel Kenya users to get free internet

Airtel Kenya has launched its ‘Good Morning’ free internet offer that will see all prepaid customers enjoy free internet access on their phones between 6am and 8am. → Read more
Mon, August 26th 2013, 17:30 · Nick Sato

OPINION: Can a startup idea be stolen?

The question of whether a startup idea can be stolen has been widely discussed in the Kenyan tech scene in the past week after a Nairobi company claimed Safaricom had nabbed its mobile money rent payment concept. → Read more
Sun, August 25th 2013, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: The week in startups 25/08/2013

Nairobi startup ManyattaRent led the African tech news headlines this week with its claim Safaricom “stole” its concept of paying rent through mobile money. → Read more
Thu, August 22nd 2013, 12:40 · Kamau Mbote

“Safaricom stole my idea,” claims ManyattaRent founder

A Nairobi startup, which has been developing a mobile money solution for rental payments since 2010, has accused Safaricom of stealing its idea, having already proposed a partnership with the giant operator. → Read more