The Number of Transactions through Equitel Have Grown by 1000% Since Its Launch in August 2015
March 9, 2016
Equity Bank’s mobile banking platform Equitel recorded a 1000 per cent growth in transactions from 13.7 million in 2014 to 151milion in 2015 following its official launch in August. Speaking during the release of the…
Facebook deepens Nigerian partnerships at Social Media Week in Lagos
March 9, 2016
Facebook highlighted its commitment to Nigerian content partners and developers with a full calendar of workshops, masterclasses and events at Social Media Week in Lagos, held from 22 to 26 February. The weeklong conference was…
Intel Celebrates Kenyan Women through Mentorship in Leadership and Technology
March 8, 2016
Intel Corporation is this year celebrating women in Kenya through mentorship and training in technology. The mentorship and training, are being championed by the Intel She Will Connect program, which aims to leverage collaborations with…
Facebook Messenger Is Getting Updated to Adhere to Material Design Guidelines
March 8, 2016
Facebook has started rolling out a new update for its messenger app that will see it adhere to Google’s Material Design guidelines. Some users in some countries already have had this update for a while…
BlackBerry is Looking for Alternatives as WhatsApp Plans to End Support for Blackberry 10 This Year
March 7, 2016
Last week, we told you that WhatsApp has plans to end support for some of the least used mobile platforms. These include BlackBerry 10 devices, Nokia S40, Nokia Symbian S60, Windows Phone 7.1, Android 2.1…
Tecno Launches a Community-Based Online Help Forum
March 5, 2016
The other day Tecno Mobile officially launched its first online community-based help forum. Dubbed Tecno Spot, this forum is simply a website where Tecno smartphone users who have issues with their smartphones can post their issues and…
The Kenyan Blog Awards 2016 enters voting phase
March 3, 2016
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has today announced the nominees in this years’ Kenyan Blog Awards. The unveiling will also see the opening of the third and most active part of the awards; the…
Mobile Phones Provide Fast Track To Financial Inclusion In Sub-Saharan Africa
March 3, 2016
Even as mobile money services become part of daily life for millions in Sub-Saharan Africa, many potential customers face basic barriers to accessing the services on their own mobile phones. Lack of awareness and basic…
Airtel and Sportpesa announce a new partnership to enable Kenyans participate in sports betting Using Airtel Money for Free
March 2, 2016
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Sportpesa, Kenya’s leading sports betting solution to enable bettors in Kenya to do sports betting using Airtel Money FREE of charge. Under the partnership, bettors will now be able to…