“Use Bitcoins at your own peril,” Warns Central Bank of Kenya
December 16, 2015
As the court battle between BitPesa and Safaricom goes on, the Central Bank of Kenya has come forward and commented on the use of bitcoins and other digital currencies in the country. The CBK has…
Facebook Is Testing a Real-Time Comments Feature to Tell You When Your Friends Are Typing a Comment
December 15, 2015
Yesterday, Facebook confirmed that it is working on a feature that will allow you to see the friends who are writing comments. This is the same feature as you currently have on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger…
Facebook at Work Will Be Launched in The Next Few Months
December 15, 2015
Facebook is preparing to launch a professional version of its social networking site in the next few months. The company confirmed this a few days ago through Julien Codorniou, director of global platform partnerships. Facebook…
Telkom Kenya introduces regional roaming bundle
December 14, 2015
Telkom Kenya mobile pre-paid subscribers can now enjoy favourable roaming voice and SMS rates following the introduction of the Mashariki bundle. This is in response to the East African Community’s goal to lower the cost…
Start a Library raises 9 Million Shillings as they seek to build libraries for primary school children in Kenya
December 11, 2015
Today Storymoja announced that they have raised 9 million Kenya Shillings towards the Start A Library campaign. The amount raised will support the development of 30 libraries to be installed in schools throughout Kenya in…
You Will Soon Be Able to Load Facebook’s News Feeds On the Slowest Connection and Comment On Posts Even When Offline
December 10, 2015
Facebook has been focused on getting as many people online as possible. With the high costs of data especially in developing nations, this has become a challenge. Facebook knows this and that is why the…
Facebook’s Internet.org Innovation Challenge Comes to Africa and You Stand a Chance of Winning $US150, 000
December 10, 2015
Facebook has launched the Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa as a way of recognizing developers and entrepreneurs who are using the internet to improve the standard of education and economic health in their communities. Developers…
Google’s Public Wi-Fi Network Goes Live in Kampala, Uganda
December 9, 2015
Some of the top players in the tech scene have an interest in seeing almost everyone in the world connected to the internet. Google and Facebook are two such companies who have individually focused on…
How to borrow a loan, withdraw it, and use it to pay bills on Equitel
December 9, 2015
In October 2015, Equity Bank revealed that it had processed about 1.2 million loans worth Sh5.4 billion through Equitel in a period of 10 months. This is a huge number compared to 438,000 loans issued…