Airtime exchange app, Team Chura, wins regional Ericsson Innovation Awards 2015
November 20, 2015
Team Chura from Kenya, has been selected as the winner of the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) for sub-Saharan Africa for their App that allows subscribers to switch, buy and cash your airtime across networks in…
Compfix Data Re Launches DataBank; its flagship cloud backup solution in Kenya
November 20, 2015
For every business, data is very important and needs to be protected at all costs. In Kenya alone, over 45 terabytes of data is lost annually leading to incalculable financial and downtime losses to the…
Orange signs an Agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya
November 10, 2015
The Orange Group announced yesterday that it has signed a binding agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya. The finalization of the transaction remains subject to…
Jumia Kenya Report: Only 1% of Kenyans Use Cards for Online Shopping
November 9, 2015
Only 1% of over 80,000 shoppers sampled in the 3rd quarter of this year used card to pay for products they purchased online, 27 percent preferred to pay via mobile money transfer before or after delivery…
CNN International and MTN Launch ‘Africa View’ News App
November 5, 2015
CNN International and MTN have partnered to launch a dedicated ‘Africa View’ news app. The app launch is part of a multi-platform commercial partnership between CNN and MTN, spanning advertising, sponsorship and digital components. The…
Sendy Is the First Company to Benefit from Safaricom’s Spark Fund
November 4, 2015
The Safaricom Spark Fund is a venture fund launched by Safaricom to give startups a chance to grow. This fund was launched last year in November and seems to be doing what is supposed to….
Huawei Has 10% Smartphone Market Share in Kenya and Hopes to Grow That To 20% by Early Next Year
November 3, 2015
Huawei is currently the third largest smartphone manufacture in the world. The company may not be very popular but has been growing steadily and here in Kenya the company controls 10% market share. With 10%…
Huawei Opens Its First Retail Store in Kenya at Garden City Mall
November 3, 2015
Huawei is not the first name you think of when talking about smartphones. This is especially the case for Kenya where the company has not had a very big presence. Even though Huawei is quite…
Two Xiaomi’s Smartphones, the Redmi 2 and Mi 4, To Officially Go on Sale in Kenya This Month
November 2, 2015
Back in August, we told you about Xiaomi’s plans to enter the African market. The company was to launch its smartphones officially in Africa as from September but that did not happen and there was…