Standard Chartered & Safaricom offer real time cash settlement to M-Pesa merchants

James WamathaiJuly 16, 2015

Standard Chartered has partnered with Safaricom to introduce a solution that will see business customers and M-PESA agents deposit and access their float in rea...

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Orange Kenya rolls out 3G network to Kajiado County

James WamathaiJuly 16, 2015

Orange Kenya has finally rolled out its 3G network to Kajiado County. The Kenyan telco has so far commissioned 41 new 3G sites and the plan is roll out to all t...

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How to apply for a Kenyan passport on eCitizen

James WamathaiJuly 15, 2015

The Kenyan Immigration Department introduced new rules in April requiring Kenyans wishing to apply, renew or replace a Kenyan passport to start the process on e...

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Lumia #AchieveMore campaign ends with winners being awarded prizes

James WamathaiJuly 14, 2015

The Lumia #AchieveMore campaign has ended today with the five lucky winners of the ultimate prizes being presented with their prizes. The winners drove off in t...

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The Infinix Zero 2 X509 is now available in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 13, 2015

Infinix Mobility have launched a new device, the Infinix Zero 2 X509, in the Kenyan market. The launch comes in the wake of the successful launch and sale of th...

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Etihad launches its CSR program in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 13, 2015

Etihad Airways has launched its CSR program in Kenya with a donation to two children's organizations in conjunction with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi. They do...

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Kiambu spirits make Kabogo the new speed governor

James WamathaiJuly 10, 2015

Kiambu Governor Wiliam Kabogo on Thursday 9th 2015 accompanied by his staff, the media and members of the public undertook to destroy alcohol that was confiscat...

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Comparison of new and old Safaricom data bundles

James WamathaiJuly 10, 2015

Safaricom has today announced new data bundles after an outcry from their customers when they changed the pricing and validity period of data bundles in Februar...

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Safaricom introduces new data bundles

James WamathaiJuly 10, 2015

Safaricom has introduced new data bundles after what the company received a lot of feedback about the data bundles regime they introduced in February this year....

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Samsung launches the Activ dualwash washing machine in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 7, 2015

Samsung has today launched the Activ dualwash washing machine in Kenya. The Activ dualwash comes with a built-in sink that a user can use to pre-soak very dirty...

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Huawei P8 launched in Africa

James WamathaiJuly 7, 2015

Huawei launched its new device, the Huawei P8, last week at an event in Johannesburg. The P8 was announced earlier in the year at an event in London in April 20...

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Airtel Kenya to invest Ksh. 19B in improving its operations

James WamathaiJuly 7, 2015

Airtel Kenya has announced that it will invest Kshs.19 billion in improving its operations in Kenya over the next 3 years. The investment will cover network upg...

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Levi Nyakundi is the new Airtel Kenya Marketing Director

James WamathaiJuly 7, 2015

Levi Nyakundi is the new Airtel Kenya Marketing Director. The position fell vacant after the previous holder, Charles Wanjohi, was poached by rival Safaricom to...

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Foreigners visiting Kenya to apply for a visa online from September 2015

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2015

Effective September 1 2015, foreigners who require a Kenyan visa to travel to Kenya will have to apply for a visa online. All applications will have to made by ...

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Twitter chat with Jua Cali on the music industry in Kenya #HapaChat

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2015

The music industry in Kenya has come a long way. However, the Lack of a proper distribution network plus lack of proper government support has hindered the deve...

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Safarilink is now operating daily flights to Vipingo Ridge

James WamathaiJuly 3, 2015

Vipingo Ridge General Manager Mr. Mike Round-Turner and Safarilink Aviation Managing Director Mr. John Buckley Safarilink Aviation will now operated daily f...

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Creative Y&R becomes first Kenyan ad agency to win at Cannes Lions

James WamathaiJuly 2, 2015

Creative Y&R team Kenyan ad agency Creative Y&R has won a Bronze Lion in the copywriting category at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The wi...

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Ford College Community Challenge program to launch in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 2, 2015

The Ford College Community Challenge program (C3 Program) has been expended to 4 African countries i.e. Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Morocco. The program ...

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Kenya’s Umati Capital wins USD 100,000 in the Zambezi Prize

James WamathaiJuly 1, 2015

Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital receives the Zambezi Prize. Kenya's Umati Capital has been announced as the winner of the Zambezi Prize and awarded USD 100,0...

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Airtel and Kenya Red Cross launch emergency information sms service

James WamathaiJuly 1, 2015

Airtel Kenya and the Kenya Red Cross Society have partnered to launch an emergency information service in Kenya. The service will offer disaster management ...

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How to apply for a Kenyan e-Visa

James WamathaiJune 24, 2015

Foreigners who require a visa to enter Kenya can now apply for a Kenyan Visa online. The e-Visa can applied for at ecitizen.go.ke and paid using a Debit or ...

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Orange launches the Orange Klif smartphone in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 24, 2015

Orange Klif Launch Orange Telkom Kenya has today launched an entry level smartphone in Kenya called the Orange Klif. The device has also been launched in ot...

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Twitter Chat with Sam Gichuru on entrepreneurship in Kenya #HapaChat

James WamathaiJune 23, 2015

The issue of high unemployment among the youth in Kenya can only be sorted out if the country is able to create jobs at a faster rate than the population growth...

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Dahabshiil Kenya is now operational after CBK lifts suspension

James WamathaiJune 22, 2015

Money remittance firm Dahabshiil Kenya is now operational after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) today lifted the suspension on the company & their services ...

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Lumia 540 is now available in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 18, 2015

Photo courtesy of techweez.com Microsoft has today launched the Lumia 540 Dual SIM in Kenya at an event at iHub in Nairobi. At an introductory price of Ksh....

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Germany awards 300 scholarships to survivors of the Garissa attack

James WamathaiJune 16, 2015

300 students of the Garissa University College who survived a deadly attack at the learning institutin on 2nd April 2015 will be awarded scholarships by Ger...

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Twitter Chat with Kennedy Kachwanya on digital advertising in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 9, 2015

Digital advertising in Kenya is approximately 7 years old. As digital advertising continues to grow in Kenya with more and more brands seeing the value of adver...

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StarTimes is screening FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

StarTimes has signed a deal with FIFA that will see the company broadcast four major soccer tournaments namely this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zeal...

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Microsoft launches a new version of the Nokia 105

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Nokia 105 Microsoft launched a new version of the Nokia 105 which will come both in single SIM and dual SIM. The original Nokia 105 has sold more than 80 mi...

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Here are the PIVOT East 2015 semifinalists

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Start-up competition, PIVOT East, has announced the semifinalists for this year's competition. The competition's call for applications ended in April 2015 with ...

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You can now pay cash on Uber Taxis in Nairobi

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Taxi app Uber has today debuted the cash payment option in Nairobi. Uber customers in Nairobi will from Friday 5th July 2015 be able to pay cash after using...

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Over 200 Kenyan start-ups applied to the Safaricom Spark Fund

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Over 200 Kenyan start-ups have applied for funding in the Safaricom Spark Fund. The Spark Fund is a venture capital fund that was launched by Safaricom in N...

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One in a Million TV show to screen on Maisha Magic

James WamathaiJune 2, 2015

One in a Million, an The MNET commissioned sitcom, will be from June 3rd be screening on Maisha Magic on Wednesdays at 8 pm. The new TV series revolves a...

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GOtv is illegally charging customers for access to free to air channels

James WamathaiMay 28, 2015

GOtv decoder Kenya finally switched from analogue to digital broadcasting on 30th March 2015. The switch off happened in phases with the Nairobi and its env...

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Umati Capital, Craft Silicon & Kytabu win $25,000 in the Citi Mobile Challenge

James WamathaiMay 28, 2015

Craft Silicon's Kamal Budhabhatti Craft Silicon, Kytabu Inc. and Umati Capital have each won a cash award of $25,000 for their innovations in the Citi Mobil...

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UK pledges Ksh. 3.5 billion to Mombasa Port upgrading project

James WamathaiMay 25, 2015

DFID Deputy Head Tom Gardner (left) exchanging grant agreement documents with TMEAs Director General David Stanton (right). The UK’s Department for Intern...

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Conference held to seek funds for upgrading Mombasa port

James WamathaiMay 25, 2015

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) and the Kenyan Government through the National Treasury last week held a donors conference to highlight priority infrastructur...

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AllenHark and Mambu partner to launch banking platform in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 25, 2015

The AllenHark Group, a Kenyan finance and technology company, has signed a partnership deal with Mambu, a cloud banking system from Germany, which will see ...

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A Kenyan had a terrible experience in an Uber Taxi

James WamathaiMay 23, 2015

A Kenyan, Wanjiru Wainaina, and her sister had a terrible experience in an Uber on Saturday night. The driver of the Uber she was in refused to take her to ...

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Chase Bank launches Ksh. 10B corporate bond to finance expansion

James WamathaiMay 20, 2015

Chase Bank has today launched a 7 year Ksh. 10 Billion multi-currency corporate bond. The bond will enable the Kenyan bank to raise additional capital to st...

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Oliver Mtukudzi, Just A Band and Winyo to perform at 7th Koroga Festival

James WamathaiMay 20, 2015

Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, Kenyan band Just A Band and musician Winyo have been announced as the perfomers at the next Capital FM's Koroga Fes...

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Nakumatt responds to complaints about price discrepancies

James WamathaiMay 18, 2015

It seems that Kenyan companies are paying attention to the sentiments of Kenyans online. Safaricom has twice changed product terms and conditions after an o...

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