PIVOT East, an annual mobile startups pitching competition and conference is now open for 2015 applications. The competition that is organized by partnership ...
Twitter has recently launched Periscope, app that allows you to watch and broadcast live videos from across the world. They could be personal videos from frie...
The analogue switch of, popularly referred to as the Digital Migration, relies heavily on broadcasting signal distribution licenses. These licenses can only be ...
The Balozi App Launch
Every other year, Kenyan Ambassadors and High Commissioners have a conference and this year, the 17th edition was hosted at Ukunda in Kw...
Durex has recently been involved research on how technology affects our sex lives. The one finding that has been constant is that technology has destructed ...
From left to right: Nakuru County Governor Kinuthia Mbugua, Director of Digital Communications Dennis Itumbi and Liquid Telecom Kenya CEO Ben Roberts testing t...
PayPal has been a popular way in Kenya to accept payments for online freelancer jobs for some time now. Others use it to make payments for products and serv...
Infinix Hot X507
In a price sensitive market like Kenya's, smartphones that are affordable and come with decent specs are usually a hit. Phones like the Hua...
PayPal has been officially available in Kenya since 2013. Some Kenyans have been using the service for way longer than that either to accept payments or to ...
Recently, when word got out that Durex was working on a technology to improves orgasms, thousands rushed to the Durexlabs website to witness this evolution. W...
Users of the Samsung Galaxy S6 will be able to make Visa payments using Samsung Pay; a service that will be launched later this year.
Samsung Pay, the Visa...
Kaduda, a mobile hand set with a 1.3MP camera, bluetooth, micro SD Slot and data enabled is retailing at KShs 999 in Orange shops.
Kaduda will have one of ...
The Connected East Africa Summit will take place from the 30th of March to 2nd April 2015 at the Leisure Lodge Golf and Resort, in Kwale County.
The summ...
CFC Stanbic Corporate and Investment Banking Regional Head Mike Blade (right), Richard Willis , Director Markit Group (centre) and Jibran Qureishi , Economist,...
Safaricom has set up a KShs 200 million hub in Kapsoya town, Eldoret in a bid to improve the quality of Safaricom’s services in the North Rift.
Safaricom...
Safaricom has launched SurePay, a service that will allow corporate and Public Benefit Organisations to track funds sent to beneficiaries via Mpesa.
The se...
The High Education Loans Board (HELB) has partnered with KCB to launch a smart card that aims at improving efficiency in loan disbursements. The card, which is ...
Airtel has partnered with Visa to extend mobile money services in Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles and Tanzania.
The two will be buildin...
From Left-Mr. Gideon Morintat of MultiChoice East Africa, students from Shartuka Secondary School, Mr. Kiptoo William the school principal, The Speaker of Naro...
EyeBalls Marketings' Martin Muli, organiser of the East Africa Digital Marketing Summit
The second annual East Africa Digital Marketing Summit and show will...
Durex Labs
Durex has diversified into a digital technology ahead of a product launch that is claims could revolutionise our sex lives.
Durex’s innovati...
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Kenya will hold its inaugural ICT Innovation Forum on the 2nd and 3rd of March, at the KICC. The forum will discuss challenges facing Kenyan Innov...
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Orange will no longer operate its CDMA network in Kenya and will replace it with GSM. The firm came to the decision after a review of the product ...
Airtel has announced its investment of 2.5 billion Kenyan shillings in a bid to improve its indoor quality and 3G quality in Kenya. Upgrade of its sites in Mo...
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I am in the market for a new phone. Now selecting one has been big trouble for me; you see I’ve never shopped for my own phone. Previously, I’...
LG Music Flow system
LG has introduced a new Music Flow system whose speakers, sound bar and network bridge will connect wirelessly with the help of a dedic...
Infinix has launched its latest android smartphone in the Kenyan market. The new device, the Infinix Hot Note X551, comes with Android 4.4 KitKat, a 5.5 inc...
The Internet has opened up another channel that businesses can exploit to improve their sales. For some businesses, like Jumia and Rupu, the Internet is the...
Past GIST finalists
The GIST competition is an annual affair that targets science and technology entrepreneurs from emerging economies worldwide. Applicants...
Sharad Sapara, Director of UNICEF’s Innovation Centre and Christian de Faria, MD & CEO, Airtel Africa exchanging contracts.
UNICEF and Airtel have ent...
Obi CEO and Founder John Sculley , Obi Model Agnes Wairimu
The Obi Mobiles brand that was co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley has launched in Kenya;...
Airtel Kenya has been ranked as one of the most socially devoted companies in the region. The ranking was based on Airtel’s high response rate in Facebook...
Byron Clutterbuck, new SEACOM CEO
SEACOM has announced Byron Clutterbuck as CEO. Clutterbuck joined SEACOM in 2012 as its Chief Commercial Officer; driving ...
Orange Kenya has rolled out Wi-Fi in Bungoma County, covering the county headquarters and Bungoma Town. The second phase of the project will cover the entir...
Orange has introduced Orange Ongea, a post paid plan for its Orange Mobile subscribers. The plan gives the subscribers the option of either Ksh 1,000 or KSh...
(L-R)Sharon Harris - Global sales strategylead for mobile, Celeste Muli-Gatheru - Marketing Manager, Mariam Abdulahi - Microsoft Mobile GM
Microsoft has lau...
Taxi service Uber has finally launched in Kenya after months of speculation especially after announcing job opportunities for this market. Uber connects peo...
M-Kopa Solar, a Kenyan green-energy company has won the Zayed Future Energy prize in the enterprise and SME category. They were announced as winner at the o...
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and Safaricom have introduced Smart Loan, a loan facility for M-Shwari customers that will enable them buy smartphones and t...
Microsoft has announced two new Lumias which are the most affordable Lumia devices to date. The two, Microsoft Lumia 435 and Lumia 532, will come with Windo...
This year in-store smartphone purchases worldwide will increase by more than 1,000 percent from last year. While the mobile wallet won’t replace the tradi...
