Visa Awarding up to $50k to startups
Written by Kennedy KachwanyaKITE has announced the launch of Visa’s open innovation program Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sub Sahara Africa. The program awards up to US$50,000 (a ..
KITE has announced the launch of Visa’s open innovation program Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sub Sahara Africa. The program awards up to US$50,000 (a ..
As someone who has been using PayPal for almost ten years now, the announcement this morning that Safaricom has made a deal with Paypal and TransferTo ..
Over the years I have argued that as a country we have to prioritize our local companies and especially start-ups. And there are a number of reports out there ..
On the story asking why Wangusi was sent home, I mentioned that Safaricom dominance issue could not be the reason. Since then I have spent a lot of time ..
Last week I had a problem with Kenya Power and tried to sort it out through Twitter. Apparently my account number had been changed but that was never ..
So, the board of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) on Friday evening sent director general Francis Wangusi on compulsory leave. The explanation ..
Happy 2018 to all our readers. Starting the year in a positive note and from the inbox, the news of The Tony Elumelu foundation accepting applications ..
As we near the end of 2017, we will be reflecting on a number of issues that came up in the year of our Lord 2017. And today we start with online space ..
So the last two days I have been discussing the HPC on my Twitter Time line and some who have not been following keenly have asked me to explain further ..
The other day while reading about the ERP trends across the world, I came across research by RsearchandMarkets.com where they predicted that the ERP market ..
In the last few years, there has been a huge effort to place Kenya as the leader of innovation in the region. This stemmed from how the vision 2030 was drafted, ..
The acronym ERP is widely used in the business innovation world but at the same time there are many people who have no idea what it means or its importance. ..
I have been studying how companies and organization carry out their operations in regard to cyber security from the day I attended the AON Kenya Cyber ..
It is amazing to watch the rate of development within the robotics industry. Unfortunately, most of the discussion outside the tech cycles is about the fear ..
“Data Is the New Oil of the Digital Economy. Data in the 21st Century is like Oil in the 18th Century”. That is a common phrase these days that most ..
One of the most fascinating aspect of Kenyan tech space has been the inability for the local techpreneurs to unlock the e-commerce or m-commerce. I am talking ..
Ove the years LG has had low key operations in Kenya but in the last one year or so, that changed. They are making their presence felt both online and offline. ..
The year 2017 will probably be more associated with the forth-coming general elections in Kenya and whatever will happen thereafter but this is also the year ..
Here we love numbers but more so, making sense of what they mean and their origin. Since we are heading to an election that many of the observers think ..
Looking back to 2011 as we were thinking about the idea of building a community of bloggers, I see why we need to be proud of the progress we have made ..
Last week while in the office the guys from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed up from nowhere, they wanted to know how we are doing and the progress ..
Last week attended Mind Speak organized by Aly-Khan Satchu after a long time and I had a chance to listen to Jeremy Awori, Barclays Kenya CEO, give a speech ..
ShowMax has been around in Kenya for a few months now, since they launched late last year. Being a South African company, I made a mental note that it would ..
Huawei Mobile Kenya has announced that its HUAWEI P10 is now available for local pre-order in Kenya Speaking during the announcement, Mark Hemaobin, General ..
The Rockefeller Foundation Africa has announced the funding of $1 Million (Over Ksh100 million) to Ajira Digital jobs website, ajiradigital.go.ke. The money ..
It has been a reserve for the high-end Phones, wide-angle lenses which allow the selfie loving generation to take a selfie as a group without the need ..
The Uber BAKE Experience event held last week at the Nailab gave me some insight into Uber plans and how they operate in Kenya. First, I came to learn ..
Yesterday I did an article talking about why coding should be a must for the young kids in Kenya. Then one of the tech guru’s in Kenya Mr. Tom Makau ..
Last week as part of the science week, Kid comp camp in partnership with Microsoft East Africa conducted training for young kids on how to code in different ..
The art of storytelling is something that is perfected by Kenyans and in many African cultures. Every evening in many Kenyan villages, the young ones sit down ..