BAT released their FY’2016 results, recording core earnings per share decline of 14.9 percent to Ksh.42.3 from Ksh.49.8 in FY’2015, driven by a 10.8 percent decline in net revenue to Ksh.19.9 billion ..
In a bid to retain existing customers and to lure new ones to subscribe to the platform, Multichoice is rewarding its loyal customers. The reward programs have been promptly named ‘DStv Thanks’ and ‘GOtv ..
Interswitch Group has announced that 12 Banks in Kenya have signed with Verve International. Verve International is the company’s payment solution which allows customers to make payments across ..
It has come to the limelight that many individuals have been signed as members of political parties in the country without their consent. This anomaly occurs because political parties are required by law to submit ..
Huawei is planning to introduce its latest flagship device, P10 in Kenya next month as it eyes a bigger pie of the smartphone market. The device which made its debut at this year’s Mobile World Congress ..
Pesapal, a Kenyan-based e-commerce platform, has announced the integration of American Express into its payment platform. The integration took place on 27th February, 2017. This means that American Express ..
Ericsson and leading Tanzanian mobile network operator Tigo have partnered to launch the first of a series of rural pilot tower sites to provide mobile broadband coverage in Chiwale and Mingumbiin-Lindi-Mtwara ..
Ericsson opened Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 with three stand-out announcements featuring partners and major customers. These included: Network evolution towards 5G An innovative new business model ..
Epson has announced the latest updates to its portfolio of Ink Tank System (ITS) printers: L382, L386, L486, with improved speeds and a new borderless photo printing feature. These advances add to the appeal ..
Intel’s 8th generation Core processors are due to be released in the second half of 2017. The marketing name for this generation of Intel processors will be Coffee Lake. These would be branded as the Core ..
Safaricom has gone ahead and launched the Safaricom fiber for business solution in Kisii town. The solution is mainly targeted at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). This now brings to 10 the count ..
Both banking institutions and mobile banking platforms have been under pressure from the business regulator, Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), to make transparent ALL of their charges to the consumer. ..
Visually impaired students will not be left out as Kenya’s Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) becomes entrenched into the educational curriculum. The Ministry of Education is set to incorporate 150 special ..
“She Goes Tech”, an initiative founded by a Kenyan Tech Women Fellow (2015), Kendi Ntwiga, in collaboration with USIU-Africa Alumni Association, Chaired by Dolly Sagwe-Onyoni held a conference ..
This week Twitter announced three changes related to taming rampant abuse that has been on the rise on the platform. These changes are namely: Stopping the creation of new abusive accounts Bringing forward ..
This year, Huawei is targeting to increase its smartphone sales by at least 50 percent. Globally, Huawei shipped more than 139 million smartphones, which is a 29% increase over 2015. According to IPSOS, ..
USIU-Africa Alumni Association in partnership with TechWomen, an initiative of the US Government, and She Goes Tech will host a conference themed: “She believed she could, so she did STEM” The conference ..
IBM and Ericsson have announced a research breakthrough that could accelerate the launch of 5G communications networks and support new mobile enterprise and user experiences enabled by very high data rates, ..
About six banks, out of the 43 who are members of the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), have received regulatory approval from Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to launch a mobile money transfer platform. These ..
Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has appointment the management team that will run its fully-owned mobile banking and payments technology subsidiary, Integrated Payments Services Ltd. (IPSL). Ms Jennifer ..
Microsoft is disabling Skype for users running older versions of the app on their Windows OS and Mac OS machines. Come 1st March, 2017, users on the older versions will no longer be able to log in to Skype. ..
Thirteen years later, Peugeot will restart assembly of its cars in Kenya. The firm stopped assembly of the Peugeot cars in Kenya back in 2004. PSA Group has partnered with Urysia Group to assemble the cars. ..
Leaks have surfaced online that Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows 10. The new version of Windows 10, referred to as Windows 10 Cloud, will be locked to run apps from the Windows store ONLY. ..
Matters pertaining to ones online security should not be taken lightly. Most of the services we used to access in the past from brick and mortar institutions have moved to online platforms. Why visit your ..
In an interview between Safaricom’s CEO Bob Collymore and news agency Reuters on Friday 27th January, 2017, he revealed that the telecom company will reallocate funds to build up its fixed-data network ..
Kenyan digital currency payments startup BitPesa has raised $2.5 million in a new Series A funding round. The startup said the focus of this funding round is to enable further expansion across West and Southern ..
Twitter has grown a reputation for itself for been the go to place to find the latest stories making round. The kind of information you will find in your timeline depends mostly on the people you follow. ..
With Epson’s online calculator, consumers and small businesses can see how much they could save by comparing the top 20 best-selling printers against Epson’s Ink Tank System (ITS) printers, to find ..
If you are an android user you should be concerned. There is a highly chance that your device could have been infected without your knowledge. Check Point researchers have found a new variant of the HummingBad ..
The total number of mobile money transfer subscriptions stood at 31 million during Q3 2016 while the number of mobile money agents stood at 169,698. A total of 400.6 million transactions (deposits and withdrawals) ..
