Last week I was privileged to have a talk with John Muiruri, one of the top Apps developers in Kenya. Here is how the talk went. Odipo: If I were to…
Read MoreLast week I was privileged to have a talk with John Muiruri, one of the top Apps developers in Kenya. Here is how the talk went. Odipo: If I were to…
Read MoreYou have an old idea? Pitch it to Kenya. Dear reader, entrepreneur, policy maker and academician, the article by XN Iraki on Why Innovation lag is a drain on economy posted on…
Read MoreWhen you talk about Kenyan tech, all you think about is Mobile apps, the hubs and the already failed Konza city. Within the hubs, techies and developers work on mobile…
Read MoreDemo Africa has released the top forty list of startups received that have qualified to launch their product on the Demo Africa stage scheduled to take place between September22nd and…
Read MoreA mid the fast spreading myth that Kenyan start-ups are over hyped but less of substance, I have taken it upon myself to dispel this baseless dangerous notion. In the…
Read MoreWeza Tele has announced a partnership with Odoo to provide enterprise applications to SMEs . The partnership has enabled Weza Tele to integrate its mobility and supply chain visibility tool,…
Read MoreDEMO Africa has extended its application deadline to June 22nd from the earlier set date, June 15th giving start-ups more time to meet the Demo Africa application expectations. This comes…
Read MorePIVOT East 2014 pitching conference to be held 24th-25th June in Nairobi Kenya will have 25 exceptional mobile startups from across the region that will compete to win market recognition…
Read MoreI always see start-ups trembling whenever a big company like Safaricom or Nation Media Group launch a product within the area which they operate in. Take for example start-up X…
Read MoreSeed investor and accelerator 88mph operating in Nairobi, Cape Town and Lagos, is hosting this year’s Cape Town Investor Day at Crossley and webb’s vintage car showroom. This comes after…
Read MoreThe Nailab in partnership with 1%Club, a Netherlands based crowdfunding venture, and Accenture held a 2 day start-up crowd funding boot camp. The boot camp which brought together a total…
Read MoreThis year the third edition of annual DEMO Africa will be held between 22nd and 26th September 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria. The series of events will be hosted in collaboration…
Read MoreHave you applied for the m:lab mobile impact ventures program? If you have not then you are late but not too late. But first what is impact venture program? According…
Read MoreEvery year and every month I get fascinated with a certain aspect of technology. My current obsession is Mobile and the grand convergence. I got the clear picture about it…
Read MoreThanks to the smart phone, planning your trip and ensuring your stay is without any major incident is far easier due to the number of apps available. Here are our…
Read MoreGuest Post by Alex Muriu Just 7 years ago, Web content platforms such as Nigeria’s irokoTV, South Africa’s YuppieChef and Kenya’s Cheki did not exist. As we speak, they are…
Read MoreThere are roughly 1,200 firms that have so far registered for funding under Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSE Authority), but for some reason the firms are not performing as…
Read MoreX: What do you do? (Asking the question but expect to hear that you work for Safaricom, EABL, P&G, NMG and others) Y: I do business, I run a tech…
Read MoreCFC bank in conjunction with leading mobile company Safaricom has rolled out an electronic payments service that will provide its Business Banking and SME clients with the ability to accept…
Read MoreIt is the year of makeover and Nailab has not be left out. Under the new direction, Nailab’s main aim is to raise the profile of the entrepreneurs under its…
Read MoreIt is estimated that there are 7.5 million small and medium enterprises in Kenya. The sectors contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) has increased from 13.8 percent in 1993 to…
Read MoreUnemployed youth have been advised, by mockers and policy makers alike, to start own businesses in order to create jobs themselves. When the youth complain that businesses are hard to…
Read MoreOn Thursday 7th 2013 Twitter went public, collecting over $1.8 billion from the 70 million shares it had on offer. When the shares went to the stock market, the shares…
Read MoreAre you a fresh graduate, someone planning to quit the current job or just recently fired? Are you one of those who have sent hundreds to thousands of applications to…
Read MoreIs it not challenging and at times embarrassing when “kids” start really obvious ideas that make them millions? Listen to this news: “Alex Mativo,19, and a student at the University…
Read MoreMpesa Foundation….well, I had no idea about this but it is good that it is already doing some good work out there. So M-Pesa Foundation has entered into a partnership…
Read MoreThe Purple Network recently launched the inaugural Women in Enterprise Award dubbed the ‘She.BusinessAward’ to recognize and celebrate women who have built successful businesses. This is the first award that…
Read MoreThe list of market leading companies that simply disappear into oblivion is quite disturbing. From Kodak, Research in Motion, Friendster, Netscape, Motorola, Newsweek and latest and most disturbing is the…
Read MoreFollowing an article by Macharia Kamau in The Standard about Small ICT firms fearing that they may lose out in county contracts for providing ICT services for management of revenue…
Read MoreThe Nailab for the first time this weekend will host Mombasa Hackathon with the aim of building a new strong tech community in the coastal region. The event dubbed “Incubation…
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