Africa’s largest e-commerce firm, Jumia is up for sale. Although the details are still scanty on the proposed deal, a Reuters report released late last week also signaled plans to list Jumia in either ..
Africa’s largest e-commerce firm, Jumia is up for sale. Although the details are still scanty on the proposed deal, a Reuters report released late last week also signaled plans to list Jumia in either ..
A Moscow court cleared the way on Friday for the government to ban Telegram, the messaging app, over its failure to give Russian security services the ability to read users’ encrypted messages. Roskomnadzor, ..
Space was strictly manned and surveilled professionally, until the existence of drones and other unmanned air crafts. Today, what we are facing is a drone conflict, just a part of a bigger robotics revolution ..
Samsung has launched its 2018 line up of QLED TVs with a standout feature “ambient mode” which mimics the colors and patterns of the walls around it. The intent is to match the users’ interior décor ..
Pangea, an international start-up accelerator, has closed its application platform recording a total of 403 applications. Agriculture was the largest sector represented, comprising 27% of the applications. ..
Assets owned by Karuturi Limited, one of the largest flower firms in the country, are set to go under the hammer if the owners fail to clear Sh1.8 billion debts owed in three months. This is after the High ..
Spotify, a streaming music company filed paperwork on Wednesday for a $1 billion(Ksh 100 billion) initial public offering. The company expects to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “SPOT.” ..
Sitoyo Lopokoiyit will be coming back to Safaricom as Director Financial Services effective 1st of March 2018. For the last two and half years, Sitoyo has been on assignment to Vodacom Tanzania PLC as the M-Commerce ..
Majid Al Futtaim has announced plans to open its fifth Carrefour hypermarket in Kenya. The new hypermarket will be located at the ground floor of one of Kenya’s most strategic malls, Sarit Centre in Westlands. ..
Swedish caller ID firm Truecaller has set up its first Africa office and headquarters for the region in Kenya. The firm’s regional activities will now be run from Nairobi The software application, ..
In Silicon Valley and on Wall Street, it has long been a guessing game about which of the most richly valued technology startups would be next to test the public markets. On Friday last week, there was an answer: ..
Kenya’s public debt has for the first time exceeded the Sh4.5 trillion mark, reflecting the Jubilee government’s increasing appetite for loans despite recent warnings over the pace at which the debt ..
Made for an age in which consumers increasingly communicate and express themselves more with images, videos and emojis, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ drive innovation with Samsung’s advanced camera. Redesigned ..
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered net neutrality to end on April 23, the agency formally announced Thursday in the Federal Register. The commission voted 3-2 in December to overturn the Obama-era ..
With traditional currencies, governments print and distribute the currency. However, the lack of a centralized authority controlling the bitcoin network necessitates a smart and fair way to come up with ..
Taking a walk down memory lane, do you recall that time when Eatman Kodak was the leading tech company in the world? Unfortunately, the world largest film company declared bankruptcy in the early days ..
Giant search company, Google has integrated M-Pesa as a form of payment into the Google play store making it easier for Kenyans to buy apps and tokens on the platform.The MPESA payment option has been ..
Microchip maker Broadcom Ltd cut its bid for Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday by 4 percent to $117 billion( Ksh11 Trillion) as it objected to Qualcomm’s decision to raise its own bid for NXP Semiconductors ..
Two petitioners have taken Safaricom to court over the charges it imposes on Okoa Jahazi airtime services, claiming that they are illegal. Mr. Ashford Koome and Eric Kithinji, claim that Safaricom is not licensed ..
Cases of double ownership of land are common in Kenya, where cartels collude with officials to create parallel titles for parcels of land they want to acquire illegally, experts said. But that could change ..
Kenya seems to be taking the path of Egypt and Nigeria in being the 3rd African country to borrow from the international markets this year. The new “Eurobond” will help offset maturing debts ..
Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting crypto-currency products and services. The company said it was open to emerging technologies but many companies were not acting in “good ..
People all over the world can’t stop talking about One Source Live A Festival of ‘Creative Revolutionaries’, and they’re already looking forward to it. Finding other festivals that ..
Without all the required documents, getting your Kenyan passport can be difficult and seem nearly impossible, However, with all the documents ready at hand and knowledge of the correct procedures, you’ll ..
Davos, Switzerland. It’s hard to imagine that in normal circumstances there is usually a public swimming pool in at the Davos World Economic Forum meet up. For now, it is skillfully covered with ..
Yesterday, SpaceX simultaneously fired up all 27 engines on its new massive Falcon Heavy rocket. This is a crucial final test for the vehicle before its first flight in the coming weeks. An hour after ..
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) announced last week the launch of the BAKE Awards 2018. The launch coincided with the submission phase of the competition. The annual blogging competition, which ..
Did you file your 2015/2016 taxes? Well, the Kenya Revenue Authority is stepping up its hunt for citizens and businessmen who missed the June 30, 2017, deadline. According to the Authority, individuals ..
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 communicated to me. When I did not get the bill, ..
All Indications point to a booming retail sector in Kenya. This is after French retailer Carrefour recorded Sh1.54 billion in revenues in the first seven months of operations in Kenya from its maiden store ..