Sometime back while in Kisii town, I went to a KCB machine to get some money but the ATM was not working. While coming out I met a lady who…

Airtel money and M-pesa offer the same services and to their advantage the target market is huge. Airtel has started yet another drama after they found out that Safaricom is…

The East African market is growing very fast and companies are grouping themselves up to occupy the region. Two weeks ago, Vimal Shah provided that East Africa has an open…

Backing up and restoring digital data in the cloud by Compfix DataBank Listen to these statistics about loss of enterprise data contained in a December 2014 Press Release by EMC²:…

From Paynet Group to Interswitch East Africa and what to expect Interswitch East Africa is a business entity that can be argued as not new in Kenya. If a business…

How much is the worth of Safaricom bonga points in Kenya shillings? I attempted to answer this same question in the article  the value of Safaricom bonga points. This is because…

Time is money is a saying that demands that long distance journeys be done at night; even if the government doesn’t like it – even if some would rather lie beside…

And finally  Orange is out. Welcome Helios….. The Orange Group  has signed a binding agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya….

Cooperative Bank has partnered with SimbaPay a digital money transfer provider to offer international money transfer services to the bank’s customers in the Diaspora. According to the World Bank, Kenyans…

The Interest rates in Kenya currently stands at an all time high of between 28 and 30 percent thanks to the government’s decision to partake in a borrowing spree both…

New technology in Agriculture will lead to great production level in Africa. A good number of farmers are adopting tech to enhance their production. A good example is the use…

According to a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, businesses are losing confidence in suppliers. The main reason is the increasing number of IT security incidents that they…

Eveready East Africa Limited has signed a partnership deal with Sayyed Engineers Ltd of Pakistan, Chloride Egypt SAE, and Supreme Imports as it seeks to drive its diversification strategy agenda….

On any given day, Safaricom receives an average of 12,000  calls from MPESA users asking for their MPESA transactions to be cancelled. That translates to an average of 4,380,000 calls…

Kenya has been named top of the entrepreneurial spirit ahead of any other country on the continent with scores high in tech transfer, research and development expenditures. The early released…

Nuclear energy is commonly used to make weapons and supplement deadly attacks. However, International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) urged African governments and scientists to simplify nuclear science in order to help…

Barclays has rolled out internet connection to its banking halls in what is aimed at improving cutomer experience to enrich service value. In conjunction with Liquid Telcom Kenya, the bank…

Small and medium sized enterprises will not have an opportunity to enjoy full profits from their products since KRA is targeting small and medium enterprises. Well, it’s widely known KRA…

Financial institutions that allow customers to use credit cards always strive to provide ultimate security. A week a go I had a crazy experience with Co-operative Bank. Apparently, I had…

When Will Ruddick introduced Bangla-Pesa back in May 2013, his intentions were for the best of Bangladesh residents in Mombasa. Bangla-Pesa only restricted to the slum acted as a voucher…

I&M account holders will now be able to “pull” money from their bank accounts into their Airtel Money Wallets or vice versa. This is following a partnership by the two…

KCB group gives the best services and it’s ranked as the most stable. Global ratings agencies Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s have assigned KCB Group top ratings and a…

Naturally, the rich make themselves richer as the poor struggle under their feet. In other words survival of the fittest. However, the B Team would like to change that. Business…

Every village in the country has an M-pesa agent. Kenya’s leading mobile money transfer system, M-pesa was introduced in 2007 and many people have embraced the service. My neighbors have…

Mix Telematics will soon be setting up in Kenya in a plan to expand its operations in the wider East African region in the next three years. The global provider…

Based on four dimensions: Market size, Market Saturation, Country/Business Risk and Time Pressure among other factors, most African countries have shown an exponential business potential in the African Retail Development…

Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has opened up its M-PESA platform to allow local and international developers to come up with next-generation applications that will work with the most preferred mobile money…

Kenya’s Greenbell Communications has been chosen winner of the 2015 WVEF Tech Challenge a joint initiative between the International Trade Centre (ITC), Google and CI&T. The winning bid by the GBC team was…

South African Industrial brand Management Company has realized the need to transform business operations to maintain its competitive position. With its diverse operations, including technical service centres, warehouses across multiple…

Vivo Energy Kenya, has sealed a mutual interest partnership with local diversified business group, Simba Corporation. The deal signed will see Vivo Energy Kenya, access tailor made vehicle leasing solutions…