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TECHNOLOGY

Performance of Safaricom under Michael Joseph, Bob Collymore and now Peter Ndegwa

Safaricom has been in operation since 1997, and has had three different CEOs in its history: Michael Joseph, Bob Collymore, and Peter Ndegwa. How have these leaders influenced the performance…

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BUSINESS

Safaricom licensed to operate MPESA in Ethiopia as its annual profit jumps to Kshs 74.5 billion

Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) Telecommunications Ethiopia has today officially been granted the license to operate MPESA in Ethiopia. The license came seven months after the commercial launch of GSM services. The…

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TECHNOLOGY

Kenya’s telecommunication sector Q2 (October-December 2022) statistics

The latest quarterly statistics report from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that Kenya’s telecommunication sector continued to grow in Q2 2022 (October-December 2022). Here are some of the…

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BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY

4 Tips for Security and Safety in The Age of Digital Remittances

Online money transfer has become an important part of everyday life in Kenya and across the globe. Digital money transfer services not only support millions of businesses but also help…

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TECHNOLOGY

Migrants Still Contributing Highly To The FOREX Market In Kenya Despite Inflation

Globally, 78% of remittance senders agree that the cost of living has hit an all-time high. This has forced those who support families back home to change their spending habits….

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TECHNOLOGY

How To Buy Bitcoin Using Mobile Money

Long gone are the days when bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were seen as something to shun. While many Kenyans were understandably skeptical at first, the tides have turned. Kenya is…

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TECHNOLOGY

Reminder: Free mobile money transfers will end on 31st December

The Central Bank of Kenya has announced that the waiver of fees on mobile money transfers below Ksh. 1,000 will end on 31st December 2020 following a consultation it held…

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TECHNOLOGY

Central Bank of Kenya reviews its emergency measures to encourage continued use of mobile money

When President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared to give his first address regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, he directed telco companies to explore ways of deepening mobile money usage to…

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TECHNOLOGY

Kenya shillings 1000 is the new minimum for CRB listing

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced that Kenya shillings 1000 will be the new minimum threshold for negative credit information that lenders will submit to the Credit Reference…

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TECHNOLOGY

Kenyans To Contribute To Social Security Fund Through Mobile Money

Kenyans will now be in a position to remit their social security funds and other payments to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) through mobile money. NSSF in conjunction with…

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TECHNOLOGY

Mark Zuckerberg set to roll out a mobile payment platform in India

Facing intense scrutiny in India over the spread of misinformation and fake news on WhatsApp, its parent company Facebook has said it is waiting for a green signal from the…

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TECHNOLOGY

“Maisha ni M-Pesa tu” to reward both M-pesa customers and agents

M-Pesa customers and agents will now be rewarded in new loyalty promotion launched by Safaricom. The promotion dubbed “Maisha ni M-PESA tu”, will see a customer rewarded every time they…

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TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom Mpesa Paypal Accounts deal is huge for the Kenyan Digital Economy

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 to enable movement of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom Dominance : Why Other Telcos Need To Innovate To Survive

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 thinking…

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OPINION

Ten Years Down The Line and 80% Of Kenyan GDP Pass Through M-PESA

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 M-PESA turned ten.  M-pesa…

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BUSINESS

PesaPal integrates American Express into its payment platform in addition to mobile money, Visa and MasterCard

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 card holders…

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TECHNOLOGY

Kenyans transact over 3 Trillion via Mobile money.

3.35trillion. This is the amount of money moved via mobile money transfer in the last one year. This represents a 20% growth from the previous year to hit the 3trillion…

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Mobile Money
TECHNOLOGY

A total of 400.6 million transactions valued at Ksh.1 trillion, were made during Q3 2016 period through Mobile Money

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…

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TECHNOLOGY

Equity Bank stops their regional expansion to boost existing markets

Equity bank has decided not to continue with its regional expansion plans it had announced last year. The bank will henceforth invest on the existing markets. Initially, the bank had…

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TECHNOLOGY

Many people don’t know how to use mobile money services

Everybody prefers cash in making payments. Why? One is able to own his or her money and a bargain can be placed on the table. On the other end, mobile…

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TECHNOLOGY

Airtel money and M-pesa drama

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…

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BUSINESS

Survey Shows Businesses Are Losing Confidence In Suppliers

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…

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TECHNOLOGY

I&M account owners can now transact through Airtel Money

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…

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TECHNOLOGY

Mobile Money Transfer Is A Lucrative Venture As The Country Records 129,357 Active Agents

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…

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TECHNOLOGY

Most Kenyans Prefer Samsung Galaxy J7 To Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

A top tier phone must be affordable. Samsung has amazing brands and not all of them are favorable. The company is now leading in the smartphone market but other tech…

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TECHNOLOGY

Standard Chartered signs up M-Pesa to provide faster cash settlement to M-Pesa merchants

Business Customers and M-PESA agents will henceforth access their float in real time 24/7 following a partnership between Standard Chartered and Safaricom. The move follows the integration of the M-PESA…

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TECHNOLOGY

Satya Nadella reveals future plans for Microsoft

Satya Nadella has some of the Microsoft’s future plans that are aimed at taking the tech industry by storm. On Monday he said the company will focus on personal computing,…

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TECHNOLOGY

Nokia planning to re-enter mobile phone market next year

Microsoft acquired Nokia after they made a sh625 billion deal. The acquisition has disadvantaged many especially the employees, last week Microsoft wrote off the entire deal and fired 7,800 employees….

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TECHNOLOGY

Ericsson Converged Wallet rolls out in Swaziland

MTN Swaziland has deployed Ericsson Converged Wallet, enabling the operator to quickly introduce relevant, new and differentiated mobile financial services. The deployment will enable operators to quickly introduce relevant, new…

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TECHNOLOGY

Mobile Money declared illegal in Uganda

Banking is no longer a thing of the financially upright in our society today. You do not need to show up with a title deed and all the weird documentation…

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