Month: <span>March 2017</span>

Tigo to continue supporting mobile birth registration in Tanzania

Tanzania’s digital lifestyle company, Tigo, has continued to support the Tanzania government’s under-five birth registration initiative through an innovative mobile application that is massively accelerating provisioning of birth certificates for children under the age of five. The under-five birth registration drive, launched in Geita and Shinyanga regions along the Lake Victoria Zone early this week, is expected to […]
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Cyber crime presents a worrying trend to companies

  Institutions often fail to recognise the impact of cyber security on business, therefore risk damaging organisations’ data, assets and reputation. By Brian Yatich Cyber crime has become a growing phenomenon, ignited by the constant growth of technology which has provided criminals with more tools and methods to perpetuate crime. Cases of burglary, theft and […]
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Regional fintech Innovators benefit from Global Conference

Global consulting firm, BFA in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, have launched a two-day event in Ghana dubbed ‘Africa Fintech Unconference 2017’ which seeks bring together Fintech Innovators thought leaders, banks and other established financial players in the emerging Fintech sector to enable Fintech companies to engage in smarter pan-African partnerships. ‘We are looking to […]
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Equitel Eazzy Loans Recorded Ksh. 38.5 Bn in 2016

Equitel’s Eazzy Loan disbursements increased by more than six times in 2016, making the platform the preferred choice for accessing credit for bank customers. Equity Bank, which operates the Equitel mobile money transfer service, announced that the value of Eazzy Loans advanced last year increased to Kshs 38.5 billion up from Ksh5.4 billion in 2015. […]
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Nairobi: Samsung targets Kenyan market with launch of Galaxy A

The Galaxy A features a premium metal frame and 3D glass back that draws on Samsung’s premium design heritage Samsung Electronics East Africa has introduced the latest Galaxy A series; the 5.7-inch A7, 5.2-inch A5 and 4.7-inch A3 smartphones into the Kenyan market.  These entrant devices which were launched globally at the beginning of the […]
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