iHub Ltd technology Incubation and Accelerator space based in Nairobi and owned by Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) has today announced acquisition of eLimu, a leading EdTech firm and digital educational content provider in East Africa. The goal of the acquisition is to transform eLimu into the Digital Education Platform arm of the company. eLimu will continue […]
Airbnb is taking over Africa’s tourism space at a fast pace. Since launching in Africa, Airbnb has managed to make over 500,000 listings available and recording over 5 million guest booking. The California-based online home rental platform Airbnb stands for Air Bed and Breakfast, it lets people rent out their property or spare rooms to guests. […]
WorldRemit lets you transfer money online using a computer or smartphone, today you can easily you can send a money transfer to M-PESA in minutes. There’s a maximum limit of USD 5,000 (per transfer) or the Kenyan Shilling equivalent. The transfer can be paid for using a debit or credit card and the funds will […]
On-demand transportation platform, Bolt has up-scaled its security and safety features to improve the safety of passengers, riders and drivers during a Bolt trip. This comes amid the company’s latest upgrade on its SOS emergency button, embedded with emergency tracking options and improved auto location trailing features for security purposes. Bolt has also included a […]
Skrill is an online platform which enables people to make payments and send money, you can easily withdraw money from your skrill account to MPesa. Here’s how to Withdraw Money from Skrill to MPesa Log in to the Skrill account by visiting www.skrill.com Enter the country field i.e Kenya. Enter the amount you wish to withdraw Click […]
Apple has accelerated work to develop its own search engine that would allow the iPhone maker to offer an alternative to Google, a Financial Times report said Wednesday. As of now Google pays Apple between $10b and $12b a year to be the main search provider on Apple devices, but that deal will soon expire and a reported antitrust […]
As part of Safaricom’s 20 years growth celebration, the local telco has introduced Pochi la Biashara targeting small business owners who want to detached payments from their personal M-PESA account. The innovative USSD code will help secure businesses cash flow accountability. “Customers can conveniently make payments directly to the business owner’s Pochi La Biashara. Business owners will […]
Airtel Me2U is an airtime-sharing service that enables you to sambaza airtime to other users’ phones directly from your own phone. Here are the steps for sharing your airtime via SIM Toolkit. Go to SIM Toolkit and choose Airtel services Click on Me2U Choose ‘Tuma airtime’ Enter the amount to transfer Enter the mobile number or […]
Tanzania seems to have blocked internet use and restricted SMS messages using keywords from reports showing up on social media. On Twitter, we have seen multiple reports of Tanzanians complaining that they cannot access social networks like WhatsApp and using certain keywords are restricted on SMS. From the reports, apparently, Tanzanians cannot access Twitter, Instagram, […]
Chipper Cash now offers its users the ability to buy and sell bitcoin in Africa using the cross-border money transfer platform. Here’s how you can easily transact bitcoins with the Chipper Cash App. Go to Playstore and download Chipper Cash mobile app. Open the Application On the bottom menu segment tap on the “Invest” icon […]