AfriTech Blog

How to Deposit into Barclays Account using Mpesa

Mobile Money has revolutionized and changed banking sector to be completely mobile from withdrawal, deposit or top, loan application and so much more just using your mobile phone. The following are steps on how to deposit money to Barclays Bank Account Using MPESA. Go to Safaricom SIM Tool Kit, select M-PESAmenu, select “Lipa na M-PESA“ Select Pay […]
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International Bootcamp Coding School comes to Nairobi

Nairobi will for the first time play host to an international Bootcamp programme dubbed Coding School (CS), which aims at equipping future programmers with critical 21st-century coding skills. The Coding School is supported by Boeing, the aerospace company and manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defence, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support and […]
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Tecno introduces their first Device running on KaiOS

Tecno has announced the launch of the latest 3G smart feature phone T901, the first TECNO device running on KaiOS, the leading mobile operating system for smart feature phones. This is a significant step for both companies in closing the digital divide by bringing users–previously inhibited by device affordability–online for the first time. “With the […]
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Kaspersky: The dark side of apps

Mobile device security threats are on the rise and it’s not hard to see why. In 2019 the number of worldwide mobile phone users is forecast (http://bit.ly/2Hga58i) to reach 4.68 billion of which 2.7 billion are smartphone users. So, if you are looking for a target, it certainly makes sense to go where the numbers are. Think […]
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Paxful to expand operations in Kenya

Paxful, a global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, has unveiled its plans to scale up in Kenya and the broader East African region as part of the company’s wider vision of facilitating financial inclusion to the unbanked and underbanked across Africa. Established in 2015, Paxful enables users to buy bitcoin with each other using more than 300 […]
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Facebook, Africa Check Partner to Combat Fake News in Swahili & Other African Languages

Facebook has partnered with Africa Check to add new local language support for several African languages as part of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme – which helps to assess the accuracy of news on Facebook and aims to reduce the spread of misinformation. Launched in 2018 across five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal […]
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The rise of Sub-Saharan Africa as a Fintech hub

By Mike Smits Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing investment zones for financial technology companies according to new research says, Forbes. The GSM Association says in its Mobile Economy, Sub-Saharan Africa 2019 report that the region will remain the fastest-growing worldwide. Predicting a total subscriber base of over 600 million by 2025, which represents […]
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Kaspersky gets patent for tech meant to detect malicious functionality in a virtual machine

Kaspersky has received a patent (US10339301) from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a technology designed to simplify the detection of malicious functionality in a virtual machine. By creating the exact conditions that trigger malware execution, this patented know-how allows researchers to analyse a suspicious file in a single attempt instead of trying it […]
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