Jiji Kenya, an online classifieds website in Kenya has scooped the Mobile App of the Year, Shopping and E-commerce category. The award was presented to Jiji Kenya during the Mobile App and Summit Awards, 2021, which was held at the PrideInn, Westlands, on Friday, 10th December 2021. The Annual Mobile App Summit and Awards recognize […]
Spotify’s self-serve ad platform, Ad Studio, launched this week in Kenya and five other countries to allow artists, brands and businesses to easily run audio and video ads. Ad Studio is a tool on the Spotify platform that allows artists, brands and businesses to easily run audio and video ads. Advertisers can create a campaign […]
Twitter introduces new feature dubbed fleets which is similar to stories on Snapchat and Instagram allowing users to share fleeting or transitory thoughts which disappears after 24 hours. The social media platform with more than 330 million users allows users to share personal in-the-moment thoughts with your followers free of public reactions. The fleets are […]
Jiji on Monday announced that it has completed an extensive rebranding effort with a new tagline and design approach. The move by the local online marketplace seeks to strengthen its young, friendly, and extraordinary corporate image. The firm noted that the rebranding is a change of the company’s vision, mission, and position. The design feature […]
The first-ever Tunga hackathon – or TungaThon – is a fact. For a period of two weeks, 25 teams of two to four young African software developers collaborated online to submit a Minimum Viable Product to the jury. This hackathon is a new tool to strengthen the skill sets of African developers. Skills Tunga is […]
African businesses and consumers will now be able to benefit from a direct connection to the USA as Liquid Intelligent Technologies opens an Internet Point of Presence in Miami, connecting to the Liquid network via a South Atlantic subsea cable. As part of Liquid’s East-West route between the US and Asia via Africa, the new […]
Understanding what people want is the goal of Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile. They’re all strategies to approach and improve your product cycle, and they’re typically used interchangeably. However, they work in various ways and concentrate on different things. Agile’s concepts are formalised into rituals and certifications and then rolled out haphazardly, and that is […]
Africa has made huge strides over the past decades towards financial inclusion. The digitization and simplification of money management has especially proved to be a sturdy vehicle in making headway in this regard. Yet, more work needs to be done as only 34 percent of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa have a bank account and 350 million people […]
Flutterwave is providing businesses in South Africa with zero transaction fees for all payments they make or receive on Flutterwave for the next three months. The move by the African payments technology company follows the recent events in the country that has led to the disruption of small businesses, their supply chain and operations. SMEs in […]
Safaricom on Monday announced a 33% increase in Skiza revenue share which will see more than 20,000 artists and content-creators benefit from the increased earnings. “We launched Skiza in 2009 as an avenue to connect content-creators to their fans and it has since grown to become the preferred mobile entertainment service for more than 9 […]