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ViuPay Cashless Rates & How To Register As An Agent

ViuPay Cashless: How It Works & How to Register As An Agent

Mobile money – cashless service has taken Kenya by storm, with MPesa, now enters ViuPay cashless a new model for making and receiving payments. Viupay Cashless allows users to make and receive payments for goods and services in Kenya. Be it paying for matatu, tuk-tuk or a boda boda ride, the mama mboga or salon […]

Forex trading strategies that will make you win big

When you are trading Forex, it is important to have a strategy in place so that you know what you are doing and why you are doing it. In this article, we will go over some Forex trading strategies that are guaranteed to help you make big deals. So whether you are just starting or […]

Tesla Founder Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

26/04/2022
By Afritech
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Elon Musk’s Joke On Buying Twitter Manifests 6 Years Later

What started out as a joke in a tweet reply back in 2017 became the ultimate resolve for the World’s youngest billionaire, Elon Musk. This exchange continues to haunt me pic.twitter.com/W06oSqx0MR — Dave Smith (@redletterdave) April 25, 2022 Dave Smith shared a screenshot of the conversation from 2017 indicating that it continues to haunt him. […]

5 Ways To Avoid TRADING Burnout

Trading can be a very demanding and stressful activity, especially if you are a beginner. But don’t worry – there are ways to avoid trading burnout. In this article, we will discuss five ways that you can use to keep your energy level high and your stress levels low. These tips will help you stay […]

Top Best Forex Bureau With Good Exchange Rates In Nairobi

Forex Bureaus offer one of the best rates compared to commercial banks but are quite higher as compared to when one gets the currency directly through ATM. There are at least 76 Forex Bureaus in Kenya that are licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya to cater for the retail end of the Forex market […]

Lipa Later Appoints AliExpress Co- Founder Tom Gong As New CTO

Lipa Later has appointed Tom Gong, Co-Founder AliExpress and former Technical Program Manager for Google Wallet as its new Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining the Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company, Gong worked as Co-Founder and CTO of AliExpress a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alibaba the Chinese online giant and led the team to grow it to become […]

Tushop Raises $3M to Scale Community Group-Buying in Kenya

Kenyan social-commerce platform, Tushop has secured $3M in pre-seed funding round, led by 4DX Ventures and with participation from JAM Fund, Breyer Capital, Chandaria Capital, TO Ventures, Golden Palm Investments, FirstCheck Africa, and DFS Lab. The startup enables communities in Nairobi to buy groceries more cheaply with free delivery. Wasoko (formerly Sokowatch) also joined to […]

Safaricom, Gulf African Bank launch Shariah Compliant Halal Pesa

Safaricom and Gulf African Bank, have today partnered to launch Halal Pesa, a Shari’ah-compliant mobile financing solution. Halal Pesa becomes the first Shariah-compliant mobile and digital financial solution in the country. Customers accessing financing through the service will receive the amount requested in full with a repayment period of 30 days at a 5% commodity […]

Flutterwave CEO Joins Lipa Later’s Advisory Board

Africa’s Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) firm Lipa Later Group has appointed Flutterwave Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Mr. Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola as a member of its advisory board. A highly regarded serial entrepreneur with two successful exits under his belt, Mr. Agboola is a software engineer with an MBA and a Master’s degree in Information Technology Security and Behavioural […]