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27/09/2022
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President William Samoei Ruto Appoints Eliud Owalo As ICT Cabinet Secretary

H.E President William Samoei Ruto has appointed Eliud Owalo as the ICT Cabinet Secretary, taking over from Joe Mucheru. Owalo is a well-known, vastly-experienced and respected Economist, Management Consultant and Strategy Expert who is currently practising as the Managing Consultant of Eliud & Associates (E&A) Management Consultants, an International Management Consultancy and Training firm. He […]

Jumia To Use Electric Tuk-Tuks For Deliveries In Kenya

Jumia Kenya has announced that it will start using electric Tuk-Tuks, or E-Vans, for deliveries ordered on its platform in Kenya. The electric Tuk-Tuks join a delivery fleet that includes boda bodas, trucks and vans, that have been used by the platform to deliver goods, food and drinks to customers. The electric Tuk-Tuks (E-Vans) that […]

Flutterwave Adds Google Pay As A Payment Method

Flutterwave Adds Google Pay As A Payment Platform

Flutterwave has announced that Google Pay, a mobile payment service developed by Google, is now available as a payment method on its platform. As part of this collaboration with Google, Google Pay will serve as an additional payment option for merchants on Flutterwave for business. This collaboration will offer safe and seamless payments, as well […]

Instagram Extends Instagram Stories To 60 seconds

Instagram has rolled out a feature that allows users to upload longer Instagram stories for up to one minute without being broken down. Initially, stories were automatically cut into 15 seconds and from now henceforth, they will continue running uninterrupted without being cut into segments. “We are always working on ways to improve the Stories […]

23/09/2022
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GITEX 2022 is Coming Soon in October in UAE

Bringing together 10,000 programmers and developers from various international technology companies, the GITEX 2022, a forum for programmers and developers in the Middle East, is set to kick off in October. The Middle East region’s most significant and largest technology event, GITEX Global is all set to be held at the Dubai World Trade Center […]

Instagram Working On Nudity Protection Feature

Unsolicited images that contain nudity, or sexually explicit content, are one of the major concerns on any social media platform. Instagram is testing a new way to protect users from unwanted content exposure in the app, via DMs, with a new Nudity Protection filter that would block likely nudes in your IG Direct messages. The […]

Apple Users To Pay More For App Store Prices From October

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has announced that it will raise the prices of apps and in-app purchases on its App Store from next month- in all of the eurozone and some countries in Asia and South America. The new prices, excluding auto-renewable subscriptions, will be effective as early as Oct. 5, Apple said in a blog post. […]

Jumia Opens Integrated Warehouse To Fasten Delivery Time

Jumia, the e-commerce platform in Kenya has launched a new integrated warehouse and logistics network facility in Nairobi. The new facility will aim to transform Jumia logistics operations by providing increased storage capacity for scale-up of warehouse operations and better management of the business due to the convergence of various services. The warehouse and network […]

15/09/2022
By Ndungu Brian
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Uber Eats Launches Text Book Centre On The App

Text Book Centre is now available on Uber Eats and customers can now order their products through the app starting from September 15. Text Book Centre is East and Central Africa’s largest educational, cultural and technological content and products distributor. It was founded in 1964 and over the years has grown to become the leading […]

15/09/2022
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How To Check Your NSSF Number Online

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was formed to cater to Kenyans’ security. It is a contribution scheme for individuals over 18 years old who are either employed or self-employed. The main goal of NSSF is to provide Kenyans with financial security benefits when they retire. Upon registering with the NSSF, you get issued an […]