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Standard Chartered launches SC Shilingi Money Market Funds

You can now buy or sell units in your investment in a few clicks following the launch of SC Shilingi Money Market Funds by Standard Chartered. The 100% digital investment product available on the SC Mobile app allows clients to investment amounts of as low as KShs 1000, earn competitive interests and withdraw funds anytime. The low […]

vivo V23 5G to Launch in Kenya

vivo Smartphone is set to launch the vivo V23 5G in Kenya on 21st February 2022. The device is expected to come with exceptional photography features for eye-popping portraits and selfies all packaged with a trend-setting color-changing design and high-performance 5G experience. The vivo V23 5G, will be equipped with a superb 50MP AF Portrait Selfie feature and 8MP […]

10/02/2022
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Business, Tech News, Telco

SEACOM Acquires Africell Uganda Assets to Expand Regional Reach

Pan-African telecommunications service provider, SEACOM on Thursday announced the acquisition of infrastructure assets from Africell in Uganda. The acquisition marks a significant step for SEACOM and is a testament to the company’s commitment to providing, competitive end-to-end connectivity and ICT solutions across the region. “East Africa has been an important market for SEACOM ever since […]

Cassava Technologies appoints Tesh Durvasula as CEO for Africa Data Centres

Cassava Technologies has announced the appointment of Tesh Durvasula as its new Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centres effective 7 February 2022. Durvasula will be responsible for driving growth, innovation and strategy of Cassava Technologies’ data centres to meet Africa’s accelerating demand for data and digital infrastructure. He is an experienced technology and real […]

Jiji Acquires Tonaton.com Ghana’s online classifieds website

Kenyan-based venture Jiji on Monday announced the acquisition of Ghanaian-based classifieds website Tonaton. Tonaton, a subsidiary of Saltside, was the main Jiji competitor in Ghana at the time of its purchase by Jiji earlier last month. However, Tonaton has quickly grown in popularity thanks to innovations that make it easier for users to buy and […]

Afya Rekod closes $2 million seed round to scale across Africa

Afya Rekod has raised $2million in Seed funding led by US-based seed-stage venture capital firm VC Mac Venture Capital which invests in technology startups. Afya Rekod is a health data platform that focuses on the patient and allows both patients and health facilities to capture, store and access the mobility of the patients health data. […]

Crypto scams drops against rising global illicit financial transactions

Reported fraud across the financial services industry in Africa has spiked however, Eva Crouwel, head of financial crime at Luno, says that while financial crime is on the rise, there has been a decline in illicit crypto transactions according to the foremost blockchain analysis company Chainalysis. “The 2020 UN Report on Trade and Development, estimates […]

31/01/2022
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App, Financial & Tech, MPESA, Tech News, Telco

You can now get Pension Services – NSSF via MPESA Mini App

Customers can register for NSSF membership, keep track of their contributions, top-up and manage their NSSF account, and make Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) payments all within the M-PESA Super App. This follows a partnership between Safaricom and NSSF to enable customers to conveniently access services through the NSSF Mini App on the M-PESA Super App. […]

Top 5 home automation trends in 2022

The internet of things (IoT) is on the rise with projections suggesting that approximately 50 billion IoT devices will be in use around the world by 2050. This is because today, time-pressed consumers are already turning to technology for greater convenience and efficiency both in their personal lives as well as in their home environment. […]

22/01/2022
By Admin
Tech News, Technology

Top 5 ICT Hubs In Kenya

This is a list of top ICT companies in Kenya. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an extensional term for Information Technology (IT). It is a broad subject that emphasizes the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications such as telephone lines, wireless signals and computers, middleware, enterprise software and audiovisual systems, to […]