61-year-old leader John Pombe Mgufuli has died of heart failure, after weeks of speculation he was infected with COVID-19. In a televised address to the nation late on Wednesday evening, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the 61-year-old president had died of a “heart condition”, which he had suffered for a decade, at a hospital […]
Safaricom is launching a new MPesa app that will allow MPesa users to request money from other users. However, the application is currently available for iPhone users but will soon be made available to users on android smartphones. How the new MPesa request works Here’s how Safaricom MPesa users can request money from others; Once […]
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Nium has announced that customers are now able to send funds to their business partners located in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. The global payments platform will allow customers of Nium are also able to extend this service to their own consumers. This announcement comes shortly after the news of the company’s expansion plans into Africa at the tail end of […]
Flutterwave has today announced that it has secured USD $170 million from a leading group of international investors as part of a successful Series C round. The round to the Payments technology company was led by growth-equity firms Avenir Growth Capital (“Avenir”) and Tiger Global Management LLC (“Tiger Global”) with participation from new and existing […]
TikTok is celebrating International Women’s Day with the launch of #WomenofNow hashtag challenge to inspire and celebrate the diverse and inclusive female community on TikTok. This incredible community is made up of women who are leading the way in various spheres including fashion, sport, education, media, arts and culture, tech and more. The #WomenofNow campaign, […]
Telkom Kenya has reviewed tariffs for its mobile money service T-Kash with transactions below KSh 100 being free. Comparative to Telkom’s pre-pandemic tariffs, the T-kash tariffs within the “send to registered off-net” category, in the KSh 101-500, Ksh 501-1,000 and KSh1,501-2,500 transaction bands have also been reduced. The tariffs had been waived last year with […]
Telkom Kenya has announced that pre-paid customers joining the Network for the first time will get 500 MB data per month for 3 months. New users will need to activate their newly acquired line with as little as KSh.20, to access 500MB of data per month, for the first 3 months, with a minimum recharge […]
Samsung Electronics has announced it achieved a breakthrough in 5G data speeds using E-UTRAN New Radio Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) technology. EN-DC technology enables mobile operators to boost 5G speeds and coverage by leveraging a 4G network. In a demonstration carried out in Samsung’s lab in Korea, the company successfully combined 40MHz of 4G frequency and […]
Whatsapp messaging platform has introduced a new voice and video calling feature on the desktop web app for teleconferencing. The latest update by the social media firm will allow desktop WhatsApp users to hold meetings and group calls via voice and video calls which is end-to-end encrypted. Sometimes you just need a little more space. […]