Glovo, the on-demand delivery company, has announced its operations will extend to the towns of Eldoret and Kisumu this month. This move is part of Glovo’s strategic expansion in Kenya, with the company intending to have a presence in all major towns in the country. In November, residents in Kisumu and Eldoret will be able […]
Amazon founder and world’s richest man Jeff Bezos has invested in African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash. The fintech startup has secured a US$30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with the participation of Bezos Expeditions. Chipper Cash CEO, Ham Serunjogi said that the product offering expansion will focus on business payment solutions, crypto-currency […]
Safaricom has appointed Morten Bangsgaard as the new Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO) to head the new department. The department was formed following a merger of the Information Technology and Network departments, a change announced by Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa. Bangsgaard, who will lead the new technology and information department, holds a Master’s in […]
Telkom has revamped its daily, monthly and unlimited home plan data bundles which will see daily 5GB at a cost of Sh.250. The revamp will give more value to pre-paid heavy data customers by improving their user experience as well as the amount of data they will get when they purchase the revised offers. Offer […]
PortableVoices, a Kenyan audio production startup has partnered with East African Educational Publishers (EAEP) to produce and distribute pan-African audiobooks. The new partnership comes as the company prepares to launch its new audiobook subscription service for users across Africa. Under this agreement, PortableVoices will work with East African Educational Publishers to produce and distribute audiobooks from […]
Prime Bank has partnered with SimbaPay to launch an instant international money transfer service via the bank’s digital platform PrimeMobi. Through SimbaPay, Prime Bank customers will now be able to instantly and securely send money directly to bank accounts or mobile wallets across 15 countries in Africa, Europe, and Asia including India, United Kingdom, China […]
WhatsApp is introducing a new feature that will make messages disappear after seven days. The new feature is being introduced globally throughout November. To make use of the feature, users have to enable it by tapping on a contact’s name. According to the mobile messaging company, once enabled, new messages sent in the individual or group […]
Are you annoyed about not being able to send a WhatsApp message without saving the contact? Here is a simple way to send WhatsApp messages without saving a contact number on your phone; Open any your phone’s browser i.e Google Chrome, UC Browser, Opera Enter this link on your browser: wa.me/ or https://wa.me/ Copy the number you want […]
The browser market sees heavy dominance from Google Chrome across the board, much to the detriment of other browsers and the underlying competition in the market. This dominance and the declining user base has forced several browser entities to explore alternative models of revenue. Opera, which has a browser market share of 2.28% as of December […]
Azuri Technologies has announced its latest generation of PayGo solar-powered TV, the TV400 for an initial payment of KES 8,999 and daily usage fee of KES 129 over 30 months. The product combines a solar power system with double the battery size of existing Azuri products with a new, highly efficient 32″ television, allowing all […]