A Guide to Using M-Pesa Fuliza
October 18, 2024
M-Pesa Fuliza, for those who don’t know, is an overdraft facility for M-Pesa users in Kenya. Fuliza was first released back in 2019 and is not a loan facility but an overdraft facility. There are…
Infinix Hot 50 Pro+ Is Set to Launch Later This Month
October 18, 2024
Infinix is set to launch its thinnest smartphone yet later this month. This phone, the Infinix Hot 50 Pro+, is set to be the slimmest smartphone with a curved display in Kenya at just 6.88mm…
Kenya’s Octavia Carbon Raises $5 Million to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology
October 18, 2024
Octavia Carbon, a Kenyan direct air capture (DAC) company, has successfully raised $5 million in seed funding to advance its innovative direct air capture (DAC) technology, which aims to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the…
EIB and KCB Partner in Ksh 32 Billion Initiative to Support SMEs, Women, and Youth in Kenya
October 18, 2024
The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and KCB Bank Kenya have today announced a €230 million (KShs. 32 billion) partnership to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), youth and women in Kenya. €115 million will…
Binance Launches Mobile Money Payments for Crypto Purchases in West and Central Africa
October 18, 2024
Binance has announced that users in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Togo and Senegal can purchase crypto directly through mobile money payments enabled through local partnerships. This comes a few weeks after…
Ampersand Opens a New Electric Motorcycle Manufacturing Facility in Nairobi
October 17, 2024
Ampersand has opened a new manufacturing facility in Nairobi for its electric motorcycles. The company says with the opening of this new facility, it will triple its production capacity in the country. Josh Whale, CEO,…
Yellow Card Secures $33M Series C Funding to Expand Stablecoin Solutions Across Africa
October 17, 2024
Yellow Card has closed a $33 million Series C equity financing round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Polychain Capital, Third Prime Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Block, Inc., Galaxy Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors, Hutt Capital,…
Android 15 Rolls Out to Pixel Devices
October 16, 2024
Google has started rolling out Android 15 to some of its own Pixel phones. The devices getting this update include the Pixel 6 series and newer according to Google. Google has also shared some of…
Red Hat and Lenovo Partner to Deliver RHEL AI on ThinkSystem SR675 V3 Servers
October 16, 2024
Red Hat has announced a collaboration with Lenovo to deliver Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR675 V3 servers. With this collaboration, RHEL AI is validated to support SR675 V3 servers…