The Infinix Zero 5G is the latest in the Infinix Zero series. The phone is available in Kenya for around Ksh 33,000. The Infinix Zero 5G has been on pre-order in Kenya since the beginning of the month and it is the successor to the Infinix Zero X series from late last year. The company hopes that the upgraded specifications and features will make this phone worth considering. It is a good phone and is targeting those who want superior performance and a great photography experience. Before we start talking about the Infinix Zero 5G, let us first look at…
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NALA has teamed up with Cellulant to power remittance payments from the United Kingdom and United States into Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana. Besides Official Direct Assistance (ODA), remittances make up the second-largest source of external resources for Sub-Subsaharan Africa. In 2019, approximately $48 billion was remitted in Africa, with Nigeria receiving roughly 50% of this amount, followed by Ghana and Kenya. Despite a decline in remittance inflows in sub-saharan Africa in 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, countries such as Kenya and Ghana experienced an increase in cross-border payments. Remittance inflows into Sub-Saharan picked up again and grew…
Softie, the most successful Kenyan documentary ever, locally and internationally, is now streaming on Showmax. Directed by Sam Soko, who also co-produces alongside Toni Kamau, Softie follows Boniface Mwangi’s political pursuit and the pressures it puts on his family. Known for his outspokenness against injustice and daring protests that have seen him constantly clash with the police, Boniface, who calls himself ‘The People’s Watchman’, is arguably Kenya’s most prominent activist of our time. Filmed for seven years, Softie traces Boniface’s love and commitment for his country through his early days as a photojournalist at the centre of the 2007 post-election…
By Sa Nyoung Kim Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) constitute over 90 per cent of businesses in Kenya and provide seven out of ten jobs in the country. Despite their economic significance, many fail to thrive and survive due to challenges such as lack of capital and technical resources. Hence the need for innovative partnerships between SMEs and larger businesses, through which smaller enterprises leverage the expansive ecosystem of established companies and brands to grow their market footprint. To be effective, such strategic partnerships should be complimentary in nature and focus chiefly on developing new products and markets but more…
Skaleet has announced a new partnership with Thunes, the payments service provider that enables PayPal to M-Pesa withdrawals. Skaleet wanted to find a partner that could offer an instant, global payment service to both B2B and B2C customers. With Thunes, Skaleet is now able to offer a wide range of fast, competitive payment services that connect directly to its customers’ accounts. A partnership on the cutting edge of technology Thunes is a unique and simple instant payment platform that allows businesses to make payments in all corners of the world. Thunes supports over 79 currencies, enables payments to over 125…
There’s a new token coming to the market and it promises to simplify crypto. The Mushe token launches on July 4, 2022 and is set to make crypto more accessible to all by removing complications and lowering the financial threshold for entry. The new Mushe token (XMU) is being launched in partnership with Constellation, the game-changing decentralized application integration platform. Highly secure, it goes beyond existing blockchain technology to provide limitless scalability and interoperability as well as true decentralization. As of April 18 2022, early adopters have been enabled to pick up Mushe tokens at the introductory pre-sale price of…
The Education CS, George Magoha, is set to officially release the 2021 KCSE exam results later today. This follows the KCPE 2021/2022 Form one selection status confirmation a few weeks ago. The 2021 KCSE results will be announced at the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) offices with top education officials in attendance. In total, 831,015 candidates sat for the exam in over 10,400 examination centres across the country. This is an improvement compared to the 752,981 candidates who sat for the KCSE exams in 2020. This represents a 9.39% increase in candidates across the country. How to check your KCSE…
realme is looking to extend its ‘Go Premium’ strategy in other markets including Kenya following a strong start of the year, marked with a 550 percent growth in global sale of its premium handset range. GT series –the brand’s most premium phones with an average price of Ksh 40,000 drove up the company’s sales in the first quarter of 2022 to break its annual 5 million sales volume mark for the first time recording a 550% sales Growth. “The device is overwhelmingly welcomed due to the modern technologies equipped to deliver the premium holistic mobile experience to users,” said realme…
Safaricom has partnered with Zeraki Learning to enable secondary school learners access affordable education services from well trained teachers and informative video lessons. This digital platform seeks to provide topic-by-topic assessments and powerful metrics to help students diagnose their weaknesses and track their progress. “Our investments in education, both from a solutions and philanthropic perspective, are geared towards addressing current gaps and boost youth employability. Through the partnership with Zeraki Learning we want to ensure that the platform makes digital education accessible and affordable. For parents, Zeraki gives them access to their child’s academic record which they can use to…
Cellulant and it’s all-in-one Payments gateway Tingg have won 4 awards in the just-concluded World Business Outlook Awards; Leading Digital Payment Platform Africa 2022 (Cellulant); Best FinTech Digital Payment Solutions Provider Africa 2022 (Cellulant); Most Reliable Digital Payment Platform Africa 2022 (Cellulant); Best one-stop Digital Payments Platform Africa 2022 (Tingg). The World Business Outlook is a Singapore-based print and online magazine providing coverage and analysis of the financial industry, international business and the global economy. It is driven to serve its readers, viewers, and attendees with comprehensive business updates. Cellulant is winning the World Business Outlook Awards for the second…