“We have a view or a mission to be Africa’s most valued digital platform for financial services which then means we are seeking to move to not just identify ourselves as abank but actlally identify ourselves as a marketplace upon which financial services are offered, upon which customers can then find innovations that impact positively their daily life. So that also was a primary motivation for the investment we made with HUAWEI (e.Huawei.com) and the continued collaboration with them.” – Eric Muriuki Njagi, Group Director for Digital Business, NCBA. Mobile technology has stood out as a key driver with over…
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The Nokia G20 is the latest from the company to launch in Kenya. This phone was launched in the country last week and is available in stores from Ksh 19,000. You can get the phone for as low as Ksh 15,000 on Jumia so that should be your option if you want a good deal. The Nokia G20 is part of the company’s G series which is its latest series on the market. With the G series, the company is promising better battery life and performance at an affordable cost. This is all talk at this point and we will…
Microsoft recently unveiled the Future Ni Digital initiative – a digital literacy, entrepreneurship, and career skills program. Through this initiative, over 50,000 owners of Micro Small Enterprises (MSEs) across Kenya will be equipped with the relevant digital skills by the end of this year. The current pandemic has led to a remarkable increase in the use of digital technologies including online learning to virtual meetings and online collaboration. In addition, the post-pandemic world poses a larger demand for the skills needed to navigate, whether on computers or mobile devices. The initiative was unveiled in partnership with Stanbic Kenya Foundation and…
The second edition of the ATU Africa Innovation Challenge was today launched by the African Telecommunications Union (ATU). ATU announced Nairobi-Kenya, in a virtual ceremony hosted with competition partner-the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Announcing the initiative, Secretary-General of the ATU, Mr John OMO said: “This initiative will be instrumental in supporting institutional solutions that will boost innovation in Africa and address some of the challenges facing the African community.” The ATU Africa Innovation Challenge is a programme that seeks to provide both short and long-term solutions and opportunities to the African Youth. This year’s competition, themed, “Best ecosystem practices in Africa…
Gebeya Inc. the Pan-African source for freelance professional talent, today announced the launch of its revamped marketplace, the first of its kind in terms of reach in Africa. Prior to investment, Gebeya operated mostly a manual non-scalable marketplace model. Gebeya raised a $2M seed investment in Feb 2020, co-led by Partech and Orange Ventures and followed by Consonance Investment Managers, to set up the machine for scale, fully automated and digitized. Gebeya.com connects Startups and Small and Medium Enterprises to professional talents from across the continent. The platform offers a self-service single gateway for clients to create a profile and…
Reducing household emissions is considered one of the most effective ways of combating climate change and mitigating the threat of global warming. Household carbon dioxide emissions have been proved to have a major impact on the local and global environment. At a personal level, one of the best ways to reduce our carbon footprint is embracing a lifestyle that supports net zero domestic emissions. Globally, it is estimated that households account for about 25 percent of carbon emissions and could be higher in some countries. Our lighting, heating and household appliances all require energy to work. To achieve a carbon…
The Internet has transformed many aspects of our lives today and continues to disrupt our normal way of doing things. It has made the world “smaller” and enhanced access to things like information and new opportunities. The Internet has become such a fundamental part of our lives and it, therefore, becomes hard to imagine our lives before it or even the fact that there might be companies in the world today that do not use an element of digitisation in any part of their business processes. Kenya has one of the most progressive ICT sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa that has…
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has recorded a flat growth in the financial year ending March 2021 despite the tough economic conditions triggered by the covid19 pandemic. During this period, Safaricom enabled Kenyans to reduce the impact of the pandemic by waiving fees for transactions below a KES 1,000, which saw free transactions worth KES 4.4 billion processed. Service revenue recorded a marginal decline of 0.3% to close at KES 250.35 billion driven by double-digit growth in mobile data business, which grew by 11.5% YoY to KES 44.79 billion. M-PESA and Voice revenue declined marginally with M-PESA recording a 2.1% drop YoY to KES…
Huawei Kenya in partnership with several business partners have collectively launched a graduate recruitment programs creating over 30 job and internship opportunities. The positions were unveiled during the Huawei ICT Job Fair that was held online on May 12th and graced by Ministry of ICT Innovation and Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Joe Mucheru, Chief Administrative Secretary Maureen Mbaka, and Director for University Education and Research Darius Mogaka representing Ministry of Education, Principal Secretary Amb. Simon Nabukwesi in absentia amongst other industry stakeholders. The pandemic has drastically changed our way of life, detrimentally impacting the global and local economy resulting in a…
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced its first interactive experience and an exciting lineup of gaming weaponry and technologies at the For Those Who Dare: Unleash the Tiger Inside virtual launch event. The event marked the debut of two new laptops powered by Intel Core 11th Gen H-series processors: the 17-inch ROG Zephyrus S17 gaming laptop, the 16-inch ROG Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop, and the all-new ROG Slash accessory lineup. These latest products and more are available to explore in the latest update of ROG Citadel XV, a boundary-breaking interactive experience introduced during the CES 2021 ROG For Those…