Kwik is expanding its offer of digital services today with the launch of KwikStore – adding yet another exciting service to the already sensational offer it brings to African business owners and social vendors. KwikStore is a free ecommerce storefront solution that allows any African business owner, merchant, social vendor entrepreneurs and SMEs to create their own online stores literally in 5 minutes without any technical knowledge and to run his or her business directly from a smartphone. Social vendors can link their KwikStores to their social media accounts, automating the sale, fulfilment, inventory management and delivery process, giving them…
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Payments have traditionally been a challenge for African businesses and their banks. Businesses must work with a huge number of partners, for instance, to handle the many forms of payments that customers use, as each nation favors a distinct set of options. Card payments, where banks excel, have extremely little penetration, which is a problem for banks given the size of the unbanked population and the popularity of mobile money. In a continent where merchants and consumers are increasingly shifting to digital payment channels, banks and other financial service providers (FSIs) need to find ways to modernize their payments infrastructure.…
Sound is everything, whether you are listening to music or watching a movie. In music, the good sound makes you move to the vibration, hitting your ears, and instead of feeling the pain, it moves down your spine and makes you vibrate with happiness. Having a good sound system is an underrated gift in most homesteads. Not everyone has the gift of choosing the best sound system. Some that are camouflaged as sound systems can break your eardrums if you install them in your living room. When it comes to sound, you must be careful of what you buy. You…
A student’s innovation featuring a website that encourages the public to plant trees has been named the winner of this year’s Game of Learners competition, which has been hosted by Microsoft’s Africa Development Center (ADC) for the past three years. The winning team – Green Wavers – comprised of Purity Jangaya (University of Nairobi), Ian Kariuki (Kenyatta University), Humphrey Kimathi (Kirinyaga University), Jessie Umuhire (African Leadership University) and Françoise Mukantwari (African Leadership University) and were coached by ADC’s Claire Limo (Software Engineer) and Loki Mutua (Product Manager). Based on the critical theme of Climate Change & Sustainability, the team created…
Liquid Cyber Security, a business of Cassava Technologies, today launched the first of its matrix of Cyber Security Fusion Centres in Johannesburg, South Africa. With this Fusion Centre, Liquid aims to bolster the cyber security industry in the country by managing the growing threat of cyberattacks to governments and enterprises of all sizes. For the first time, African businesses and governments will have access to Liquid’s matrix of Security Fusion Centres across key markets. These centres will provide threat intelligence and bring together the existing Liquid Cloud Operations and Liquid Network Operation Centres, ensuring customers have full support across cyber…
When it comes to data, everything is growing – quantity, size, format, resolution, use cases, applications, value and more. As people and businesses look for solutions to effectively and efficiently store their data in the zettabyte era, Western Digital HDDs continue to play a critical role in delivering massive capacity, performance and reliability. Extending its innovation and technology leadership across its portfolio, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that it is now shipping new 22TB HDDs targeting three key segments: WD Gold HDDs for IT/data center channel customers; WD Red Pro for network attached storage (NAS); and WD Purple Pro…
Last week, Safaricom hosted a two-day summit forum for industry and other related stakeholders to showcase new technology and emerging trends while bringing together a community for Kenyan engineers. The summit is informed by the fast-changing fintech landscape, emerging technology trends and the need for homegrown software engineering talent. “Safaricom intends to ensure that about 70% to 80% of the technology we use is built in-house. Indeed, the Safaricom app and M-PESA app were developed and continue to be improved by our internal teams. Therefore, to ensure sustainability and even achieve more milestones, we must create a training ground and…
A brief intro to Node.js JavaScript is the most widely used programming language for creating online apps. It can be used for both front-end (client-side) and back-end (server-side) development. The truth, however, is that the front-end’s beauty is dependent on the back-end. Node.js comes into play at this point. Due to its extensive capabilities, hiring experienced Node.js developers is the best choice for server-side application development. For server-side programming, Node.js is used by well-known companies such as Uber, PayPal, Netflix, Walmart, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even NASA. What is Node.js? Node.js is an open-source application runtime environment that enables the creation…
Corruption has been a major setback to development in Kenya for over four decades. What is corruption? Corruption is the abuse of public power for private gain. Kenya ranks 128 out of 180 according to the 2021 Corruption Perception Index by the Transparency International. In 2015, Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta declared corruption a national security threat. Corruption and fraud Generally, corruption inhibits a country’s development. Reports from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) show that Kenya loses close to 608 billion each year due to fraud. Corruption is an unwelcome vice all over the world. Some of the effects it causes…
DataMuse, an audience, media and tech company, and Criteo, the commerce media company, are joining forces to enable Africa’s marketers and media owners drive better commerce outcomes. DataMuse will become Criteo’s preferred partner making the company’s Commerce Media Platform, a suite of products that activates the world’s largest set of commerce data, available to its clients on the African continent. Available in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda first, the partnership is planned to expand to further markets over the course of the year. Through their world-leading Commerce Media Platform, Criteo provides first-party data driven solutions for both, new customer acquisition…