Easy Taxi Officially Launched in Kenya
September 12, 2014
The official launch of Easy Taxi took place last weekend on Saturday afternoon through an amazing race that saw 60 participants race head to head in 5 challenge zones across the city. Each team had 4-5 members who…
Jumia Kenya Takes Advantage of the Ever Growing Mobile Phone Market in the Country
September 10, 2014
The mobile market is a profitable business in Kenya, and over the last few years the sale of smartphones and tablets has soared. Jumia, Kenya’s leading online retailer, has moved to bank on this rise…
Airtel divests African telecoms tower assets to Eaton Towers
September 10, 2014
Airtel and Eaton Towers, a leading independent telecoms tower company in Africa, today announced an agreement for the divestment of over 3500 telecoms towers from Airtel to Eaton Towers. Highlights: • Airtel to sell and…
Hellofood wins Digital Impact Award for “Best E-commerce Site”
September 9, 2014
At the inaugural Digital Impact Awards, held in Kampala, Uganda on the 21st August, three Africa Internet Holding companies (Jumia, Hellofood and Kaymu), were nominated in the “Best E-commerce Site” category, with online food ordering platform Hellofood taking home the prize….
Facebook Has 100 Million Active Users in Africa
September 9, 2014
Facebook has announced that it has reached a significant milestone in Africa and as of June 2014 it had 100 million active users in the continent. With these new figures, One in two people in…
Change of Guard at Telkom Kenya as the Company appoints Vincent Lobry as its New CEO
September 8, 2014
The Board of Directors of integrated telecommunications solutions provider Orange – Telkom Kenya has announced the appointment of Vincent Lobry as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer effective September 4, 2014. Vincent replaces Mickael Ghossein,…
Jumia Kenya Gives Back to Society by Sponsoring the Nairobi Elegance Affair
September 5, 2014
Jumia Kenya has confirmed its sponsorship for the Nairobi Elegance Affair an event that will take place at the Nairobi Railways Museum this Saturday 6th September 2014. The fashion event will bring together upcoming and…
Jumia Opens Up a New Office in Mombasa and Expects to Have a Warehouse up and Running Before 2015
September 3, 2014
Kenya’s largest online retailer JUMIA Kenya has announced its setting up a new office and warehouse in the coastal region of Kenya to meet the growing number of Kenyans embracing online shopping. The e-commerce companysells a…
Essar Group (yuMobile) Sells Its Kenyan Telecom Business to Safaricom and Airtel
September 1, 2014
Essar Group, operating in Kenya as yuMobile has finally signed a binding agreement to sell its telecom unit in Kenya to Bharti Airtel and Safaricom. The deal was worth $120 million (approximately Kshs. 10 billion)…