Safeboda  halts operations in Kenya due to the pandemic strains You would think that SafeBoda would be booming right now in the current circumstances where everyone has been relying on deliveries especially after the Corona pandemic. Companies like bolt and Glovo have been expanding to other countries but unfortunately for Safeboda at a time when they are meant to be …

The Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) recognizes the top 10 finalists for its final event in Accra, Ghana on 16 November 2019. The finalists were chosen from a pool of 10,000 candidates from 50 African nations. The 10 will pitch their business to the eCommerce business mogul, founder of Alibaba Group and the Jack Ma Foundation, Mr. Strive Masiyiwa founder …

Driving innovation firm Cellulant has today reported the dispatch of Tingg, a customer installment, business and budgetary administrations application. In Kenya, Tingg offers outsider help from utility installments for water, power, broadcast appointment and PayTv through associations with; KFC and Simbisa Group, (Pizza Inn, Chicken Inn and Creamy Inn) to offer Tingg Food, and with Go Beba to offer gas …

In this era everything is going cloud, reducing your paper work and space usage, making us work at the comfort of our homes and remote places, managing business and handling eras with ease and speed.  A Kenyan Startup ScopicAfrica is changing the dynamics by introducing it’s megabot cloud solutions dubbed Epesi Cloud. Epesi Cloud platform has the following products : …

Safaricom, through the M-agri Business branch, has introduced two new initiatives to target farmers and enhance the food security sector of the country. Food security, which is also part of President Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda has been a vital sector in the Kenyan economy. According to Daily Nation, Shs 400 billion has been allocated to Big Four Agenda with Shs 20.25 …

Google is in the process of signing a deal with the Kenyan telecommunication operators to deliver mobile Internet to remote and underserved areas through a network of floating balloons. The project is expected to help in the reduction of the cost of Internet packages. Through their Project Loon, Google has embarked on a global campaign to increase Internet connectivity and …

Evans Gikunda, a web developer has sued Safaricom over infringement of intellectual rights. Evans is a former Radio Africa employee (as a web developer). He informed Patrick Quarcoo, the CEO of Radio Africa Group about Songa by Safaricom. Patrick Quarcoo in turn proposed for a partnership between Evans and Radio Africa Group, which Evans agreed to. Unfortunately, Evans left the …

The World Bank has awarded Kenya Industry of Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) with 5,000,000,000 KES to help scale innovation and productivity for Kenyan small scall medium enterprises through International Development Association (IDA). IDA is a branch of World Bank that helps third world countries by providing grants and low-interest rate loans for projects and programs that reduce poverty and leverage living standard …

Safaricom PLC is a leading mobile network tech operator in Kenya. The company was founded in 1997 and it was a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya at the beginning. They provide a comprehensive range of highly integrated solutions in the telecommunication field. The solutions include voice and data bundles, SMS, Internet, and financial services. As from 2017 Annual Report, …

The Kenyan crisis-mapping experts Ushahidi are a global power house when it comes to data collection and analysis. Their platform Ushahidi has been used in various scenarios which include Election monitoring, crisis response, advocacy & human rights. Ushahidi has now launched TenFour a platform to help provide a quicker way for teams check on each other in critical situations. The platform …