Branch Seeks KES 500M To Become A Fully Fledged Bank
Branch International Kenya is seeking to raise Ksh500 million through a six-month commercial paper as it accelerates its move to start offering virtual banking services through its online platform. The [...]
IMF's Lagarde Asks Central Banks To Consider Cryptocurrency
International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde has implored central banks to consider issuing digital currencies. The use of cryptocurrency will offer immediate, safe, cheap, and potentially semi-anonymous transactions, she said at [...]Carrefour Joins IBM Food Trust Blockchain Network
IBM has announced a growing adoption of its food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust. The blockchain-based cloud network offers participating retailers, suppliers, growers and food industry providers with data [...]
Jaguar Land Rover global sales decline 12.3%
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today reported 12.3 percent decline in global sales at 57,114 units in September, hit by lower demand in China, the company has announced. The auto's sales [...]Google Incorporates A.I In Search Engine Enhancement.
Search engine Google has unveiled new enhancement aimed at making the task of finding answers online even easier for its users around the world. The company which marked 20 years [...]VW to discontinue Beetle model in 2019
Volkswagen of America has announced it will discontinue its Beetle model from the summer of 2019. The carmaker noted it will manufacture the Beetle until June 2019 and in the [...]Loon successfully sends a single internet connection 1000km across 7 balloons
Loon, the Alphabet company that is planning to launch balloon-powered internet connectivity in Kenya next year, has successfully sent a test internet connection 1,000 kilometres across seven balloons. That represents [...]Alibaba’s Jack Ma Establishes Foundation Ahead of Early Retirement
The co-founder and chairman of Alibaba Jack Ma told Bloomberg that he is establishing a foundation in his name focused on education as he plans to retire early. Jack Ma [...]Google partners with Indian banks in mobile lending
Payments application Tez, launched in September in India, is being rebranded as Google Pay. Google's parent company has a tieup with the Federal Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Kotak [...]Toyota to Put $500m into Uber for Self-Driving Cars
Japanese automaker Toyota plans to invest $500 million in Uber to collaborate on developing self-driving cars according to CGTN. This will give Toyota a competitive edge in the self-driving car [...]Guest Opinion; Crypto currency adoption from global technology dynamics
By Robert Ochieng, Let us talk about the unstructured data perspective of how the global geopolitics and culture is going to affect the adoption of crypto currencies. Cryptocurrencies being money [...]Jamaica Stock Exchange to Launch Digital Assets Trading Platform
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is set to launch a digital asset trading platform in partnership with Canadian blockchain startup Blockstation. The exchange will provide cryptocurrencies as tradable assets for [...]
