Kenya Heightens Surveillance Over Cyber Attack Attempts
The government is taking caution over attempts by hackers to attack its websites in the past one week slowing down services to people. The attackers who also targeted the private [...]
Smile ID Releases H1 2023 Africa KYC Report Highlighting Identity Fraud Trends and Verification Insights
Smile ID (formerly Smile Identity), the leading identity verification and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider in Africa, has unveiled its highly anticipated half-year 2023 KYC Report. Drawing on data [...]
Kenya Needs 500MW To Power 500,000 E-bikes by 2025
The government is banking on the uptake of electric-mobility to boost its plan of achieving carbon zero target by 2030. Under the plan, Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir disclosed that [...]Diamond Trust Bank Partners With Fintech Startup Boya To Launch Virtual Visa Card
Kenyan fintech Boya Inc has launched its virtual expense card in partnership with VISA and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya, which will help businesses to manage payments and expenses with [...]New Look; Smile Identity Becomes Smile ID
Smile Identity, Africa's leading identity verification and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider, has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 75 million identity verifications. Alongside this achievement, the company is embarking [...]Elon Musk Internet Company Starlink Enters Kenya, Heightening Competition
Competition in the provision of internet services is expected to accelerate as Starlink (a satellite provider) associated with billionaire Elon Musk enters Kenyan market. Starlink, operated by American aerospace company [...]Betting Gaming Sites Pay KSh 6.6 B as Excise Duty in 2022/23
The Betting and Gaming Sector in Kenya paid KSh 6.64 billion in Excise Duty to Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA) at the close of the 2022/23 financial year ended on 30th June [...]
Nairobi City to Hold Tech Week 2023
Nairobi City County Government plans to hold a tech week from 7th to 11th of August with the aim of bringing together innovation stakeholders to create greater visibility for the [...]E-ticketing Eases Operations In Transport Industry
Transport operators are increasingly adopting modern technologies to offer ticketing efficiencies and provide comfort to commuters across the country. The new solutions available in the market enable bus operators to [...]Safaricom Upcoming AGM Highlights
Safaricom Plc shareholders are set to approve the payment of a final dividend of KSh 0.62 per share or a total of KSh 24.84 billion at the firm’s 2023 Annual [...]Working From Home Exposes Firms To Attacks
The side effects of Working from Home (WFH), a strategy adopted by companies to mitigate spread of Covid-19 a few years ago are showing up with organisations citing damages in [...]The Proptech Startup Revolutionizing Property Management in Kenya
When Paul Macharia started Kiotapay less than 2 years ago he never envisioned the proptech startup would morph into a fast growing tech company in the Kenyan ecosystem. In the [...]
