Bill Gates Arrives in Kenya
Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates will be in Nairobi, Kenya, from today to meet key government officials, private sector players, regional scientists and innovators. The co-chair of the Bill Melinda [...]
Hisa Among 9 African Startups Selected to Join Startup Wise Guys B2B Accelerator
Fintechstartup Hisa Inc has beenselected to join Startup Wise Guys'S (SWG) second batch of participants for its €7.5 million fund for African startup investment. The program, the first ever African, [...]
Explained: How Neobank Branch Protects Customers' Data
Neo-banks or digital banks are online-only fintech platforms that operate solely or via mobile apps, without any physical branches. A neobank primarily positions itself on customer experiences and innovation in [...]How Tech Firms Handle Customer Success, Pawa IT Case Study
About 73% of business leaders report that there is a direct link between their customer service and overall business performance. In addition, 64% of business leaders say that customer service [...]Hisa To Represent Kenya at the Final Stage of 2022 MEST Africa Challenge
Fintechstartup Hisa Inc has been selected to represent Kenya at the the grand finale of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. MEST Africa announced five startups Sproutly (Nigeria), Kweli [...]Vodacom Tanzania to Expand M-PESA Services to 8 SADC Countries
Vodacom Tanzania has announced plans to expand its mobile money platform's International Money Transfer (IMT) portfolio, seeking to enable subscribers to easily send and receive money to eight new countries [...]Fintech is Africa’s most vibrant sector Mastercard
Fintech startups in Africa grew 81% in 2021, with South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya emerging as key hubs on the continent, this is according to study by Mastercard on the [...]Mastercard and Cellulant Partner to Allow Consumers across Africa to shop and pay online
Mastercard and Cellulant have partnered to allow Cellulant customers across Africa to shop and pay online with global merchants wherever Mastercard is accepted. The Mastercard virtual payment solution, linked to [...]Gov't to Lay Additional 100,000 Km of Fibre-Optic Network in 5 Years
The Government of Kenya has announced plans to lay an additional 100,000 kilometres of the national fibre-optic network, seeking to reduce the cost of calls and mobile data charges to [...]Rethinking The Data Age
Eylem Oruc, Sr. Director – Unstructured Data Solutions, META, Dell Technologies Data is the foundation of an intelligent business. But data, data consumers and the business expectations of data have [...]How Pawa IT is Powering African organizations to cloud in partnership with Google
Pawa IT Solutions Ltd is a leading Cloud Computing Tech Company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. They focus on Google Cloud Technology and they take pride in innovating and selling Cloud [...]Pan African Data Startup Stears closes $3.3 million seed Round
Stears, a pan-African financial data and intelligence company, has announced the close of a $3.3 Million seed round which was led by MaC Venture Capital with participation from Serena Ventures, Melo 7 Tech [...]
