Career Advice for Women in Tech
As we mark International Women’s Day, the Kenyan Wall Street had the privilege of speaking to Sharon Kinyanjui, East and Central Africa Regional Head at WorldRemit, a leading digital online [...]
Strive Masiyiwa's Econet to Bid for Telecoms License in Ethiopia
Zimbabwe Billionaire, Strive Masiyiwa's Econet is set to bid for a telecommunication license to operate in Ethiopia. This comes after Ethiopia announced intentions to sell close to 49% of Ethiopian [...]South African Fintech, Jumo, Raises $55 Million Funding Led by Goldman Sachs
South African fintech startup, Jumo, has raised $55 million in debt and equity funding, from a round of investors led by Goldman Sachs,Odey Asset Management and LeapFrog Investments. According to [...]Why Founders are your Biggest Risk, and Probably your Only Hope
It’s the eternal scale-up dilemma: What do we do about founders who fail to scale? Founders launch the innovative, game-changing businesses we need to make a dent in the existential [...]Safaricom Becomes Amazon Web Services Reseller
Kenyan telco Safaricom says it has entered into a strategic agreement to become a reseller of Amazon Web Services (AWS). In a statement, the telco noted that the agreement is [...]Kenya Tails South Africa as Top Tech Hub in Africa
Kenya is listed as having the highest number of tech hubs in Sub-Sahara Africa and second only to South Africa. According to the latest mapping done by Global Systems for [...]
Sokowatch Raises $14 Million in Series A Funding
Kenya's e-commerce platform, Sokowatch, has raised $14 million in its series A funding. Investors who took part in the funding are Quona Capital, Amplo, Breyer Capital, Vertex Ventures, Timon Capital [...]Competition Authority seeks to tame rogue digital lenders
The Competition Authority of Kenya intends to carry out a sector study into the regulated and unregulated digital credit markets. The idea is to rein in digital lenders who lure [...]Shopify Joins Facebook's Libra Association
Shopify has been the latest firm to join Facebook's Libra association, despite the exodus of a number of firms including Vodafone, Paypal, Mastercard, Visa,eBay, Stripe,Booking Holdingsand Mercado Pago. Its entry [...]Safaricom to Use Huawei for 5G Rollout
Safaricom has announced its intentions to use Huawei as the supplier for the 5G rollout in the course of this year. This comes at a time when the US has [...]Safaricom Targets Additional 2 Million Customers with New Prefix Numbers
Safaricom announces the introduction of sim cards with the 0110 and 0111 prefixes available to customers across the country. In addition, the telco says that customers will have the freedom [...]
Google Gives KSh100 Million for Africa's Internet Safety
Google has committed a grant of KSh100 million towards the promotion of safe internet use in Africa. Google, through its Be Internet Awesome program that is operational in Kenya, Nigeria [...]
