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 [...]KCAA Tightens Noose on Drone Operators
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) is tightening the noose for drone operators in Kenya. Members of the National Assembly will determine whether the regulatory bill presented to them by [...]Africa to Benefit From Improved Consumer Spending
Africa holds great promise for consumer goods companies. Observers say that consumer spending will rise sharply in the next five years. Brookings predicts that household consumption will reach $2.5 trillion [...]
Huawei Removed from Vodafone's European Networks
Vodafone plans to remove Huawei technologies from the sensitive, core parts of its mobile network in the European Union, after Britain restricted the operations of the latter in its 5G [...]Digital Lending Regulations Should Spur Innovation
IM Bank CEO Kihara Maina believes that regulation targeting digital credit platforms should address adversely priced credit without limiting innovation. Speaking during My Chat with a Bank CEO live event, [...]FarmCrowdy to Expand into Retail Meat Hubs
Nigerian Startup Farmcrowdy has acquired Best Foods LP Limited targeting entry into the meat sub sector in the West African Nation. Farmcrowdy intends to set Farmcrowdy Meat Hubs across Lagos [...]TLcom Africa Fund Raises KSh7.1 Billion
TLcom venture capital has received additional capital from new partners for its TIDE Africa Fund bringing the total funds to Ksh7.1B. The new partners include World Bank's IFC, CDC from [...]Transport CS Mandates Taxi Apps to Get Licences
Transport CS,James Macharia, has issued new regulations that mandate digital taxi apps owners to acquire operational licences, failure to which they risk termination. The transport authority will issue the three-year [...]Vodacom Set to Launch 5G in South Africa
Vodacom has signed a roaming agreement with Liquid Telecom to launch 5G services in South Africa in the course of this year. Vodacom is banking on Liquid's 3.5 GHz spectrum [...]
