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Truecaller launches anti-fraud solution targeting businesses

Truecaller Business Identity solution allows businesses to verify their identities using a GREEN VERIFIED BUSINESS BADGE with the accurate name…

Safaricom rolls out pilot for Afya Moja, a Digital Health Passport

Safaricom PLC has today announced a new venture in the health sector, Afya Moja. The company will be partnering with…

Telkom is building Fursa, a Digital Wallet targeting Kenyan Youth

The app is called 'Fursa' and according to Telkom, it is a platform that allows the council to easily disburse…

Uber, Bolt and Little drivers plan switch off demanding higher fare prices

Drivers of Uber, Bolt and Little taxi-hailing apps have issued a 30-day notice promising to switch off services should the…

Government stops issuance of development permits in Konza City

The county governments of Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado have suspended the issuance of new development permits in the area falling…

Mara Phones will be South Africa’s Government Preferred Devices for next 5 years

Mara Phones - the first "Made in Africa" smartphones - manufactured in Rwanda and South Africa, will be the South…

Nokia introduces new X, G, and C-series of Smartphones

HMD Global has announced its biggest launch to date featuring six new smartphones in a new naming structure featuring the…

Scale, a fully digitized Tender Management System for SMEs, launched in Kenya

Scale aims to solve a major problem for the over 1.6 million SMEs in Kenya who are either underserved or…

UmojaHack 2021 brings Africa’s Data Science Students to Largest Inter-University Hackathon

More than $10,000 USD in prizes were awarded to data science students from 9 African countries, and more than 8,500…

Safaricom seems to be throttling YouTube on Home Fibre Connections

YouTube either won't play videos completely or will default to 360p, or 480p on Android TV, and sometimes on my…

Local banking Apps now available on Huawei’s AppGallery

Huawei users in Kenya can now download quickly and safely many banking apps available on the AppGallery such as: Stanbic…

Clubhouse brings payments to Creators, but is that enough?

Clubhouse has refused to grow. It is still invite-only, and iPhone-only. And that locks out very many people, making it…

Season 2 of Microsoft’s Game of Learners kicks off

Launched last year, the program aims to empower participating students to develop answers that can address some of the continent’s…

Konza is constructing an ‘Ultra-modern’ Security Command Centre

The project under the Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) features a Police Station, security barrier, entrance feature, fire station, emergency…

Businesswomen in Africa celebrate their Heroines on COMESA 50MAWS Platform

The 50MAWSP users cited reasons such as passion exhibited by these women leaders, their entrepreneurial achievements, the fact that they…

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