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Absa, Melanin Kapital launch campaign to finance women-owned SMEs

Absa has partnered with financing platform Melanin Kapital to improve access to finance for women-owned and led SMEs

Visa to invest $1 Billion in Africa to “accelerate” Digital Transformation

Visa has announced a pledge to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to advance economies across…

K-Pop had a great year in Africa in 2022, Spotify Wrapped

There’s been a 93% year-on-year increase in K-pop streams in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022, accounted for by over 3 billion…

Standard Chartered awards 5 Women in Tech Businesses KES 1.2 Million Each

The Standard Chartered Bank Women in Tech program has awarded 5 participating businesses KES 1.2 million each

iOS 16.2 brings 5G Support for iPhones in Kenya

iOS 16.2 has dropped in Kenya bringing 5G Support to iPhones. Check out the software update section to update your…

TECNO unveils Phantom X2 Series with HUGE rear cameras

Phantom X2 Series is the world's first to feature a retractable portrait lens, which TECNO says is comparable to a…

Safaricom backtracks on Post Pay Expiry with New Revamped Plans

Safaricom has revamped Post Pay backtracking on resources expiry and introducing 30 days validity 'Go Monthly' package with reduced prices.

Central Bank reintroduces charges for Mobile Money to Bank Transactions

Central Bank has announced that effective 1st January, Kenyans will be charged transaction fees between Banks and Mobile Money wallets.

Kenya Innovation Week 2022 kicks off

Visit the UK-Kenya pavilion at the Kenya Innovation Week 2022 exhibition to view exciting innovations by UK-based and UK-funded start-ups.

Kapu e-commerce platform launched by former Jumia Executives

Former employees of Jumia have today announced the launch of Kapu, a new e-commerce platform that aims to "reduce the…

Boomplay partners with France’s Generation Radio to highlight African Musicians

Boomplay has partnered with Generations Radio from France, to launch the Top Africa Charts show to promote African music

Asus says 2022 Laptops offer 2.5x better performance than previous models

Asus has been able to improve the performance of its Zenbook and Vivobook thanks to the 12th Generation Intel H-Series…

Spotify Kenya Wrapped; Top Streamed Songs and Artistes 2022

These are the top streamed songs, artistes and playlists by Kenyans this year on Spotify according to Wrapped 2022.

Periculum launches ‘Utambuzi’ mobile app to help Kenyans budget income, expenses

Utambuzi is a personal finance management product that leverages machine learning to track income and expenses

Two Kenyans among 30 African Entrepreneurs selected for $10,000 Anzisha Prize

The 30 entrepreneurs join the ranks of 172 young African entrepreneurs who have benefited from Anzisha Prize since its inception…

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