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How to Best Manage Health Care Costs in Kenya

HOW TO BEST MANAGE YOUR HEALTH CARE COSTS
Every year, thousands of Kenyans are pushed below the national poverty line due to direct medical bills. This has led to a more significant concern that most Kenyans are only an illness away from poverty.

Microsoft bets on African Innovation with $100 Million ADC

Microsoft opens first Africa Development Centre in Kenya and Nigeria
Microsoft is betting on African innovation in fields like fintech, agritech and offgrid energy and hopes to tap into them.

Why You Need a VPN and How to Select the Right One

Importance of a VPN
A VPN is a virtual, private connection between a computer and a server. It relies on different security protocols to encrypt information traveling from point A to point B. Halfway between the user’s computer and a server is a VPN’s own server that encrypts user data.

Why Smart Home Owners Should Be Concerned About Their Safety

Smart Home Living Kenya
When it comes to cybersecurity, there are two general rules of thumb for you to follow - stay aware of the risks is the first, and practice basic security is the second. Hacking smart homes may be easy, but so is keeping criminals on the other side of your digital fence.

Zuri is Safaricom’s Plan to Automate Customer Service

Safaricom Zuri Chatbot
Bots save you time, are easily accessible, and for Safaricom's case, help them have less people waiting in line for customer care assistance whether through calling their helplines, or through social media Tweets, DMs or Facebook

You cannot go Wrong with these Privacy Apps for Android in 2019

How to stay safe from doxing Google Makes it Easier to Remove Your Personal Info Online
Android's growth means there are millions of people who risk having their personal details leaked off to the internet.

2019: The Age of Fashion Bloggers Reviewing Smartphones

Fashion and Tech Kenya
So why are these fashion bloggers attracting tech companies? It’s all about the content!

Understanding Fuliza – Safaricom’s M-Pesa Overdraft Facility

Safaricom Fuliza MPesa
How does Safaricom Fuliza work? Is it a loan service? How is the repayment? Is Fuliza expensive? Signing up for Fuliza? Here's everything.

Bonga Review: Safaricom brings Chat to M-Pesa

Bonga by Safaricom Review
Innovation? Or dead on arrival? M-Pesa Bonga App wants to intergrate chatting with Safaricom's Mobile Money Transactions.

3 reasons you should fail more

my2cents Failure is Good
Fail Hard, Fail Fast, Fail Often.

Connected Homes inching closer to reality in Emerging Markets

Smart home
Innovations coming with the latest smartphone devices will largely contribute to this actualisation of Smart Homes in Africa

#My2cents: 5 Tips to Start and Run any Business

my2cents Business Ideas
Want to start a business? Here are some tips to kick-start your venture

Video Assistant Referee (VAR); Football’s First Major Foray into Technology

by Dery Aduda I will try to answer three questions in this piece. What is VAR? How is it supposed to work and why are people on your time-line angry about it? Intro Let’s go back in time a bit. The most popular (and arguably the richest) sport in the world was stuck in the past. As other sports quickly evolved with...

Decongesting Nairobi City: A proposal

Nairobi City Kenya
Nairobi county is still struggling to decongest its traffic.

A Quick Fun Guide to Staying Safe on the Internet

Quick and FUN Guide to Stay Safe Online
How to stay safe on the internet, basic internet safety tips