Apps
All articles about apps, what they do, when they’re launched, or updated or reviewed are found here.
- News
Users can now Request Money from Others using NEW M-Pesa App
With the new M-Pesa app, Safaricom changed the approach to its mobile money platform introducing new features, a new data-first…
- Interesting Reads
Social Media “innovation” is dead; Let’s copy each other!
Here we are in 2021, a weird place where every social media platform resembles the other: Stories at the top,…
- Interesting Reads
M-Pesa is Expensive, Bank to Mobile Transfers are Free
M-Pesa is still very expensive especially for micro-transactions. For example, someone sending KES. 20,000 pays KES. 102, which is 0.51%…
- News
Huawei announces updates to Petal Search bringing more apps, games and experiences
Huawei seems confident that the V11.0.1 release of Petal Search will make the app more innovative, versatile, and offer a…
- News
HELB launches App to help pay and access Loans using M-Pesa
Students can access the system through HELB USSD and the mobile app once completed from where they will be able…
- News
Kenyan Company targets 8M Primary School Kids with games to improve math and sciences
Usiku Games targets 8 million primary pupils with mobile edutainment games to improve math, sciences, and languages
- News
TikTok deleted over 89 Million Videos in Q2 2020 for Violating Guidelines
89,132,938 videos were removed globally in the second half of 2020 for violating our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service,…
- News
Spotify in Kenya; Prices when you Sign up, and How to Pay
Spotify is already available in Kenya now, and anyone can download the app from the Stores, sign up, and pay.…
- News
For some reason, the Opera Mini Browser is now also a Messaging App
Opera is introducing HYPE, an end-to-end encrypted messaging platform built-in to the Opera Mini Browser. Hype is launching first in…
- News
Spotify is finally launching in Kenya; How will it affect the Music Scene?
Spotify has been doing app tests with a section of users in Kenya and Tanzania over the past few weeks.…
- Startups
Truck Logistics Startup, Amitruck, raises Pre-seed Funding led by Dynamo Ventures
Launched in 2019 in Kenya, Amitruck describes itself as a trucking logistics marketplace that brings trust, transparency, and efficiency by…
- Startups
Bolt Taxi Company raises €150 Million in Funding from D1 Capital Partners
Bolt, an Estonian on-demand transport and delivery company with presence in Europe and Africa, has announced today that it has…
- Opinion
Is Clubhouse safe to use?
One of the risks is privacy risks. This is often connected with the fact that people feel they are surrounded…
- Interesting Reads
#FeatureFriday: Victor Mwago from CallPesa, the Dialler that makes Billing Clients Easy
CallPesa is an Android Application that takes the dialling experience to the next level by allowing anyone to automatically track,…
- News
Fake Online Learning Platforms increased by 60% in second half of 2020
From July to December 2020, 270,171 users encountered various threats disguised as popular learning platforms - an increase of 60%…
