Orange completes the acquisition of the Liberian mobile operator Cellcom
Orange has completed the acquisition of 100% of Cellcom, Liberia’s leading mobile operator, through its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, less than three months after signing the acquisition agreement...
View ArticleInfinix Hot 3 | Unboxing & First Experience
Good people at Infinix Mobility have given us a review piece of the latest Infinix family, the Infinix Hot 3 or the Infinix X554 which sales for around Ksh 7,899. The review piece we have has a 1GB...
View ArticleSEEK invests $2m into One Africa Media, lowers valuation & increased losses...
SEEK, the leading provider of online employment services in Australia and New Zealand is not giving up on Africa yet, even though its portfolio companies continue raking in losses in millions of...
View ArticleGOtv Kenya announces a 53 percent price cut in its monthly subscription
Just a few days ago, DStv announced it was slashing it’s DStv Explora decoder prices by 60 percent to increase its decoder sales. The firm’s sister company GOtv Kenya today announced a 28 and 53...
View ArticleKenya’s BraceScript is a new programming language for kids
Kennedy Kanyi, a former JKUAT student currently running Oneplace Technologies has launched BraceScript, a second level programming language targeted at kids to help them learn programming. According...
View ArticleSwiftlaw launches to simplify trademark registration & company incorporation...
Samuel Nablah Baddoo, a former commercial lawyer and his friend Kwei Quaye-Foli, a computer engineer, are building SwiftLaw, an online platform allowing clients in Ghana to incorporate a business and...
View ArticleChalkboard Education wins Seedstars World Accra
Chalkboard Education has been declared winners of the Accra round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to USD 1 million in equity...
View ArticleRocket Internet’s Jumia launches online payment service JumiaPay
Following in the footsteps of Chinese e-commerce Alibaba and its online payment platform AliPay, and competitor Konga with its online service KongaPay, Rocket Internet’s pan African e-commerce site...
View ArticleTally’s latest software wants to simplify iTax for businesses operating in Kenya
As an evidence to its growing traction in global markets, Tally Solutions Pvt. Limited (TSPL), the premier Indian software product company, announced the rollout of the Release 5.3, in Kenya. The new...
View ArticleThings HiOS, Tecno Boom J8’s Custom Mobile OS Can Do for You
The TECNO Boom J8 is set to launch in a few weeks and we’ve got information that it’s goingto be the first TECNO phone to run HiOS, TECNO’s custom mobile OS adapted from Android but customised for...
View ArticleDelegation of DotAfrica domain suspended as DCA granted relief by US Court
The delegation of the contentious .africa gTLD has been suspended. This follows the United States District Court, Central District Of California, – Western Division ruling which has granted an Interim...
View ArticleBuyorlet.com launches to boost South Africa’s local real estate market
Though South Africa has a number of property sites such as PrivateProperty, PropertyJunction, Property24, MyProperty among others, a new digital platform – Buyorlet has launched in South Africa to...
View ArticleTigo has spent $105,000 to transform education for needy primary kids in...
Tigo Tanzania has since last year donated more than 2,400 desks worth over Tshs 230 million (about US$ 105,000) to buy over 7,000 desks for needy primary schools to alleviate the serious shortage of...
View ArticleKenya’s on-demand laundry & home cleaning service Kisafi launching soon
Founded by a diverse team from Nairobi, New York and Lagos, with background ranging from McKinsey & co., Citigroup, Delivery.com, and other global and local firms, Kenya’s Kisafi, is an on-demand...
View ArticleMultiChoice Says There Will Be No DStv Price Increase Outside SA
MultiChoice Africa Limited, a subsidiary of Naspers Limited today announced that there will be no price increase for subscribers to its DStv service (direct-to-home satellite television service) in the...
View ArticleConnected Summit 2016 aims to identify and fill the gaps in public sector...
Themed ‘Bridging the Service Gap’, the 2016 Connected Summit,has taken off at the Leisure Lodge Beach and Golf Resort, Diani, Kwale County to help identify gaps in public sector service delivery and...
View ArticleCS dismisses plans to ban anonymous bloggers, WhatsApp
Speaking during the Connected Summit held in Diani Kenya, Joe Mucheru CS Ministry of ICT refuted claims that the government plans to ban OTT services and anonymous bloggers in the country. The CS said...
View ArticleThe Government of Rwanda launches a Laptop Purchase Program for University...
In a move to accelerate penetration of smart devices in Rwanda and increase countrywide broadband penetration, the Government of Rwanda, in collaboration with Intel Corporation, MTN, Bank of Rwanda,...
View ArticleMotor vehicle buyers in Kenya to register & transfer vehicles online
NTSA is going beyond alcoblow by launching Transport Integrated Management System (TIMS) to automate all its process into one online web portal expecting to save the government billions of shillings...
View ArticleRingier & Silvertree Acquire Nigerian Online Shopping Platform DealDey
Ringier AG and South African Silvertree Internet Holdings (Pty) Ltd have acquired Nigeria’s biggest deals platform DealDey for an undisclosed amount. The details of the partnership are sketchy but...
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