East Africa
Central Bank of Kenya Cracks Down on Flutterwave, Chipper
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Safaricom to Start Offering Coding Lessons for Kids in Kenya
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Safaricom Scoops Up 400 Developers in Kenya to Stave Off Competition
Safaricom, Kenya’s top telecom group, has reportedly hired 400 software developers in 2022 to keep up with the demand for digital talent as other digital business competitors set up shop in the country. According to Business Daily, the new hires are 6.4 percent of Safaricom’s 6,230 permanent, temporary, and contracted employees at the end of last year. The mobile operator’s CEO, Peter Ndegwa, said that the company is expanding its technical staff as it is gravitating toward offering a wide range of IT-linked services including an e-commerce platform on the M-Pesa Super app, loans, wealth management, and savings and insurance. The African mobile giant says it wants to transform from a connectivity business to a technology business. “The technology side of the business is becoming bigger, th...
Airtel Africa Coughs Up $40-Million for New Kenyan Spectrum
Sourced from Comms MEA Airtel Africa, one of the continent’s largest telecommunications groups with a presence in 14 countries, today announces that its Kenya subsidiary, Airtel Kenya, has concluded its purchase of additional spectrum in the country. According to the announcement Airtel Kenya has purchased 60 MHz of additional spectrum in the 2600 MHz band from the Communications Authority of Kenya, for a gross consideration of $40-million. The current spectrum license is valid from July 2022 for a period of 15 years. “This additional spectrum will support our 4G network capacity expansion in the market for both mobile data and fixed wireless home broadband capability, and will allow for future 5G rollout, providing significant capacity to accommodate our continued strong data growth in th...
Airtel Money is Now On its Own
Sourced from Comms MEA Telecoms group Airtel Kenya has announced that it will be splitting its mobile money business – Airtel Money – from its main company. Instead, Airtel Money will now be operating under the name ‘Airtel Money Kenya Limited’. “Following this business separation, Airtel Money Kenya Limited will take over and continue the provision of the Airtel Money Services, in collaboration with the licensed telecommunications network of Airtel Networks Kenya Limited,” reads the announcement from Airtel. Airtel says that customers that continue to use Airtel Money services agree that their personal information and accounts will still be shared between Airtel Money Kenya Limited and Airtel Networks Kenya Limited. “The continued use of the Airtel Money Service shall be deemed as proof o...
SAA & Kenya Airways Shake Hands on New Codeshare Agreement
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A New Monthly Rave Series Is Coming to Rwanda
Rwanda’s EDM scene is pretty quiet, but Nep DJs are hoping to crank up the volume with their new monthly EDM event series, “The Rave Party.” Nep DJs are a rising dance music duo who have performed at the Kigali Jazz Junction, Rwanda’s premier music event, which takes place annually in the country’s capital. Iyarwema Kaysan Bertrand (Berto) and Kamugisha Habib (Habs) of Nep DJs are reportedly launching “The Rave Party,” which will feature amapiano, house music and more across a one- to two-hour DJ set, Berto told The New Times. Nep DJs hope the new series will spark a bigger movement to adopt electronic dance music culture across Rwanda. Habs said that EDM is gaining traction in the East African country, but fans and listeners don’t have a loc...
Who is Jumia Kenya’s Incoming CEO?
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$1-Million Up for Grabs in African Startups Competition
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Kenya’s “First Original Drama Series” Comes to Netflix – Release Date Announced
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Safaricom Chalks Up Almost $500-Million Profit from M-Pesa Unit
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