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A few weeks ago, I attended Pivot 25 conference, a very interesting was to expose Kenyan start-ups and innovations to opportunities both local and abroad. It was nice to see people asking tough questions and realistic ones at that. One…
There is no doubt that Equity bank revolutionized banking and the way customers are treated. It made ordinary men and women believe that they can own bank accounts and they do not need special permission to talk to the manager….
Five years ago, there was a heated debate online; both twitter and FB. Kenya developers, led by the late Idd Salim complained that Safaricom was busy paying lip service on its support of local tech ecosystem, yet it was busy…
For the better part of this month, we have been treated to stories of blackmail and extortion at Safaricom. While that is the bigger story, the amounts that were paid to suppliers were out of reach for many. Think of…
Yesterday, Safaricom launched sh. 90 million Venture Capital fund, aimed at local startups seeking to scale. You can read the story I did here or Kachwanya’s take that the fund is a game changer or this one from Techmoran. You…
Last year, was the first time I read the Cyber Security report by TESPOK and Serianu, a security company. I remember thinking “why is this report so hollow?” but I thought it was because it was the first year and…
About three weeks ago, Safaricom held a function to celebrate the book “money, real quick” which relates to Kenya’s use of mobile money, commonly known as Mpesa. The reason why I say celebrate is because the book was launched in…
For the last five years, there has been a common chorus among local tech companies; they want more of the large government contracts. We all want a piece of that large cake. Most of the money spent on government tech…
The Kenya ICT Board is set to launh Kenya’s four year ICT master plan. It projects that by 2017: Every citizen, resident, home and institution will be connected through a countrywide robust, accessible and affordable ICT infrastructure. Kenya will become…
For the last five years, the Kenya ICT Board has been involved in several initiatives like BPO, content and the latest is Konza City marketing initiative. You can read more about ICT board here. The discussion on tech start ups…