Online Vehicle Rental Company, Treepz, Enters Kenyan Market
Treepz, a company that originated in Nigeria and provides ride-hailing services for renting buses, SUVs and trucks, has now extended its services to Kenya. This means that Treepz is now accessible in four African countries, namely Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Kenya. Established in 2019, Treepz functions as an intermediary between vehicle owners and renters […]
Nigerian Digital Bank Umba Launches Operations in Kenya
Umba, a digital bank for underserved markets in Africa, has expanded its operations to Kenya from Nigeria. The aim of Umba is to simplify banking for customers and SMEs, provide low-cost services and offer credit products through mobile phones. The digital bank offers a range of services, including current accounts, loans, bill payments, and […]
Flutterwave Cleared of Fraud Accusations
Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, has been acquitted of money laundering charges that were made against it by the Kenyan Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) seven months ago. The charges resulted in a freeze of around $56.7 million in the company’s account. The withdrawal of the charges has been confirmed by Robert Gitau, a lawyer […]
Labour Party’s Flag Mounts at the Peak of Kilimanjaro
In Kenya, a Peter Obi supporter by the name OGresh has climbed Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro for 10 and half hours to mount the flag of the Labour Party at Uhuru Peak. Read more about Politics Uhuru Peak is considered the highest point of the mountain and the highest point in Africa. On […]
Eden Life Expands To Kenya And Acquires Lynk
Eden Life, Africa’s first home concierge services scheduling platform, has acquired Lynk, the former technology company connecting informal workers to job opportunities across Kenya. The strategic acquisition, brokered by Enza Capital, sees Eden Life expand into Kenya and leverages Lynk’s successful platform that connected informal workers with end-users through automated job matching and standardised processes. […]
Autochek Officially Launches in Kenya
African automotive company aims to increase its footprint across East Africa Autochek, the automotive technology company that aims to facilitate auto finance across Africa, has officially widened its operations to Kenya as part of its pan-African expansion. To lead its Kenya operations, Autochek has appointed Bilhah Muriithi as the Country Manager. Having recently acquired automotive marketplaces Cheki […]
Kenya Is Set To Host The 2nd Annual Africa Digital Finance Summit In February 2022.
Kenya is set to host the 2nd annual Africa Digital Finance Summit (ADFS) on 22nd – 24th February 2022. The three-day event themed “The Future of Finance in Africa; our pathway to financial freedom” will incorporate a thought-leadership conference featuring governments, central banks across Africa, prominent executives representing global Fintech operators, start-ups, professionals and […]
Nigeria Leading Mobile App Downloads In Africa
Internet penetration, as well as mobile phone penetration, is often derided as exaggerated in Nigeria. Read more about Tech But some recent figures indicating the contrary has shown that mobile app installation increase is as a result of a mix of smartphone adoption and internet penetration to communities where the internet didn’t exist previously […]
Andela Partners With Microsoft to Launch ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020
Microsoft 4Afrika and Andela have partnered to implement the ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020 to up-skill developers in Kenya and Nigeria through an immersive program where selected developers will work to learn basic skills in Azure, via the LinkedIn Learning platform. The program is focused on training software engineers in learning the basics of Azure, a public cloud computing […]
Access Bank Moves to Buy Kenya’s Transnational Bank
Access Bank has confirmed that it is in the process of acquiring Kenya’s Transnational Bank. News of this first broke on Monday, with authorities in the East African country indicating that a takeover was imminent. When finalized, the deal could see Access Bank take charge of 93.57% of its Kenyan counterpart’s assets, handing it a […]
Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana Network of Innovation Hubs sign MoU Towards Integrated Innovation Ecosystem
The Association of Startups and SME Enabler of Kenya (ASSEK), Innovation Support Network (ISN), Hubs, Nigeria and Technology & Business Hubs Network, Ghana (TBHN) signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 29th of October, 2019 towards an integrated innovation ecosystem among the three countries. This MoU is to foster collaboration amongst these networks as they work to encourage knowledge exchange, capacity development programmes for […]
BMAN: Beyond Limits With Joshua Beckford
Boys Mentoring Advocacy Network (BMAN) features Joshua Beckford in the annual Low Income Families Education (L.I.F.E) Support Summit. Joshua is an exceptional 14-year-old prodigy who is recognized globally in over 120 countries and has received 14 National awards. Joshua is listed among the top 30 most remarkable people in the World with Autism. Joshua is a Positive […]
Make Your Christmas Memorable With These Tour Deals
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Silvercloud Travels: Tour Deals That Will Make Your Christmas Exciting
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