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Elly Okutoyi
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24 Aug 2015

Commercial Bank of Africa to spread M-Shwari

CBA looking to partner with telco and expand service further east.
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11 Aug 2014

Kenya's mobile money transactions hit KES1 trillion

Record number of transfers as more players seek to enter this booming market.
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7 Aug 2014

Safaricom increases offer in yuMobile infrastructure acquisition deal

Kenya’s largest mobile network makes a U-turn on its desire to buyout the rival telco.
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5 Aug 2014

Sophisticated security systems need more than just installation

An expert says Kenya's ultra-high definition CCTV cameras project is only the first step.
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31 Jul 2014

Is Kenya’s government clueless on curbing cyber attacks?

Following a social media breach, officials want government-owned sites hosted locally.
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Airtel loses bid to force Safaricom to cut M-Pesa fees

Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) says it doesn’t have jurisdiction to reduce mobile money costs.
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25 Jul 2014

Committee gives Safaricom Kenya green light on surveillance deal

Parliamentary house group gives nod to deal, which now awaits further approvals.
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23 Jul 2014

Proposed taxation of prepaid airtime in Kenya criticised

Task force has called for levy to help fund free high school education in the country.
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‘Lack of user experience research hurting African startups’

East African software engineer advises that more work needs to be done.
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9 Jul 2014

Safaricom finally agrees to open up M-Pesa agent network

Mobile network has unexpectedly agreed to allow its traders to sell rival services.
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No interconnectivity charges for Kenya’s cashless matatu fares

Service providers to carry these costs of the system, which has been highly criticised.
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4 Jul 2014

Why Kenya’s transport e-payment system has failed

Cash is king in the country’s matatu industry as a digital deadline has come and gone.