Intelligence
Kenya: 84% of Kenyans Say Digital Devices, Services Have Improved Their Daily Lives
Digital devices and services have improved the daily lives of 84 percent of Kenyans – while nearly one third said that it had ...
Intelligence
29% of corporate users in Kenya experienced financial malware attacks in the first half of 2021
Although Kaspersky’s (https://africa.Kaspersky.com) research shows that the overall number of financial malware attacks in Kenya has decreased in the first half of 2021, ...
Kenya
Kenya’s Wapi Pay secures $2.2m pre-seed round to ease payments between Africa and Asia
Kenyan fintech startup, Wapi Pay, has raised a $2.2 million pre-seed fund to facilitate financial transactions between the African and Asian continents. Investors that ...
Kenya
Kenya’s Central Bank Holds Policy Rate at 7%
Kenya’s Central Bank has retained the benchmark lending rates to commercial banks at seven percent for the 10th consecutive time to support the ...
Innovation
Kenya: Interswitch, sacco sign digital payment deal
Electronic payment company Interswitch Group has inked a deal with K-Unity Sacco to provide its more than 100,000 members secure digital payment solutions. ...
Kenya
Kenya: KOSA.ai receives pre-seed round investment from EchoVC
EchoVC proudly announces a pre-seed investment into KOSA.ai – an AI-driven Kenya startup running an automated responsible platform that supports enterprises in building and deploying ...
Innovation
In a bid to Improve Cross-Border Trade Across Africa, Link Commerce Partners with Cellulant to avail relevant digital payment options to online Shoppers
The partnership between Cellulant and Link Commerce aims to break barriers between local and international commerce by addressing payment needs Pan-African payments company, ...
Kenya
Kenya: Safaricom to Hide Lipa Na M-Pesa IDs
Safaricom is set to start blocking the contact details of Lipa na M-Pesa users. This comes as the leading telecommunications firm moves to ...
Kenya
Kenya Issues Draft Regulations for Crowdfunding Platforms
The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning has published regulations that require all persons who operate or intend to operate an investment-based ...
Kenya
Kenya: CMA Pushes Kenyan Firms to Acquire Bank-Backed Guarantees in Bond Issue
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is working on new measures to revive the troubled corporate bond market that will see companies with weaker ...