Kenya
Kenya: Safaricom and Nairobi City County partner to digitise county services – Capital Business
Safaricom and Nairobi City County have signed a partnership to digitise the county’s services and operations. Under the partnership, Safaricom will support the ...
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Kenya: Heifer International Opens Applications for the 2023 Ayute Africa Challenge
Heifer International Kenya has opened applications for young entrepreneurs for the 2023 AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya. AYuTe which stands for Agriculture, Youth, Technology ...
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Kenya: Six Banks Take Up Safaricom’s SIM Swap Anti-Fraud Solution
Safaricom has announced that it has signed up six banks to its SIM-Swap-Check Anti-fraud solution. The solution provides banks with an API (Application ...
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Kenya: Flutterwave was exonerated of money laundering accusations in Kenya.
Kenyan Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has dropped money laundering charges against Flutterwave, an African fintech unicorn. This means that KSh6.6 billion (about $51 ...
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Kenya Revenue Authority to Rollout Software-Based Tax Management System
The Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA) is set to roll out the software version of the Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS) as it seeks to ...
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Kenyan start-up Workpay raises $2.7 million to promote its expansion in Africa
Workpay, the Kenyan start-up that helps small and medium-sized enterprises on the continent manage their human resources and payroll, has raised $2.7 million ...
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Kenya seeks World Bank funding for several digital projects
Many digital projects are underway in Kenya. The government has given itself ten years to carry them out, in partnership with the private ...
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Kenya’s Smile Identity gets $20 million for expansion.
Smile Identity, a Nairobi-based identity verification company, has raised $20 million in a Series B fundraising round headed by Norrsken22 and Costanoa Ventures. ...
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Kenya: The ADB opens a second ICT center of excellence in Kenya
On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, the African Development Bank (AfDB) inaugurated a second center of excellence in information and communication technologies at the ...
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Kenya: BuuPass raises $1.3M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa
The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional, and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients ...
