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Kenya: Kenya Power blocks banks, shops from selling tokens
Kenya Power has locked out banks and third-party vendors from selling tokens for pre-paid customers over increasing complaints on delays and cases of billing ...
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Kenya: DPO Group Receives License to Operate as a PSP in Kenya
DPO Group Kenya has received the official approval from the Central Bank of Kenya to operate as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) in ...
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Kenya: Most Kenyans Had Negative Digital Experience With Banks
Most Kenyans had a negative digital experience when interacting with banks driven largely by system outages or app downtime, a new report shows. ...
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Kenya: Kenyan Telcos to Refund Airtime incase of Network Outage
The Communications Authority of Kenya has announced that the telecommunication companies are to give credit rebates to their users incase of network outages. ...
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Kenya: Kenya Rolls Out Coding In Schools
President Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the countrywide roll-out of the coding curriculum in primary and secondary schools. Speaking during the occasion at State ...
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Kenya: Kenya’s FinAccess gets HAVAÍC backing to bolster financial inclusion drive
Kenya headquartered fintech company FinAccess, has received a US$500,000 investment from South African venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC, to bolster its financial inclusion ...
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Kenya: Digital Rights Bodies Laud Kenya Government’s Decision Not to Shut Down the Internet
The Kenya government’s decision not to shut down the internet and also ensure the media continues to operate freely before, during and after elections has ...
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Kenya: Banking Sector Tax Contribution Hits 5 Year High in 2021
The Kenyan banking sector registered the highest tax contribution in five years, a new survey shows. The survey which was prepared by Price ...
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Kenya: Kenya beefs up consumer data protection
The Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has imposed harsher regulation on protecting consumer data, targeting fintechs and startups in the ...
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Kenya: KRA Extends Deadline for ETR System Migration to September 30
Traders can heave a sigh of relief after the Kenya Revenue Authority extended the compliance deadline to switch the new Electronic Tax Registers(ETRs) ...