Senegal’s MaTontine is a digital financial services platform seeking to improve locals’ access to financial services through the use of digital technology. Matontine shared more insights with TechMoran about their company, what it is doing to achieve this and its vision for…

Kenya’s government is set to put up labs in schools for students to learn and use technology as part of the digital literacy program in the country. ICT cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru said a new curriculum is already in place and is…

Rwanda-based startup BAG Innovation was shortlisted for this year’s Seedstars edition in the country. BAG Innovation is a Youth Consultancy Agency offering services such as youth consulting, youth recruitment, and capacity Building Training. Its main objective is to strengthen the capacity of…

The Kenya Communications Authority (CA) earlier this week cautioned Kenyans to take precautions when shopping online. The authority said fraudsters have taken to creating look-a-like e-commerce websites and mobile applications for the purpose of stealing from unsuspecting buyers by luring them with…

Pesamill Africa has on-boarded the crypto ecosystem in Kenya. Pesamill is a peer-to-peer and centralized exchange. The newly launched platform was founded by Brian Ngugi, who has a background in Law. He built Pesamill to solve some of the major problems facing…

Seedstars Rwanda competition ended with local startup BenefactorsLTD bagging best startup in the country. BenefactorsLTD is a factoring company that provides tailored working capital solutions to firms. Factoring is a financial service, where future payments from your buyers are sold to a…

Kenya’s Ministry of tourism and wildlife is set to partner with China-based Alibaba Group through its cloud-computing arm. The two entities will collaborate to develop a suitable strategy for the deployment of cloud computing technology to help in wildlife protection in Kenya….

The overall cost of mobile money transfers, ATM and over-the-counter withdrawals, data and mobile services is set to rise as the taxman sinks deeper into Kenyans pockets. President Uhuru Kenyatta proposed ATM and banking taxes be doubled from the current 10% to…

    Growing up, life is relatively easy for most people. Your parents or guardians help ensure your basic needs of food, water, warmth, rest, security and safety. You get to be a kid and learn to navigate the world around you…

Earlier today digital taxi drivers downed their tools in protest against what they claim is poor and exploitative pricing by the dominant taxi app companies. The drivers had previously protested in July citing the same reasons, which resulted in a deal whose…

Internet Solutions (IS), formerly Access Kenya Group, will soon be offering consumption-based billing for businesses as opposed to the traditional fixed billing model. THis services will have businesses only pay for internet that they use, which cuts down on the overhead experienced…

Mastercard, Vodacom Tanzania Plc and BancABC have partnered to introduce Tanzania to its first online card, M-Pesa virtual card. Hisham Hendi, Vodacom Tanzania Acting Managing Director said introducing the card would open up opportunities for Tanzanians to shop online safely and conveniently….

Kenyan-based Logistics platform Sendy will sponsor this year’s Africa Food Industry and Excellence awards, which is running for the second round. The event is set to bring together over 400 hundred companies and individuals in the food, beverage and manufacturing sectors at…

German car maker, Volkswagen is considering establishing a component assembly plant in Ethiopia. VW spokesperson Andile Dlamini says the company will consider setting up a vehicle assembly plant in the future but would be looking closely at setting up the components assembly…

The Kenya Red Cross Society has partnered with Safaricom to introduce an SMS based tool to provide timely information and early warnings about disasters and lessen the adverse effects on communities. M-Salama will be available to all Safaricom subscribers. It will offer…

The first Google Web Rangers Summit will be hosted by Google Kenya. Google Web Rangers is a digital literacy programme led by Google, aiming to spread awareness about internet safety and promoting responsible digital citizenship in Africa. In attendance will be 26…

Kenyan-based company Agsol, has been selected for Microsoft’s third annual Airband Grant Fund. The company builds solar-powered processing machines for farming communities not yet connected to the national electricity grid. The grant is part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative launched in 2017,…

China’s Import-Export Bank is set to offer a $328 million to Nigeria to further spur growth in the country’s ICT sector. The agreement between Nigerian company Galaxy Backbone Limited and China’s Huawei Technologies was explained in a statement from the Senior Special…

Telkom has recently unveiled 200 new 4G sites within Nairobi and environs, in a bid to cater for the growing demand on data. John Barorot, Telkom’s Chief Technology, and Information Officer said, “Over the last year, since we launched our 4G network,…

The global “SDGs and Her Competition” has announced its 2018 winner, selected out of over 1,200 entries. The winners were chosen based on their impact on the SDGs, vision and purpose, and clarity of the entries. The SDG’s and Her contest showcases…

The Vodacom Group has recently created the first commercial 5G service in Africa using the 3.5GHz spectrum. The service has been created and launched in Lesotho, and will offer fixed-wireless broadband to two enterprise clients. Vodacom has implemented similar standards-based 5G technology…

Kenyan-based FintTech, lendable has received a convertible grant from Dutch Development Bank FMO. The grant money will be used to fund loans from latter’s alternative lender clients across Africa to small and micro enterprises and low-income consumer borrowers. Lendable was established in…

Ghana has initiated ambitious plans to construct one of what would become the largest solar farms in Africa. The farm is set to be in operation by March 2019. According to Salma Okonkwo CEO of UBI Group (Petroleum Company in Ghana and…

MTN Uganda says daily mobile money transactions have dwindled to about UGX 50 billion from an average of UGX 100 billion, a 50% slash off the top, as reported by The Monitor. The drop comes closely after the implementation of the 1%…

Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that it’s intention to implement blockchain technology in the country’s next presidential elections in a bid to try to redeem itself following accusations of vote rigging in the last polls in 2017. The…

Since the advent of MPesa, Kenya has been at the forefront of the fintech revolution. This has opened up a proliferation of mobile money and digital banking avenues like the HF Whizz app developed by the HFC, a subsidiary of HF Group….

Safaricom has ranked at 19 place in Fortune’s ‘Change the World’ list of companies that are using their profits to help the planet and tackle social problems. “More than 8 million of those users are in India, where state governments are employing…

Bill payment and mobile recharge platform, Zoto has made its swan song. The company had plunged itself into a mysterious silence, even ignoring users desperate complaints online about their challenges transacting on the app. Their problems seemed to have commenced earlier in…

Kenyan-based payments company ImpalaPay alongside US-based fintech company PesaChoice have successfully completed their pilot test on cross-border mobile money transfer on the stellar blockchain. The project facilitates end-to-end fiat to cryptocurrencies and crypto to mobile transactions. The stellar blockchain is a platform…

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