What you need to know about the ‘housing bubble’ in Kenya
I first wrote about it in 2012. I stated that the bubble is bursting. Wait—I qualified it—that it will not be on a large scale like most countries, that …
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Safaricom MPesa Charges for cash transfers and bill payments to be sent via SMS
Safaricom Mpesa charges will be revealed to the customers on the cost of transaction, in compliance with a Competition Authority of Kenya directive. You will …
Pesalink mobile money platform by banks in Kenya to compete with Mpesa
Kenyan banks have launched a mobile money platform called Pesalink that is to compete with Mpesa, allowing transfer of nearly Sh1m on a single transaction in …
Kenya Interbank Transaction Switch KITS may ‘Kill’ MPESA mobile money transfer service
Kenya Interbank Transaction Switch, is a mobile money transfer platform that has been developed by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) to compete with …
MPESA mobile payments innovations, key lessons for banks with Lesley Anne Vaughan
Lesley-Anne Vaughan, Director of MiLA Consulting and Co-Creator of MPESA, Vodafone’s famed mobile money transfer service, has been dedicated to mobile money …
Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom’s mpesa
Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom’s mpesa. A few days ago I visited Chinese internet finance museum for a blockchain event organized by okcoin, one of …
MPesa has been voted Kenya’s leading super brand – Superbrands 2016-2017 Kenya survey
MPesa has been voted Kenya’s leading super brand for the second year in a row thrashing its parent company Safaricom in the Superbrands East Africa survey. …
Kenyan Economy gets sh414 Billion from Safaricom
Kenyan economy gets sh414 billion from Safaricom according to the company’s second True Value Report done by audit firm KPMG. This estimated value added …
This is what you don’t know about your eyes
Eyes began to develop 550 million years ago. The simplest eyes were patches of photo-receptor protein in single-celled animals. Our eyes weigh just under …
Can this pen detect cancer?
A pen that can detect cancer and may end the need of biopsies has been developed by a team from the University of Washington and several other US universities …
mVisa launches new way to pay and be paid in Kenya
mVisa launches Kenya. It is the new way to pay and be paid using your smartphone. With mVisa there is no making mistakes for change or hand-over your card to …
Mpesa money transfer far from elegant
Mpesa money transfer, the world’s leading mobile money transfer system is far from elegant against other tech products according to head of Safaricom, Bob …
Mobile Banking in Kenya to lower costs and build revenue
Mobile Banking in Kenya is to be used by bank to lower costs and build new revenue streams in Kenyan banks. This comes after the government put a limit on …
ShowMax TV has been launched in Kenya
ShowMax TV has been launched in Kenya to become one of the biggest online video collection in the region. It includes hottest shows from Kenya to Hollywood …
