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PalmPay Named One of the World’s Top 300 Fintech Companies by CNBC and Statista

PalmPay Named One of the World’s Top 300 Fintech Companies by CNBC and Statista

PalmPay has been recognised in CNBC and Statista’s 2025 Top 300 Fintech Companies in the World list. This marks the second year in a row that PalmPay has earned a place among the world’s most innovative and...

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Vertiv to acquire custom rack solutions manufacturer

Vertiv to acquire custom rack solutions manufacturer

Vertiv has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets family of companies

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Binance Celebrates 8 Years of Crypto Innovation

Binance Celebrates 8 Years of Crypto Innovation

Binance is turning eight. In the traditional corporate world, that may seem like a blink – but it is a lifetime in the crypto space.

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Visa and NSE Launch Blueprint to Transform Retail Investing in Kenya

Visa and NSE Launch Blueprint to Transform Retail Investing in Kenya

Visa has partnered with the Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc (NSE) to unveil a report aimed at reshaping Kenya’s retail investment landscape. 

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Network International and Blu Penguin Partner to Power Unified Payments in Ghana

Network International and Blu Penguin Partner to Power Unified Payments in Ghana

Network International (Network) has announced a collaboration with Blu Penguin, a Ghana-based fintech and mobile money aggregator,

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Co-operative Bank Launches Game-Changing Integrated Housing Solution in Partnership with Optiven and Everstrong Maskani

Co-operative Bank Launches Game-Changing Integrated Housing Solution in Partnership with Optiven and Everstrong Maskani

Co-operative Bank launches integrated housing solution with Optiven and Everstrong Maskani, combining land, financing, and construction services.

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Global Smartphone Market Share Q2 2025: Samsung Leads as OPPO and Vivo Slide

Global Smartphone Market Share Q2 2025: Samsung Leads as OPPO and Vivo Slide

Samsung and Apple lead the global smartphone market share Q2 2025 rankings while OPPO and Vivo's Q2 YoY market share declined. Here's why.

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The Arrival of VAR and Goal-Line Tech in Kenya Is A Bold Leap for Local Football

The Arrival of VAR and Goal-Line Tech in Kenya Is A Bold Leap for Local Football

VAR and goal-line tech in Kenya is now a reality ahead of the CHAN 2024 tournament to be held at Kasarani and Nyayo Stadiums starting August 3, 2025.

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Airtel Kenya Launches New KES 300 and KES 500 Smarta Weekly Bundles

Airtel Kenya Launches New KES 300 and KES 500 Smarta Weekly Bundles

Airtel Kenya has introduced new Smarta Weekly Bundles, but they're not the cheaper Airtel Smarta Bundle users voted for.

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Free Perplexity Pro Worth $200? Airtel Is Giving It Away for 12 Months, But Not to You

Free Perplexity Pro Worth $200? Airtel Is Giving It Away for 12 Months, But Not to You

Airtel India is offering users 12 months of free Perplexity Pro AI access worth $200, but the deal isn’t available in Africa.

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Standard Chartered and BII Launch $100M Trade Finance Facility for East Africa

Standard Chartered and BII Launch $100M Trade Finance Facility for East Africa

Standard Chartered and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today announced

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Liquid Partners with DropByDrop to Launch Smart Water Management in Kenya

Liquid Partners with DropByDrop to Launch Smart Water Management in Kenya

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with DropByDrop Water Systems (DropByDrop), a global provider of smart water technologies. This collaboration, which combines Liquid’s extensive network and tailored technology solutions with DropByDrop’s c

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HELB Seeks Access to KRA and NTSA Data to Track Loan Defaulters

HELB Seeks Access to KRA and NTSA Data to Track Loan Defaulters

HELB seeks KRA and NTSA data access to track student loan defaulters amid KES 13.7 billion funding shortfall, raising privacy concerns.

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High Court Slams Door on Safaricom’s Bonga Points Expiry — Here’s What It Means for You

High Court Slams Door on Safaricom’s Bonga Points Expiry — Here’s What It Means for You

High Court blocks Safaricom's Bonga Points expiry policy again, protecting customer loyalty rewards as personal property until appeal concludes.

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NETSCOUT Showcases AI-Powered Self-Healing Networks at TM Forum’s NeuroNOC Catalyst

NETSCOUT Showcases AI-Powered Self-Healing Networks at TM Forum’s NeuroNOC Catalyst

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS has announced its recent participation in TM Forum’s NeuroNOC Catalyst, an innovation project at DTW Ignite 2025, which set records for having the most Communication Service Providers and countries represented at a DTW...

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Check Point Named a Leader in Forrester Wave for Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025

Check Point Named a Leader in Forrester Wave for Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025

 Check Point has announced it has been recognised as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025. The independent analyst report evaluated the 10 most significant Zero Trust platform providers and cited...

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Bolt Partners with NTSA, Police & Nairobi County for Driver and Courier Safety Workshop

Bolt Partners with NTSA, Police & Nairobi County for Driver and Courier Safety Workshop

Bolt hosted a comprehensive safety training workshop for drivers and couriers on its platform. This initiative, a collaborative effort with the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), the National Police Service (NPS) Traffic Police Department,...

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KCB Foundation Celebrates 800 Youth Graduates from 2Jiajiri Programme in Elgeyo Marakwet

KCB Foundation Celebrates 800 Youth Graduates from 2Jiajiri Programme in Elgeyo Marakwet

800 youth graduated from KCB Foundation's 2Jiajiri programme in Elgeyo Marakwet, combining technical training with business development for entrepreneurial success.

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How African Talent Company and Mastercard Foundation Are Transforming Youth Employment Across Africa

How African Talent Company and Mastercard Foundation Are Transforming Youth Employment Across Africa

African Talent Company and Mastercard Foundation's technology-driven partnership has trained 2.4 million youth, facilitated 600,000 job placements, expanding across Africa.

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Moringa School Hosts Career Fair and Graduation

Moringa School Hosts Career Fair and Graduation

Moringa School held itS annual Career Fair and graduation ceremony on July 11th, 2025, at the Dome ASK, Jamhuri Showground, Nairobi.

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OPPO Set to Launch Reno14 Series in Kenya this Month

OPPO Set to Launch Reno14 Series in Kenya this Month

OPPO has announced that it will launch the new Reno14 Series in Kenya on 24th July. This is the successor to the Reno 13 series

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Standard Chartered Pushes Blended Finance as Key to Africa’s Infrastructure and Climate Goals

Standard Chartered Pushes Blended Finance as Key to Africa’s Infrastructure and Climate Goals

Standard Chartered reaffirmed its commitment to blended finance solutions to unlock Africa’s infrastructure financing gap. Speaking at the just concluded Africa Debate in London, UK, Kariuki Ngari, Managing Director & CEO, Kenya and Africa Standard...

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LG Unveils Wireless OLED evo M5 Series

LG Unveils Wireless OLED evo M5 Series

LG has announced the global rollout of its newest wireless OLED TV series, the LG OLED evo M5, a TV that combines LG’s advanced True

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Kisumu’s 2025 Business Summit Aims to Unlock Major Investment for Kenya’s Lake Region

Kisumu’s 2025 Business Summit Aims to Unlock Major Investment for Kenya’s Lake Region

The 2025 Business Ecosystems Summit in Kisumu aims to attract major investment for Kenya's Lake Region.

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Huawei LEAP Job Fair Creates 1,700 Job Opportunities for Kenyan Youth Through Strategic China-Kenya Partnership

Huawei LEAP Job Fair Creates 1,700 Job Opportunities for Kenyan Youth Through Strategic China-Kenya Partnership

Huawei LEAP Job Fair offers 1,700 jobs, showcases China-Kenya digital skills partnership and youth empowerment.

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Standard Chartered Spearheads Blended Finance Revolution to Bridge Africa’s $130 Billion Infrastructure Gap

Standard Chartered Spearheads Blended Finance Revolution to Bridge Africa’s $130 Billion Infrastructure Gap

Standard Chartered pioneers blended finance, tackling Africa's $130B infrastructure gap by combining public-private capital for transformative continental development.

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Kenya Fuel Prices Jump KES 8.99 for Super Petrol in July 2025 Review

Kenya Fuel Prices Jump KES 8.99 for Super Petrol in July 2025 Review

Kenyan motorists are bracing for a significant blow to their wallets as the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced substantial fuel price

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CA Report: Consumer Complaints Dropped by 28% Between April and June 2025

CA Report: Consumer Complaints Dropped by 28% Between April and June 2025

The latest numbers are in, and there’s a little less shouting from consumers this past quarter. But it’s not all sunshine and good vibes.

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Google is Merging Android and Chrome OS

Google is Merging Android and Chrome OS

Insights At a Glance:

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OPPO Reno14 Series Gears Up for Kenya Launch

OPPO Reno14 Series Gears Up for Kenya Launch

OPPO Reno14 Series launches in Kenya July 24, featuring Sponge Armor design, triple IP protection, and likely Reno14 F 5G only.

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