Tag: Kenya
Worldcoin suspended in Kenya
The Kenyan government has ordered cryptocurrency project Worldcoin to stop signing up new users, citing data privacy concerns.Worldcoin, founded by US tech entrepreneur Sam...
Russian hackers launch cyberattack on Kenyan institutions, including Safaricom
A pro-Russian hacktivist group called Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for a series of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks on websites of Kenyan media, hospitals,...
Safaricom, Mobex Kenya enable M-Pesa transfers to Bangladesh, Pakistan
Kenyan telecom giant, Safaricom has announced a partnership with TerraPay (Mobex Kenya) to enable over 32 million M-Pesa customers to send and receive money...
Starlink now available in Kenya, set for Ghana Q4 2023
Elon Musk’s Starlink has announced the availability of its satellite broadband internet service in Kenya, with the East African nation becoming the latest on...
Airtel launches 5G in Kenya
Airtel has become the second telco to launch 5G in Kenya after Safaricom rolled out the service in October 2022, following months of testing.Airtel, also Kenya’s second-largest...
Flutterwave shifts focus to Rwanda amid Kenyan challenges
Flutterwave is shifting attention to Rwanda as it seeks to establish a central hub for payment operations in the East Africa region, reports indicate.According...
Kenya passes law to TAX digital content creators
The government of Kenya has finally passed a law to tax digital content creators like YouTubers, Tik-tokers, bloggers and others who make money from...
Flutterwave accounts frozen in Kenya again
Nigerian fintech company, Flutterwave, has been sued by 2,468 Nigerian nationals in a Kenyan court, for allegedly being the medium through which they were defrauded of...
China hacks Kenyan government, lessons for Ghana
A recent investigation by Reuters reveals that Chinese hackers specifically targeted Kenyan ministries, state institutions, and the State House from 2019 to 2022. Their objective was...
Kenyan to make affordable smartphones locally from July
Kenya will unveil its first one million locally made affordable smartphones in the next two months as the government seeks to increase internet-enabled mobile...