KCB Group CEO and MD Joshua Oigara said that the completion of the transaction in Rwanda will give the Group a stronger edge in deepening the ongoing Group strategy to scale regional presence. “The combined history of BPR and KCB will take the Group to greater heights, giving us a stronger edge to play a bigger role in driving the financial inclusion and economic empowerment agenda in the East African region,” said Mr Oigara....

The partnership will offer a platform that will ensure fast and efficient delivery of Postal and Courier services, with the ability to track and trace from origin to destination between the two countries, and providing a friendly and seamless service through the vast Postal Network between the two East African countries. Speaking at the the launch of the partnership, Peter Kanaiya, the corporation’s board chairman said that the corporation was currently benchmarking with Tanzania Postal Administration in regard to their newly launched virtual Post Office, branded, Posta Kiganjani, with the objective of implementing the same in Kenya....

Enza Capital, a private venture fund that invests in early-stage tech startups across Africa, led the investment. Future of Learning Fund, a Kenyan edtech backer; BriteGaze, a South African artificial intelligence fund; Bisk Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm; and Tekton Ventures, a San Francisco-based technology investment firm, are among the other investors in the round. Kenya-based Chandaria Capital, Nigeria-based LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund and an array of other angel investors, including founders and top executives of Africa’s leading SaaS, e-commerce and education startups, joined as well....

According to pictures leaked by the famous –and often very accurate- tipster Evleaks, we can see the design will be a slight alteration of what we have on the Samsung Galaxy S8. The Infinity Display makes a come-back, but this time, it has square corners instead of the round ones of the S8. The Evleaks render also confirmed that there will be a midnight black color option. However, there was another set of images that was released showing a beautiful gold color version....

Originally distributing solar lighting kits in East African homes for a meagre Ksh 3,500 deposit and Ksh 50 daily for a year (Ksh 21,750), the firm realized it could maintain its solar energy route but add more items to its inventory to get any significant returns. Today, the firm launched its first solar-powered digital flat screen TV emotively aiming to appeal to the rural folks who may never have heard of or seen a TV set let alone own one....

Now it has emerged that the same suspect has another ongoing court case also related to hacking activities. Mutuku is facing criminal charges for being part of a hack into NIC Bank’s system that took place in December, last year. He appeared before a Kenyan court in January to answer to the charges. “I was arrested in early January for allegedly hacking into NIC Bank. The case is ongoing. Now when Safaricom was hacked and it found that I, like other subscribers, had bought the stolen airtime without knowing, they were very quick to arraign me,” says Mutuku in an interview with the Business Daily....

“With the launch of the Helio G96, MediaTek advances its position as the leading mobile chip innovator, delivering new system-on-chips to boost display and photography experiences for the mainstream market,” said Christo Wessels, MediaTek Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa. “MediaTek is continually advancing chip performance, speed and reliability. The new Helio G96 chip is at the core of incredible mobile experiences.” The MediaTek Helio G96 SoC ensures premium everyday user experiences with its support for 120Hz displays with up to FullHD+ resolution for notably smoother scrolling of webpages and animations in apps....

In 2022, the BMW Group delivered 2,399,636 vehicles, including Mini and Rolls-Royce sales. In fact Rolls-Royce posted a record year with 6,021 cars which was up 8% over 2021. Even after excluding those brands, BMW ended the year with 2,100,692 units sold, narrowly beating Mercedes which had 2,043,900 units sold, including van sales. Things were a little different in major markets like the United States. Mercedes-Benz sold 350,949 vehicles in the United States, surpassing BMW’s 332,388....

According to a fresh source, the firm has chosen to put a hiring freeze in place for certain engineering positions, recruiters, and low-level data scientists. Meta has halted hiring for various areas after failing to meet sales projections, according to recent reports. While the impact was felt immediately by Meta’s engineering staff, an internal memo indicated that the business is modifying its hiring plans in other departments. A report by The Verge states that Meta is pulling back its investments in a number of products, including teams that it created to compete against the likes of Zoom....

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday that Meta Platforms, the company that owns Facebook, will open a virtual apparel shop where users may buy fashionable garments for their avatars. In a live video chat with Instagram’s head of fashion, Zuckerberg said that virtual clothes created by the fashion houses Balenciaga, Prada, and Thom Browne will initially be for sale. They would cost between $2.99 and $8.99, according to a Meta representative, far less than the actual clothing created by such designers....

Mark Benjamin will remain CEO of Nuance, reporting to Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud & AI at Microsoft. The transaction is intended to close this calendar year. Microsoft has accelerated its efforts to provide industry-specific cloud offerings to support customers and partners as they respond to disruption and new opportunities. These efforts include the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, introduced in 2020, which aims to address the comprehensive needs of the rapidly transforming and growing healthcare industry....

Microsoft has a long-term strategic vision to enable affordable broadband access to its customers to empower business and increase productivity. To move this objective forward, Microsoft will collaborate with Liquid Telecom, a pan-African telecommunications provider that operates the region’s largest independent fibre network, which spans over 40,000km across 12 countries. The joint effort will focus on the delivery of cloud services, small-and-medium business development and the enablement of a television white space technology and partner ecosystem to provide further connectivity across the continent....

Dubbed Biz4Afrika, the portal is aimed at helping SME’s get the resources they need and as well connect with the community of entrepreneurs that will have a meaningful impact on job creation, global competitiveness and wealth creation in the long run. Biz4Afrika is part of Microsoft 4Afrika’s iniative and will be rolled out in other countries steadily. Delivering a keynote at the annual Connected Kenya conference, Kunle Awosika, Country Manager of Microsoft Kenya- the title sponsor of the Summit, focused on the importance of the SME sector to boost intra-African trade....

Dr Willis Akhwale who is the Covid-19 vaccine advisory has confirmed the the ministry of information, communications and technology has created a platform that will be used for online applications for the vaccine. “We are still deliberating on what to call it, it’s 100 percent developed by the government with inputs and specifications from my taskforce,” Dr Akhwale told Nation in an exclusive interview on Thursday. How will it work?...

Nevertheless, the company shared a statement on social media saying; Despite this, customers with pending loans in Tanzania will still be required to clear their debts. An official from the company confirmed the announcement posted on social media and added, “Yes, we are no longer offering loans in Tanzania. Unfortunately, due to legal reasons, we cannot divulge any more information other than what was communicated on social media.” The Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper reports that the company is expected to issue a statement later on explaining the reason behind the closure....

All Amber, the event’s organizers, announced numerous key partnerships, new measures and an excellent venue to uphold the idea of establishing new standards of excellence for technology conferences continentwide. The first Mobile Web Africa event was held in October 2009 in South Africa and five years on Matthew Dawes, the founder of All Amber is keen to ‘give a special conference experience’. The events industry in SA has massively grown since the event was put together, says Dawes....

Aptly titled “It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Netflix,” the streaming service will premier 29 new movies and shows starting November 1st, giving you all the festive content you’ll need to get into the holiday spirit. You can see Netflix’s full holiday lineup below to mentally prepare for all of your binge-watching: Holiday in the Wild: A recently separated Kate Conrad (Kristin Davis) embarks on a solo safari through Africa....

Kolomoni is a product of Cintrust Microfinance Bank, a subsidiary of CapitalSage Technology Limited, an integrated financial technology group. Founded in 2014 as a micro-lending business, the company has strategically evolved and consolidated its business offerings through the adoption of an innovative business model focused on people’s profound needs and value creation. Speaking at the award ceremony, The Group Head, Marketing and Communications, CapitalSage, Ilabeshi Gabriel, described the award as a welcome testimonial to the company’s effort to achieve its three-pillared agenda....

Maliyo is a Lagos-based game development studio with a portfolio of over 40 mobile games. Its GameUp Bootcamp, which it launched in partnership with Google, is designed for people with a basic understanding of programming or a computer science background. Selected participants will learn how to refine, package, and develop casual Android games using a modern self-paced and project-based learning system, with instructors assessing and evaluating students’ progress on a regular basis....

In 2022, the startup plans to launch a tutor marketplace and expand throughout East, Southern, and Francophone Africa with the new funding. Teesas is Africa’s Learning Gateway for Higher Exam Grades with Tutorials from Africa’s Best Teachers, according to Osayi Izedonmwen, who launched it in November 2021. It provides high-quality video tutorials from Africa’s greatest teachers that explain key ideas in English and key local languages to help students understand them better....