Paycode is a service from Interswitch Ltd which has made all this possible. Nigerians can find Paycode on their Discover menu today. Interswitch currently procides BBM users with airtime top-up and a money trasnsfer service. Later this spring a bill payment solution is expected from this partnership. These impressive improvements are meant to establish BBM as a leading messaging platform for mobile payments and further to give BBM customers a better app experience....

The Jack Ma Foundation’s donation includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs, and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 sets of protective gear, 200,000 face shields, 2,000 temperature guns, 100 body temperature scanners, and 500,000 pairs of gloves. This is the third round of donations from the Jack Ma Foundation which has supplied COVID-19 essentials to 54 African countries in a bid to help fight the pandemic. The first donation was made in March and included 5....

But First, How Do These Numbers Exist? Before divulging into the awesomeness that is prank hotline numbers, let’s take a moment to understand how they exist. You purchase a virtual number from a cloud-based phone solutions provider, like GlobalCallForwarding. Record and add your custom voicemail greeting in there and then pass the hotline number along. Another way to do it is to use vanity numbers. These numbers use repetitions or letters to be memorable or spell out a word....

The Polyglot Trojan has been propagating via spam emails containing a malicious attachment packed in a RAR-archive. During the encryption process, the Trojan does not change the names of the files on an infected machine but it instead blocks access to them. After the encryption is completed, the desktop wallpaper on a victim’s screen is replaced with the ransom demand. Fraudsters request their ransom in bitcoins and, if the payment does not happen in time, the Trojan will delete itself from the infected device leaving all files encrypted This new ransomware looks similar to the infamous CTB-Locker ransomware,however after proper analysis, Kaspersky Lab experts haven’t found any similarities between their malware codes....

This is in addition to the existing high school scholarship programme that will see it spend over KShs. 2.8 Billion over the next ten years in the Education pillar. Every year, the top 50 performers from the high school programme will now receive university scholarships catering for the tuition fee in any public university in Kenya, in what kicked off with the 2020 KCSE class. The University Scholarship Programme will facilitate a smooth transition for the top performers who attain a mean grade of A and A- and the best 2 students living with disabilities each year, from the KCB Foundation High School programme....

Known as the Capacity Assessment and Rationalization of the Public Service (CARPS) Programme, the exercise will have all employees in Ministries, Departments and Agencies at the National and County governments physically present themselves at the identification centers with the following documents: Original ID card; duly completed biometric data form; original academic and professional certificates; letter of 1st appointment; letter to the current substantive post; current pay slip; and birth certificate....

The government has been teasing images of the new passports to illustrate the main changes. Some of the differences with the old one include a new blue colour scheme on the cover as well as a logo of a biometric chip at the bottom to signify its electronic chip inside. Moreover the header will be labelled ‘East African Community’ and below it will be the title ‘Republic of Kenya’. Many countries have already moved to electronic passports and we applaud Kenya in its decision to follow suit in line with the digitization agenda initiated by President Uhuru....

The acquisition is on the heels of a recent funding round from Mobility 54 Investment SAS, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO’s corporate venture capital arm, and is raising $100 million to drive its expansion in western and southern Africa with markets such as Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa, high on its priority list. In a statement, Mesh Alloys, Sendy Founder and CEO said: “This strategic investment will help us achieve Sendy’s long-term goal of expanding our West African presence and supporting our current customers looking to expand or enter the West African market....

Brands in the transport industry such as Jambo Jet have seen a decline in demand as people stay at home, while brick and mortar stores selling books and school uniforms have also received the short end of the stick. Corporates across all sectors that have been affected, but not all negatively. Nendo Limited has published an infographic about the impact of COVID-19 on consumers and corporates in Kenya, sifting out winners and losers....

Various organizations have already started informing their customers in a statement that beginning on February 1, 2023, they will have to charge 16% tax on all taxable products and services in Kenya due to new tax regulations. For Google, for example, Customers must enter into their Google Admin Console, click on the menu in the upper left corner, and then choose billing and payment accounts to change their tax information with Google....

Here is a quick breakdown. You’ll be paying:1K Registration26K per house/unit owned annuallyNEMA licenseSingle business permitHome insurance1% DST2% catering levy16% VAT & 30% corporate tax because you must be a LTD #SokoNews pic.twitter.com/JzFuzAF0Rh — SokoAnalyst (@SokoAnalyst) April 2, 2021 As a result, it’s not surprising that Airbnb is currently trending on Twitter, and with a number of Kenyans complaining about the new tax implications. In 2017 alone, Airbnb hosts were able to accumulate up to 390 million in 2017....

The round was led by Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) as anchor investor alongside other local and international investors. According to Nchaupe Khaole, Chief Investment Officer at MIC, “We believe that the impact of investment in small to medium scale enterprises on innovation, job creation and economic growth is crucial, and therefore urgent to unlock, especially right now. Our commitment brings to the table the investment, along with many of our strengths as an experienced player....

The Fund’s aim is to invest behind the expansion of African innovation-driven companies and fill a critical follow-on funding gap. Speaking on the announcement, Akash Maharaj, Executive, Equity Finance and Investments at Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking, said: “Standard Bank believes in the positive impact that investment into early-stage high-growth businesses can have on innovation, job creation and economic development of South Africa. We have partnered with a number of the leading investors in this space and are excited to add Knife Capital to our venture capital portfolio....

LG electronics has launched the Music Flow Speakers in the Kenyan market; it is a small rectangular portable Bluetooth speaker. This speakers, equipped with the Auto Music Play function and the Multo-Point function, allows the devices to connect with up to three Bluetooth devices at the same time and switch between them without having to stop the follow of the music. The Auto Music Play can also be connected to a compatible LG TV for enriched sound via TV Sound sync or get powerful stereo sound by connecting two speakers to a TV or smartphone by Dual play function....

Before joining Liquid Telecom, Abu was the CEO of Pan African Towers Limited (PAT), and before that, he served as the Vice President of Sales at Airtel Nigeria. He has also held several senior management roles in the Human Resources, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, and Marketing departments. Commenting on his appointment, Abu said, “Since the launch of the first Africa Data Centre in 2018, I have seen the Data Centre team grow their operations by leaps and bounds to cater to the rapidly developing cloud ecosystem on the African continent....

The “Apple Silicon” chip provides a performance boost and reduced power consumption. The MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, iPad Pro, and iMac 2021 devices displayed at the Spring Loaded event in April 2021 all have the Apple M1 installed. The M1 is currently offered in four different forms: the M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, and the successor M2, which is found in the M2 model of the Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch....

LynkMii aims to help users find Businesses, Special Offers, events, Jobs, latest news and blogs and just about everything. Businesses can also advertise their business, products and services on the platform and also add their Special Offers and Events anytime. Using GPS, the site will pick u users locations from around the world and also help stranded users get Emergency Services around them. According to the founder Dele Odusanya, the online business directory for companies of all sizes, sectors and industries says it enables business owners to publish details of their products and services to these mobile customers based wherever they are to enable their prospective customers to review them and see the specific services or any special offers that may be available....

Thinus Ferreira, an independent TV critic, writer and journalist in South Africa wrote on his blog TV with Thinus that the cause of the fire is yet to be established but “Production company Endemol South Africa and M-Net had no choice but to cancel the start of the show which has seen multiple production challenges the past few weeks before the cameras had even started rolling.” According to Ferreira, there are no casualities reported but the devastating blaze brutally destroyed M-NET’s studio at Highlands North in Johannesburg....

West Africa’s MainOne and Smile Communications have signed a deal to purchase a long term capacity on the MainOne network. This agreement extends the tenure of Smile’s existing services with MainOne and will bolster remarkable growth for Smile Communications in the Nigerian market. Folu Aderibigbe, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (CSMO) at MainOne, said that the agreement with Smile Communications will strengthen broadband penetration in the country as well as empower future generations to be competitive and tech-savvy....

Besides, it also simplifies matters related to tracking information about customer engagement, leads, and conversions for businesses. That said, these are just a few advantages of launching an email marketing campaign centered on CRM. Read on to get a detailed insight into what CRM email marketing is all about, how it works, and how it can create a win-win situation for companies. What is CRM Email Marketing? To understand the definition of CRM email marketing, you must break them down into individual elements....