Tag: Kenya
Kenya to tax TV stations that show foreign soap operas &...
The Kenyan government has proposed a new 50% tax or more on local TV stations that air foreign film content like soap operas, telenovas...
Flutterwave to invest Ksh.7 Billion in Kenya
Africa’s biggest fintech unicorn, Flutterwave says it is eyeing a $50 million (Ksh.7.3 billion) investment in Kenya once it gets local approval from the...
Kenya to rollout Digital ID cards
The Kenyan government has reportedly allocated a budget of KSh1 billion ($6.9 million) to rollout digital identification cards to its citizens.
The initiative, known as...
Flutterwave close to securing payments license in Kenya
Flutterwave has reportedly made significant progress towards securing a payments license in Kenya, in spite of a few legal hurdles it has to cross...
Flutterwave gets a nod in Kenya
Things are looking up for Flutterwave in East Africa, TechCabal reports.
A year after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) accused the Nigerian fintech of...
TikTok faces probe in Kenya
Kenyan lawmakers will investigate the use of TikTok in the East African nation after they received a petition demanding the social media platform be...
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...