Tag: Kenya
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.Â
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...
Kenya to tax content creators
The Government of Kenya has proposed multiple amendments to the Finance Bill for 2023. The proposals aim to expand the tax base for the...
Kenya approves spyware to nab fake mobile phones
Then Kenya government wants to curb the sale and distribution of fake phones so it has approved a spyware software to be installed on...
Meta loses another legal battle on Kenya
Meta has lost another legal battle in Kenya as a court in the East African country ruled against Meta in a lawsuit where two Ethiopians...
Kenya wants to tax crypto
Kenya is reportedly considering enforcing new regulations that will tax crypto exchange platforms like Binance and Bitmama.
Business Daily reports that crypto platforms operating in...