Kenya and India have signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) aimed at enhancing bilateral ties between the two countries. The two countries will collaborate in sectors that include health, energy, ICT sectors, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as well as marketing avocados. In a post shared on his official X app account, president William Ruto who...
The increase in the cost of energy has been one of Safaricom’s main concerns during the 2023 financial year. The company wants to reduce its costs to accelerate its growth. Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom has signed a partnership agreement with Nokia to reduce energy consumption and costs across its 3G, 4G and 5G networks. The Finnish...
Kenya’s President William Ruto has committed to sign the Start-up Bill 2022 into law, which is intended to improve the country’s startup sector. The president stated during Kenya Innovation Week that he will sign the bill into law by April of next year. “By March, or April next year, we will have a firm startup...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is seeking a downward review of mobile phone network roaming and interconnection charges in efforts to deepen regional integration, trade and growth of the ICT sector. To this effect, the COMESA Secretariat and the European Union (EU) have signed a Grant contribution agreement worth 8 million Euros for the Enhancement of...
The Kenyan government will now implement Microsoft’s cloud-first strategy to improve public service delivery through its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Authority. Microsoft will engage the National Government, Ministries, Departments, and Agencies through the ICT Authority in a mutually beneficial working framework that will be finalised in February 2024, according to the agreement inked on...
The Communications Authority of Kenya has announced a reduction in charges of mobile call rates from March next year. In a statement, the authority urged telco providers to review the current Sh0.58 per minute down rate to Sh0.41 per minute. In the latest review, the Authority has capped the MTRs and FTRs at KES 0.41...
The Kenyan government has asked the Blockchain Association of Kenya (BAK) to write the first draught of the Crypto Bill, also known as the Virtual Asset Service Provider’s Bill, in a move that could see crypto-currencies regulated. The government made the recommendation after BAK appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning....
Safaricom had already launched an investment fund in 2014 called Spark Venture Fund. As it seeks to evolve from its current status as a telecoms company to a technology company, the company wants to go beyond just injecting capital. The Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom announced on Wednesday, November 8, that it had launched a program called...
Airtel Kenya and Safaricom announced this week they are expanding 5G coverage across 35 counties. Kenya’s counties are geographical units and the East African country has 47 of them. Now, Bomet, Busia, Isiolo, Kitui, Mandera, Migori, Tharaka-Nithi, Trans Nzoia, Homa Bay, West Pokot, Embu, Kirinyaga, Muranga, and Turkana are among the new counties where 5G...
Safaricom, Kenyan telco, has approached the government for help in classifying telecommunications equipment as critical infrastructure. This comes in the wake of an uptick in vandalism recorded around the country. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa highlighted during the unveiling of Kenya’s first device assembly plant that the sector has collectively invested in modern infrastructure that is...
