Kenya, India Sign 5 MOUs In Health, Energy, ICT

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...

Kenya will enact a startup bill

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...

COMESA Advocates For Enhanced ICT Integration To Boost Intra-Africa Trade

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...

Kenya deploys Microsoft’s cloud services in public sector

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...

Kenya takes a step towards regulating crypto-currency

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....

Kenya: Safaricom partners with M-Pesa Africa and Sumitomo to launch accelerator program for start-ups

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, Safaricom extend 5G coverage

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 seeks govt support to safeguard telecom infrastructure

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...

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