Eastern Africa

Kenya is among key drivers of global mobile money transactions, a report by global firm-GSMA indicates, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to push up digital payment trends. The GSMA Consumer …

An experts’ meeting to review Kenya’s implementation strategy for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is ongoing in Mombasa to discuss a range of sectors that could help the …

Safaricom will Friday launch Kenya’s first fifth-generation (5G) mobile internet services targeting major urban centres, making it the inaugural operator to offer commercial and superfast services in the region. The …

Airtel Tanzania has announced a new partnership with TPB Bank with the aim of improving and expanding digital financial services in Tanzania such as paying LUKU, DSTV and government utilities …

Kenya Airways (KQ) net loss has nearly tripled to Ksh36.2 billion (about $330 million), the worst ever in the history of the airline, on account of Covid-19 disruptions that led …

Office space rent in Nairobi declined 13 percent last year, making Kenya’s capital the cheapest among top African cities, a new survey has shown. The Knight Frank report shows that …

Kenya drifts into a recession for the very first time in the last  20 years in the third quarter of 2020 as measures introduced by the authorities of the East …

Uganda had experienced a nationwide internet blackout as citizens went to exercise the voting right in the ongoing presidential elections, according to NetBlocks, which tracks Net disruptions globally. “It’s currently …

The East African Business Council (EABC) wants all Covid-19 related charges between the regional countries lowered and harmonised to ease the cost of doing business and boost intra-EAC trade. This, …

Ken Njoroge, the co-founder of cellulant will not be the firm’s Chief Executive Officer by the end of this year In a statement, Njoroge said 2021 will be his last …