Latest Telecoms News about Kenya
Paying Wages Direct to Mobile Accounts Trialled in Kenya
A Vodafone report says mobile money payroll (mPayroll) could enable secure, cost-effective wage payments to be made to millions of unbanked workers by 2020, reducing corruption, lessening the risk of payday robbery and reducing the time spent travelling and waiting to receive cash wages....
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GSMA Opens Kenyan Office to Tap into African Telecoms Market
The trade association, the GSMA has opened a permanent office in Nairobi, Kenya. The office will be based in the heart of Nairobi's Innovation Hub (iHub) for the technology community ...
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Safaricom Invests in Backup Batteries for Base Stations
Kenya's Safaricom has spent Sh96 million on more backup batteries for its base stations to try and address network outages caused by unreliable mains electricity supply....
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Kenyan Mobile Money Deposits Now Greater than the Country's Largest Bank
Kenya's mobile networks are now collectively the largest bank in the country, thanks to the mobile money deposits they hold on behalf of their subscribers....
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Airtel Kenya Looking at Local Stock Market Listing
Bharti Airtel is looking to list a 15% stake of its Kenyan subsidiary on the local stock market in order to bring the company in line with local limits on foreign shareholders....
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Safaricom Denies Role in Kenyan Election Results Delay
Kenya's Safaricom has denied that its systems were the cause of delays to the General Election results being transmitted from rural voting stations to the capital city....
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Bharti Airtel Launches HD-Voice in Kenya
Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of the mobile HD voice service for its subscribers in Kenya. ...
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Huawei Drops Kenyan Corruption Lawsuit
Huawei has cancelled a lawsuit it was filing in Kenya claiming corruption by rival Chinese vendor, ZTE in a local contract....
Nokia Launches Mobile Content Service in Kenya
Nokia today announced that its Nokia Life mobile content service will launch in Kenya, one of Africa's largest economies, through a deal with Safaricom and Airtel....
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Safaricom to Offer Unsecured Loans to Mobile Money Agents
Kenya's Safaricom is to offer its mobile banking agents an unsecured loan facility to help them expand their mobile money services....
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