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How Information Communication Technology (ICT) is transforming Africa

This year, the Kenya Information and Communication Technology (ICT) regulator, the Kenyan Communications Commission (KCC) marked its first 10 year anniversary with flamboyant radio, newspaper and television adverts detailing its achievements. Many of the radio stations have been offering cash prizes to listeners who can innovatively detail what life was like before the advent of [...]

• Industries:
• Technology

• Countries:
• Pan African

• Tags:
• direct foreign investment,
• email,
• ICT,
• Information Communication Technology,
• International Telecommunications Union,
• Internet,
• ITU,
• mobile phone,
• MPESA,
• MTN,
• Safaricom,
• SMS,
• Zain,
• ZAP

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Zain Kenya enters the Mobile Money Transfer Market

The fight for customers in the Kenya Mobile Telecoms market just got hotter, last month.   Zain Kenya finally got the go ahead from the Central Bank of Kenya to offer its money transfer service dubbed ‘Zap’ to the public.   Launched last week, this will end market leader Safaricom’s two year monopoly with their money transfer [...]

• Industries:
• Technology

• Countries:
• Kenya

• Tags:
• Econet,
• M-Pesa,
• Mobile Banking,
• Mobile Money transfer,
• Orange,
• Standard Chartered Bank,
• Telecom Kenya,
• Wananchi,
• Zain,
• ZAP

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