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Cybersecurity

Uganda’s Parliament Passes Tougher Penalties for Cyber Criminals

Luis Monzon -
The Parliament of Uganda has passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 privately moved by Muhammad Nsereko (Ind., Kampala Central), which imposes tough penalties for cyber-crimes. The Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 sought to amend the Computer Misuse Act, 2011...
East Africa

Who is Jumia Kenya’s Incoming CEO?

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Africa's e-commerce giant Jumia announced last week a leadership change for its Kenyan arm. Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi, who had only been at the company for the last nine months since joining in 2021, will be replaced by Juan...
East Africa

Kenya’s “First Original Drama Series” Comes to Netflix – Release Date Announced

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Country Queen, a family drama series set in contemporary Kenya, is premiering worldwide this month on streaming platform Netflix. According to the announcement of its release, Country Queen will be the first original drama series produced in Kenya to...
East Africa

Kenya’s Cellulant Partners Tanzanian Fintech NALA for Overseas Payments

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NALA, a Tanzania based Fintech company, has teamed up with Kenya's Cellulant, a Pan-African Payments Company, to oversee and allow remittance payments from the United Kingdom and the United States into Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana for customers. Besides...
East Africa

Kenya’s Lipa Later Scores AliExpress Co-Founder as New CTO

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Lipa Later, a first-of-its-kind buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company operating in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Nigeria, has appointed Tom Gong as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Gong's previous experience includes being the co-founder of massive China-based retail service AliExpress, and former...
Company News

Visa Opens its First African Innovation Studio in Kenya

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Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has today opened a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, Kenya. The studio is its first dedicated innovation site in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). According to a press release, this facility will serve the sub-Saharan...
Artificial Intelligence

Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Centre of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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The government of Rwanda has announced the launch of the Centre of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), the first of its kind to be formally launched in Africa, according to Borge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum (WEF),...
East Africa

Showmax to Launch 4 New Original Titles in Kenya

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In yet another move to invest in the film and TV industry in Kenya, Showmax has unveiled four new Original productions to be released in 2022. The incoming slate includes Kenya’s first Christmas feature film, a crime drama series set...
East Africa

IoT-Fueled Gricd to Deliver 4.2-Million Moderna Jabs with Nigeria’s NPHCDA

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Gricd, a cold chain technology company that uses the Internet of Things (IoT) to enable last-mile delivery of temperature-sensitive products, has teamed up with Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to deliver 4.2 million doses of the...
East Africa

Safaricom Pulls Staff Out of Ethiopia As War Nears the Capital City

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East Africa's leading telecom company Safaricom has reportedly evacuated some of its employees from Ethiopia, fearing disruption to its operations due to the ongoing armed conflict and civil unrest in the horn of Africa country. The firm evacuated employees...
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Offboarded Employees and ITAM – It Doesn’t Have to Be a Mess

As today’s workplace shifted to digital, companies often focus heavily on onboarding, but what happens when an employee decides...
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