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Google loses as Safaricom partners Amazon Web Services in Kenya

Trending new deal between Kenya’s lead telecom giant, Safaricom and Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Kenya may be putting Google on the hot seat of losing fortunes and real market share in parts of Africa. Recall that Safaricom has announced…

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Can Kenya survive possible US pressure over Huawei 5G network deal?

At a time the Kenyan government is working to engage Chinese telecom giant, Huawei to handle its 5G network development, there are fears that the deal may hobble its US Free Trade Agreement and force US to pullout which would…

Inlaks boss, Adeoti reveals what made Kenya’s Mpesa thick in financial inclusion

The Chief Executive Officer of Inlaks Group, leading Nigerian systems integrator and payment solution provider, Mr. Femi Adeoti, has explained key factors that boomed financial inclusion and mobile money in Kenya through Mpesa platform. In an interview in Lagos, he…

Why M-Pesa mobile money scheme can’t work in Nigeria

Just as M-Pesa, Kenya’s leading African mobile money platform driven by Safaricom has flagged off expansion spree across Africa and beyond, analysts in the sector has said that it will not enter Nigeria because of the prevailing legal framework governing…