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- 14 Jul 2019
Kenya Police Finds 70 SIM Cards on 2 Nigerians, Kenyan
Two Nigerians and a Kenyan woman have been arrested in Kenya over suspected involvement in mobile money fraud. They were arrested by Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations,…
- 6 Jul 2022
Kenyan Court Freezes Accounts of Flutterwave, Others for Alleged Money Laundering
A Kenyan high court has reportedly frozen the accounts of Futterwave, a Nigerian fintech, among over alleged money laundering. A total of 56 bank accounts holding a whopping Sh7 billion suspected to…
- 26 Sept 2025
NIGCOMSAT, Kenyan Space Agency Partner to Boost Africa’s Space Technology
The Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd and the Kenyan Space Agency (KSA) have begun talks to deepen collaboration in space technology, signalling a significant step toward advancing…
- 5 Feb 2014
GT Bank Battles for Souls of Kenyan Customers
GT Bank, Nigeria’s banking giant, will open its outlets over the weekend and even deliver cash at home for Kenyan depositors, according to Segun Agbaje, chief executive officer of the bank. The bank…
- 24 Jul 2024
Nigerian Fintech Firm Risevest Set to Acquire Kenyan Stock-trading App Hisa
Nigerian fintech startup enabling access to global investments and Nigerian stocks, Risevest is currently in negotiations to acquire Hisa, a Kenyan startup facilitating access to US stocks. Should…
- 28 Feb 2023
Kenyan Court unfreezes Flutterwave’s Frozen Funds
A Kenyan court on Monday, February 27, 2023, released Sh6.6 billion ($51.9 million) belonging to Nigerian fintech startup, Flutterwave. This came after the Asset Recovery Agency of Kenya withdrew its…
- 24 Sept 2013
“White Widow”, Kenyan Mall Bomber Was in Nigeria-UK Paper
Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow known as “White Widow” accused of masterminding the despicable terrorist attack on Kenyan shopping mall which killed more than 60 people was in Nigeria and…
- 1 Oct 2019
Kenyan E-Logistics Start-up Expands Operation to Nigerian Market
Lori a Kenyan e-Logistics company has officially announced its expansion to Nigeria in a bid to cement its footprint across Africa. The company, which is the largest eLogistics service…
- 20 Jun 2013
FG Confirms Grounding of Kenyan Aircraft
Federal government has confirmed that it has grounded a Kenyan aircraft that brought in three Nigerian deportees to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for non-adherence to…
- 21 Aug 2017
Lessons in Digital Rights Advocacy from The Kenyan 2017 Elections
In an earlier blogpost, I had drawn the attention of the world to watch out for digital rights violations during 3 critical African elections in August – in Kenya, Rwanda and Angola. Digital rights…
- 19 Aug 2021
Glo-Sponsored African Voices Airs with Nigerian, Kenyan Chess Masters
African Voices Changemakers, the Cable News Network's magazine programme, will this week beam its lights on two Chess masters who are developing youths within their localities to embrace the…
- 7 Aug 2019
Paradigm Initiative Calls out Kenyan Government over Privacy concern on Huduma Number
On February 18 2019, the government of Kenya publicly announced the rolling out of Huduma number, a single number that is linked to a resident’s personal identifiers including biometric and…
- 5 Aug 2025
Kenyan Court Blocks Paradigm Initiative’s Bid to Join Digital Freedom Lawsuit Against X Corp
In a pivotal ruling with implications for digital rights and judicial neutrality, the High Court in Nairobi has rejected an application by Paradigm Initiative (PIN) to participate as amicus curiae in…
- 29 Oct 2020
CcHUB Acquires eLimu, another Kenyan Startup
Nigerian-based Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) has again moved on to acquire eLimu, another tech company in Kenya. This is coming b Barely one year after it took control of iHub, Kenya’s foremost incubator…
- 5 Aug 2021
Spotify Introduces Kenyan Rapper Ssaru to Its EQUAL Music Program
Spotify has introduced Sylvia Saru, popularly known as Ssaru, as the latest artist to join its EQUAL Music Program. EQUAL is Spotify’s global initiative to cultivate gender equality in music and…
- 5 Oct 2018
Publiseer Enters Kenyan Market, Plans Underway for South Africa
Publiseer made its second expansion, and this time the digital publishing company is expanding into Kenya, with plans for its South African expansion underway. The Nigerian digital publisher…
- 31 May 2016
Nigerian, Kenyan Elected President, Secretary General of APRA
Mr. Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, a strategic communications expert and PR practitioner has been elected President of Africa Public Relations Association (APRA), the continent’s Public Relations professional…
- 14 Apr 2025
Kenyan CBN Okays Access Bank Full Acquisition Of NBK
Access Bank, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Holdings Plc, has received final regulatory approvals to acquire 100 per cent shareholding of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK), marking a significant…
- 6 Feb 2018
OLX Closes Nigerian, Kenyan Operations
Naspers owned OLX, one of Africa’s leading e-commerce platforms has winded up operations in Nigeria and Kenya. Business Insider Sub Saharan Africa (BI SSA) confirmed from several internal…
- 31 May 2017
UN Study: How Digitization of Kenyan Farmer Payments Helps Tackle Poverty
A new case study by the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance shows how agriculture nonprofit organization One Acre Fund, in partnership with Citi Inclusive Finance, successfully digitized…
- 25 Jul 2022
Airtel Africa Buys Kenyan Network Spectrum after Losing Nigeria’s 5G to MTN, Mafab
Airtel Africa has purchased additional spectrum in Kenya to extend its operation in the country, eight months after the company lost the 5G bid to its rivals in Nigeria. The telecommunications firm…
- 20 Mar 2026
Court Bans Kenyan Telcos from Recycling SIM Cards
Kenya’s High Court has ruled that mobile phone numbers are not disposable assets, but constitutionally protected digital identifiers, striking at the core of a long-standing industry practice of…
- 19 Dec 2019
Carbon Expands into Kenya
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has launched into Kenya. Kenyans will now be able to access instant loans, from Ksh 500 to 50,000, using their National ID number and a…
- 8 Jun 2015
SimbaPay Connects World’s First Int'l Access to M-Pesa PayBill
SimbaPay, a leading digital money transfer provider, on Monday, announced the launch of the first product in the world that allows Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa PayBill payments. This is a new…
- 21 Mar 2024
Access Bank to Acquire National Bank of Kenya
Access Holdings Plc has entered into a binding agreement with Kenyan-based KCB Group Plc for the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of National Bank of Kenya Limited. The deal will see…
- 4 May 2016
How Cloud to Rescue Businesses as Cyber-Crime Soars- Sage
With the threat of cyber-crime and insider fraud on the rise, Kenyan companies should be looking towards cloud applications as one means of improving the security of their IT environments, according…
- 4 Feb 2021
Glo Sponsored African Voices ChangeMakers to Focus on Mental Health
This week’s African Voices ChangeMakers, the Glo-sponsored magazine program on Cable News Nework (CNN), features social re-orientation champions Kennedy Odede, a Kenyan social entrepreneur and…
- 19 Nov 2014
ActivEdge Partners Riverbank Solutions to Deliver Electronic Journal Manager
ActivEdge Technologies Limited, one of the fastest growing Pan African Information Technology Company has teamed up with its Kenyan partner, Riverbank Solution to build a multiplatform Electronic…
- 16 Jan 2023
Kwara Raises $3M for Seed Expansion and Signs Deal to Reach Over 4,000 Credit Unions
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech digitizing credit unions (Saccos), has more than doubled its customer base over the past year and plans for huge growth in the coming years after raising a $3 million seed…
- 23 Oct 2024
d.light Joins Drive to Expand Off-grid Solar in Rural Kenya
d.light, the global provider of transformational household products and affordable finance for low-income households, has been chosen to take part in the latest Kenyan Government initiative to expand…