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The bank will be upgrading its main banking system beginning this Friday afternoon up to Sunday midnight “to provide customers with a simpler and enhanced banking experience.” “To facilitate this transition, all KCB branches across the 6 markets we operate in (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi) will be closed for business from Friday August 12, 2016 at 3:00pm to Sunday August 14, 2016 at midnight,” said KCB in a statement....

The new Inventory management policy adopted by the KEMSA Board following a management review is geared at ensuring adherence to optimal stock holding levels and will see the Authority’s stockholding exposure reduced from Kshs 14 billion to Kshs 9 billion worth of health products and technologies (HPT) inventories. Speaking when she confirmed the revised policy adoption, KEMSA CEO Terry Ramadhani said the policy benchmarked against world-class inventory management practices is aligned with the Ministry of Health National Health Products and Technologies Supply Chain Strategy 2020 – 2025....

Kennel Pride wants to help you out! Enioluwa Odunjo launched Kennel Pride in 2016, to help pet owners with all needs for their dogs. From Dog Training, Veterinary Home Service, Vacation Pet-Sitting, Dog Grooming, Pooper-Scooper Cleaning Services, Dog Walking, Daily Feeding and Care, Kennel Construction, Dog Stud Services, etc. There is also an online store for dog lovers to buy their favourite species of dogs, and also for pet owners to easy order their dog food from the comfort of their homes....

Application is now LIVE at vc4a.com/villgro-africa/kenya-innovation-week-healthcare-innovation/ The Kenya Healthcare Innovation Program awardees will be given the opportunity to participate in a bootcamp that includes business training to support commercially viable products and services. The training will also prepare them for pitching to potential investors. Financial awards, including incubation support, will be presented to the top three finalists during the Kenya Innovation Week(KIW) pitch fest coming up in December 2021. Villgro Africa will provide US $10,000 in awards (US $5,000 for 1st place, US $3,000 for 1st runner- up & US $2,000 for 2nd runner-up)....

Tell us about yourself, your team, educational backgrounds. Roles in the team. My Name is Bernard Momanyi Nyagaka, I am the Head of Business Development & Strategy at Onesha. I have a deep interest in how markets work so I will be graduating with a degree in Economics Statistics from University of Nairobi. I felt that Economics will make me understand fully the psychology on why people buy, what aspects of our consciousness drives our desire to expect better services from businesses and basically everything to do with consumers....

The main purpose of IODC is to accelerate collaboration and increase the impact of open data activities globally, across different work streams such as Agriculture, health, education, gender, and fiscal transparency. The Government of Spain, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the World Bank, and the Open Data for Development Network (OD4D) have been the curators of the Conference for the last 10 years. The Fifth IODC held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from September 27 – 28, 2018, was organized by the Government of Argentina, the World Bank, IDRC and OD4D with the support of Google, amongst others....

According to Victor Kiyalo, the ICT Authority’s acting CEO, the move is to ensure that the websites run at acceptable security standards. It is also claimed that the move could been triggered by the spate of hacking on government websites in July. According to Kiyalo, “the ICT Authority has formulated comprehensive standards to protect public web content, security, appearance and accessibility of public websites. For the standards to be enforced, we carried out an audit of government websites....

The funding round was co-led by U.S.-based investment fund Talanton and Swiss investor AlphaMundi Group.Novastar Ventures, which co-led the firm’s Series A round, and Blink CV also made follow-on investments. Kenya’s Victoria Commercial Bank offered $2 million in debt financing, as Talanton also extended $1 million mezzanine financing — a debt that can be turned into equity. Founder Eric Kouskalis said: “We entered this market because we saw a real opportunity to guarantee and deliver quality furniture....

Although the invention is not new it is quite a unique and interesting invention. The two Kenyan inventors had to drop out of university due to lack of means to pay tuition fees. This did not seem to be a hindrance for these robotics enthusiasts. They created a robotic arm made of several materials, including recycled wood, and controlled by brain signals. These signals are converted into electrical current by a bio-potential headset “NeuroNode”....

The report by manufacturing ERP firm Syspro and Strathmore University indicated that manufacturers asked for tax incentives for technology purchases, better training for local technology partners and improved availability of new technologies locally. SYSPRO’s Head of Channel, Pravir Rai said, “keeping IT costs low is very important for businesses particularly SMEs. A lot of software solutions in the market are unaffordable because they come with inbuilt capabilities that a business may not necessarily need at a given time....

LEAGOO S8 Pro The LEAGOO S8 Pro has a SHARP 5.99’’ in-cell FHD+ display whose brightness output goes up to 450 nits, well above the 400 mark of most flagships out there. It also comes with 85% NTSC color gamut and clocks in at 403 pixels per inch. Round the back is a fingerprint reader that unlocks in 0.1 seconds and just below it is a rear dual camera 13....

Foldable smartphones lacking a visible fold Earlier, we mentioned that foldable smartphones are still a new category of gadgets. The Korean manufacturer Samsung has consistently been at the forefront of steering this technology. As we can testify, it launched its 3rd Gen of the Galaxy Z fold smartphone a month ago. The only problem was the unattractive and visible fold in the middle of the display, which is currently the main problem here....

M-PESA also reportedly processes more than 61 million transactions a day making it Africa’s largest fintech provider even as it gears to become Africa’s biggest Super App. According to Peter Ndegwa, CEO – Safaricom, “We launched M-PESA back in 2007 in a bid to deepen financial inclusion for our customers by connecting them to useful and affordable financial services. In 15 years, we have seen population access to formal financial services grow to as high as 83% as we introduced additional services and reached more customers....

“It’s an easy way for commuters to text, book, and ride for intra-city travel,” Co-founder Iman Cooper told TechMoran. “No internet is required, making it accessible to the 80% of Kenyans who own mobile phones, but the majority of whom can’t afford data. Now commuters can access transportation that is reliable, affordable, and timely.” Founded last year by Leslie Ossete, Wyclife Omondi, Iman Cooper, and Sonia Kabra. The Magic Bus Ticketing team has together, lived and worked in more than 20 different countries, where they each have experienced firsthand the effects of not being able to get the right bus at the right time, leading to lost job interviews, visa applications, and other economic opportunities....

Matiangi revealed this at the opening of the Communications Authority ICT forum week held in Nairobi today. Although he did not divulge the composition of the taskforce, Matiangi said that the taskforce will look at the regulations in relation, content and so on. “The new broadcast regulations calls for participation from all stakeholders, we are going to ensure that all views are taken in,” said Matiangi. The new broadcast regulations are in line with the Kenya Information and Communications Act 1998, as amended (the “Act”) and the Kenya Information and Communications (Broadcasting) Regulations, 2009 that requires the CA to prescribe a Programming Code for free-to-air radio and television services setting out standards for the time and manner of programmes to be broadcasted by licensed broadcasters under the Act....

In this interview, he talks about Swift Delivery and his foray into entrepreneurship. Tell us a little about yourself I am Isoko Walter Jnr, co-founder/MD of Swift delivery. I am also a business developer, a self trained digital marketer. I was born and raised in Benin city. I studied Mathematics and Statistics at Ambrose Alli University, Edo state, Nigeria. I am passionate about developing businesses, creating job opportunities and helping Nigerian start-ups achieve strong market presence online...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said “We’re heading towards a future where more people can do creative work they enjoy, and I want platforms like ours to play a role in making that happen” Meta will be opening up reels play bonus program to more creators and let them cross-post their Instagram reels to Facebook and monetize them as well. Creators will also have a creator’s Marketplace where they can get discovered and be paid or linked up with brands for partnerships among others....