Author: Charity Mbaka

Turkey is has finally listed its ban on Wikipedia after nearly three years. According to a local newspaper, a Turkish court ruled that the ban curtailed citizens’ freedom of expression. Wikipedia is a free web-based encyclopedia which is created and edited by volunteers worldwide. Turkey blocked Wikipedia in April 2017…

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German lender, KfW Development Bank has injected US$ 33 million into African Guarantee Fund (AGF). AGF is a Pan-African financial institution that promotes economic development, increases employment and reduces poverty in Africa by providing financial institutions with guarantees and other financial products specifically intended to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Africa. AGF Group CEO, Felix…

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French telco giant, Orange, is making the necessary steps towards an IPO for its Africa and Middle East business ventures. According to a report by Bloomberg, Orange is planning to list them on the London and Paris stock exchange, pending advice from Morgan Stanley and BNP Paribas. Orange’s Africa &…

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Kenya’s Little Shuttle yesterday announced that it would be suspending its services temporarily. Little posted a statement on Twitter announcing the shutdown that read, “We deeply regret to announce that the Little Shuttle service has been temporarily suspended effective immediately. We apologize profusely for the inconvenience but the service will…

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Egypt-based ride hailing service Swvl has will now take its riders to destinations outside Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Swvl’s commuter buses will take customers to four towns: Nakuru, Naivasha, Meru, and the latest addition, Eldoret. The long distance shuttle services were quietly launched earlier, with Swvl only making an official…

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Microsoft has appointed Kendi Ntwiga to the top spot in its Kenyan operations effective January 2020. Ntwiga, formerly the General Manager of Checkpoint Software Services, has vast experience working in the STEM fields, and has contributed to Microsoft’s diversity and digital transformation journey in Africa. She will spearhead strategies and…

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Security researcher, Ibrahim Balic, was able to match the phone numbers of 17 million people to Twitter accounts linked to them. Speaking to TechCrunch, Balic highlighted that when he uploaded a user’s phone number through Twitter’s contact upload feature, it would fetch the associated user’s data. He however had to…

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Russia’s Ministry of Communications has announced that it has successfully tested its own independent internet. The Russian government has been working on this internet project in a bid to tighten control over internet activity in the region. Recently, Russia passed its “sovereign internet law” which allows the government to block…

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