Technology to reduce cheque clearing from 4 to 2 days in Kenya.
This is great news and long overdue! Kenya’s Treasury is looking to pass a new law in Parliament that will reduce the amount of time it takes a banked cheque to clear from 4 to 2 days. The current 4 days clearence period is due to the fact that cheques
Nokia and Safaricom announce DSTV mobile partnership.
It has been reported in the media this week that Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile network and Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone company have announced a strategic partnership for the distribution of DSTV mobile. Nokia has just launched a range of mobile tv compatible phones which will have free access
Swahili Facebook launched.
Facebook has launched a Swahili language version of its super popular social network this week. Swahili is spoken by over 100 million people in Eastern and Central Africa making it one of the largest languages on the continent. This continues the trend for technology companies like Google and Microsoft who