In the news today, Zain, Kenya’s second largest mobile network has lowered its internet charges by approximately 25%. The move is expected to increase the number of subscribers that Zain has to-date by making internet access significantly more affordable, country-wide. It also means that Zain is responding to the recent

I just found out that Orange Kenya launched its mobile web portal earlier this week. The service which has been named “Orange World” is only accessible to Orange Kenya subscribers and requires mobile web enabled handsets in order to access it. The portal will be free to Orange Kenya subscribers

In the news today, Orange Kenya plans to launch a mobile money transfer service to compete with Safaricom’s M-Pesa and Zain Kenya’s Zap services. Specific details as to when Orange Kenya plans to launch its mobile money transfer service have not been provided  as yet. Mobile money transfers in Kenya