Author: David Indeje

Customers in Kenya will now be able to pay for goods and services through Lipa Na M-Pesa from any network.  This is after Kenya’s leading telcos Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom announced merchant interoperability through their mobile money services. The merchant interoperability however will entail the ‘Lipa Na M-Pesa Buy Goods Till’, excluding the Paybill option whose consideration has been pushed to a later date. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) termed the move as an important step in the evolution of Kenya’s payment services, as it allows customers of these mobile money providers to make payments to any merchant regardless…

In a concert at the Jain Bhavan Auditorium in Nairobi, the Safaricom Youth Orchestra displayed a mastery of art and harmony as they played charmingly intimate pieces to the audience. This was the first physical event in 2 years.  Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Safaricom Youth Orchestra did not fail to impress. As a result, it held its  8th Safaricom Youth Orchestra graduation ceremony. Themed “Play it Forward”, students were encouraged to go out into the world and make a difference through acts of kindness such as volunteering their skills or mentoring others who are pursuing the same musical path. …

Unregistered SIM cards in Kenya will be deactivated by April 15 as the government steps up the fight against crime and improve data accuracy. Communications Authority (CA) has already ordered all mobile network operators to speed up the data cleanup exercise, adding that no more time will be added. ”We must ensure each subscriber is duly registered. We have about 65 million SIM cards active in Kenya. It means each and every person born in Kenya has a number attached to them. But we know the fact is most people have more than one SIM card,” Mr. Ezra Chiloba, Director…

Kenya’s fiscal deficit is likely to stay at the budget estimate of 6.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022-23, according to Finance Minister Ukur Yatani. The fiscal deficit estimated by the budget is Ksh 862.5 billion. This is equivalent to 6.2 percent of GDP in the financial year to July down from Ksh 1,024.3 billion equivalent to 8.1 percent of GDP in the FY 2021/22. “The fiscal deficit will be financed through net external financing of Ksh 280.7 billion equivalent to 2.0 percent of GDP and net domestic financing of Ksh 581.7 billion equivalent to 4.2 percent of…

Kenya’s Finance Minister Ukur Yatani presented July 2022 to June 2023 spending proposals to parliament on Thursday. The government plans to spend an estimated KSh3.31 trillion budget. Themed  “accelerating economic recovery for improved livelihoods”, the budget estimates aims to help citizens recover from the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Encouraged by better-than-expected growth in 2021, Yatani expressed confidence that the economy would expand by 6 per cent in 2022 from an estimated 7.6 per cent in 2021, and the fiscal and current account deficits would remain within limits at 5.9 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. According to…

Twitter is exploring adding an edit button it said on Tuesday. If actualized, the edit button would appear in the dropdown menu on an already-published tweet, alongside the delete and pin buttons. “We’re kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible,” a tweet from the communications team said. https://twitter.com/TwitterComms/status/1511456430024364037?s=20&t=UhUmayHvnvLwv5inkTcdSg Jay Sullivan, the head of consumer product at Twitter,  confirmed the possible change.  “Edit has been the most requested Twitter feature for many years,” he said. “People want to be able to fix (sometimes embarrassing) mistakes, typos and hot takes in…