Author: Khusoko

Swedish Mobile App Truecaller has introduced a new identity solution, ‘Truecaller Business Identity’, for enterprises. The enterprise solution allows businesses to verify their identities using a green verified business badge, which accurately presents the organization’s name, photo, and logo. It also allows businesses to drive efficiency in their communications while improving call pick-up rates for genuine and important calls. “The new solution brings greater trust and efficiency in communication between businesses and clients as it gives confidence to consumers, knowing that the caller is a verified business by Truecaller,” the company said in an emailed statement. Speaking during the launch,…

Safaricom has partnered with Nakuru County to improve health services for over 100,000 people through an integrated electronic medical records program named Afya Moja. Afya Moja is a simple, mobile-based digital health passport that receives and securely stores patient information. It allows users to access a copy of their own health information and the ability to share it with trusted health providers. It allows doctors, upon consent, to have access to patients’ medical backgrounds and therefore respond effectively to their needs. “What we aim to do through Afya Moja, is to make patient medical records portable so that patients and…

Huawei held its 18th Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen Tuesday. More than 400 guests, including industry and financial analysts, key opinion leaders, and media representatives joined the event on-site, along with analysts and media representatives from around the world who attended online. Eric Xu, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman, shared the company’s business performance in 2020 as well as five strategic initiatives moving forward. According to Mr Xu, Huawei will: Optimize its portfolio to boost business resilience. As part of these efforts, Huawei will strengthen its software capabilities and invest more in businesses that are less reliant on advanced process techniques, as…

The county governments of Machakos, Makueni and Kajiado have suspended the issuance of new development permits for projects falling within the 10-kilometre radius around the Konza Technopolis for a period of 90 days. According to the County Governments, this provides sufficient time to creating guidelines and standards for regulation of land use and general development within the Konza technopolis. “The plan will provide basic guidelines and standards for regulation of land use practices and general development while controlling activities for the respective counties bordering the Technopolis. It will also guide developers and property owners on acceptable standards,” read a joint…

Africanhair PLC, trading as BeautyClick, a leading beauty e-commerce company has announced its intention to raise new equity by listing at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.  Speaking on the shareholders’ consent for an NSE listing, the company’s founder, and director Jesper Drescher, said that the shareholders’ unanimous decision sets the pace for the company to invite the public to invest as it seeks further capitalization to bolster its growth plan. Founded in 2016, the company is a subsidiary of ClickBeauty International of Denmark, has appointed Standard Investment Bank as its lead transaction advisor. CDSC Registrars Limited will act as the receiving…

Scale, a digital platform where businesses find the perfect conditions to discover tender opportunities, get guidance on how to respond, and digitally create winning tender responses, has launched an online platform that will allow businesses to take part in the procurement process. Marvin Tumbo, Co-founder and CEO of Scale says SMEs have been greatly affected especially by the changes in procurement processes. He says they have already onboarded over 3,300 businesses signed up and using the platform to manage their tendering. “Our solution not only addresses the historic barriers to procurement that SMEs face but is also perfectly positioned to…