Quarterly mobile transactions Coastweek NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenyans made mobile money transactions worth 5 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of this year, official data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) indicated. This was an increase of 0.76 billion dollars from a similar period ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile money indicates 'boom amid gloom' in teeming slums Coastweek One of them is mobile money boom. Amid the gloom, mobile cash transfer services are booming in slums in Kenya, just as they are thriving in other parts of the capital. There are tens of mobile money agents in slum districts in the capital, who are ... See all stories on this topic »

#AfricaAt50: How technology is changing journalism in Kenya Journalism.co.uk (blog) The timeline of social media's wider introduction in Kenya follows much the same path as Europe - Facebook around 2007/8, Twitter a couple of years later – but mobile use among the poor only took off in 2009 according to the World Bank, and the country ... See all stories on this topic » Journalism.co.uk (blog)

Orange Kenya Prepaid Offers SMS At Sh1 and On-Net Calls At Sh2 AllAfrica.com "On our network, a call from an Orange mobile line to any landline in Kenya is an on-net call charged at KSh. 2 per minute. In a price sensitive market, many users hesitate to make a call from their mobile phone to a landline. We are assuring our ... See all stories on this topic »

Telecoms to use bundle services in search of new customers Coastweek NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Mobile phone service providers in Kenya have turned to bundles to lure subscribers to their networks as they seek to increase market shares. Bundles allow subscribers to get an array of services at an affordable cost. One can make ... See all stories on this topic »

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