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CBK is banking on the strategy to cut friction between customers and digital payments providers, boost interoperability between payment platforms, introduce transparency in pricing.

Should we have a 5G rollout conversation or think harder about connectivity? These are not easy questions to answer.

KENYA: Harmonise legal framework on free expression with ICCPR recommendations ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa welcomes the concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) after Kenya’s fourth periodic review on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The 131 st Session of the Human Rights Committee reviewed Kenya alongside Finland. The session was held completely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ahead of Kenya...

THE STANDARD OPINION [ Courtesy] Users of telecommunication services – especially those in rural and marginalised areas – stand to gain the most should Parliament pass the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which, among other things, proposes to review the way money paid to the Universal Service Fund will be spent in future. Considering how Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the way many people work in Kenya – and across the globe – the use of Information and Commu...

Safaricom faces fresh split push Monday March 01 2021 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary Debate on a Bill that seeks to compel Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya to split their telecommunications business from the mobile money transfer and lending units has started in Parliament. Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo initiated debate on the Second Reading of the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill in the latest effort to break up telcos. The private members Bill poses the greatest threat to Safaricom, w...

Uganda’s social media battleground is not just an African trend Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by In the earlier days of Ugandan Yoweri Museveni’s presidential career in 2006, I remember seeing e...

In the earlier days of Ugandan Yoweri Museveni’s presidential career in 2006, I remember seeing election posters routinely torn down by all sides during campaign rallies in an attempt to control the message. Now social media has become the new election battleground, propelled by the rapid proliferation and reach of cellphone technology across Africa.  60% cent of Uganda’s population has access to a cellphone. Although social media penetration is still relatively low, it’s growing rapidly...