Crown Motors Group yesterday launched the latest iteration of the Nissan Navara pick-up in Kenya. The latest Navara lin-up builds on the success of its predecessors with enhanced safety, comfort and driving capabilities with the same levels of the durability, reliability and versatility that customers have become accustomed to.
The…
Opera as a mobile web browser is incredibly popular throughout Africa on feature phones and smartphones. This is also the case in Kenya and East Africa where the combined user base across Opera’s various mobile platforms is 25 million monthly active users (MAUs). Kenya leads with 12 million users (that’s…
Glovo is planning to aggressively scale up its operations in Africa by launching in Tunisia and Ghana which will expand its coverage to 7 countries on the continent. …
The last year or so has been when digital transformation permeated every industry and sector globally, including those in the least technologically advanced countries — they had no choice but to go digital. Ultimately, the key driver of this hyperspeed global digital transformation was the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Earlier today I got an update from Appsflyer on their 2021 State of Finance App Marketing report. The report makes for an interesting read given that Kenya and Africa, in general, are largely mobile-first markets and financial services or fintech apps are incredibly popular with consumers.
In addition, given that…
Earlier today I met with Oscar Pierre, the CEO of Glovo, the on-demand delivery app, and service that launched in Kenya almost 3 years ago. Glovo is a massive business globally with operations in Europe and increasingly in Africa. …
Earlier today, Bolt introduced electric tuk-tuks, motorcycles, and bicycles on its for its food delivery service in Kenya as it expands further into greener transport options. Bolt introduced the Bolt Green Ride category in Nairobi in March 2021 which is comprised of electric and hybrid vehicles that ensure eco-friendly rides…
The Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from around the world on a monthly basis. Data for the Index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real people using Speedtest every month.
Internet measurements made with Speedtest occur at the times and in the places that…
If you blink, when it comes to Safaricom, you may actually miss it! Safaricom is Kenya’s largest business and telco in terms of revenues and market valuation, often, as a result of extreme execution when it comes to innovative business practices. …
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One thing you have to admire about the RedBull brand is that it’s all about doing audacious things and challenging every kind of status quo that exists. They don’t really sponsor things, they own branded things. They understand that branded content is what makes…
