Author: Njenga Hakeenah

Njenga Hakeenah

I have 10 years of experience in multimedia journalism and I use the skills I have gained over this time to meet and ensure goal-surpassing editorial performance. Africa is my business and development on the continent is my heartbeat. Do you have a development story that has to be told? Reach me at njenga.h@theexchange.africa and we can showcase Africa together.

A virtual betting shop. As of 2017, Kenya topped Sub-Saharan Africa as having the highest number of betting youth Kenya and it plans to lock out foreigners in the gambling industry www.theexchange.africa

Kenya targets foreigners in the gambling industry

Fintech July 27, 2019

The Bill proposes a big brother-like real-time monitoring system using the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA).…

Ivory set for destruction www.theexchange.africa

Did elephant hunting bring Botswana’s President to Kenya?

Countries July 23, 2019

Masisi’s visit to Kenya has an agenda to have the East African nation reconsider its stance on “the utilisation of natural resources”.…

L-R: Kenya Livestock Producers Association CEO, Patrick Kimani, Bidco Agriculture Manager, John Kariuki, Makueni County Governor, Kivutha Kibwana and Safaricom Chief Enterprise Officer, Rita Okuthe. Bidco Africa has enlisted more than 600 farmers from Makueni County to supply sunflower seeds for edible oil production. www.exchange.co.tz

M-Pesa’s competition will be another Safaricom innovation

Countries July 19, 2019

In the next five years, Safaricom’s mobile agriculture platform DigiFarm will outgrow M-Pesa at least according to the company’s outlook.

DigiFarm which currently has more than 200,000 farmers using the service daily was launched in partnership with Farmdrive, iProcure and Arifu.

The platform which aims at digitising entire agriculture value chains in Kenya has 7,000 farmers successfully taking loans using the app.

This money is usually spent on purchasing seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.

The M-Pesa Ecosystem

Safaricom Chief Financial Services Officer, Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, says that DigiFarm has grown phenomenally since its launch in October 2017.

So far, the platform has over 1 million farmers registered.

“In line with our Purpose of Transforming lives, we have provided a mobile technology platform for the smallholding farmers to access a suite of information and financial services, said Lopokoiyit.

Within DigiFarm, farmers can access credit and other financial facilities.

These farmers can also share …

Equiano’s planned route and branching units, from which additional potential landings can be built www.theexchange.africa

Facebook, Google internet to exploit Africa’s online riches

Africa July 7, 2019

Africa recorded the highest growth in internet users globally between 2005 and 2018…

Tanzania has twice burned chicks from Kenya and auctioned animals seized from Kenyan herders. The country’s ‘jilted lover’ attitude hinders uniting East Africa with its actions betraying its unwillingness to make EAC work www.theexchange.africa

Tanzania’s ‘jilted lover’ attitude hinders uniting East Africa

East Africa July 6, 2019

Tanzania is consistently hindering East Africa’s integration by its aggravated actions in dealing with its neighbours…

A fish farming project in rural Sierra Leone. Africa’s small-scale fisheries are a potential multi-billion dollar employer, in addition, to playing a critical role in global food security and must be supported by greater research and investment www.theexchange.africa

The untapped billions in Africa’s small-scale fisheries

Africa July 5, 2019

Liquid Telecom plans to equip 5,000 western Kenyan farmers with the sensors and app by the end of 2019…

A cappuccino. Low coffee prices are affecting farmers in East Africa which may see them cease coffee farming. www.exchange.co.tz

Elite tea, coffee tasting festival coming to Kenya

Countries July 4, 2019

The premier global event for coffee, tea and chocolate enthusiasts, the Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Festival (CTC Festival) is set to be held in Kenya this year.

Dubbed The Journey of Taste, the festival to be held in March 2019 in Nairobi, celebrates in one location the burgeoning of speciality coffees, ergonomic tea selection and chocolate lifecycle.

It is expected to bring more than 40,000 people together in one venue to explore private training, innovation labs, interactive workshops and live stage shows among many other activities.

World Barista Champions, producers

Kenya is the first African country to host this world-class festival.

“We are excited to be showcasing to local, regional and global players and visitors, the variety that is offered by Kenya, in terms of coffee and tea,” says Obed Mutua, General Manager of Four and One Worldwide Kenya.

He added, “Participants will get the chance to meet world Barista …