Our Reporters. At the start of July 2016, news broke that two Tech giants had come together and devised an African Transport solution. The Tech Giants were Craft Silicon and Safaricom. The Transport solution was Little Cab; a ride-hailing APP that was launched in Kenya to directly compete with the likes of Uber, and Taxify […]
By our writer While there has been growth in the number of Financial Technology Companies (FinTechs) integrating with telecoms and banks to facilitate easy payments and access to financial services, many will attest that the process is not that easy. It involves holding discussions with different institutions before they can agree to pair (peer) with […]
Our Reporter. Financial Technology stakeholders have witnessed a lot of positives in 2020 even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented effects on people and economies globally. But that doesn’t remove the fact that this has been a rough and tough year. The highlight of the year saw world leaders imploring their citizens to […]
For Immediate Release. HiPipo; the organizers of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa have started receiving entries for the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa (#DIAA2020). Digital Impact Awards Africa is Africa’s most important gathering of C-Level Executives, and senior Digital and IT executives. The kick-off of the entries’ submission marks the start of a comprehensive […]
Our Reporter. Financial technology companies (fintechs) have been urged to ensure customer centricity in the development of digital financial products, as it will be key in enhancing financial inclusion. Speaking during the two-day fintech landscape exhibition to mark the end of the 40-days-40-fintechs project at Sheraton Kampala Hotel, Wendy Nanfo, the customer delivery supervisor at […]
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for Information and Communication Technologies- ICTs; has listed Digital Impact Awards Africa among the major ICT projects and events that will celebrate ITU’s 150th Anniversary. Digital Impact Awards Africa is an internationally recognized platform that promotes digital inclusion, financial inclusion and cybersecurity under the theme ”Maximizing […]
Submission of entries to the second Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) will close on Monday May 25th 2015. This follows a 2 months exercise during which different organisations have submitted their digital projects, campaigns and innovations for nomination in DIAA. DIAA has so far received submission from 64 organisations for the different award categories says […]
Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA), the index of digital effectiveness awards organisations that use their websites, mobile and social channels, apps and digital finance to support their business and social objectives. Now in its second year DIAA draws on detailed analysis of innovation and best practice that are painstakingly researched and compiled throughout the year […]
While mobile money is now available in most emerging markets, active usage is still low in many of these countries. Far still, its full potential is yet to be realised in countries where usage has seen deeper penetration. According to the GSMA state of the industry report, only about 30 percent of registered mobile money […]
Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) 2015 project is underway with the theme “Maximising the Digital Dividend”. DIAA focus is digital inclusion, financial inclusion and cybersecurity for which 14 awards categories and 14 subcategories have been set. The awards event will he held on 13th August 2015 at Kampala Serena Hotel. DIAA 2015 follows the inaugural project […]
Opportunities and Challenges Value continues to migrate online, and digital data have become more pervasive. Why are some properties experiencing more online attacks per hour than they did in a month just a few years ago? In the digital era, one’s identity can quickly be adopted by someone else. How do businesses then preserve their […]
Cybersecurity Web Application Security deals with security of web applications, web sites and other web services. An outburst of information sharing on social as well as business platforms has led to a marked rise in cyber-attacks. Ethically hacking and securing web applications ensures that hackers do not compromise the security mechanisms in place to keep […]