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Businesswoman Crossing the Finish Line Ahead of Businessmen

Did the Kenyan Elections Really Need 3 Maps, 7 Phone Numbers, and Several Web Forms?

We all knew it. We saw this coming in Haiti and talked about it in Egypt, when 5 Ushahidi maps popped out the day before the elections. But the Kenyan...

Surprise! Guess Which Country is 2nd for Mobile Money Globally?

We all know that M-PESA in Kenya dominates the mobile money conversation in Africa, where mobile banking has expanded to 16% of the market. So its easy...

3 Key Factors for the Next Mobile App to Scale like M-Pesa

I am Josephine Mutugu and at the Nairobi Technology Salon on What is the Next Mobile Development App that Will Scale? we launched into the discussion...

Largely Peaceful Kenyan Vote Bolstered by Youth, Technology

As Uhuru Kenyatta is confirmed as Kenya’s new president, the U.S. Institute for Peace interviews a youth peace-activist involved with the...

Understanding “Foregoing” Behavior at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) in Kenya

By Tonny Omwansa, Angela Crandall, and Tim Kelly At the end of 2012, infoDev released a study, conducted by iHub Research and Research Solutions Africa,...

Waza Experience: Preparing the next generation of thoughtful techies in Kenya

Waza (Swahili for “Active Thinking”) Experience is an iHub community initiative that aims to foster active thinking and creativity in Kenyan youth....