Interviews

What exactly does the East African market offer that has seen multinational corporations in technology, consumer goods, industrial and financial services trooping in to open offices in Nairobi, using it as a gateway into the EAC?

It’s been a year since KCB and Safaricom launched their joint partnership that saw the creation of mobile-phone based, micro credit and savings product dubbed KCB M-PESA.

Lynk recently won Ksh. 1.5 Million in the Safaricom Appwiz 2015 competition and I was able to catch-up with Erick Obiero, the lead developer at Lynk.

I had an opportunity to interview Alex Scholz, who is the head of ecommerce for Ringier Kenya which owns Rupu.co.ke. Rupu is Kenya’s go-to online shop for quality products and experiences.

In my previous article, ICEA & Lion of Kenya merged to form ICEA LION Group. The merger was successful and ICEA LION Group became one of the leaders in the insurance industry in East Africa.