TECHIE

Wise Digits is a tech company founded by Joseph Gatheru that focuses on providing software solutions to businesses. It was founded to impact the business community and organizations across Africa through the innovation of cutting-edge technologies in adaptive software development, data management, communication, and embedded software systems. The organization’s core business units are development, training, and consultancy.

MTN Business is a premium portal that has provided business connectivity solutions to Africa for over 20 years. They have connected these businesses through mobile communication services and other ICT solutions. They are also internet service providers(ISP) in the country.

This video expounds on data science and gives insight into what data science is and how businesses can use it. Get to learn more about it from Dr. Emily Ngubia Kesse and Dr. Lavri Labi. The two are professional data science professionals.

Avallain Foundation designs and makes digital content for schools. They develop educational content that supplements the Government of Kenya’s efforts to promote digital content in schools.

In July of 2019, Safaricom through BLAZE, launched an E-learning platform where people under the age of 26 can access education material. The platform takes on the form of the popular platform Udemy.

KASHA is a platform that focuses on selling and delivering pharmaceutical products to low-income consumers in East Africa. They launched an E-commerce platform where women can access goods confidentially and affordably.

On April 16, 2019, OPPO Kenya announced its partnership with Marvel Studios for the Avengers: Endgame movie. To introduce the movie and the virtue of heroism to young Kenyan audiences, Marvel Studios, and OPPO collaborated. As part of this collaboration, OPPO stated that the OPPO F11 Pro Marvel Avengers Limited Edition would also be released in Kenya at a later time, however in very limited numbers and with no set release date. Through this alliance, OPPO would be able to reach out to the younger generation.

To promote the adoption of cashless payments, Safaricom and the National Social Security Fund(NSSF) cooperated in March 2019. The initiative calls for the NSSF to replace its entire branch network across the nation with a completely cashless one. Through the automation and digitization process, the Fund aims to improve the comfort and effectiveness of its services.

Eenovators in conjunction with Erick Hawkins held a training session at the Christian Industrial Training College(CITC) on solar system design and manufacturing. He wanted to share the knowledge he has acquired in over 25 years in the industry with the youth.

Eric Hawkins is the Managing Director and founder of Solar Speedflex Ltd, Managing Director of Powertech Solar Ltd, and Jayhawk International Ltd. In conjunction with Eenovators, he gave a lecture at Strathmore University on renewable technology.

Mastercard chooses Makena School in Nairobi for their launch of girls4tech in Kenya. The girls4tech program creates opportunities for students to engage in STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects. The initiative is a partnership between Mastercard and Youth for Technology Foundation.

Jack Ma is a Chinese billionaire and a co-founder of the mega e-learning platform Alibaba. He founded it together with 17 of his friends. In 2017, he visited Kenya and spoke in Nairobi about issues like the power of the internet, the value of constant learning, and how the two can be used to solve day-to-day challenges. He gave his lecture at the University of Nairobi.