Why Africa is the next Super apps Frontier

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Africa’s Public Transport Sector is going Digital

Digitizing the public transport sector is inevitable. Those were the concluding remarks from our webinar last month. COVID-19’s impact has been felt in virtually every sector. Public transport in Africa has not been spared either. Operating as an informal sector, cash based and poorly organised, the anarchy that reigns has proved to be a huge […]

#Nextgentech; Creating the Next Generation of Tech Leaders in Africa

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Baharini Fresh wins Cellulant Concept Hack at Pwani Innovation Week

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Baharini Fresh, M-Chota and Salu Solutions are the winners of the just ended Pwani Concept Hack dubbed […]

The Pwani Innovation Week Program, Cellulant holds workshops on digital payments

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]The Pwani Innovation Week took off today at the Swahilipot Hub in Mombasa town running from 3-7 […]

Cellulant launches an Africa-wide #CodeTheFuture hackathon series at Connected Summit

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Innovate for Pwani Concept Hack; A Call for Applications

Last week, we announced our title sponsorship of the inaugural Pwani Innovation Week –  a consolidated effort by Swahilipot Hub and Cellulant to help create a widespread culture of innovation in the coastal counties of Kenya. Scheduled for December 3 – 7, 2018 in Mombasa, the event is aimed at stimulating the Innovation ecosystem in […]

Cellulant announces partnership for the Pwani Innovation Week

Cellulant today (9th November 2018) announced its partnership and title sponsorship of the inaugural Pwani Innovation Week in conjunction with Swahilipot Hub. To be hosted in Mombasa County, the first Pwani Innovation Week will take place from 3-7 December 2018 at the Swahilipot Hub.   The highlight of this partnership will include a Concept Hack where […]

Kenya ICT Authority Partners With Cellulant for 2018 Connected Summit Conference

Nairobi, September 20, 2018- Cellulant, a leading Pan-African payments company providing a one-stop digital payments platform has partnered with the ICT Authority of Kenya to organise the 2018 Connected Summit Conference on its 10th year anniversary to be held on October 24, 2018. Cellulant will be powering digital payments for the conference- a FIrst for […]

11.11 Global Shopping Festival; Lessons from China on digital Payments

TechMoran, got a chance to seat with Cellulant’s Kenn Lisudza, 31, the group’s young, charismatic Head of Global Delivery, who represented the company at the training in 2017. Kenn has been an integral part of Cellulant for a little north of 10 years. In his time there, he has nurtured several people, amongst them, upcoming […]