The ICT Funding Gap in Kenya

 The Missing Middle

While capital has flowed rapidly to satisfy the needs of the largest and — thanks to the microfinance boom – the smallest African companies, SMEs have fallen into a “missing middle.” SMEs in the missing middle are … Read More

M-Kesho: The Future is Mobile Microfinance

The latest buzz in Kenya is all about M-Kesho, a revolutionary service launched by Kenya’s leading mobile service provider, Safaricom and Equity bank, a bank that has a reputation for offering banking services to the common ‘mwananchi’ (ordinary citizen).

The … Read More

Ken Banks (FrontlineSMS) Part 4

This is the last in a series of interview posts from a discussion with Ken Banks, the founder of Kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS.

In the first part of the interview, Ken gave us some of his background and how he came … Read More

Ken Banks (FrontlineSMS) Part 3

In the third part of our interview with Ken Banks, founder of Kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS, we continue our discussion about FrontlineSMS. This time we discuss about projects such as FrontlineSMS:Medic and FrontlineSMS:Credit which are specific applications of FrontlineSMS to ‘vertical’ … Read More