Wrap-Up: Our pick of main stories, Tuesday September 8th, 2015

Airtel Kenya clients to win 50 cars in 50-day ‘Smartika Na 5X’ bonus promo …Bitpesa launches BitPesa Trade to allow 24/7 Bitcoin trading…..Piracy websites targeted in new law….and much more.

Piracy websites targeted in new law

Websites that violate copyright requirements against local content producers will be blocked in a proposed law. The move is largely meant to protect Kenya’s new movie and television industry.

Airtel Kenya clients to win 50 cars in 50-day ‘Smartika Na 5X’ bonus promo

Airtel Kenya today launched a 50-day-long national consumer promotion dubbed ‘Smartika Na 5X’. Though the promotion is currently available to prepaid customers only, Airtel is working on a way to involve postpaid customers in the promo as well. The new promotion will give its customers a chance to win 50 cars in the 50 day period, as well as daily prizes of cash and airtime. The promotion currently just gives an opportunity to Airtel prepaid customers who achieve their targets on “5X bonus” to win one of the fifty cars, airtime worth Kshs 2,000 or cash prize worth Kshs 2,000.

Bitpesa launches BitPesa Trade to allow 24/7 Bitcoin trading

Bitpesa has launched a new product dubbed; BitPesa Trade, which will allow Bitcoin traders to conduct their business on the platform 24/7. Apart from being able to make a trade at any time of the day, some of the other improvements that come with BitPesa Trade are as follows:

Liquid Telecom is first pan-African carrier to achieve MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification

Liquid Telecom has announced that it has become the first Pan-African fibre operator to receive the MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) services certification, an achievement that cements its position as the leading wholesale carrier in Africa. MEF is the global industry alliance and defining body for Carrier Ethernet. Its mission is to accelerate the worldwide adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet networks and services. It conducts a comprehensive testing programme for the services and products of both vendors and operators.

Orange Kenya postpaid customers to pay bills online

Orange Kenya’s post-paid subscribers are now able to pay their monthly bills online. Customers that have subscribed to the company’s GSM Postpaid, Orange Fixed, Orange CUG and Postpaid Data services, can now pay their bills conveniently through the payment platform. This service will free customers from the hassle of receiving hardcopy bills and reduce the customer journey with regard to bills payment.