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Businesses turn to the Digital World during the Mocality Business Conference by alan

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“Kenya has gone digital! And you should not be left behind.”

That was the best way to sum up the Mocality Business Conferences held last year. The conference brought together business owners from around the country to discuss taxation policies, online strategies and new technologies for small and medium enterprises in Kenya.

Mocality teamed up with Kenyan organizations including Dealfish, iPay, Kopo Kopo, ICT Board, KRA,  KCB, Safaricom, and Uhasibu to discuss topical issues with business owners in major cities around the country.

The team made stops in Nairobi, Nyeri, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret, and Kisumu, each presenting a new perspective to the modern Kenyan SME. Business owners in attendance left the conferences equipped with new tools and ideas that will allow them to venture into and succeed in the ever growing digital market.

For those of you who missed the conference, we have a summary below of the individual presentations which include PowerPoint presentations.

Mocality

Mocality is an online business directory that features the largest and most accurate listing of businesses in Kenya. The online directory is also available in Nigeria.

Mocality Country Manager, Joshua Mwaniki, gave the attendees an overview of Mocality and a brief insight into the new directions that the company will be taking in the course of 2012.

To download and view the Mocality presentation click here.

Dealfish

Dealfish is an online classifieds that features anything under the sun that consumers in Kenya would like to buy or sell.

Dealfish Country Manager, Moses Kemibaro, took the delegates on an interesting journey starting from the birth of the internet in Kenya to the leaps and bounds that it has achieved so far.

To download and view the Dealfish presentation click here.

iPay

iPay is a billing and processing solutions firm specializing in providing mobile money integrations for small, medium sized and large organizations.

iPay Director, Philip Nyamwaya, spoke about the company’s online payment solutions that businesses can integrate into any website to allow their customers to pay using either mobile money transfer or Credit Cards.

To download and view the iPay presentation click here.

Kopo Kopo

Kopo Kopo provides a mobile payment integration system that allows customers to walk into a shop and purchase products using a mobile payment platform making it safer, faster and more effecient for the parties involved in the transaction.

Kopo Kopo co-founder, Ben Lyon, highlighted the perils of using physical money to do financial transactions as opposed to Kopo Kopo’s digital solutions.

To download and view the Kopo Kopo presentation click here.

ICT Board

The ICT Board Project Manager, Kaburo Kobia, brought to light the Kenyan government’s initiatives in the ICT sector which includes the fiber optic network, public sector applications, government IT shared services and Pasha Digital Villages.

To download and view the ICT Board presentation click here.

KRA

The Kenya Revenue Authority was the highlight of each conference and their representatives were literally swamped with questions every time they presented taxation policies for SMEs. We noted that there are a number of business owners who are unaware of taxation rules and policies. Their presentation was a very much sought after commodity.

To download and view the KRA presentation click here.

Uhasibu

Uhasibu is regarded as Kenya’s best accounting package. The online platform is designed for SMEs and is specifically developed for the legislation and workflows present in Kenya. Their online system improves a company’s financial management by generating KRA complaint VAT reports, monitors petty cash disbursement and keeps track of incoming payments.

To download and view the Uhasibu presentation click here.

Tags: Business, businesses, conference, dealfish, ICT Board, Kopo Kopo, kra, Mocality, Uhasibu

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