We hope you had a great week, here are some of the interesting stories we covered this week. 
We have been nominated for the BAKE Awards 2019

We have been nominated for the 2019 BAKE Awards. BAKE Awards recognizes and awards exceptional Kenyan blogs in different categories every year. It is organized by the Bloggers Association of Kenya. We have been nominated under the best tech blog category. Thanks for being an avid reader. You can vote for us by visiting https://vote.bakeawards.co.ke/vote. Read more about other nominees in other categories here.

INTERESTING READS

• Telcos in South Africa ignore half of all consumer complaints on social media
• Huduma Number and Nipsey Hussle top Google searched items by Kenyans in April
• Telkom Kenya to upgrade its network from 30 to 100Gigabit in Five towns
• Dimension Data and SAP launch new Intelligent Enterprise solutions in East Africa
• MultiChoice is adding a new 24-Hour News Channel Newzroom Afrika on DStv
• Bizna Kenya’s 2019 SMEs Awards nominees announced

AFRICA STARTUP ROUNDUP

• E-healthcare startup MYDAWA secures $3M funding from Africa HealthCare Master Fund
• SafeBoda raises funding from GO-JEK, plans to venture into mobile payments and insurance
• Delivery app Glovo secures $169M funding
• Podcast startup PortableVoices opens its first recording studio in Nairobi
• This South African-founded podcast startup has just been acquired by global podcasting company Acast
• World Bank allocates US$200 Million to support SMEs in Egypt