com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyo͞onədē/ noun noun: community; plural noun: communities A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. “Konga has a healthy community” Before I begin, I’ll like to state that communities are the bedrock of marketplaces. Simple. December last year, I took up...

Today, 3 years ago, konga.com went live. This day has been permanently etched in my memory. I wouldn't forget it in a hurry. I still remember the excitement, the frenzy while trying to deliver our first and probably only order for that day - July 10th, 2012. I still remember...

“Mobile is the future, scratch that. Mobile isn’t the future, it is the primary screen.” The above quote sounds all too familiar, it is now cliché. In Africa, the millennial have leapfrogged the desktop paradigm straight to mobile. In a world where social media have been so woven into our...

If you have ever worked with RouteSMS' HTTP API, I am sure you probably have ran into this same issue. About 5 months ago, my company, Konga made the move to consolidate its messaging needs. This move was necessary as different projects had common needs and SMS notification was part...

So, 2014 has come and gone and the year will forever hold a special place in our hearts. In 2014, we saw an explosion in wearable technologies: watches, fitness tracker and motion sensor. Companies like FitBit and Jawbone made giant leaps in these areas with the introduction of their fitness...