By Juma Fredrick
Technology has fully taken over Kenya according to technology experts who are now rating Kenya as one of Africa’s most developed country in terms of embracing technology. In Kenya, most companies and brands have scaled down their services from using individuals to directly deal with their customers to use mobile apps.
Mobile apps in Kenya has seen many financial institutions in Kenya let go of their staff as the consolidated their products and services on mobile. According to SimillarWeb, these are the top 26 most downloaded apps in Kenya:
- WhatsApp Messenger
- Opera Mini – Fast web browser
- Facebook Lite
- Messenger
- MySafaricom
- Tala (Formerly Mkopo Rahisi)
- Uber
- Latest WhatsApp Status
- Imo free video calls and chat
- Xender: File Transfer sharing
- True ID Name and Location
- Messenger Lite
- Boomplay Music
- Branch
- Taxify
- Telegram
- Little
- Photo Editor – Photo effects
- Okoa Loan
- Jumia Online shopping
- Moto Rider
- Bible
- OLX Kenya
From the list above, most apps that are being downloaded by Kenyans are social apps and despite banks moving their services on apps, none has featured among the top 26.
