Nakuru overtakes Nairobi in speed of conversion to cashless matatu fares

Kenya: Nakuru has in the last three months recorded a faster adoption rate of the cashlite fare system, 1963, than Nairobi, with 16 of the county's SACCOs converting to the cashlite payment system, running some 700 vehicles, which are now predominantly on the 1963 system.

Named the fastest growing town in Africa by the United Nations, Nakuru is rivalling Nairobi's development agenda with the speed and aggressiveness at which it is embracing new technology, most recently emerging as the first Kenyan town to offer residents free street Wi-Fi.