Freida Brown appointed as acting USIU-Africa Vice Chancellor as Paul Zeleza retires
The United States International University-Africa (USIU-A) has appointed Freida Brown as the institution's acting Vice Chancellor. This is following the abrupt ...
Here are some tips on how one can get out of debt
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lock down last year meant that many people could not work or lost their jobs. This meant that those who had taken out lo...
Meet Haadi Abdulkadir, a young Kenyan travel enthusiast & budding travel blogger
Haadi Abdulkadir is a full time traveller with roots in Mombasa, Kenya. A quick look at his Instagram page @haaditravels shows the different places he has t...
Here are some survival tips for introverted parents
When a couple gives birth, it changes your lives. Now you have another life to take care of. Becoming a parent is one of the best feelings in the world. As pare...
7 new international series you can watch on Showmax this August
Showmax offers a wide array of movies and TV shows that you can stream on demand on the platform. These include local and international award-winning movies, do...
Mohammad Adil breaks the Guinness World Record for the Most Burpees under 12 hours
Extreme fitness athlete and health coach Mohammad Adil Abdool has broken the Guinness World Record for the Most Burpees under 12 hours on Saturday 31st July, 20...
Qatar Airways has unveiled its Qsuite Business Class feature on the Nairobi route
Qatar Airways has launched its Qsuite to Nairobi on board its Airbus A350-1000 featuring 46 seats in Business Class and 281 seats in Economy Class. The launch o...
SWIFT launches SWIFT Go, a fast & affordable service for low-value cross-border payments
SWIFT, a financial messaging platform, has announced the launch of SWIFT Go. Swift Go is a new service that enables small businesses and consumers to send fast,...
Equity Bank emerges as the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2021 African Banker Awards
Equity Bank has been named the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2021 African Banker Awards. The award was conferred to Equity for its consistent financi...
Bolt secures Ksh. 78 Billion investment to expand its transportation network in Africa & Europe
Bolt, an on-demand mobility platform, has raised Ksh. 78 billion funding to accelerate the expansion of its existing mobility and delivery products across its A...
Why the Huawei Band 6 series is an essential wearable in today’s world
Huawei Mobile recently launched the Huawei Band 6 series in the Kenyan market. The band series is currently retailing at Ksh. 6,999 in all retail stores across ...
Wapi Pay, a Kenyan startup has raised Ksh. 239 Million in a bid to scale up payments between Africa and Asia
Wapi Pay, a Kenyan startup has raised Ksh. 239 Million in pre-seed funding to scale up global payments and remittances between Africa and Asia. Making internat...
Ogilvy Africa has appointed Sumanta Ganguly as the new Chief Strategy Officer
Ogilvy Africa has today announced the appointment of Sumanta Ganguly as the new Chief Strategy Officer for the region.
Sumanta joins Ogilvy Africa from Mulle...
How to subscribe to Skiza Tunes on your phone
Since the launch of Skiza Tunes by Safaricom in 2009, subscribers have been entertaining their callers with a song of their choice before they pick up. Safarico...
Emirates introduces flexible payment options for Kenyan travellers
Emirates has introduced additional flexible payment options for Kenyan travellers, offering them a better real-time user experience on the airline’s website and...
Safaricom has increased Artist’s earning from Skiza tunes to 40% in a bid to support the creative industry
Safaricom has announced an increase in Skiza revenue share for artists and content creators by 33%. Following the revenue increase, more than 20,000 artists and...
Mizizi Africa has been named the most affordable housing developer in Kenya
Mizizi Africa Homes has emerged top in the Top score brands Real Estate Awards 2021. The developer has been recognized as the most affordable mid-plan housing c...
CEO Fridays: Old Mutual’s Thobile Tshabalala on how Sisonke is changing lives
Early this year, Old Mutual launched the Sisonke competition aimed at creating awareness and rewarding impactful community initiatives in Africa.
The Sisonke...
KAM has expressed concern over the impact of implementation of the Finance Act 2021 on manufacturing
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has called for the immediate suspension of a number of provisions in the Finance Act 2021. This is in a bid to cush...
Prof. Patricia Mbote has been appointed as the new Director of Law Division at UNEP
Former Chief Justice candidate Prof. Patricia Kameri Mbote has been appointed Director of the Law Division at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
...
Oxford University Press has launched the 10th and 4th edition of English & Kiswahili dictionaries
Oxford University Press (OUPEA) has launched the 10th edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD) and the 4th edition of Kamusi ya Kiswahili Sani...
Safaricom shareholders approve plan for Ethiopia operations in 2022
Safaricom shareholders recently approved their nod for the setting up and incorporation of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia which is set to begin operation...
HEVA Fund officially launches ‘Ignite Culture’ a grant facility to support the creative industry
HEVA in partnership with the British Council Kenya has launched Ignite Culture, a new grant facility for the cultural and creative sector in 14 countries in Eas...
The 2021 sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference calls for internet accessibility in the region
The sixth edition of the Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference has kicked off, with regulators, experts, and other industry players looking for the African ...
Bolt launches the ‘Early Cash-Out’ feature for cash withdrawals for its drivers
Bolt, an on-demand transport platform, has launched an on-demand cash withdrawal feature dubbed Early Cash-Out. The feature enables drivers to instantly withdra...
Saad Toma has been appointed as the General Manager for IBM Middle East & Africa
IBM has announced the appointment Saad Toma as the General Manager of IBM Middle East and Africa (MEA), effective immeadiately. Mr. Toma succeeds Takreem El-Toh...
Pride Drive Car hire partners with Toyota Kenya to provide corporate transport services
Toyota Kenya has partnered with Pride Drive, a corporate car hire company to cater to the increasing demand of car hire services in the country. Toyota Kenya ha...
LG indoor solutions wins the AHRI performance awards for their high performance technologies
LG Electronics (LG) Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) technologies have won international accolades for their high performance. The models that w...
Nokia C10 smartphone is now available in Kenya to retail at Ksh. 8,900
HMD Global, the manufacturer of Nokia phones has officially launched the Nokia C10 in the Kenyan market, to retail at Ksh. 8,900.
As part of the Nokia C-seri...
The Nokia Bluetooth Speaker review
Nowadays Bluetooth speakers are the rage because they give one the ability to enjoy music on the go say on a road trip or when camping. The most attractive feat...
6 intimate things your woman wants you to know
Women are complex creatures. We are wired to overthink and over analyze almost everything. Do you ever talk with your partner or look at them and wonder what wa...
Field Intelligence a Nigerian health tech startup announces plans to launch operations in Kenya
Field Intelligence, a health tech startup has announced its expansion into Rivers, Edo, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Delta and Kwara States in Nigeria, and Eldoret, Mom...
Hope Consortium to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to countries across the world including Kenya
The Hope Consortium in partnership with other industry players have developed an extensive end-to-end supply chain solutions for vaccines distribution. The new ...
Dr. Laila Macharia & Andrew Musangi have been appointed to the Centum Board
Centum Investment Company has appointed Dr. Laila Macharia as the new Vice-Chairperson of the board and Mr. Andrew Musangi as a member of the board.
Dr. Mach...
Kenya’s Mohammad Adil Abdool will attempt to break the Guinness 12-hours Burpees World Record on 31st July
Mohammad Adil Abdool, an extreme fitness athlete and health coach will on 31st July, 2021 attempt to officially break the Guinness 12-hours Burpees World Record...
Kenya Ni Sisi Campaign sets up 2,000 safe toilets in informal settlements in a bid to improve sanitation
Kenya Ni Sisi Campaign has launched the distribution of more than 2,000 units of innovative safe toilet systems in informal settlements in partnership with SATO...
Prudential insurance company is set to join the Nairobi International Financial Centre
Prudential, an insurance brand listed in London with operations across Asia and Africa has applied to join the newly established Nairobi International Financial...
UK announces Ksh. 20 billion worth of new investments in Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab have announced a new Ksh. 19.9 billion (£132 million) inves...
Vodafone Group registers a 45% transaction volume increase in Q1 after M-PESA expansion across Africa
Mobile operator Vodafone Group in a trading update for its Q1 fiscal report has registered a strong growth in Africa. Driven by its financial platform M-PESA, t...
How people are using cryptocurrency around the world
A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that can be used to buy goods and services. The currency uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online ...
Meet Bernice Kariuki, a Kenyan working as the Arsenal Football Club’s private chef
Bernice Kariuki, like many other Kenyans, has defied the odds to become one of Arsenal Football Club's First Team private Chefs.
Bernice was born and raised ...
Over 200 students have graduated from the Ecobank & AUDA-NEPAD MSME financial training program
Ecobank and the African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) have held a virtual graduation ceremony for more than 200...