Safaricom reports a net profit of Ksh. 67.5 Billion for the full year ended March 2022

Staff WriterMay 12, 2022

Safaricom has posted a net profit of Ksh. 67.49 Billion for the full year ended March 2022. According to the telco, this was due to the impact of KES 4.66 Billi...

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Safaricom Foundation has donated a boat ambulance to King Fahad Referral Hospital in Lamu County

Samson NderiMay 12, 2022

Safaricom Foundation has donated a Ksh. 9.5 Million boat ambulance to King Fahad Referral Hospital in Lamu County to help deal with medical emergencies. The am...

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CCI Global contact centre at Tatu City to employ 4,000 people

Samson NderiMay 12, 2022

CCI Global, the largest international contact centre operator in Africa, is expected to move to a purpose built, state-of-the-art office in Tatu City, creating ...

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Absa Bank partners with Kenya Medical Association to launch smartcards for doctors

Richard MureithiMay 12, 2022

Absa Bank Kenya has partnered Kenya Medical Association (KMA) to launch prepaid multi-currency smartcards. The cards double up as both membership identification...

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Boston Consulting Group has released its annual sustainability report

Staff WriterMay 12, 2022

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released “A Time to Lead: 2021 Annual Sustainability Report. The firm’s latest report details how BCG is stepping up to respon...

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Zamara launches financial literacy programme for schools

Staff WriterMay 12, 2022

Zamara Kenya has announced that it has launched financial literacy programme for parents and teachers to teach them to save for pensions and plan for retirement...

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Sankore Pitch Competition Tour for blockchain startups to be held on May 14; Here’s how to apply

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

The Sankore Pitch Competition Tour will be held on May 14 2022 and is targeting startups building solutions in the blockchain space. The 2nd Edition of the c...

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Safari Air Express launches weekly direct flights to Lodwar

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Kenyan domestic airline, East African Safari Air Express, has announced that it has launched weekly direct flights to Lodwar, in Turkana County. The direct ...

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Sasai Fintech’s digital wallet has secured GSMA compliance approval for merchant payments and bulk disbursements

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Sasai Fintech a business of Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated technology company of continental scale, has been awarded the compliance approval fo...

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Purple Dot International to set up Ksh. 600 million warehouse facility in Athi River for lights industries

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Purple Dot International has announced that it plans to set up a Ksh. 600 million warehouse facility for light industries in Athi River, Machakos County. Pu...

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UNESCO has partnered with Huawei to deliver Campus UNESCO for young people in 20 countries

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

So far, UNESCO and Huawei have organized ten Campus UNESCO sessions, focusing on technology and education, reaching students from 39 schools in 20 countries. ...

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How ERP solutions can give manufacturers and distributors the control that they require across the supply chain

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Disruptions across the supply chain are inescapable. Different parts of the world have experienced supply chain disruptions at different times due to different ...

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Zoho Marketing Plus launched to bring various marketing activities under one roof

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Zoho Corporation has launched Zoho Marketing Plus, a unified platform that brings together various marketing activities under one roof. It includes campaign ide...

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How the Junior Golf Foundation & Safaricom are enabling Nelson Okoth’s dream of becoming a professional golfer

Samson NderiMay 11, 2022

It is now about four months since the Safaricom Golf Tour kicked off and during this time, I have had the pleasure of meeting people from different backgrounds ...

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Kenyatta National Hospital receives hospital beds donation from Madison Life Assurance

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Madison Life Assurance Kenya has donated 10 double crank beds to the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in support of the hospital's Adopt a Bed initiative. ‘’...

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The Safaricom Golf Tour heads to Karen Country Club for the 7th leg of the series

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

The seventh leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour will be happening this Friday and Saturday at the  Karen Country Club par 72 course. The event follows the sixth leg...

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IFC sponsored KKCF Business Competition announces 40 winners from Turkana County

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund (KKCF) business competition has announced the first 40 winners in the competition sponsored by IFC and supported by The Africa E...

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Whistleblower Daniel Motaung sues Facebook & Sama for forced labour & human rights abuses

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Whistleblower Daniel Motaung sues Facebook & its agent, Sama, for human trafficking, forced labour and human rights abuses. More than 10 government and NGOs...

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Miriam Tamar & GNL Zamba to launch The Nsimbi Podcast on culture, race & identity on May 11

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Miriam Tamar and GNL Zamba, together known as Nsimbi, have announced that they will launch The Nsimbi Podcast on culture, race & identity on May 11 2022. ...

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Kenya’s Sendy, Pula & Access Afya named as Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Kenya's Sendy, Pula Advisors and Access Afya has been recognized as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers for 2022. The World Economic Forum ...

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Nigerian TV show Blood Sisters makes it to Netflix’s top ten Global list of TV shows

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Nigeria’s Netflix original TV Blood Sisters has become a hit with audiences and is now on Netflix’s top ten Global list of TV shows. Apparently, the TV show ...

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The 2022 Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize launched; call for submissions open

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

The 2020 Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature has announced the call for submissions of manuscripts for its 7th edition. Submissions close on Ju...

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EFG Hermes named as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2022

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

EFG Hermes Holding has been named named as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2022 by the Financial Times and Statista. The company has been featur...

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Kenya’s Buruklyn Boyz among African musicians to join Spotify’s batch of RADAR artists

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Kenya's Buruklyn Boyz has been announced as one of 6 African musicians to join Spotify's global batch of RADAR artists, a programme dedicated to the spotlight a...

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Huawei launches employment program to hire top talent as it grows its business globally

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Huawei has announced as that it intends to recruit more employees as it grows its business in Kenya and globally through a new program. Huawei technologies p...

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ROAM Jobs rebrands to The African Talent Company to bridge the talent gap in Africa

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Expands mandate to include offline recruitment, outsourcing and e-learning in a move to consolidate the pan-African recruitment market Africa’s recruitment c...

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Glovo sets up Kibanda Bubble to enable more small restaurants to sign up on the platform

Staff WriterMay 11, 2022

Glovo has announced that it has set up a partnership with small restaurants, popularly known as Kibandas, to enable more of them to sell their food on the platf...

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Rihanna to launch Fenty Beauty products in the Kenyan market on May 27

Staff WriterMay 10, 2022

Rihanna the musician and businesswoman has announced that she will be launching her Fenty Beauty and Skincare products in the Kenyan market on May 27 2022. R...

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Forex Trading In Kenya

Staff WriterMay 10, 2022

Welcome to the intriguing world of forex trading! Over the last decade, thousands of Kenya residents  have been drawn to this popular financial activity. Contin...

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Sendy has been recognized as a technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum

Samson NderiMay 10, 2022

Sendy, a tech company that builds fulfillment infrastructure for e-commerce and consumer brands has been recognized as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Techno...

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Equity Group has acquired a Ksh. 19.1 Billion credit facility from IFC in a bid to support SMEs

Staff WriterMay 10, 2022

Equity Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have signed a partnership agreement in support of the sustainable development of Africa. This will ...

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How to apply for the Nairobi Expressway toll cards online

Staff WriterMay 10, 2022

With the the government announcing that the Nairobi Expressway will be opened for public use by motorists on Saturday, May 14. There is a need for motorists to ...

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DRC exported goods worth 5.7 Billion to the East African Community in 2020

Staff WriterMay 10, 2022

The East African Business Council Board has indicated that In 2020, EAC countries imported goods worth USD.49.2million from the DRC while they exported USD. 584...

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Why you should get a LG Commercial Washer

Staff WriterMay 10, 2022

Doing laundry has evolved over the years, thanks to technology. The age of people breaking their backs doing laundry is slowly melting away and, in their place,...

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You can now add up to 512 people to a WhatsApp Group

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

WhatsApp has announced that you can now add up to 512 people to a WhatsApp Group up from the current 256. The feature will roll out to all users soon. The f...

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Hidden cameras are not allowed in an Airbnb; here’s how to find them

Samson NderiMay 9, 2022

There has been recent talk of Airbnb owners installing hidden cameras in their apartments causing consternation among Kenyans using the service. The service ...

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Applications for MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy for filmmakers is now open

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy has opened applications for its film and TV training programme which kicks off in October this year. Applications w...

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List of fines for motorists on the Nairobi Expressway

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

Moja Expressway, the company managing the Nairobi Expressway, has released a list of fines that motorists could potentially face if they break rules on the high...

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NEAR Foundation & Sankore launch hub to lead blockchain development in Africa

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

NEAR Foundation has partnered with blockchain community Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to blockchain innovation, education and talent devel...

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Liquid Intelligent Technologies to acquire Telrad, an Israeli-based technology company

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

Liquid Intelligent Technologies is set to acquire Telrad, an innovative technology business with an extensive B2B offering. Telrad’s strong R&D program and ...

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The Nairobi Expressway will be opened to the public on May 14 on a trial basis

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

The Nairobi Expressway will be opened for public use by motorists on Saturday, May 14 according to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The new road will be opened for use...

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African aviation stakeholders meet in Nairobi to discuss the future of the industry after COVID-19

Staff WriterMay 9, 2022

The 10th Aviation Stakeholders Convention, hosted by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Kenya Airways (KQ), started today in Nairobi at the Emara Ole-...

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