John Sibi Okumu awarded the Carthage Theatre Festival’s Lifetime Achievement award
Kenyan actor, media personality and playwright John Sibi-Okumu was recently awarded with the Carthage Theatre Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Sibi-Okumu ...
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Ferdinand Omanyala signs multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with Adidas
Kenyan 100m African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala has signed a multi-million sponsorship deal with global sports brand Adidas. In a brief with the media, Oma...
Leaked details of upcoming Infinix phone with new Dimensity 900 chipset & 5G
Infinix recently released the premium Zero X series last year with MediaTek Helio G chipsets, with another model in development. While information on the new mo...
Gates Foundation appoints 4 new trustees to shape governance & increase impact
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has appointed a board of trustees with four new members. Strive Masiyiwa, Baroness Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Thomas J. Tier...
Kenya’s Angel Lately & Mandi Sarro among 26 African YouTubers selected to join the 2022 YouTube BlackVoices Fund
YouTube recently revealed the names of African creators who have been selected to join a global cohort of 135, in its flagship #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund initiati...
Knight Frank appointed as the official leasing agent for the GTC Office Tower
Knight Frank Kenya, a real estate consultancy firm, has been appointed as the leasing agent for the Global Trade Centre (GTC) Office Tower located in Nairobi's ...
Braeburn finalizes deal to acquire Hillcrest International School
Braeburn Schools Limited has reached a deal to acquire Hillcrest International Schools. The schools stated they reached the deal in principle on January 20th, 2...
Reprieve for travellers as UAE reopens to flights from Kenya & other African countries as from January 29th
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced the resumption of entry for passengers from several countries in Africa. These are Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Niger...
Here is how to apply for the Kenya Prisons mass recruitment happening on 8th February
The Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) has begun its mass countywide recruitment exercise targeting the youth in Kenya. KPS announced that it is seeking to hire Medica...
Ferdinand Omanyala & Faith Kipyegon emerge as winners at the 2021 SOYA Awards
Ferdinand Omanyala, Africa's fastest sprinter in men's 100m race, has been crowned the 2021 Sportsman of the Year at the 2021 Sports Personality of the Year Awa...
International School of Kenya wins the Community Building Awards for its Plastiki Rafiki initiative
The International School of Kenya recently won the International School Awards’ Community Building Award at the 2022 International School Awards. The awards rec...
DHL Express SSA has been certified as a top employer in Africa
DHL Express, a logistics company, has once again been recognized as a Top Employer in Africa by the Top Employer Institute. The company has been participating i...
Jim Cummings spearheads initiative to plant 500,000 trees in Kenya to combat climate change
Jim Cummings, a lifelong educator, has a long-standing passion for combating climate change and involving younger generations, both in Kenya and in the United S...
KRU announces the return of the National Seven Circuit in May 2022
The Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has announced the official return of the National Sevens Circuit after a two year hiatus in May 2022. The hiatus was attributed to t...
SBM Bank offers Ksh. 1.6 billion financing to Bboxx in a bid to support financing of affordable solar home systems
SBM Bank Kenya has today announced a Ksh. 1.6 billion (USD 15 million) mid-term debt facility to Bboxx Kenya, a next generation company. The facility is aimed a...
Absa Bank wins the Top Employer in Kenya & Africa accolade
Absa Bank Kenya has been recognized as the top employer in Kenya and Africa in 2022 by the Top Employers Institute. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases ...
Tusker Malt Lager to sponsor the Soldier’s Salute Polo tournament this weekend at the Nairobi Polo Club
The January series of the Polo competition will continue this week at the Nairobi Polo Club with the seventh Soldier’s Salute tournament sponsored by Tusker Mal...
Bybit launches an NFT trading platform with an aim of streamlining digital ownership
Bybit, a cryptocurrency trading platform, recently launched the Bybit NFT Marketplace, a non-fungible token (NFT) platform. The platform aims to streamline digi...
Shell partners with the SAP Young Professionals program to drive digital transformation in Nigeria
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has partnered with SAP's Young Professionals program in a bid to produce a steady supply of digital sk...
Standard Chartered wins in the World’s Best Trade Finance provider in Kenya category at the 2022 Global Finance Awards
Standard Chartered Bank has won the 2022 Best Trade Finance Provider in Kenya award for its trade innovation in product capabilities and focus on client-centric...
All you need to know about the Safaricom Golf Tour series
Safaricom recently teed off the inaugural national golf series dubbed the Safaricom Golf Tour. The 14-leg golf series aims to tap, nurture and grow talent among...
Kenya lifts 7 day suspension on all Dubai bound passenger flights
Kenya has lifted its 7 day suspension on all Dubai bound passenger flights effective midnight after a 2 week ban with the UAE over COVID-19 certificates. The ba...
Kakuzi appoints Justice Violet Mavisi as Head of its Independent grievance mechanisms
Kakuzi agribusiness firm has appointed Justice (Rtd.) Violet Mavisi as the Independent Lead of the company’s Operational Level Grievance Mechanism (OGM). Mavisi...
Single Kiasi (Single-ish) premieres on Showmax, new episodes to be released every Thursday
Single Kiasi (Singleish), the latest Original series on Showmax, is now streaming, with new episodes releasing every Thursday. The show will be available to Ken...
RUBiS Energy sponsors the GirlsRun Marathon in a bid to promote menstrual hygiene
RUBiS Energy Kenya has sponsored the GirlsRun marathon, an initiative supporting menstrual hygiene. This is in partnership with Women Development Centre (WODEC)...
Ministry of ICT partners with Huawei to deliver last mile internet connectivity
The Government of Kenya has stepped up its drive to ensure more Kenyans are connected to the internet. To this end, the ICT Authority and the State Department f...
Samsung appoints Tae Sun Lee as the new MD for the East African market
Samsung Electronics has appointed Mr. Tae Sun Lee as the new Samsung Electronics East Africa Managing Director, effective January 2022. Mr. Lee takes over from ...
IFC extends Ksh. 1.7 Billion financing to GTBank to support SMEs in Kenya
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has extended a Ksh. 1.7 billion (USD 15 million) loan to Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Kenya to help Kenyan businesse...
Kenya signs deal with the WRC to extend partnership to 2026
Kenya has signed a deal with the World Rally Championship (WRC) for the Safari Rally to remain on the WRC calendar until 2026. The deal was signed at the Automo...
Safaricom Foundation’s Ndoto Zetu initiative boosts access to digital skills for students in Vihiga, Siaya & Busia counties
Over 1,000 students in Vihiga, Siaya and Busia counties have benefited from education and infrastructure support from Safaricom Foundation through the Ndoto Zet...
EABC applauds Kenya-Uganda bilateral talks to reduce cargo trucks congestion at the Malaba border
The East African Business Council (EABC) with support from TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) has rolled out border visits and public-private dialogue with stakeholde...
Allan Njeru & Samuel Wasswa win tickets in the Rubis ‘Taste Brioche and find yourself in Paris’ promotion
Brioche, the restaurant franchise of Rubis Energy Kenya has awarded 2 winners with a trip to Paris in the consumer promotion dubbed Taste Brioche and find yours...
Netflix commits Ksh. 113 million for its Creative Equity Scholarship Fund in Africa
Netflix has committed Ksh. 113 million (USD 1 million) towards the newly-established Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) for film and TV students in...
Sanlam projects a decline in net profit earnings for Q4 2021
Sanlam Kenya has reported an expected decline in net profit for the period ended 31st December, 2021. The projected decline in earnings follows the company's re...
Equity Bank’s Mary Wamae emerges as a winner at the 2021 Women on Board Network Awards
Mary Wamae, Executive Director at the Equity Group is the winner of the 2021 Women on Board Award held by the Women on Board Network (WOBN). The WOBN awards aim...
Amaarae is the latest addition to Spotify’s EQUAL music programme
Ghanaian breakout star, Amaarae, has joined the Spotify EQUAL music programme as the Artist of the Month for January 2022. Amaarae, who is a strong advocate of ...
Safaricom launches Golf Tour in a bid to nurture talent among young golfers across the country
In Kenya, golf has for the longest time been viewed as an elite sport for the chosen few. This has led to a low uptake of the game more so among young people be...
Instagram expands the remix feature to Reels, launches reminders for scheduled Lives
Instagram has extended its remix feature for videos to enable users on the platform to remix all video content. This is in addition to Instagram Reels, giving p...
Silvester Mbandi has been appointed as the new EKA Hotel General Manager
The EKA Hotel has announced the appointment of Silvester Mbandi as the General Manager of the hotel located along Mombasa Road. Mr. Mbandi is a seasoned hotelie...
Network International partners with Mastercard in a bid to expand digital payment acceptance across Middle East & Africa
Network International has in partnership with the Mastercard launched the Tap on Phone technology to enhance digital payments. The new technology is expected t...
RwandAir resumes passenger flights to Dubai after removal from UAE’s red list
Rwanda’s national carrier, RwandAir, has officially resumed its scheduled flights to Dubai in The United Arab Emirates (UAE) starting today, January 20th, 2022....
Snehar Shah has been appointed as the new CEO of Moringa School
The Moringa School has announced the appointment of Snehar Shah as its new CEO, succeeding Mr. Audrey Cheng. Mr. Shah has over 25 years' experience working in m...
