Véron Mosengo-Omba appointed as the new CAF Secretary General

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

FIFA has appointed Véron Mosengo-Omba to the position of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Secretary General. Véron has been, up until his new appointment...

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Standard Chartered launches competition to reward customers with Liverpool FC merchandise

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

Standard Chartered has launched Bank More Score More, a digital competition for customers to accumulate points and stand a chance to win exciting prizes. The co...

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Equity receives Ksh. 11 billion from various funders to support SMEs

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

Equity Group has signed a Ksh. 11 billion ($100 million) loan facility with Germany’s DEG, the Netherlands FMO and the UK’s CDC Group. The signing comes in the ...

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AfDB report shows African economies will recover from impacts of COVID-19

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a report that shows Africa is expected to recover from the economic recess caused by the global COVID-19 pandem...

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Invisible Inventories launched to reclaim lost Kenyan art in foreign museums

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

The National Museums of Kenya has launched the Invinsible Inventories series, to map out a plan to reclaim Kenyan cultural objects in the possession of museums ...

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Alex Mong’are among winners in the Toyota 14th Dream Car Art Contest

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

Toyota Kenya has announced winners for the 14th Dream Car Art Contest. The contest is a global competition held to encourage and inspire creativity in children ...

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Kenya’s Peris Mukoko among the World Rugby Executive Leadership Scholarship recipients

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

World Rugby has reconfirmed its commitment and investment into the acceleration of women in leadership positions in rugby. Through its World Rugby Women’s Execu...

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Wawira Njiru named among top Young Global Leaders in 2021 by WEF

Grace MathekaMarch 15, 2021

Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food for Education, has been named among 112 top Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. The 2021 Young Global Leaders li...

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A review of Ng’ang’a Mbugua’s novel, ‘Different Colours’

Grace MathekaMarch 13, 2021

Different Colours by Ng'ang'a Mbugua is a powerful story of a young man, Miguel, from his early days as an artist, through years of practice, to his life and ex...

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Kenya automates issuance of cash crop import & export licenses

Grace MathekaMarch 13, 2021

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, has launched an online system to issue import and export permits and licenses in Kenya. The ...

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Kenya Flower Council pushes for approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal to guarantee export of flowers to the UK

Grace MathekaMarch 13, 2021

Kenya Flower Council (KFC) has expressed its support for the immediate approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal signed on December 8 2020. Kenya’s exports of cut flo...

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Global Compact Kenya & NSE unite to advocate for gender equality

Grace MathekaMarch 13, 2021

The Global Compact Network Kenya in partnership with NSE, UN Women Kenya and International Finance Corporate (IFC) Africa joined over 100 stock exchanges global...

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COMESA to fund women-owned businesses worst hit by COVID-19

Grace MathekaMarch 13, 2021

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP), to finance women's businesses in ...

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KFC & Kazi Remote hold first graduation ceremony for film students

Grace MathekaMarch 13, 2021

Kenya Film Commission (KFC) in conjunction with Kazi Remote have held a graduation ceremony for the first group of 25 trainees. The trainees were in the transcr...

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realme named among top 5 in global smartphone shipment report

Grace MathekaMarch 12, 2021

Smartphone manufacturer, realme, has been named among the Top 5 brands in 15 regions according to Q4 2020 Canalys global smartphone shipment report. Accordin...

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Huawei Tech Summit 2021 slated for March 17-19

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

The Huawei Tech Summit 2021 will convene business leaders and ICT experts from across Southern Africa from March 17th to 19th. The virtual event aims to unpack ...

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Shazam launches Apple Music playlist featuring top musicians in East Africa

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Music discovery app, Shazam, has launched a new playlist, dubbed East Africa Risers, on Apple Music. The playlist features top trending songs on Shazam in Kenya...

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Kenya’s eKitabu among projects funded by APIF to support learning in Africa

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Kenya's eKitabu is among five projects to be funded by The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) to support learning in Africa. The African Publishing In...

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Pula Advisors & M-KOPA receive AfDB funding to research on women’s access to digital financial services

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Pula Advisors and M-KOPA have received received funding from AfDB to research on women's access to digital financial services. The African Development Bank (...

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Sauti Sol are back on showmax with Sol Family Season 2

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Sauti Sol are back with more drama, music and vibes in their second season of their docu-series Sol-Family coming exclusively to Showmax starting 15 March. S...

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Applications for the Orange Social Venture Prize 2021 are now open

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Applications for the 11th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East are officially open. Interested applicants have until 4th June 2021 to submi...

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Coca-Cola surpasses 5by20 global women empowerment goal

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Coca-Cola is celebrating exceeding its 5by20 goal of enabling the economic empowerment of more than 6 million women around the world. 34% of those women enabled...

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Bolt launches electric & hybrid cars category on its platform to promote environmental conservation

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

Bolt has introduced a new ride category on its platform, dubbed Bolt Green, which offers eco-friendly rides. The category will have hybrid and electric cars to ...

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The Lawyers Hub launches initiative to help grow SMEs in Africa

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

The Lawyers Hub has launched the Africa start-up Law Accelerator in partnership with HYBR South Africa, GoDo Hub Nigeria and Tech Build Africa. This initiative ...

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Business support centre launched at KEBS in Eldoret to boost growth of SMEs

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

The Cabinet Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade, and Enterprise Development has launched a new Biashara Centre in Eldoret. The new ce...

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PETCO Kenya partners with WWF to enhance waste collection

Grace MathekaMarch 11, 2021

PETCO Kenya and World Wide Fund Kenya (WWF) have partnered in an agreement worth Ksh. 6 million to enhanced waste collection in the coastal region. The partn...

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Food for Education expands services to Mombasa County

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

Kenyan school feeding initiative, Food for Education, has expanded its feeding operations to Mombasa County's public schools. The initiative aims to feed 100,00...

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Swvl Kenya resumes regular commuter services in Nairobi

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

Swvl has announced the resumption of its regular commuter services across Nairobi city in its plan to scale up operations in the country. All services will cont...

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Equity launches ‘Clean Cooking Project’ to support schools with cleaner cooking energy

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

Equity has launched the Clean Cooking Project initiative to support schools to install modern and environmentally safe cooking technologies. Equity will prov...

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Huawei unveils program to empower women tech developers

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

Huawei has officially launched its Huawei Women Developers (HWD) program, which aims to empower women developers to create apps and tools that can change the wo...

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SBM Bank celebrates women owned businesses on International Women’s Day

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

SBM Bank has recognized three women in healthcare as part of the celebrations for this year's International Women's Day. The bank celebrated these women by high...

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Ross Evans appointed as the new CEO for Hemingways

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

Hemingways has named Mr. Ross Evans as their new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 2021. Mr. Evans will be responsible for management of the Hemingways G...

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Absa Group Deputy CEO Peter Matlare passes on due to COVID-19

Grace MathekaMarch 10, 2021

Absa Group has announced the demise of Peter Matlare, Executive Director and Deputy Group Chief Executive. The late Peter Matlare died on 7 March 2021 due to CO...

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Rubis Energy Kenya transfers acquired petrol stations to the Rubis banner

Grace MathekaMarch 9, 2021

Rubis Energy has transferred and rebranded the acquired Gulf Energy and KenolKobil petrol stations to the Rubis banner. This follows the unveil of 7 new rebrand...

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Boomplay celebrates iconic women in music on International Women’s Day

Grace MathekaMarch 9, 2021

Music streaming platform, Boomplay, has launched an initiative to celebrate trailblazing women in the music industry for International Women’s Day. The company ...

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Africa Telecoms Union partners with Ericsson to develop Spectrum recommendations for African countries

Grace MathekaMarch 9, 2021

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) in partnership with Ericsson has finalized the development of Spectrum recommendations for African countries. These r...

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Women in Kenya to benefit from Microsoft digital training

Grace MathekaMarch 9, 2021

Microsoft has partnered with Tech4Dev, a social initiative, to train girls and women across Africa in coding and technology skills. The partnership aims to brid...

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KBL officially launches Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin in Kenya

Grace MathekaMarch 9, 2021

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has unveiled Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin, in the Kenyan market. The Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla launch follows a successful revamp...

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Coalition of Blood for Africa partners with Kenya to collect blood for mothers

Grace MathekaMarch 6, 2021

The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) has partnered with the Coalition of Blood for Africa (CoBA) to collect 3000 units of blood. The three-day ...

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NMG named as the official broadcast partner of NBA 2021

Grace MathekaMarch 6, 2021

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nation Media Group (NMG) have announced a partnership to make NTV the official free-to-air broadcast partner of th...

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263 organizations seek to stop construction of controversial crude oil pipeline across East Africa

Grace MathekaMarch 6, 2021

263 community and NGOs from around the world have urged the CEOs of 25 banks not to fund the construction of a heated crude oil pipeline. The organizations, ...

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SheHacks Kenya among the winners of the Africa Online Safety Fund

Grace MathekaMarch 5, 2021

Internet access in Africa has steadily increased, reaching about 40% of the population in the continent. The use of smartphones, network coverage, mobile money ...

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