Véron Mosengo-Omba appointed as the new CAF Secretary General
FIFA has appointed Véron Mosengo-Omba to the position of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Secretary General. Véron has...
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Standard Chartered launches competition to reward customers with Liverpool FC merchandise
Standard Chartered has launched Bank More Score More, a digital competition for customers to accumulate points and stand...
Equity receives Ksh. 11 billion from various funders to support SMEs
Equity Group has signed a Ksh. 11 billion ($100 million) loan facility with Germany’s DEG, the Netherlands FMO...
AfDB report shows African economies will recover from impacts of COVID-19
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a report that shows Africa is expected to recover from the...
Invisible Inventories launched to reclaim lost Kenyan art in foreign museums
The National Museums of Kenya has launched the Invinsible Inventories series, to map out a plan to reclaim...
Alex Mong’are among winners in the Toyota 14th Dream Car Art Contest
Toyota Kenya has announced winners for the 14th Dream Car Art Contest. The contest is a global competition...
Kenya’s Peris Mukoko among the World Rugby Executive Leadership Scholarship recipients
World Rugby has reconfirmed its commitment and investment into the acceleration of women in leadership positions in rugby....
Wawira Njiru named among top Young Global Leaders in 2021 by WEF
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food for Education, has been named among 112 top Young Global Leaders by...
A review of Ng’ang’a Mbugua’s novel, ‘Different Colours’
Different Colours by Ng’ang’a Mbugua is a powerful story of a young man, Miguel, from his early days...
Kenya automates issuance of cash crop import & export licenses
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, has launched an online system to issue import and export...
Kenya Flower Council pushes for approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal to guarantee export of flowers to the UK
Kenya Flower Council (KFC) has expressed its support for the immediate approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal signed...
Global Compact Kenya & NSE unite to advocate for gender equality
The Global Compact Network Kenya in partnership with NSE, UN Women Kenya and International Finance Corporate (IFC) Africa...
COMESA to fund women-owned businesses worst hit by COVID-19
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform...
KFC & Kazi Remote hold first graduation ceremony for film students
Kenya Film Commission (KFC) in conjunction with Kazi Remote have held a graduation ceremony for the first group...
realme named among top 5 in global smartphone shipment report
Smartphone manufacturer, realme, has been named among the Top 5 brands in 15 regions according to Q4 2020...
Huawei Tech Summit 2021 slated for March 17-19
The Huawei Tech Summit 2021 will convene business leaders and ICT experts from across Southern Africa from March...
Shazam launches Apple Music playlist featuring top musicians in East Africa
Music discovery app, Shazam, has launched a new playlist, dubbed East Africa Risers, on Apple Music. The playlist...
Kenya’s eKitabu among projects funded by APIF to support learning in Africa
Kenya’s eKitabu is among five projects to be funded by The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) to support...
Pula Advisors & M-KOPA receive AfDB funding to research on women’s access to digital financial services
Pula Advisors and M-KOPA have received received funding from AfDB to research on women’s access to digital financial...
Sauti Sol are back on showmax with Sol Family Season 2
Sauti Sol are back with more drama, music and vibes in their second season of their docu-series Sol-Family...
Applications for the Orange Social Venture Prize 2021 are now open
Applications for the 11th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East are officially open. Interested...
Coca-Cola surpasses 5by20 global women empowerment goal
Coca-Cola is celebrating exceeding its 5by20 goal of enabling the economic empowerment of more than 6 million women...
Bolt launches electric & hybrid cars category on its platform to promote environmental conservation
Bolt has introduced a new ride category on its platform, dubbed Bolt Green, which offers eco-friendly rides. The...
The Lawyers Hub launches initiative to help grow SMEs in Africa
The Lawyers Hub has launched the Africa start-up Law Accelerator in partnership with HYBR South Africa, GoDo Hub...
Business support centre launched at KEBS in Eldoret to boost growth of SMEs
The Cabinet Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade, and Enterprise Development has launched a new Biashara Centre in...
PETCO Kenya partners with WWF to enhance waste collection
PETCO Kenya and World Wide Fund Kenya (WWF) have partnered in an agreement worth Ksh. 6 million to...
Food for Education expands services to Mombasa County
Kenyan school feeding initiative, Food for Education, has expanded its feeding operations to Mombasa County’s public schools. The...
Swvl Kenya resumes regular commuter services in Nairobi
Swvl has announced the resumption of its regular commuter services across Nairobi city in its plan to scale...
Equity launches ‘Clean Cooking Project’ to support schools with cleaner cooking energy
Equity has launched the Clean Cooking Project initiative to support schools to install modern and environmentally safe cooking...
Huawei unveils program to empower women tech developers
Huawei has officially launched its Huawei Women Developers (HWD) program, which aims to empower women developers to create...
SBM Bank celebrates women owned businesses on International Women’s Day
SBM Bank has recognized three women in healthcare as part of the celebrations for this year’s International Women’s...
Ross Evans appointed as the new CEO for Hemingways
Hemingways has named Mr. Ross Evans as their new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 2021. Mr. Evans will...
Absa Group Deputy CEO Peter Matlare passes on due to COVID-19
Absa Group has announced the demise of Peter Matlare, Executive Director and Deputy Group Chief Executive. The late...
Rubis Energy Kenya transfers acquired petrol stations to the Rubis banner
Rubis Energy has transferred and rebranded the acquired Gulf Energy and KenolKobil petrol stations to the Rubis banner....
Boomplay celebrates iconic women in music on International Women’s Day
Music streaming platform, Boomplay, has launched an initiative to celebrate trailblazing women in the music industry for International...
Africa Telecoms Union partners with Ericsson to develop Spectrum recommendations for African countries
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) in partnership with Ericsson has finalized the development of Spectrum recommendations for African...
Women in Kenya to benefit from Microsoft digital training
Microsoft has partnered with Tech4Dev, a social initiative, to train girls and women across Africa in coding and...
KBL officially launches Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin in Kenya
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has unveiled Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin, in the Kenyan market. The Tanqueray Flor...
Coalition of Blood for Africa partners with Kenya to collect blood for mothers
The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) has partnered with the Coalition of Blood for Africa (CoBA) to...
NMG named as the official broadcast partner of NBA 2021
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nation Media Group (NMG) have announced a partnership to make NTV the...
263 organizations seek to stop construction of controversial crude oil pipeline across East Africa
263 community and NGOs from around the world have urged the CEOs of 25 banks not to fund...
SheHacks Kenya among the winners of the Africa Online Safety Fund
Internet access in Africa has steadily increased, reaching about 40% of the population in the continent. The use...