National exams for Standard 8 & Grade 6 students begins today
National examinations for standard 8 & grade 6 students have began today Monday across the country.
More than 3 million Standard 8 and Grade 6 students w...
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Safaricom launches M-PESA Go a product for kids aged 10 to 17 years
Safaricom has launched M-PESA Go, a new financial product for teens and preteens aged 10 to 17 years. The service seeks to empower parents and guardians to rais...
Absa Bank’s SHE Stars Program has graduated its first cohort of 257 women entrepreneurs
Absa Bank’s SHE Stars Program has graduated its first cohort of 257 women entrepreneurs who went through blended finance and business development services capac...
Kengen unveils four Electric Vehicles in a bid to diversify into the e-mobility sector
Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen), has unveiled its first four Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Nairobi in a move to support its diversification ambit...
Team Sayari a children’s educational program to air on Disney Channel this festive season
Team Sayari, a children's educational program will air on Disney Channel, (DStv 303) at 17:05 (EAT) from Monday 12 December 2022, with one episode airing ea...
Hisa App acquires regulatory approval to trade stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
Hisa App, a Kenyan wealth-tech startup has announced their public launch after a 10 month beta period. The app allows anyone in Kenya to invest in Kenyan listed...
The Tecno Phantom X2 series to feature the new MediaTek Dimensity 9000 5G chipset
Experts from the global smartphone domain convened on November 22 in a webinar hosted by renowned technology research firm, Counterpoint to discuss consumers' s...
Kenya, leading manufacturing sector recovery in Africa
Africa is famous for resource and mineral wealth because we dig, we sweat, and we sell. However, this only enables the world and a few locals to get wealthy. Bu...
Equity Group has reported a Ksh. 34.4 Billion net profit in Q3
Equity Group Holdings Plc has reported a Kshs. 34.4 Billion shillings profit after tax for the nine months to 30th September 2022, this is a 26.61 per cent rise...
Role of data in implementing the Abuja declaration on fertilizer for the Africa Green Revolution
On 12 June 2006, The African Union Special Summit of the Heads of State and Government convened and adopted a 12-Resolution framework dubbed the Abuja Declarati...
Asus reports that their laptops are now offering 2.5 times better performance than previous models
Modern laptops tend to be very powerful. This is the case for all segments as we can do more with our laptops compared to about a decade ago. Some people may se...
Kenya Cane hosts The Greats Fest, a cultural extravaganza in Nakuru
Kenya Cane has launched a cultural extravaganza dubbed “The Greats Fest” that seeks to engage consumers to proudly celebrate their culture through music, food, ...
Check out the Xiaomi Black Friday deals in the Kenyan market
Xiaomi has launched its Black Friday campaign running across all Xiaomi Stores, partner retail stores in the country. The company has introduced enticing deals ...
Coca-Cola Kenya flags off the four winners flying to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup 2022
Coca-Cola Kenya has officially kicked off the FIFA World Cup 2022™ by flagging off the four winners flying to Qatar to experience the live matches in a bid to e...
Idea Hive, an innovative performance marketing agency has been launched into the Kenyan market
Idea Hive an innovative performance marketing agency has launched into the East African market in a bid to provide data-driven technology to create unique, insi...
Tecno Mobile receives award for the Most Innovative Mobile Phone Manufacturing Brand in Asia by UK Global Brands Magazine
TECNO Mobile, has emerged a winner in the "Most Innovative Mobile Phone Manufacturing Brand in Asia" category at the Global Brand Awards hosted by the UK Global...
How Equity Bank is enabling women entrepreneurs to succeed in the Kenyan market
From the inception of the financial sector in Kenya until the mid-90s, women were largely excluded from the formal financial sector due to various barriers such...
Mamafua laundromat in colloboration with LG have launched their first branch in Langata
Mamafua laundromat has partnered with LG Electronics to launch its first branch in Langata. During the launch, LG Electronics announced its commitment to champi...
Silvester Kariuki walks away with Ksh. 500,000 after emerging as the Next Highlander champion
Silvester Kariuki Kiura, a 22 year old Biomedical engineer has emerged as Kenya's Next Highlander champion, earning a trip to Scotland and a cash award of Kshs....
SkyGarden emerges from bankruptcy after being acquired by an investor
Just about a month after SkyGarden filed for bankruptcy due to lack of funding, the CEO Martin Majlund has announced that they have found an acquirer for the IP...
Kenya’s GrowAgric and Aquarech among 9 startups selected for the Katapult Africa Accelerator Programme
Kenyan GrowAgric and Aquarech are among nine startups that have been selected for the Katapult Africa Accelerator Programme. Katapult is a Norway-based startup ...
Safaricom Ethiopia gains over 740,000 customers in just one month
Safaricom has announced that its Ethiopian operation has gained over 740,000 customers so far with 20,000 new customers joining the network daily.
The subsid...
Daikin launches center of excellence program at the Don Bosco Boys Technical Institute
Daikin India, has unveiled a Center of Excellence program in partnership with Don Bosco Boys Technical Institute as a part of its ongoing Skill Africa Initiativ...
Pwani Oil is calling out for submissions for its 2nd annual National Essay Writing Championship
Pwani Oil has partnered with Kenya Primary School Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA), to announce the opening of its 2nd annual National Essay Writing Champions...
Absa Bank has partnered with Interswitch to finance SMEs acquire KRA TIMs devices
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has partnered with Interswitch, an electronic payments and infrastructure company, to provide financial assistance to Small and Medium Enter...
Sendy raises funding from Mol Plus in a bid to scale its fulfillment services
Sendy has received funding from MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. which is the Corporate Venture Capital of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL). MOL PLUS has joined existing Sen...
AWS announces partnership with Zalego Academy among other partners to train youth on ICT under their re/Start program
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company has announced that it has signed new partnerships with local training partners such as Computer Lea...
Equity Bank migrates the Paypal withdrawal service to its Mobile App
Equity Bank has migrated it PayPal withdrawal service from the previous web-based portal to Equity Mobile App and Equity Online, Equity’s internet banking platf...
NBK partners with AGF on a Loan Portfolio Guarantee Agreement as it seeks to finance MSMEs
National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has partnered with African Guarantee Fund (AGF) to offer a partial guarantee in respect of defaults arising from loans to various p...
Samsung emerges as the top Tv brand globally for 16th consecutive year
Samsung Electronics has increased its market share by 19.8% according to market research firm Omdia, this is the 16th consecutive year that they have topped the...
Diamond Trust Bank launches an account targeted at women entrepreneurs
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has launched Zawadi, a special account for women running Small and Medium Enterprises.
The account is designed to enable women access ...
Tourism CS Peninah Malonza dinner raises Ksh. 12 Million for the Magical Kenya Tembo Naming Festival initiative
Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza hosted a fundraiser dinner for the Magical Kenya Tembo Naming Festival initiative that realized...
You can now purchase LG electronics using Bonga points following partnership with Safaricom
LG Electronics has partnered with Safaricom to offer customers access to home electronics and appliances at a 7 per cent discount.
The move is aimed at ensurin...
DTB opens new branch in Likoni, Mombasa as part of expansion strategy
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has this weekend opened a new branch at Likoni, Mombasa, as it continues to roll out its plan to reach more customers and support busin...
G.A Insurance to stop providing comprehensive covers for some Toyota and Suzuki car models
GA Insurance Limited has indicated that they will no longer be providing comprehensive covers for at least six motor vehicle models in Kenya, citing unacceptabl...
Howard Gregory appointed by Ogilvy Africa as the Managing Partner for PR & Influence in Kenya
Ogilvy Africa has appointed Howard Gregory as Managing Partner, to head up its Public Relations and Influence (PR&I) offering for its Nairobi office. He sta...
African Guarantee Fund partners with ResponsAbility Investments AG to Loan Portfolio Guarantee facility for SMEs
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has announced a partnership with ResponsAbility Investments AG (responsAbility) to offer a Loan Portfolio Guarantee facility am...
You can now apply for the Schmidt Futures’ 2023 Rise Global Challenge
Schmidt Futures in partnership with the Rhodes Trust have announced the opening of applications for 2023 Rise Global Challenge for young people aged between 15 ...
Safaricom has partnered with Boomplay to launch affordable subscription bundles
Safaricom has partnered with Boomplay, a popular music streaming service with over 85 million local and international tracks and podcasts. This is in a bid to a...
Pricing and availability of Xiaomi 5G phones in the Kenyan market
After a long wait, Safaricom finally announced the commercial launch of its 5G network in select parts across the country sometime last week. So far, the telco...
Africa and the Scale-Complexity Paradox
Africa has a population of ~1.3 billion people which is expected to double by 2050 and a young median age of 20 in a world where several economies are grappling...
Oppo Reno8, elevating the Reno Series to a new level on matters camera performance
Portrait photography and videography has been ingrained in the OPPO Reno series since its inception in 2019. With the launch of the OPPO Reno8, the leading glob...
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