CDSC to start charging investors Ksh. 100 as account maintenance fee
In a new development, investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) will start being charged a Ksh. 100 monthly charge on their stock market accounts. Thi...
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CarePoint, a healthcare startup raises Ksh. 1.1 Billion for expansion across Africa
CarePoint, a technology-driven healthcare startup, has raised $10 million bridge round to accelerate its growth across Africa, as it seeks to make healthcare ac...
Muriithi Gatu and Rohini Shah emerge as the winners of the 7th leg of Safaricom Golf Tour Junior Tournament
Muriithi Gatu a 9-year-old from Limuru and Vetlab-based 12-year-old Rohini Shah have been crowned the overall winners of the seventh leg of the Safaricom Golf...
Twiga Foods launches a Ksh. 1.1 Billion farming subsidiary in a bid to lower food costs
Twiga Foods, a B2B E-Commerce company has launched Twiga Fresh, a new subsidiary that is focused on modern and commercial farming. This is expected to help supp...
Don Riaroh emerges as the overall winner in the Karen leg of Safaricom Golf Tour
Don Riaroh has been named the overall winner of the seventh leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour held at
the par 72 Karen Country Club course.
Playing off handica...
Jambojet partners with Kenya Tourism Board to launch a campaign in a bid to drive domestic travel
Jambojet has partnered with Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) to launch a 3-month campaign dubbed #NowTravelReady, #TembeaKenya’ to encourage more Kenyans to tour loc...
Safaricom reports a net profit of Ksh. 67.5 Billion for the full year ended March 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...
Boston Consulting Group has released its annual sustainability report
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...
Zamara launches financial literacy programme for schools
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...
Sankore Pitch Competition Tour for blockchain startups to be held on May 14; Here’s how to apply
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...
Safari Air Express launches weekly direct flights to Lodwar
Kenyan domestic airline, East African Safari Air Express, has announced that it has launched weekly direct flights to Lodwar, in Turkana County.
The direct ...
Sasai Fintech’s digital wallet has secured GSMA compliance approval for merchant payments and bulk disbursements
Sasai Fintech a business of Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated technology company of continental scale, has been awarded the compliance approval fo...
Purple Dot International to set up Ksh. 600 million warehouse facility in Athi River for lights industries
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...
UNESCO has partnered with Huawei to deliver Campus UNESCO for young people in 20 countries
So far, UNESCO and Huawei have organized ten Campus UNESCO sessions, focusing on technology and education, reaching students from 39 schools in 20 countries.
...
How ERP solutions can give manufacturers and distributors the control that they require across the supply chain
Disruptions across the supply chain are inescapable. Different parts of the world have experienced supply chain disruptions at different times due to different ...
Zoho Marketing Plus launched to bring various marketing activities under one roof
Zoho Corporation has launched Zoho Marketing Plus, a unified platform that brings together various marketing activities under one roof. It includes campaign ide...
Kenyatta National Hospital receives hospital beds donation from Madison Life Assurance
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.
‘’...
The Safaricom Golf Tour heads to Karen Country Club for the 7th leg of the series
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...
IFC sponsored KKCF Business Competition announces 40 winners from Turkana County
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...
Whistleblower Daniel Motaung sues Facebook & Sama for forced labour & human rights abuses
Whistleblower Daniel Motaung sues Facebook & its agent, Sama, for human trafficking, forced labour and human rights abuses. More than 10 government and NGOs...
Miriam Tamar & GNL Zamba to launch The Nsimbi Podcast on culture, race & identity on May 11
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.
...
Kenya’s Sendy, Pula & Access Afya named as Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum
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 ...
Nigerian TV show Blood Sisters makes it to Netflix’s top ten Global list of TV shows
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 ...
The 2022 Safal Cornell Kiswahili Prize launched; call for submissions open
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...
EFG Hermes named as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies in 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...
Kenya’s Buruklyn Boyz among African musicians to join Spotify’s batch of RADAR artists
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...
Huawei launches employment program to hire top talent as it grows its business globally
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...
ROAM Jobs rebrands to The African Talent Company to bridge the talent gap in Africa
Expands mandate to include offline recruitment, outsourcing and e-learning in a move to consolidate the pan-African recruitment market
Africa’s recruitment c...
Glovo sets up Kibanda Bubble to enable more small restaurants to sign up on the platform
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...
Rihanna to launch Fenty Beauty products in the Kenyan market on May 27
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...
Forex Trading In Kenya
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...
Equity Group has acquired a Ksh. 19.1 Billion credit facility from IFC in a bid to support SMEs
Equity Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have signed a partnership agreement in support of the sustainable development of Africa. This will ...
How to apply for the Nairobi Expressway toll cards online
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 ...
DRC exported goods worth 5.7 Billion to the East African Community in 2020
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...
Why you should get a LG Commercial Washer
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,...
You can now add up to 512 people to a WhatsApp Group
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...
Applications for MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy for filmmakers is now open
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...
List of fines for motorists on the Nairobi Expressway
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...
NEAR Foundation & Sankore launch hub to lead blockchain development in Africa
NEAR Foundation has partnered with blockchain community Sankore to launch a regional hub in Kenya dedicated to blockchain innovation, education and talent devel...
Liquid Intelligent Technologies to acquire Telrad, an Israeli-based technology company
Liquid Intelligent Technologies is set to acquire Telrad, an innovative technology business with an extensive B2B offering. Telrad’s strong R&D program and ...
The Nairobi Expressway will be opened to the public on May 14 on a trial basis
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...
African aviation stakeholders meet in Nairobi to discuss the future of the industry after COVID-19
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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