Aleph Hospitality opens the Best Western Plus Westlands hotel

Staff WriterJanuary 6, 2020

Dubai-based independent hotel management company Aleph Hospitality has opened the Best Western Plus Westlands hotel in Nairobi. This is the second such branded ...

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Emirates is offering discounts on return flights starting from $484 until 21 January

Staff WriterJanuary 6, 2020

Dubai based airline, Emirates, has announced that it is offering discounts on return flight fares to various destinations it flies to. Kenyan travellers will...

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Equity awards 1,136 top performing KCPE students with Wings to Fly Scholarships

Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2020

Equity Group has awarded the top performing but needy students  with Wings to Fly scholarships at a ceremony held at Kenyatta University. This year’s 1,136 scho...

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JamboJet is selling tickets to local destinations for Ksh. 2020 as part of New Year celebrations

Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2020

JamboJet has announced that it will be selling over 10,000 tickets at the price of Ksh. 2,020 part of its new year celebrations. The promotion which will run...

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Wings To Fly students shine in the 2019 KCSE results

Staff WriterDecember 31, 2019

Students who are beneficiaries of the Equity Bank Wings To Fly initiative performed well in the 2019 KCSE exams. 24 of the students managed to score a mean grad...

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Laban Irungu and Boniface Njuguna are the winners of a brand new matatu in the Vivo Energy Weka Collabo competition

Staff WriterDecember 24, 2019

Laban Irungu and his conductor Boniface Njuguna emerged as the winners of a a brand new 32-seater matatu valued at Kshs 5.2 million in the just concluded Weka C...

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Safaricom Foundation assists in the resettlement of families affected by floods in West Pokot

Staff WriterDecember 24, 2019

Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh. 4 Million towards the resettlement of at least 300 families who were displaced and require support to rebuild their homes....

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Opera Mini and Mdundo partner to provide free downloadable music in 9 African countries

Staff WriterDecember 21, 2019

Opera and Mdundo have entered into a partnership that will see Opera Mini users listen to and download their favourite songs from the most recognized artists in...

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Glovo raises Ksh. 16.7 Billion in Series E funding

Staff WriterDecember 21, 2019

Glovo has announced that is has raised Ksh. 16.7 Billion in series E funding with this round of investment being led by Mubadala and previous investors like Dra...

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Tecno Mobile awards 50 customers with Christmas gifts courtesy of the Tecno Take Me Home Campaign

Staff WriterDecember 20, 2019

Tecno has awarded 50 lucky customers with a range of gifts as the #TECNOTakesMeHome campaign came to an end. The digital campaign achieved an impressive 27 Mill...

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Carbon a digital financial services company enters the Kenyan market

Staff WriterDecember 20, 2019

Carbon a Nigerian digital financial services company, has entered the Kenyan market. With the app, one will be able to access instant loans, ranging from Ksh 50...

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K1 Club House celebrates its 21st anniversary with 3 day festival

Staff WriterDecember 19, 2019

K1 Club House celebrated 21 years since it started out through a three day mini festival (13th -15th Dec) that was held in partnership with Tusker. The three...

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Equity Bank partners with KQ to offer 30% discounts on flights

Staff WriterDecember 19, 2019

Equity Bank has partnered with Kenya Airways to give the bank’s customers a 30% discount on flight bookings. The promotion will run till the 6th  of January 202...

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Kenya Airways has issued a profit warning

Staff WriterDecember 18, 2019

Kenya Airways has in a statement indicated that it expects a 25 per cent drop in profits for the financial year ending 31 December 2019. According to the boa...

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Eaton Towers restores services to Telkom Kenya after intervention from the Communications Authority

Staff WriterDecember 18, 2019

The Communications Authority has intervened in the row between Telkom Kenya and Eaton which operates the telco towers in a bid to restore services. The row aros...

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PR firm Gina Din Group set to be acquired by Edelman Kenya

Staff WriterDecember 18, 2019

Gina Din Group a public relations firm is set to be acquired by Edelman Kenya for an undisclosed fee according to reports. Gina Din Group was founded by Gina...

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Instagram to label fake news shared from Facebook

Staff WriterDecember 17, 2019

Instagram has indicated that it will be automatically flagging fake new posts. It is basically expanding its fact checking program and part of the move is to la...

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Stream Football emerge as the winners of the Guinness Night Football tournament

Staff WriterDecember 16, 2019

Stream Football Club who are the Lake region representatives emerged as the inaugural champions of the Guinness Night Football tournament after beating Bangers ...

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Get an insurance cover on the go with CoverApp

Staff WriterDecember 16, 2019

For the longest time, getting an insurance cover has been a tedious process that involves a lot of paperwork and visits to agents/insurance companies. For some ...

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Visa and MFS Africa partner to bring digital payments to more consumers in Africa

Staff WriterDecember 13, 2019

Visa and MFS Africa have announced a partnership that will help bridge the gap between the rapidly growing mobile money ecosystem in Africa and the world of onl...

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Nokia 2.3 is now available in Kenya to retail at Ksh. 12,000

Staff WriterDecember 13, 2019

HMD Global has launched the Nokia 2.3 into the Kenyan market, making it the first market where the phone is on sale after its global launch on 5th December. ...

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KBL has unveiled a new look Smirnoff Vodka

Staff WriterDecember 11, 2019

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has unveiled a new look for the Smirnoff Vodka as part of its new strategic direction and response to consumer trends and demands....

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Phone Comparison: Tecno Spark 4 vs Huawei Y6 Prime

Staff WriterDecember 11, 2019

In the price range of under Ksh. 13,000, we have the Tecno Spark and the Huawei Y6 Prime. These phones are for those individuals who are looking to get the late...

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Tusker Malt unveils a new look bottle

Staff WriterDecember 11, 2019

Tusker Malt has unveiled a new look bottle as it marks its 23rd anniversary since it was launched in the Kenyan market. According to Kenya Breweries Ltd, new...

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Kenya Association of Manufacturers launches a Plastic Action Plan

Staff WriterDecember 11, 2019

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers has launched a plan to sustainably manage plastic waste in the country dubbed as the Kenya Plastic Action Plan. The priva...

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KBL launches Red Star Vodka in the Kenyan market

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2019

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched a new alcoholic drink in the Kenya, the Red Star Vodka. The new drink is the fifth one to be launched by the company ...

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Africa’s aviation passenger traffic set to hit 356 Million by 2038 according to IATA

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2019

The African aviation market is set to increase by 200 million passengers, to over 356 million by 2038, this is according to the International Air Transport Asso...

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Still A Mum accepted for the Global Giving Accelerator

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2019

Still A Mum has been accepted for the GlobalGiving Accelerator Program 2019. GlobalGiving is a foundation that enables members to crowdfund for their causes usi...

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KBL launches Game of Thrones inspired Johnnie Walker Limited Edition whiskies

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2019

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched two Game of Thrones inspired Johnnie Walker Limited Edition whiskies in Kenya, the Johnnie Walker A Song of Ice and t...

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Yanga FC & Kwale Ladies are the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Coast winners

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2019

Yanga FC from Malindi and Kwale Ladies from Kwale are the winners of the boys and girls Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Coast Region tournament. Yanga FC won after ...

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Equity Bank wins top Visa acquirer award for 2019

Staff WriterDecember 9, 2019

Equity Bank has received this year’s Visa Top Acquirer Award during the Visa 2019 Awards ceremony held in Nairobi. This is the third year in a row that the bank...

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Okash emerges as the best mobile loan platform at the Digital Tech Excellence Awards

Staff WriterDecember 9, 2019

Okash, has won the award for best Mobile Loan Platform of 2019 at the 3rd Digital Tech Excellence Awards in Kenya. The award recognizes the outstanding positive...

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The Tecno Spark 4 phone review

Staff WriterDecember 9, 2019

The Tecno Spark 4 was launched recently and is the successor to the Tecno Spark 3. The Spark series phones have proven to be quite popular because they bring so...

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Agritech startup Farmshine, raises Ksh. 25 Million from GMC coLABS

Staff WriterDecember 6, 2019

Farmshine, a Nairobi based agritech start-up has raised funding of USD 250,000 from US-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital’s gender lens sector agnostic ...

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Safaricom, MOH and Korea Telecom partner to launch Safiri Smart an Epidemic Prevention Platform

Staff WriterDecember 6, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with the Ministry of Health and Korea Telecom (KT)  to launch a “Safiri Smart” a disease surveillance and awareness project that will en...

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Tanzania emerges as the Copa Coca Cola Africa 2019 Champions

Staff WriterDecember 5, 2019

Tanzania emerges as the Copa Coca Cola Africa 2019 Champions after beating Zimbabwe 6-2 in a thrilling finale played at the M-Pesa Foundation Academy in Thika. ...

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Safaricom Mali to allow M-Pesa customers to save & get 10% annual interest

Staff WriterDecember 4, 2019

Kenyan telecommunication company Safaricom has launched a new digital saving product called Mali. The new product will be available to Safaricom M-Pesa customer...

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Art of Music Foundation celebrates 10 years of existence with a concert

Staff WriterDecember 4, 2019

The Art of Music Foundation celebrated 10 years since inception with performances headlined by Polish music composer, conductor and producer JIMEK (Radzimir Deb...

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Minet Kenya launches program to support expectant women

Staff WriterDecember 4, 2019

Minet Kenya has launched a maternity assistance program dubbed “Blooming moms” which is aimed at creating awareness on pregnancy and childcare related matters. ...

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Equity Bank wins big at the Financial Times Banker’s Bank of Year awards

Staff WriterDecember 4, 2019

Equity Bank emerged with a triple win at the 2019 Financial Times Banker’s Bank of the Year annual awards which were held in London. They won the Bank of the Ye...

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Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Coast finals to take place this weekend

Staff WriterDecember 3, 2019

The Coast regional finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth football tournament will be held this weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Bomu Stadium in Changamw...

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Martha Osier & Sheel Gill among winners in the EAVCA Industry Awards 2019

Staff WriterDecember 3, 2019

East Africa Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) recently hosted the EAVCA Industry Awards 2019. The winners were announced at the East Africa...

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