UNICEF & Airtel partner to support children & families affected by COVID-19

Staff WriterMay 21, 2020

UNICEF have partnered with Airtel Africa to support children and families affected by the crisis the COVID-19 pandemic has created. Under the new partnershi...

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EU supports human rights in Kenya with Ksh 52.2 million funding to KNCHR

Staff WriterMay 20, 2020

The European Commission (EU) has provided Ksh. 52.2 million (EUR 450 000) in funding to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) to boost its effor...

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DTB donates Ksh. 10 million to support 2,000 vulnerable families in Mombasa

Staff WriterMay 20, 2020

Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has announced that it will support Ksh. 10 million programme to support 2,000 vulnerable families in Mombasa for a period of 30 days an...

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Safaricom donates PPEs to hospitals in Uasin Gishu County

Staff WriterMay 20, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worth Ksh. 1 million to hospitals in Uasin Gishu County as part of efforts to support the ...

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AGF launches COVID-19 guarantee facility for financial institutions in Africa

Staff WriterMay 20, 2020

African Guarantee Fund (AGF) for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, has announced its COVID-19 response aimed at reducing the uncertainties facing financial in...

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Continuity East Africa plans to invest Ksh. 500M in work area recovery facilities

Staff WriterMay 19, 2020

Continuity East Africa (CEA) plans to invest over Ksh. 500million in the next three years to expand its work area recovery facilities in the region. Accordin...

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Safaricom Foundation donates Ksh. 14.7 million to families affected by ongoing floods

Staff WriterMay 19, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh. 14.7 million worth of donations to families affected by the ongoing floods in Kenya. The telecommunication company has par...

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Coca-Cola Foundation donates Ksh. 10 million in support of health initiatives to combat coronavirus

Staff WriterMay 13, 2020

The Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) have donated Ksh. 10 million in support of various efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Ken...

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Vodacom partners with Loon to increase rural internet access in Mozambique

Staff WriterMay 13, 2020

Alphabet’s Loon and Vodacom have signed a deal to use Loon’s balloon-powered internet solution to expand the Vodacom network in Mozambique. Under the partner...

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Betika donates Ksh. 27M in support of efforts combating the Covid-19 pandemic

Staff WriterMay 13, 2020

Kenyan betting company Betika has donated Ksh. 27 million towards various initiatives geared towards combating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ksh. 6 M...

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OPPO Reno3 launched in Kenya; retailing at Ksh. 39,999

Staff WriterApril 9, 2020

OPPO Kenya has announced that the their new smartphone, the OPPO Reno3 is now available in the Kenyan market. The OPPO Reno3 will be available for pre-order ...

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2 Google Loon balloons arrive in Kenya & are in the air

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Two (2) balloons have arrived in the country and are now circling Kenyan airspace a week after the company received cabinet approval to launch its service in Ke...

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Finnfund invests Ksh. 100 million in e-commerce platform Kasha

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Finnfund has announced that it has invested Ksh. 100 million (USD 1 miilion) in e-commerce platform Kasha. Kasha is an e-commerce platform (kasha.co.ke) tha...

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Insecure & Kenyan shows KIna & Kovu among new content on Showmax this April

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Video on demand service Showmax has added various shows and movies on its platform for the month of April for its customers viewing pleasure. Now that most p...

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Tatu City opens water and sanitation laboratory

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Tatu City has opened a certified water testing laboratory to ensure water quality at the 5,000-acre new city development in Nairobi. The lab is equipped with...

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Latest CA report shows Zuku leading with the highest fibre customers

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Communications Authority of Kenya(CA) has released the latest statistics for the communications sector in the country. The report is based on data provided by s...

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Minet launch website & USSD code to serve members of the teachers medical scheme

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Minet Kenya, the administrator of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) medical scheme, has launched a website and USSD to serve members of the scheme. The ...

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NSSF tenant purchase scheme members to make payments via M-PESA

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Safaricom and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have announced a partnership that will customers on the NSSF Tenant Purchase Scheme make monthly installm...

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Standard Chartered to give Ksh. 100B in loans to companies helping to tackle Covid-19

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Standard Chartered Bank has announced that it will commit Ksh. 100 billion (USD1 billion) in loans to companies that provide goods and services to help the figh...

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Hemingways Collection commits to retaining employees after suspending operations due to COVID-19

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Luxury hotel brand Hemingways Collection has announced the suspension of its operations in its Ol Seki Mara and Hemingways Nairobi properties due to the COVID-1...

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Britam Holdings announces an improved FY 2019 Ksh. 3.5 billion net profit

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Britam Holdings has today announced a Ksh. 3.5 billion profit after tax for the year ending 31st December 2019. This is rapid increase from the Ksh. 2.29 billio...

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UAP Insurance Kenya FY 2019 net profit rise to Ksh. 1.249 billion

Staff WriterApril 2, 2020

UAP Insurance Kenya has announced a Ksh. 1.249 billion profit before tax for the financial period ended 31st December 2019. This is a 316% increase from the Ksh...

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Prudential to offer cash benefits to customers diagnosed with COVID-19

Staff WriterApril 2, 2020

Prudential has announced that it will offer its customers cash benefits in addition to other benefits in their existing policies should they be diagnosed with C...

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Kenyans can now live stream news on Showmax

Staff WriterMarch 31, 2020

Video on demand service Showmax has added news live streaming on its platform in Kenya. Kenyans can now stream six live news channels on the platform. Showma...

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Tatu City has planted 10,000 trees in the Kamiti catchment area

Staff WriterMarch 31, 2020

Tatu City and the Kamiti Water Resource Users Association have planted more than 10,000 trees in two years of cooperation. So far in 2020, the environmental...

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Nokia 2.2 gets Android 10

Staff WriterMarch 31, 2020

HMD Global has announced that the Nokia 2.2 smartphone will get the Android 10 in Kenya. The new update on the Nokia 2.2 makes a total of seven (7) Nokia Smartp...

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Kenya bans the importation of mitumba

Staff WriterMarch 31, 2020

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has issued a notice temporarily banning the importation of second hand clothes, popularly known as Mitumba, and shoes in Ke...

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Airtel is offering free Internet access to the Longhorn Publishers e-learning platform

Staff WriterMarch 24, 2020

Airtel Kenya has partnered with Longhorn Publishers to offer free internet access, on its network, to enable students continue learning through the Longhorn e-l...

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EABL commits Ksh. 50 million to produce & distribute hand sanitisers to Kenyans

Staff WriterMarch 24, 2020

The EABL Foundation has committed Ksh. 50 million to fund the production of 135,000 litres of hand sanitisers by two Nairobi-based industries in the fight again...

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Safaricom partners with matatu operators to collect fares via M-PESA

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2020

Safaricom has partnered with public transport sector players in Kenya to accept cashless payments through M-PESA in the ongoing battle to combat the spread of t...

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Loon receives cabinet approval to launch in Kenya

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2020

Loon has finally received cabinet approval to launch its service in Kenya. The Google owned company has partnered with Telkom to launch balloon-powered Internet...

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KBL launches Baileys Delight in Kenya

Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched Baileys Delight alcoholic drink in the Kenyan market. The new drink is a variant of the Baileys Original Irish Cream ...

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Equity Group registers a Ksh. 22.6B net profit for FY 2019

Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Equity Group has announced a 14% increase in profit after tax for the period ending 31st December 2019 that grew to Ksh. 22.6 billion from Ksh. 19.8 billion in ...

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Polycarp Igathe rejoins Equity Group as the Chief Commercial Officer

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2020

Polycarp Igathe has rejoined Kenyan financial company, Equity Group, as the Chief Commercial Officer 7 months after quitting to join Vivo Energy. In his new rol...

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Safaricom suspends charges for M-PESA transfers below Ksh. 1,000 in response to the Coronavirus crisis

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it has suspends charges for M-PESA transactions below Ksh. 1,000 in response to the Coronavirus crisis in Kenya. Kenya currently ha...

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KBL takes the Red Star Experience to Thika

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) recently hosted the Red Star Experience in Thika at Club Blend to provide an opportunity for consumers to taste and experience Red...

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KAM launches the Manufacturing Priority Agenda (MPA) 2020

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has today launched the Manufacturing Priority Agenda (MPA) 2020. The MPA highlights immediate action plans to estab...

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Safaricom partners with Amazon to become a reseller of AWS cloud products

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will see the Telco become a reseller of AWS cloud products. Safaricom has...

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First 2020 edition of Folk Fusion, hosted by Ayrosh, to take place on 7th March

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

The first edition of Folk Fusion in 2020 is set to take place on Saturday 7th March at 910 James Gichuru Rd from 2pm to 11 PM. The fourth edition of Folk Fus...

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JKIA has a new cashless parking management system

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has launched a new parking management system at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The new system will be manage...

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New Uber safety feature will enable customers to provide a PIN to drivers before starting a trip

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Uber users in Kenya will have the option of receiving a four-digit PIN code to provide to their driver before starting a trip. This adds a layer of verification...

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Hemingways Nairobi is the first Kenyan hotel accepted into the American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts program

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Hemingways Nairobi is the first hotel in Kenya to be accepted into the American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts program. Hemingways Nairobi is part of the Hemin...

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