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Equity receives Ksh. 10B from Proparco to support Kenyans SMEs

Staff WriterOctober 5, 2020

Equity Group Holdings has announced that it has signed a Ksh. 10 billion partnership with Proparco (Agence Française de Développement Group) to support Kenyan S...

10 groups in Rift Valley receive Ksh. 1.5M donation from Safaricom Foundation

Staff WriterOctober 5, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has announced that it has extended a Ksh. 1.5 million donation to 10 groups in the Rift Valley region in Kenya. Sfaricom Foundation dona...

realme C15 hot sale launched with customers receiving free realme Buds Q

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2020

realme has announced a hot sale for its recently launched smartphone, the realme 15, which will see customers enjoying amazing offers. The sale will be on Ki...

Kenyans to win Ksh. 100,000 every week in the itel ibuy shopping festival

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2020

Itel Mobile Kenya has announced that it has launched a promotion that will see its customers winning Ksh. 100,000 every week for 4 weeks. The shopping festiv...

Huawei Y9a launched in the Kenyan market at Ksh. 30,999

Staff WriterOctober 1, 2020

Huawei Mobile Kenya has officially launched the Huawei Y9a smartphone in the Kenyan market and it will be retailing at Ksh. 30,999. The company announced that t...

vivo Y20 smartphone to launch in Kenya on 8th October

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2020

vivo has announced that it will launch the vivo Y20 smartphone in the Kenyan market, part of its Y series range, on 8th October 2020. The new smartphone is a...

realme C15 smartphone goes on sale in Kenya at Ksh. 16,999

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

The realme C15 smartphone has now officially gone on sale on in Kenya at Ksh. 16,999 and is available on Kilimall and in realme retail stores countrywide. Th...

Microsoft & AGRA partner to co-create technology solutions in agriculture

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

Microsoft and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-create technology solutions in agricult...

Bayer to provide free seeds to 700,000 farmers impacted by COVID-19 in Africa

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

Multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, Bayer, will provide free seeds to 700,000 farmers impacted by COVID-19 in Africa. The company has lau...

Kenya Association of Manufacturers launches first ever Women in Manufacturing Report

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched the first ever Women in Manufacturing Report in Kenya. The outcomes of the research will guide KAM...

SHOFCO screens over 1.8 million people for COVID-19 in Kibera

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

Kibera grassroots organization, Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), has screened 1,817,178 people for COVID-19 symptoms. SHOFCO also operates 317 handwash...

How Kenyan student innovators can apply to the Red Bull Basement 2020

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

Dimension Data, NTT & Red Bull Basement have partnered in an initiative to empower students in Kenya to be able to innovate. Red Bull Basement 2020 is an...

Kenyan students compete to represent Sub Saharan Africa in Huawei’s Global ICT Competition

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

Kenyan students are set to compete to represent Sub Saharan Africa in this year's Huawei Global ICT Competition. The Sub-Saharan African finals of the Huawei...

How Dstv customers can get a 50% discount on Showmax standard

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2020

Video on demand service, Showmax, has announced that some customers of DStv will be able to able to add Showmax Standard to their bill at a 50% discount. If ...

Itel Mobile rebrands, launches S16 phone & introduces new products in the Kenyan market

Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2020

Itel Mobile Kenya has announced that it has rebranded and has also introduced new products into the Kenyan market that includes home appliances. The company has...

realme C15 smartphone officially launched in the Kenyan market

Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2020

Technology company, realme, has announced that it has launched their newest smartphone, the realme C15, in the Kenyan market. The realme C15 will officially go ...

Shelter Afrique & World Bank partner to provide affordable housing in Africa

Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2020

Pan African housing development financier Shelter Afrique has entered into a strategic partnership with the World Bank. The partnership is aimed at addressing t...

6 Steps to Start Online Trading in Kenya for Beginners

Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2020

Online Trading has been growing rapidly since the start of 2000. This has been made possible by the improvements in technologies behind the trading & invest...

Huawei Y9a to be launched soon in the Kenyan market

Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2020

Huawei Mobile Kenya has announced that it will launch its newest smartphone, the Huawei Y9a, in the Kenyan market. The phone will be launched later this month. ...

UNICEF employee Philip Van De Graaf assaults & racially abuses Kenyans at an AirBnb

Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2020

A video has surfaced online showing UNICEF employee Philip Van De Graaf assaulting & racially abusing Kenyans at an AirBnb in Ridgeways. According to a s...

realme C15 smartphone to launch in Kenya on September 18

Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2020

Smartphone company, realme, has announced that it will launch its newest smartphone, the realme C15, in the Kenyan market on 18th September 2020. The company...

Infinix Zero 8 Camera Review: impressive 6 camera setup

Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2020

The Infinix Zero 8 smartphone packs a punch and it runs on Android v10 operating system. It is powered by an Octa core (2.05 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A76 + 2 GHz,...

First ever Kenyan manufactured ventilator certified by KEBS

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2020

The first ever locally manufactured ventilator developed by Kenya Association of Manufacturers’ (KAM) Automotive Sector, led by Mutsimoto Limited, has been cert...

Elizabeth Mbugua wins the Safaricom MobiPlay challenge

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2020

Safaricom has today announced that Elizabeth Mbugua has been crowned as the overall winner of the just concluded mobile gaming competition dubbed the MobiPlay C...

Huawei is working with developers to bring more apps to the AppGallery

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2020

Huawei has announced that it is working with partners to bring more apps to its app store, the AppGallery, in order to grow and strengthen the platform. Huaw...

Huawei lights office building to commemorate for the UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2020

Huawei Technologies has lit its office building in Kenya to commemorate for the UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack. The technology compan...

Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital officially opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) has been officially opened by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The hospital was commission...

NCBA & Toyota Kenya partner to offer car loans with 90-day repayment holiday

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

Kenyan bank, NCBA, has partnered with car distributor, Toyota Kenya, to offer car loans to customers with a 90 day repayment holiday. The two companies have...

EABL Foundation invests Ksh. 20M in water & sanitation project in Western Kenya

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

EABL Foundation has today announced that it has invested over Ksh. 20 million in water & sanitation project in Western Kenya. EABL Foundation will investm ...

How to use the digital wellbeing app on Nokia Smartphones

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

HMD Global has announced that all its Nokia smartphones now come with the digital wellbeing app that helps to limit and track the time spent on the phone. Th...

Safaricom customers with feature phones can now access M-PESA via USSD via *334#

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

Safaricom has today launched a new way to access the M-PESA mobile money service through a USSD service that is available by dialing *334#. The new service t...

Cadbury’s launches initiative to alleviate malnutrition in children

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

Cadbury’s East Africa has announced that it has launched an initiative geared towards alleviating malnutrition in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CO...

Liquid Telecom launches new cyber security solutions for its customers

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

Liquid Telecom has announced that it launched a cyber security unit and is now offering cyber security solutions to its customers. The new solution is desig...

realme Buds Air Neo earphones launched in Kenya at Ksh. 4,999

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2020

realme has announced that it has launched the realme Buds Air Neo earphones in the Kenyan market which will retail at Ksh. 4,999. This comes after the compan...

Remy Martin teams up with King Kaka in new campaign

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Premium cognac brand Remy Martin has announced that it has partnered with Kenyan musician King Kaka in a new brand campaign. The new campaign is dubbed TEAM ...

Equity customers to get discounts at Blueroom Restaurant & Rosewood furniture

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Equity Bank Kenya has announced that it has partnered with Mombasa based restaurant, Blueroom and Rosewoord Furniture to enable its customers get discounts. The...

Telkom launches the Kaduda T-Smart entry level smartphone in Kenya

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Telkom Kenya has announced that it has launched the Kaduda T-Smart entry level smartphone in Kenya in a bid to make phones more affordable for customers. The...

Safaricom’s Ndoto Zetu supports projects in Kwale & Kilifi with Ksh. 800,000 donation

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Safaricom Foundation’s Ndoto Zetu initiative has supported projects in Kwale and Kilifi to the tune of Ksh. 800,000. The foundation has provided funding to s...

Nigeria commits to invest USD 29.3M in capital to Shelter Afrique

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Nigeria has announced that it intends to commit USD 29.3M in additional capital to Pan African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique. Shelter Afriq...

Bayer donates Ksh. 100M in pesticides to help battle locusts in Kenya & Uganda

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Bayer East Africa has announced that it has donated Ksh. 100 million in pesticides to help battle locusts in East Africa. The donation has been made to the Keny...

7 new movies you can watch on Showmax right now

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2020

Video on demand service, Showmax, has a wide array of movies and TV shows that you can stream on demand on the platform. On the movies side, they have some n...

Infinix launches new X1 smart TVs in the Kenyan market

Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2020

Transsion Group brand company, Infinix, has announced that has launched a range of smart TVs in the Kenyan market to serve customers looking for Smart TVs. The ...