Infinix Beat ya Campo set to go down at the UON today

Staff WriterNovember 29, 2019

The third edition of the Infinix Beat Ya Campo is set to go down at the University of Nairobi today. Beat Ya Campo is an inter-campus singing competition sponso...

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BLAZE by Safaricom to host an E-Sports tournament in Nairobi this weekend

Staff WriterNovember 29, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom will from today Friday 29th November hold the Nairobi Edition of the BLAZE E-Sports tournament at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK). Th...

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Little is now available in Nakuru

Staff WriterNovember 29, 2019

Little Cab, Kenya’s ride-hailing company, has launched its Boda Boda and Little Basic cab products in Nakuru County. Nakuru residents will now be able to ord...

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14 young footballers to attend bootcamp in Portugal courtesy of Dream Football Kenya

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Upfield who are the manufacturers of Blue Band spread and nutritional sponsors of Dream Football Kenya, is set to fly fourteen Kenyan budding football stars for...

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Inuka a mental wellness app launched into the Kenyan market

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Inuka a mental wellness app launched into the Kenyan market. The digital mental well-being app, connects users to wellness experts at their time of need allowin...

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Chapa Dimba players shine as Harambee Starlets emerge as winners of CECAFA Women’s Championship

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Three former Chapa Dimba na Safaricom players played an instrumental role in the Harambee Starlets win during the 2019 CECAFA Women’s Championships. The thre...

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Communications Authority urges parents to monitor what children consume online

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has during a Kikao Kikuu forum held in Embu, urged parents and other guardians to monitor the content their children ...

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Copia Global raises Ksh. 2.6 Billion in a series B equity round to fund expansion

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Copia Global has raised $26 million in a Series B equity round led by LGT Lightstone, with participation from Goodwell Investments, Perivoli Innovations, Endeav...

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Safaricom customers to be rewarded for using Lipa na Mpesa during Black Friday

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Safaricom has announced a Black Friday offer that will see its customers get 5% of their spending back when they pay with Lipa Na M-PESA from 29th November 2019...

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Microsoft partners with Harvard Business Review to host roundtable for CFOs

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Microsoft in partnership with Harvard Business Review hosted a roundtable that targeted Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Chief Operations Officers (COO) worki...

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Guinness Night football Nairobi region to take place on December 13

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

The Guinness Night football challenge Nairobi region is scheduled to take place on 13th December 2019 at the Woody Gardens & Lounge along Kiambu Road. The N...

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The Huawei Y9s is now available on pre-order in Kenya

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Huawei Mobile has announced that their new smartphone, the Huawei Y9s, is available on pre-order in Kenya until November 30th 2019. The phone will be available ...

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Sinapis awards Ksh. 2M seed capital to Tumoi Tea & Savannah Space

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Sinapis Organization has awarded Ksh 2 million to two entrepreneurs during their annual business plan competition held in Nairobi. Boaz Katah, the founder of...

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The Tusker Lite Neon Rave Party to be held in Thika on November 30

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Tusker Lite will host the third edition of the Neon Rave Party this coming weekend on 30th November 2019 at the Garage Bar and Grill in Thika. The brand will...

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Mechanic George Njoroge wins the Total Quartz Golden Spanner Competition

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

George Njoroge, a juakali mechanic from Roysambu, has emerged as the overall winner of the Total Quartz Golden Spanner Competition. The competition was organize...

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COPA Coca-Cola Africa Cup to take place in Thika on December 2-5

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

The second edition of the COPA Coca-Cola Africa Cup will take place this year in Thika, Kenya from the 2nd to 5th of December 2019. The hosts and the inaugural ...

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Safaricom M-PESA to sponsor inaugural Magical Kenya Ladies Golf Open to the tune of Ksh. 23 million

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Safaricom M-PESA will sponsor the inaugural Magical Kenya Ladies Golf Open which is set to take place from 5th to 8th December 2019 at the Vipingo Ridge Baobab ...

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Submissions are open for the 2019 AMVCAs

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Africa Magic have announced that submissions are now open for the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs). Entries opened on Wednesd...

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DTB & Toyota Kenya to provide 100% financing for SMEs to buy cars

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) and Toyota Kenya has unveiled a partnership to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) buy new vehicles with 100 percent financing f...

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Equity Group plants 40,000 trees in Meru University

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Equity Group has planted 40,000 indigenous and exotic tree seedlings in Meru University as part of its 35 year anniversary celebrations. The tree planting wa...

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Liquid Telecom partners with Microsoft to launch the new Azure Peering Service in Africa

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Liquid Telecom is working with Microsoft to launch new enterprise cloud services designed to improve business collaboration, increase productivity and drive bus...

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Equity Group’s diaspora remittances hits Ksh. 100 billion in the 9 months to September

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Equity Group's diaspora remittances has hit Ksh. 100 billion in the nine months of 2019 to September. This has helped boost the company's forex trading income t...

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Digital Manifesto launched to help poor countries achieve tech transformation

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

The Pathways for Prosperity Commission has launched a new Digital Manifesto to help poor countries achieve technological transformation. The manifesto was launc...

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Riara University opens Robotics, Embedded Systems and Digital lab

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Riara University has launched a new Robotics, Embedded Systems and Digital lab that is going to enhance the studies of students at the University. The lab was o...

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Kenya’s Shanah Manjeru awarded at the 2019 African Children of the Year Awards

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Eleven year old Kenyan musician, Shanah Manjeru, has won the Arts and Culture Award at the 2019 African Children of the Year Awards (ACOTYA). The awards were he...

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Liquid Telecom launches direct fibre link connecting East to West Africa via DRC

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Liquid Telecom has launched a direct land-based fibre optic cable connecting East to West Africa via the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This coast-to-c...

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Nokia 1 Plus to be sold for Ksh. 6,999 at Black Friday on Jumia

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

HMD Global has put an offer on the Nokia 1 Plus on Jumia for Ksh. 6,999 for Black Friday. Jumia has been  running the Black Friday campaign every Friday of Nove...

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Kenyan businesses lose over Ksh. 5 Billion annually due to domestic violence

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

According to a report released by KPMG that was commissioned by Vodafone, eighty million working women across 107 countries, a figure equating to approximately ...

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JamboJet makes inaugural flight to Kigali

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

JamboJet has made an inaugural flight to Kigali International Airport officially becoming the first low cost carrier to fly the route. They will be flying once ...

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Berlin FC are the winners of the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom North Eastern region edition

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2019

Berlin FC emerged as the winners of the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom season 3 North Eastern regional champions after beating Al Ansar 2:0 at the Garissa Teachers Tr...

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Shanah Manjeru emerges a winner at the AfrICAN Children of the Year Awards

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2019

Shanah Manjeru, won the Arts and Culture Award at the Second Annual AfrICAN Children of the Year Awards (ACOTYA) 2019, held on 2 November at the Profound Confer...

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Donkey populations plummet due to skin trade fueled by Chinese traditional medicine

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2019

Donkeys are a common site in rural areas where they are used by the populace to help them transport commodities. However, this could be a thing of the past as d...

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Kenya’s Becky Nancy Aloo & Ruth Kihika among winners of the Young Talent Sub-Saharan Africa 2019 Awards

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2019

Kenya's Becky Nancy Aloo & Ruth Kihika are among winners of the Young Talent Sub-Saharan Africa 2019 Awards for women researchers in science. The winners in...

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Kenya’s Gloria Mwaniga & Parselelo Kantai among the 2019 Morland Writing Scholarship Winners

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2019

Kenya's Gloria Mwaniga & Parselelo Kantai are among winners in the 2019 Morland Writing Scholarship. The other winners for 2019 are Hawa Jande Golakai and N...

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Communications Authority to hold Kikao Kikuu forum in Embu County on 28th November

Staff WriterNovember 23, 2019

The Communications Authority (CA) which is the regulatory authority for the communication sector in Kenya is set to hold an ICT consumer forum otherwise known a...

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Safaricom and KBL partner to launch smart coolers

Staff WriterNovember 22, 2019

Safaricom and Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) are in a partnership whereby the telco will connect and enhance the brewer’s coolers. The connected coolers will be wire...

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The Nokia 6.2 is now available in Kenya, to retail at Ksh. 26,500

Staff WriterNovember 20, 2019

HMD Global has announced the launch of the Nokia 6.2 into the Kenyan market. The phones comes in ceramic black and will retail for Ksh. 26,500. Nokia 6.2 fea...

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Vivo Energy appoints Peter Murungi as the new Managing Director

Staff WriterNovember 19, 2019

Vivo Energy Kenya has announced the appointment of Peter Murungi as their new Managing Director. He will take over the new role as at 1ST December 2019. This is...

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Equity Group to purchase majority shares in Banque Commercial du Congo for $ 105 Million

Staff WriterNovember 19, 2019

Equity Group Holdings, (EGH) has announced that it has  has entered into a share purchase agreement with George Arthur Forrest. This is in the view of purchasin...

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Safaricom launches new internet packages for businesses

Staff WriterNovember 19, 2019

Safaricom has announced new internet packages for small to medium sized businesses. Under the new pricing structure, the telco has introduced three new options ...

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Alliance formed to support the fight against cancer in Sub Saharan Africa

Staff WriterNovember 16, 2019

IBM, American Cancer Society (ACS), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) have launched a new allia...

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Huawei Y9s, Band 4 & Band 4e launched in Kenya; Pre-orders to begin on November 22

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2019

Huawei has officially launched the Huawei Y9s smartphone in the Kenyan market. The mid-range smartphone will retail at Ksh. 31,999. The tech company also la...

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