WeFarm raises Ksh. 1.3 Billion in Series A round of funding

Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019

WeFarm, a marketplace and networking site for small-holder farmers has raised $13 million in a Series A round of funding. They plan to use the funds to reach mo...

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Wanafunzi Investment is the first students’ backed unit trust fund in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019

Wanafunzi Investment Unit Trust Fund is the first ever students’ backed unit trust fund in Kenya and has been launched in Kenya. The Fund is regulated by Capita...

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Tusker Lite Neon Rave Party to take place in Mombasa on November 1

Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019

Tusker Lite has announced that it will host the second edition of the Neon Rave party this coming weekend on 1st November 2019 at Mint Lounge in Bamburi, Mombas...

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Ayrosh to perform at Folk Fusion on 1st November

Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019

Kenyan Afro-pop musician Ayrosh is set to perform at the Folk Fusion event on 1st November at 910 James Gichuru. The fourth edition of Folk Fusion will also...

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Equitel launches bundle that incorporates both talk time and an insurance cover

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2019

Equitel, the mobile banking platform owned by Equity has launched a new bundle that offers their clients both talk time and insurance cover. Equitel subscrib...

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Companies shortlisted for the annual CIO100 awards

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2019

The CIO100 Awards have announced that this year, 150 out of 384 companies have been shortlisted for the annual IT excellence awards. The award covers six East A...

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Stream Football emerge as the winners of the Guinness Lake Region night football

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2019

Stream Football Club have emerged as the lake regional winners of the Guinness Night Football tournament. This is after the team defeated Kotoko Football Club t...

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Equity Bank to provide 80% financing to Massey Ferguson tractor buyers

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2019

Equity Bank Kenya and AGCO have signed a partnership agreement to enable customers buying Massey Ferguson tractors and accompanying implements to access 80% fin...

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Jambojet to start flights to Kigali & Mogadishu in November

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Budget airline Jambojet has announced that it will commence flights to Kigali, Rwanda and Mogadishu, Somalia in November. The entry into the Kigali route mak...

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Vivo Energy launches new campaign to reward its lubricant customers

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Vivo Energy Kenya has launched a new consumer promotion dubbed Celebrate with Shell Lubricants to reward its lubricant customers. The promotion will take pla...

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21 Kenyans to attend North American universities in 2020 courtesy of KenSAP

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Twenty one Kenyan students will be sponsored by the Kenya Scholar Access Program (KenSAP) to attend North American universities in August 2020 for further studi...

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Kenindia Assurance to use AI to fight car insurance fraud

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Insurance company Kenindia Assurance has announced that it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) in its fight against car insurance fraud. The company h...

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Twiga Foods raises Ksh. 3 Billion in Series B Round to fund Africa expansion

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Twiga Foods the food distribution company has raised $ 23.75 Million in a a Series B equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing investo...

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Huawei P30 lite New Edition launches in Kenya; retailing at Ksh. 28,499

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Huawei Mobile Kenya has launched the Huawei P30 lite New edition in the Kenyan market, which will be retailing at Ksh. 28,499. The launch of this iteration o...

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NCBA Loop has offered financial advise to SMEs through PassionEnt

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

NCBA, through its banking service, Loop is offering budding entrepreneurs financial advisory sessions through a series of events dubbed PassionEnt. PassionEn...

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Tatu City unveils smart city technology for residents and businesses

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

Tatu City, has deployed an integrated smart city technology platform to provide unparalleled convenience to residents. They have partnered with Twenty Third ...

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A Phone Comparison: : Tecno Camon 12 vs Huawei Y7 Prime 2019

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2019

The under Ksh. 20,000 phone category has seen a lot of competition  lately as phone companies try to capture the masses in the entry level category. In this ...

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Women enterprise fund partners with KEBS to enable SMEs get certification

Staff WriterOctober 26, 2019

Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) has partnered with Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and other organizations to provide support for women running small and medium-si...

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Panafrican Equipment launches new regional offices in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 26, 2019

Panafrican Equipment Kenya Limited (PEG) has announced the official opening of its new offices in Nairobi which will also double as its East Africa headquarters...

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Sally Kimeu is the new Cisco boss for East Africa

Staff WriterOctober 26, 2019

Cisco has announced the appointment Sally Kimeu as the Country Leader for Kenya and Regional Manager for its East Africa operations. She will be in charge of 10...

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Airtel & Ecobank to enable African customers to access mobile financial services

Staff WriterOctober 26, 2019

Telecommunication company Airtel Africa and Ecobank have signed a partnership which will allow Airtel Money and Ecobank customers across Africa to access a vari...

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Coca-Cola helps 42 young people in Migori to start businesses

Staff WriterOctober 26, 2019

Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa Limited (CEWA) has trained 42 young people in Migori County and given them a starter kit to start their businesses. T...

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Eighth BLAZE BYOB summit held in Nyeri County

Staff WriterOctober 26, 2019

The eighth BLAZE by Safaricom Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Summit of the year was held at the Dedan Kimathi University in Nyeri County. The first ever BLAZE BYOB ...

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Michael Kibet & Daisy Chepkemei are the winners of Isaiah Kiplagat Memorial Ndalat Gaa race

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

Michael Kibet and Daisy Chepkemei have emerged as the winners in the 11th edition of Isaiah Kiplagat Memorial Ndalat Gaa Cross Country Championships. This year’...

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B S Sharma is the new Kenindia Assurance Managing Director

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

Insurance Company Kenindia Assurance Company Limited has appointed B S Sharma as the new Managing Director effective October 17th 2019. He succeeds Mr Inder...

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Corine Mbiaketcha appointed as the Visa General Manager for East Africa

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

Global payments company Visa has appointed Corine Mbiaketcha as Vice President and Country Manager for Visa in East Africa effective 5 November, 2019. Corine jo...

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580 Kenyan youth have benefited from a Ksh. 20M job creation program by KCB Foundation

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

580 young people in Kenya have benefited from a program by KCB Foundation and the German International Development Agency (GIZ) that offers training and startup...

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Lornah Kiplagat begins designing the Tatu City health & wellness trails

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

World champion runner Lornah Kiplagat has started designing the Tatu City’s health and wellness trails. She was invited to design the trails in June this year. ...

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Lorraine Onduru appointed as the communications lead for Uber East Africa

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

PR and communications professional Lorraine Onduru has been appointed as the new communications lead for Uber in East Africa. Lorraine Onduru has been appoi...

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Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk opens regional office in Nairobi

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

Global healthcare company Novo Nordisk has announced that it has opened a regional office in Nairobi to serve as the headquarters of its operations in Sub-Sahar...

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Toyota Kenya & TYDIA partner to distribute Michelin tyres in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

Car distributor Toyota Kenya have partnered with Tyre Distributor Africa Limited (TYDIA) to distribute Michelin tyres in Kenya. The two companies have partne...

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The Kenyan banking sector has paid Ksh. 207B in taxes in the last 2 years

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

The Kenyan banking sector has contributed Ksh. 207 billion in taxes in Kenya in the financials years 2017 and 2018. This was revealed in a report prepared b...

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KenSAP has helped educate 200 Kenyans in American universities in 15 years

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

Over the last 15 years, the Kenya Scholar Access Program (KenSAP) has placed 197 students with full need-based financial aid packages at top North American Univ...

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Peter Ndegwa has been appointed as the Safaricom CEO

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2019

The Safaricom PLC Board of Directors has appointED Mr. Peter Ndegwa as the company’s Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2020. He joins Safaricom from Di...

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The Tecno Camon 12 Phone Review

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2019

When the Tecno Camon series of phones arrived in the Kenyan market a few years back, it became quite popular with the ladies. This is most probably due to the f...

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Safaricom unveils new strategy during its 19th anniversary celebrations

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2019

Safaricom today marked its 19th anniversary since the company begun operations by unveiling a new strategy where the telco committed to being Simple, Transparen...

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Guinness launches campaign to fly Five-A-Side team to Lagos for a Pan African Tournament

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2019

Guinness has launched a 12-week campaign dubbed ‘Guinness Night Football’ to give consumers an opportunity to represent Kenya in a pan-African tournament in Lag...

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Airtel Africa partners with Ecobank in a bid to improve their mobile money offering

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2019

Airtel Africa has partnered with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the parent company of Ecobank a banking group that operates in 33 countries. The partnershi...

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Equity Group launches campaign to plant 35 Million trees

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2019

Equity Group has announced plans to launch an ambitious project to plant 35 million trees across the country within a year. The announcement was made on the Ban...

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Moi University launches locally assembled MU brand of computers

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2019

Moi University has partnered with jp.ik, a portuguese Information and Communication Technologies company to a range of premium computers. The computers are asse...

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How the Safaricom Youth Orchestra is impacting lives through music

Staff WriterOctober 21, 2019

The Safaricom Youth Orchestra was launched in 2014 by the then CEO Bob Collymore, this was after he watched children playing at an event in Sweden and was inspi...

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Visa appoints Corine Mbiaketcha as General Manager for East Africa

Staff WriterOctober 18, 2019

Visa has announced the appointment of Corine Mbiaketcha as Vice President and Country Manager for Visa in East Africa, effective 5 November, 2019. Corine joins ...

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