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Human rights defenders to hold Mashujaa Festival on 20th October at Alliance Francaise

Staff WriterOctober 16, 2019

The Defenders Coalition will this Mashujaa Day October 20th 2019 hold a Heroes concert dubbed Mashujaa Festival in Nairobi to celebrate human rights defenders i...

Airtel Kenya Voice and Data is currently experiencing downtime

Staff WriterOctober 16, 2019

In the recent past, a good number of Kenyans have migrated to Airtel courtesy of their cheap offers on both voice and data. However, their subscribers got a rud...

Glovo partners with NTSA to train its riders on road safety

Staff WriterOctober 16, 2019

Glovo, an on demand delivery service has partnered with the National Transport and Safety Authority in a road safety campaign to train all riders using its plat...

800,000 girls to benefit from sanitary towels from the Safaricom Mpesa Foundation

Staff WriterOctober 16, 2019

800,000 girls sitting for their final year national examinations including those in Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps will benefit from three months’ supply of sa...

FinTech startup Asilimia wins Ksh. 35 Million investment offer at the SA Innovation Summit

Staff WriterOctober 15, 2019

Kenyan FinTech startup Asilimia walked away with a Ksh. 35 Million investment offer from the Unicorn Group and three weeks of acceleration in Silicon Valley, La...

Equity wins the African SME Bank of the Year award at the Global SME Finance Awards 2019

Staff WriterOctober 15, 2019

Equity Bank has won the Global SME Finance Award in the Platinum Category of SME Bank of the Year – Africa, at the IFC Global SME Finance Awards that were held...

Nyeri County partners with GE Healthcare to conduct cancer screening campaign

Staff WriterOctober 12, 2019

Nyeri County government, Ministry of Health’s National Cancer Control Program (NCCP) and GE Healthcare have launched a Mammography screening campaign in the cou...

Kenya awarded for improvement in aviation security and oversight

Staff WriterOctober 12, 2019

Kenya has been awarded with the ICAO Council President Certificate in recognition of the countries’ significant progress in improving their effective implementa...

Cellulant launches Tingg, a payment app in 8 countries

Staff WriterOctober 12, 2019

Cellulant has launched Tingg, an all-in-one, multi-functional consumer super app that will include a wide array of payment, commerce and financial services into...

Annual Isaiah Kiplagat Memorial Ndalat cross-country race to take place on 19th October

Staff WriterOctober 11, 2019

Safaricom and Athletics Kenya have announced that the annual Isaiah Kiplagat Ndalat Gaa Cross country championship will take place on 19th October. The annual e...

Serianu partners with InstinctWave to raise cybersecurity awareness in the public sector

Staff WriterOctober 11, 2019

Pan African cybersecurity company Serianu has partnered with Ghana's InstinctWave to raise awareness and uptake of cyber security amongst public sector institut...

Facebook expands third-party fact-checking programme to 10 countries in Africa

Staff WriterOctober 11, 2019

Facebook has expended its third-party fact-checking program to 10 African countries including: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal. The expansion...

Kenyan loan service Lipa Later selected for the Mastercard Start Path Program

Staff WriterOctober 11, 2019

Kenyan loan service Lipa Later is among 8 later-stage global start-ups that have been selected to to participate in the 2019 Mastercard Start Path program. The ...

Kofisi opens a new flexible office work space in Karen

Staff WriterOctober 11, 2019

Kofisi, a provider of flexible office work space across Africa, announces the opening of a new office site in Karen. Joseck Angote, Finance Manager Cadbury K...

Mpesa recognized as among the most influential finance projects over the last 50 years

Staff WriterOctober 9, 2019

Mpesa has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Finance Projects of the last 50 years by Project Management Institute (PMI) in its 2019 Most Inf...

Airtel Africa partners with Mastercard to launch a virtual card for its customers

Staff WriterOctober 9, 2019

Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Mastercard which will the telco’s 100 million customers across 14 African countries access to the payment platfor...

Boehringer Ingelheim partners with Kenyatta and Strathmore universities to launch health competition

Staff WriterOctober 9, 2019

Boehringer Ingelheim, has collaborated with Kenyatta and Strathmore Universities to launch the Making More Health Venture4Change idea competition (MMH). The com...

Can Libra compete with Bitcoin?

Staff WriterOctober 8, 2019

We are living in a world where business transactions could be made without third parties. The legislature, agreements, banks - those systems can't control busin...

Yamaha AG125 & Yamaha XT250 motorbikes launched in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 7, 2019

Toyota Kenya has launched two new Yamaha motorbikes, i.e. the Yamaha AG125 and the Yamaha XT250 in the Kenyan market. Speaking at the launch, Toyota Kenya...

Musicians to win Ksh. 10 million in the Old Mutual Amazing Voices singing competition

Staff WriterOctober 7, 2019

African musicians stand a chance to win Ksh. 10 million ($100,000) in the Old Mutual’s Amazing voices reality pan-African singing competition. The initiative is...

KCB lists new shares on the NSE after NBK takeover

Staff WriterOctober 7, 2019

KCB Group Plc has listed an additional 142,979,717 shares at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) after its successful acquisition of the National Bank of Keny...

Cynthia Jerop & Peter Mutitu win the 2019 Safaricom Madoka Half Marathon

Staff WriterOctober 7, 2019

Cynthia Jerop and Peter Mutitu are the winners of the 14th edition of Safaricom Madoka Half Marathon that took place at Ngerenyi Stadium, Wundanyi in Taita Tave...

Safaricom Foundation partners with ActionAid to launch water projects in Makueni

Staff WriterOctober 4, 2019

Safaricom Foundation has partnered with ActionAid to launch a water project worth Ksh. 25 Million in Kitise and Makumeni areas of Makueni County. The project...

BrighterMonday launches product to aid employers get right candidates faster

Staff WriterOctober 4, 2019

BrighterMonday a talent recruitment agency has introduced a new product called ‘Best Match’, designed to make the process of finding the best candidates more ef...

Facebook partners with Teleperformance to open office in Nigeria to serve advertisers in Africa

Staff WriterOctober 4, 2019

Facebook has partnered with Teleperformance to open its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide outsourced supp...

CCBA donates Ksh. 1.4 million in medical equipment to Embakasi Health Centre

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2019

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Kenya (CCBA Kenya) has donated Ksh. 1.4 million in hospital macerator equipment donated to the Embakasi Health Centre in Nairobi Coun...

Equity unveils new logo as it celebrates 35 years of existence

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2019

Equity has unveiled a new logo which is part of its refreshed identity that is in line with the ongoing journey of transformation and regional expansion. The ne...

Africa Practice acquires Global Reporting Initiative trainer’s certification in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2019

Africa Practice East Africa Limited, a strategic advisory firm based in Nairobi has now been officially recognised as a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certif...

Paxful mobile wallet app to ease bitcoin transactions

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2019

Paxful, a global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace that recently scaled its operations to include Kenya and the broader East African region, has launched a mobi...

I&M partners with Tatu City to offer financing to property buyers

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2019

Tatu City and I&M Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate access to credit for buyers of property within the 5,000-acre development. ...

Viva Global Wine Expo to take place this weekend

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2019

Viva Global is set to host the Viva Global Wine Expo this Friday (4th October) and Saturday (5th October) at the Park Inn by Radisson, Westlands. Viva Global...

Duracoat opens new showroom at Sarit Centre

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2019

Basco Paints has launched a Duracoat Home Solutions showroom at Sarit Centre in Nairobi on Sunday 29th September 2019. Present during the opening of the sh...

UAP & Estée Lauder launch breast cancer awareness campaign in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2019

UAP Old Mutual and The Estée Lauder Companies have partnered for the month of October to raise awareness on Breast Cancer. The partnership will see the UAP ...

Coca-Cola sponsors the AmCham Kenya Business Summit 2019

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2019

Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa Limited (CEWA Ltd) has partnered with the American Chamber of Commerce Kenya (AmCham Kenya) towards the upcoming Busines...

Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, officially launches in Kenya

Staff WriterOctober 2, 2019

Singapore based alternative credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, has officially launched in Kenya to push financial inclusion by providing credit scoring. ...

Companies should seek ISO-27001 Certification in order to comply with Data Protection Laws

Staff WriterOctober 1, 2019

A certain sage once advised a classroom full of students that, ‘to every problem, there is a solution, even if the solution is learning to live with the probl...

A Phone Comparison Review: Tecno Phantom 9 vs Huawei P30 Lite

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

The under Ksh. 30,000 phone category has been competitive of late as phone companies try to make their phones affordable for the masses. In this category we ...

John Wroe’s 1930 Ford Model A win overall prize at the 2019 CBA Concours d’Elegance

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

John Wroe's 1930 Ford Model A has won the 2019 CBA Concours d'Elegance following a brilliant display at the Nairobi Racecourse. John tied with his daughter V...

Delivery service Glovo is now available in Mombasa

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

Spanish delivery company Glovo has expanded its service in Kenya by launching in Mombasa in a bid to reach more customers. The move will now see residents of...

Arnold Kipngetich wins the Rift Region BLAZE By Safaricom E-Sports tournament

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

Arnold Kipngetich from Kericho is the new FIFA 19 Champion of the Rift Region BLAZE By Safaricom E-Sports tournament which was held at the Eldoret National Poly...

Jumia launches Prime delivery subscription service in Kenya

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

Jumia Kenya has announced the launch of Jumia Prime, a subscription package that allows customers pay a standard delivery fee. The service which is modeled like...

62 Mombasa youth get startup kits from KCB Foundation to start their businesses

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

Sixty- two trainees from the Coast Region have today received construction toolkits from the KCB Foundation to enable them establish their individual and group-...