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Communications Authority to hold Kikao Kikuu an ICT consumer forum in Nyandarua County

Staff WriterNovember 5, 2019

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

OLA Energy launches new fuel as part of its growth strategy

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019

Oil marketer OLA Energy (formerly OiLibya) has launched a new fuel formulation as part of its growth and rebrand strategy. The new fuel is now available in ...

Patrick Komu wins the Mt. Kenya Region BLAZE By Safaricom E-Sports tournament

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019

Patrick Komu from Nyeri is the winner of the won the BLAZE by Safaricom E-Sports regional finals which were held at the Meru National Polytechnic. Patrick Ko...

Guala Closures opens a Ksh. 570 million factory in Nairobi

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019

Guala Closures East Africa (GCEA) has opened a Ksh. 570 million factory in Nairobi as part of its expansion in Kenya and the East African region. The company is...

Khaligraph Jones lights up Tusker Lite Neon Rave party in Mombasa

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019

The Neon Tusker Lite Party was hosted on Saturday, 1st November at Club Mint Bamburi in Mombasa County featuring musician Khaligraph Jones. Khaligraph Jones ...

WEF disburses Ksh. 11 Million to 58 women groups in Migori County

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019

The Women Enterprise Fund has disbursed over Ksh. 11 Million to Fifty-Eight women groups in Migori County. The groups constitute of 634 beneficiaries, an averag...

UNHCR launches campaign to aid refugee students

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2019

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has launched the No Child Left Behind campaign to raise funds for learning materials for 150,000 pre-primary and primary students ...

Young Ghetto are the Mountain Region Guinness Night football winners

Staff WriterNovember 3, 2019

Young Ghetto Football Club are the Mountain Region champions in the Guinness Night football champions after defeating Wazoefu Football Club at the regional even...

Here are the Kalasha Awards 2019 nominees

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2019

The annual Kenyan TV and movie awards initiative Kalasha Awards has announced its nominees for 2019. Some of the productions that have been nominated include Mu...

Safaricom net profit jumps 14% to Ksh. 35 billion

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2019

Telecommunication company Safaricom has announced that it has reported a net profit of Ksh. 35 billion for the half year ended 30th September 2019. The net prof...

Liquid Telecom wins three awards at the 2019 Global Carrier Awards

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2019

Liquid Telecom has won three awards at the 2019 Global Carrier Awards, the World Communications awards. The company was awarded the Best African Wholesale Ca...

Google Maps has introduced incognito mode for Android

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2019

Google has started the roll out of the incognito feature for its Maps and it is now available on Android. With the incognito mode turned on, the places you visi...

WhatsApp fingerprint unlock is now available on Android

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2019

WhatsApp has announced that they have rolled out fingerprint unlock for their Android app, this follows the introduction of biometric security in the iOS versio...

Rafiki film wins two awards at the Africa Movies Academy Awards 2019

Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019

Rafiki, a film by Kenya's Wanuri Kahiu, was one of the winners at the Africa Movies Academy Awards 2019 (AMAA) held in Lagos on Sunday. Rafiki won the Best Achi...

Standard Group’s Betty Njeru to attend the Sanlam Summer School for Financial Journalism

Staff WriterOctober 30, 2019

Betty Njeru, a sub-editor at the Standard Media Group, has been selected to attend the annual Sanlam Summer School for Financial Journalism in South Africa. The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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’...

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...

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...

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...