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Mettā & HIVOS announce 5 startups for the 3rd Fashion Product Lab

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

Mettā Nairobi, in partnership with HIVOS East Africa, will bring five fashion startups to Nairobi for its third bootcamp programme, Fashion Product Lab 3.0. ...

Africa Netpreneur Prize announces semi-final judges

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

The Jack Ma Foundation has announced that its Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) judges for the semi-finals stage of the competition. Applications for...

Transsion Holdings partners with Wapi Capital to fund African fintech businesses

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

Transsion Holdings has announced that it has partnered with Wapi Capital to identify and fund fintech startups under the Transsion Future Hub program. The fund ...

YouTube Originals to be available for free from September 2019

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

Video sharing platform YouTube has announced that its YouTube Originals service will be available for free starting September 24th 2019. The YouTube Original...

Alpha Blondy to headline Koroga Festival on September 21-22

Staff WriterAugust 18, 2019

Capital FM has announced that Alpha Blondy will headline the 27th Koroga Festival that will be held on September 21-22 2019 at Two Rivers Mall. The festival wil...

Kenya’s Maliha Mohammed breaks the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent cooking

Staff WriterAugust 18, 2019

Maliha Mohammed, a Mombasa-based Kenyan chef, has today broken the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent cooking. Chef Maliha started her quest to br...

Safari Sevens 2019 is set for October 18-20 at RFUEA Grounds

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

The 23rd Edition of the Safari Sevens rugby tournament will be held on 18th-20th October at the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi. The tournament will held on the Mashuj...

Kenya’s Charlot Magayi & Mary Inzofu named as finalists in the AWIEF Awards 2019

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Kenyan entrepreneurs Charlot Magayi and Mary Inzofu have been named as finalists in the Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum Awards 2019 (AWIEF ...

Introducing the Tecno T901, the first Tecno phone running KaiOS

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Phone manufacturer TECNO has announced the launch of its latest smart feature phone, the Tecno T901, the first TECNO device running on KaiOS. KaiOS is a mobile ...

Philip Ogola selected to join UN Foundation’s new class of +SocialGood Connectors

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

The United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) has announced its new class of +SocialGood Connectors that includes Kenya's Philip Ogola. He is among 13 people fr...

Four Kenyans selected to join the Future Leaders Connect Programme 2019

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Four young Kenyans have been selected to join the prestigious Future Leaders Connect programme, and will join 46 other winners from around the world. The fou...

CBK warns Kenyans on using unlicensed online forex dealers

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has issued a notice warning Kenyans against using unlicensed online forex dealers. The regulator has said that these forex de...

Davis & Shirtliff starts construction of distribution centre at Tatu City

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Davis & Shirtliff Group has announced that it has began the construction of a distribution at Tatu Industrial Park within Tatu City. The distribution cen...

300 Kenyans treated to a movie premier as part of the DStv Thanks customer reward programme

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

DStv has treated 300 customers to an exclusive movie screening as part of its DStv Thanks customer reward programme. The 300 customers were treated to a screeni...

Facebook adds Swahili to its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Facebook has announced that it has added support for various African language as part of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme. The new initiative is with par...

Climb for Justice initiative launched to raise Ksh. 50 Million to support human rights defenders

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

The Defenders Coalition, the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya, has launched a new campaign dubbed Climb for Justice, to support human right...

Logistics company Kobo360 raises $20 million to expands operations

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Kobo360 has announced that it has raised $20M (Ksh. 2 billion) Series A equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Asia Africa Investment and Co...

Safaricom Iten road race set for this weekend

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

Safaricom has announced a Ksh.1.3 Million sponsorship for the Iten 10km road race set to take place this Sunday, 18th August 2019 in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The...

Kenya’s first green bond gets CMA approval

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the first green bond which will be issued by the property developer Acorn Group and Private Equity fund Helios....

KCB Group reports a Ksh. 12.7 Billion for the half year

Staff WriterAugust 15, 2019

Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB) has reported a profit of Ksh. 12.7 Billion for the first six months of the year. This represents a 5% increase as compared to ...

Safaricom to invest Ksh. 200M in Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom seasom 3

Staff WriterAugust 14, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it will invest Ksh. 200 million in the third season of Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth football tournament. The telco has also an...

Isiolo County successfully hosts the inaugural Shaba Challenge

Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

The Isiolo County Government hosted the inaugural Shaba Challenge fun run on 10th August 2019 at the Shaba National Reserve. The event was hosted in partnership...

CMC introduces 3 new Mazda cars in kenya

Staff WriterAugust 13, 2019

Car dealer CMC Motors Group has launched three new Mazda car models in the Kenya market. CMC holds an exclusive franchise for the Mazda brand in Kenya. The c...

The financial sector has a role to play in stopping the illegal wildlife trade

Staff WriterAugust 9, 2019

Demand for illegal wildlife products has driven some of the world’s endangered species to the point of extinction. However, in as much as the stakeholders are p...

German Parliamentarians visit Wings To Fly beneficiary in Korogocho

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

A group of German parliamentarians has paid a courtesy visit to Jalddin Mohamed Issack one of the Wings to Fly beneficiaries at the Korogocho Informal Settlemen...

Coca-Cola take their Kuza Kazi job creation initiative to Kwale

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Coca-Cola have taken their job creation initiative dubbed Kuza Kazi to Kwale County where the youth were trained on entrepreneurship. It was in partnership with...

Boehringer Ingelheim holds training workshop for health innovators

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies has held a two day training workshop for social entrepreneurs under the ‘Making More ...

Top 25 fun places to visit in Nairobi

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Nairobi is one of the most interesting cities in Africa and has some awesome places you can enjoy visiting whether you are a visitor or a resident. The place...

NilePay mobile money launched in South Sudan

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

NilePay PLC has partnered with Zain South Sudan to launch the first licensed mobile money service in South Sudan dubbed NilePay Mobile Money. The partnership is...

Stanbic reports a 14% increase in half year net profit at Ksh. 4 billion

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Stanbic Holdings has announced that it has recorded a 14 percent rise in its half-year profit after tax for the year ended June 30 2019 which stood at Ksh. 4 bi...

Students from SCLP Samaj School emerge winners in YSK National Science & Technology Exhibition

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Two students, Iyad Taher and Tanvi Hirani, from the SCLP Samaj School have been crowned Young Scientists of the Year for showcasing the best innovation at the 2...

Accor & Jit Group to launch first MGallery Hotel in Gigiri in 2021

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Accor and Jit Group have announced that they launch the first MGallery Hotel Collection property in Nairobi, Kenya. Accor signed an agreement with Jit Group to ...

Kenya plans to tax online businesses through the Finance Bill 2019

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

The Kenyan Governments plans to tax online businesses through new regulations that will be introduced through the Finance Bill 2019. Online businesses will be r...

Government has announced that Monday August 12 is a public holiday

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

The Government has announced that Monday, August 12, 2019 is a public holiday to mark Eid-ul-Adha (Idd-ul-Adha). The announced through the Ministry of Interior ...

Fourth leg of Animation du Monde 2020 to take place at NAICCON 2019

Staff WriterAugust 7, 2019

Animation du Monde is coming to Kenya at the Nairobi Comic Con (NAICCON) 2019 as the fourth leg of the pan-african animation competition. The event will be held...

Microsoft appoints Jack Ngare as MD of the Africa Development Centre in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 7, 2019

Microsoft has appointed Jack Ngare as the managing director of the Africa Development Centre in Kenya that the company launched in May 2019. Ngare was previo...

Burger Week is ongoing with over 100 restaurants in Nairobi & Mombasa participating

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

The Burger Week, a celebration of the best burgers in Kenya, is back for 2019 and is happening between 5th to the 15th of August 2019. This marks the fourth yea...

Safaricom customers to get bonus airtime & free YouTube in the Storo Bonus Promotion

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Safaricom has today announced that it will reward its customers with 200% bonus airtime and an additional 200MB Free YouTube bundle on hitting the daily target....

Tatu City announces availability of new plots for sale at Kijani Ridge

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Tatu City has announced the availability of 39 new plots at its residential city Kijani Ridge, a controlled development neighbourhood. The 39 plots are pric...

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New Safaricom Home Fibre customers to pay 50% less in new offer

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it will offer new Safaricom Home Fibre customers 50% off their bill once they sign up to the home fibre service. The company is in ...

Gerald Warui to replace Polycarp Igathe as Equity Bank Kenya MD

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Equity Bank Kenya, a subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings, has announced that it has appointed Gerald Warui as the new Managing Director. His appointment is effe...

Strive Masiyiwa & Nunu Ntshingila to headline SOAR Africa Leadership Summit in Nairobi

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

The SOAR Africa Leadership and Entrepreneurship Summit is set to be held from 4th to 6th September at the Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi, Kenya. The event wil...