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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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Kenya Re half year net profit reduces by 13% to Ksh. 1 billion

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya Re) has announced that its net profit has reduced by 13% to Ksh. 1.076 billion. In the same period in 2018, the company pos...

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The Macallan aged triple cask series Scotch Whisky launched in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Edrington, the makers of The Macallan Whisky, has introduced the new aged Triple cask series of Macallan Single Malt Scotch Whisky in the Kenyan market. The new...

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Africa Tech Challenge returns with Ksh. 1M in prizes for participating teams

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

AVIC International has today announced the return of The Africa Tech Challenge, a regional competition for youth in Technical Training Institutions in Africa. T...

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KCB Foundation to sponsor the Kenya National Music Festival to tune of Ksh. 7 Million

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

KCB Foundation, through its youth empowerment programme 2Jiajijri, has announced a Ksh 7 million sponsorship for this year’s Kenya National Music Festival. The ...

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Nissan Kenya donates desks & stationery worth Ksh. 300,000 to Iganjo primary school

Staff WriterAugust 4, 2019

Nissan Kenya has donated desks and school stationery worth Ksh. 300,000 to Iganjo primary school which is located in Gatanga Constituency. Led by the Nissan ...

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Polycarp Igathe to rejoin Vivo Energy as Vice President Sales & Marketing

Staff WriterAugust 2, 2019

Vivo Energy has announced that Polycarp Igathe will rejoin the company as Executive President Sales and Marketing from Septembee 1 2019. He joins the company in...

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Naivas & Ketepa partner to increase tea consumption in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 2, 2019

Naivas and Kenya Tea Packers (Ketepa) have announced that they have partnered to increase tea consumption in the Kenya. The partnership dubbed its tea time is a...

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Equity’s half year net profit increases to Ksh. 12 billion

Staff WriterAugust 2, 2019

Equity Group has announced that it has registered a Ksh. 12 billion net profit for the period ended June 30th 2019. This is an increase from the Ksh. 10.9 billi...

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USIU partners with Cyber Security Institute to offer training and capacity building in cyber security

Staff WriterAugust 1, 2019

USIU-Africa and the Cyber Security Institute (CSI) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the institutions offer research and innovation, train...

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Analysis of the Private Security regulations by KN Law LLP

Staff WriterAugust 1, 2019

The Private Security (General) Regulations, 2019 (the “Regulations”) were formulated to operationalize the Private Security Regulation Act, No. 13 of 2016 (“the...

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Telkom Kenya to lay off 575 workers in merger with Airtel

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Telkom Kenya has sent a notice to its employees indicating that following the joint venture with Airtel they will be discontinuing the transferred business depa...

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15 events that you should attend this August

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Kenya has vibrant cities that never stop buzzing with activity. You don't even have to dig that deep into the internet to find something to keep you busy on a w...

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Google Chrome 76 incognito mode to enable users evade paywalls

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Google Chrome 76 has been released and one of the features that comes with it is that websites will no longer be able to detect your Chrome browser when in inco...

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Heineken to pay Maxam Ksh.1.7B in damages after terminating distributor contract

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Heineken East Africa has been ordered to pay its former distributor Maxam Limited Ksh. 1.7 billion by the High Court in Nairobi. In his ruling Justice James ...

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How to buy a smartphone on credit via Safaricom’s Beba Sasa Lipa Pole Pole

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to be able to offer Kenyans a chance to be able own a smartphone in an initiative dubbed Beba Sasa Lipa...

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6 queer stories from African writers that you need to read

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Pride month is celebrated annually in June by the LGBQTI community to honour the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in Manhattan in which the queer community engaged in vi...

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Lori Systems appoints Uche Ogboi as COO & Efayomi Carr as Head of Strategic Finance

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Lori Systems has announced that it has appointed Uche Ogboi as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Efayomi Carr as Head of Strategic Finance effecti...

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KCB & Equity win awards at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Equity Bank and KCB Group have won awards at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence. The awards they received are Africa’s Best Digital Bank 2019 and Africa's...

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DPO Group acquires PayFast, a South African payment processor

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

DPO Group has today announced the acquisition of PayFast, one of the largest payment processors in South Africa. The deal was executed through a mix of shares a...

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Jumia partners with Vivo Energy to increase its distribution network

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Jumia the largest e-commerce platform in Africa has partnered with Vivo Energy who own  Shell and Engen in Africa. This is in a to increase their distribution n...

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Equity sacco awarded for being the most efficient in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Equity Savings and Credit Cooperative Society has been named as the Most Efficient Sacco in the country. The sacco was honored during the International Cooperat...

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Java House launches its 65th branch on Mbagathi Way

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Java House Group has today launched its 65th  branch on Mbagathi Way. The Kenyan born coffee-led food chain currently has its footprint on 3 countries that is K...

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Applications are now open for Rhodes Scholarships in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford. It was established in 1902, making it the first...

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IBS Bank launches World Elite Mastercard in Somalia

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

IBS Bank has launched the World Elite Mastercard debit card, providing its high net worth cardholders with a range of priceless benefits and privileges that can...

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Branch repays Ksh. 500M debt and raises Ksh. 500M in commercial paper

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Branch International has announced that it has repaid Ksh. 500 million in commercial debt. It issued the commercial paper in January 2019. The company has si...

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Jambojet to increase flights to the Coast during the August holidays

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Budget airline Jambojet has announced that it will increase the number of flights to the Coastal region during the month of August. The airline currently operat...

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5 best places to download Kenyan music

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Kenyan music can sometimes be hard to find both offline and online. To solve this problem online, there are a few websites that have come that offer Kenyan musi...

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Mwamba RFC win the Kabeberi Sevens 2019

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Mwamba RFC won the George Mwangi Kabeberi Memorial Sevens (Kabeberi Sevens) that was held on 27 and 28th July at the Kinoru Stadium in Meru County. Mwamba be...

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