Linus Gitahi takes over as board chairperson of DTB

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

The shareholders of Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) have approved the appointment of Mr Linus Gitahi, 56, as the new board chairman. The shareholders approved the appo...

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Brit rapper IAMDDB to headline Thrift Social on 9th June

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

The 2019 edition of fashion market Thrift Social will take place on Sunday 9th June 2019 at GoDown Arts Centre. The theme of the 4th edition of the event is Tie...

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Shelter Tech Accelerator is calling out for applications to its startup competition

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

Shelter Tech Kenya is calling out for applications to its Nairobi Innovation Week startup competition. The competition is open to Startups focusing on renewable...

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Liberty Kenya launches free financial literacy training programme

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

Liberty Kenya has announced that it has launched a free financial literacy programme aimed at growing financial literacy, financial freedom and insurance penetr...

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KOKO launches smart fuel ATM network in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

KOKO Networks, an international technology company that wants to mainstream clean bio-ethanol cooking fuel in Kenya has today launched KOKO Fuel. KOKO Fuel i...

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Stanbic Bank to offer short term loans to SMEs via M-Jeki

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

Stanbic Bank Kenya has announced a new initiative that will offer short term loans to distributors and suppliers. This new initiative was launched after the ...

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QNET donates food worth Ksh. 450,000 to Tree House Children’s Home in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

QNET has donated foodstuff including rice, beans, maize floor, cooking oil, soft drinks and water worth over Ksh. 450,000 (USD 4,500) to Tree House Children’s H...

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Airtel’s Africa unit in plans for an IPO at the London Stock Exchange

Staff WriterMay 28, 2019

The Africa unit of Bharti Airtel is reportedly in plans to have an initial public offering in the London Stock Exchange in a bid to help it reduce debt. The ...

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JamboJet acquires license to fly to 7 new African countries

Staff WriterMay 28, 2019

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has granted Jambojet a three year license to operate in seven new African countries. Currently, the airline flies to three Af...

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Microsoft and ALN Academy push for adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Finance Industry

Staff WriterMay 28, 2019

Microsoft and the African Legal Network (ALN) Academy have called on the financial services sector to build artificial intelligence (AI) capacity. This will ens...

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KAM partners with Dandora Hip Hop City to launch a waste management program

Staff WriterMay 28, 2019

The Kenya Association of Manufucturers (KAM) has partnered with Dandora Hip Hop City (DHC) to launch customer bora-taka banks program. The program is aimed at f...

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DTB posts Ksh. 1.96 Billion net profit in the first quarter

Staff WriterMay 28, 2019

Diamond Trust Bank has reported a net profit of Ksh. 1.96 Billion for the first quarter ended March 2019. This is a 9.3 per cent growth from last years Q1 profi...

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Nestlé to boost coffee production in Bungoma, Nandi and Kericho Counties

Staff WriterMay 27, 2019

Nestlé has announced that they plan to spend an additional Ksh. 23 Million to empower coffee growing households in Western and Central regions of Kenya under it...

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Multichoice Talent Factory students to get training from the prestigious New York Film Academy

Staff WriterMay 27, 2019

Multichoice Talent Factory (MTF) has partnered with the New York Film Academy College of Visual and Performing Arts (NYFA). The partnership will include support...

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Andela is looking to hire Software Engineers

Staff WriterMay 27, 2019

Andela, a tech company that identifies and develops software engineers is recruiting mid and senior level developers. This part of a new Power of “✗” campaign w...

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Strathmore students win prize for their solar energy concept at the PowerGen Africa conference in SA

Staff WriterMay 27, 2019

A team of students from Strathmore University emerged as the winners for an innovative concept to provide equitable energy access to remote villages at the Afri...

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The High Court in Kenya fails to legalize gay sex

Staff WriterMay 25, 2019

The High Court in Kenya has declared sections Section 162 and 165 of the Penal Code are not unconstitutional. The ruling was delivered by a three bench judge co...

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Equity Bank to provide 95% financing for purchase of Toyota Hilux pickups

Staff WriterMay 24, 2019

Equity Bank Kenya and Toyota Kenya Limited have partnered to provide customers with 95% financing payable for the purchase of single cab Hilux pickups. The loan...

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Entries to the AWIEF Awards 2019 extended to June 10

Staff WriterMay 24, 2019

The closing date for the 2019 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Awards 2019 (AWIEF Awards) nominations has been extended to Monday, 10 June 201...

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Coca-Cola to retain its majority stake in CCBA

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

The Coca-Cola Company announced that it will maintain its majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in the foreseeable future. With the change, Coc...

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Olaoluwa Akinnusi is the new country manager for Bolt Kenya

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Ride-hailing company Bolt (formerly Taxify) has announced the appointment of Olaoluwa Akinnusi as the new Country Manager for Bolt Kenya. Akinnusi will be respo...

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Pizza Inn, Chicken Inn, Creamy Inn & Galitos now available on Glovo

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

On demand delivery company Glovo has announced that it has partnered with Simbisa Brands in a bid to boost its market share in Kenya. The company will tap in...

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Copa Coca-Cola 2019 tournament to refurbish school pitches as part of environment cleanup campaign

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Coca-Cola Kenya has announced that it has embarked on an environmental behavior change campaign involving COPA Coca-Cola 2019 participating secondary school stu...

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Applications to The Great Kenyan Bake Off extended to May 27

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

The application deadline for the The Great Kenyan Bake Off has been extended to May 27 from the previous one of May 20 2019. After the deadline, the applican...

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KWAL to set up Ksh. 3 billion manufacturing facility at Tatu City in 2020

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL) recently marked 50 years of existence with an event at Nairobi Serena Hotel. Present during the event was the Cabinet Secreta...

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NRG Radio births two new radio stations i.e. Choice Radio and FunX

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Kenyan radio station, NRG Radio has launched two new radio stations i.e. Choice Radio and FunX to tap into the urban radio market. Choice Radio is targeted ...

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Evans Mutai wins Ksh. 1 million & a trip to Cairo in the ongoing Guinness Promotion

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Evans Mutai has been announced as the first grand prize winner in the Win a Trip to Cairo Guinness consumer promotion campaign. Evans Mutai, an m-pesa owner ...

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Safaricom extends CEO Bob Collymore’s contract by 1 year

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telecommunication company, has today announced the decision to extend Bob Collymore’s contract as the CEO for an additional year. His...

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Njeri Wangari a Kenyan Poet rouses debate with her poem ‘Words and Guns’ in a US school

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

In May this year, Njeri Wangari a Kenyan poet and writer got an opportunity to share her passion for poetry writing and spoken word performance with over 600 st...

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Equity emerges at the best Kenyan bank at the Think Business Banking Awards

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Equity Bank emerged as the best bank in Kenya at this year’s Think Business Banking Awards for the eighth time. Equity Group Managing Director and CEO Dr. James...

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Treasury launches the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company to deliver affordable housing

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

The National Treasury has today launched the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC). KMRC which is basically a liquidity facility has been established with the...

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DStv is looking for TV show proposals from Kenyan filmmakers

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

DStv, through M-Net, has announced that it is looking for proposals from Kenyan filmmakers for TV drama shows that will be aired on Showmax, Africa Magic and Ma...

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The 2019 Africa Shared Value Summit will be held in Nairobi on May 22-23

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

The 2019 Africa Shared Value Summit will be held in Nairobi this year on 22nd - 23rd May 2019 and will bring together business leaders and sustainability expert...

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Equity, Family Bank & KCB among nominees in the African Banker Awards 2019

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

Equity Group, Family Bank and the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) are among Kenyan nominees in the African Banker Awards 2019. Family Bank Remit has been nominat...

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KOKO joins the CHUJA campaign to reduce the use of harmful cooking fuels in Kenya

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

KOKO Networks has announced that it is supporting the ongoing CHUJA campaign that is geared towards educating Kenyans on the effects of using harmful cooking fu...

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Entries to the 2019 Aviation Innovation Competition are now open

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are seeking entries for the 2019 Aviation Innovation Competition from learners as young as 6 to young adult...

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DStv relaunches its reward programme to reward active customers

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

MultiChoice has revamped its DStv Thanks programme, the company’s customer rewards programme, which is designed to reward its active customers. “The relaunch...

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Co-op Bank posts a net profit of Ksh.3.59 Billion in the first quarter

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Co-op) has posted a net profit of Ksh. 3.59 Billion for the first quarter which ended in March. This is a 4.4 per cent rise in p...

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Hemingways Watamu offers apartments for sale from Ksh. 52.5 million

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

Hospitality company Hemingways Collection has rolled out a five-year Guaranteed Fixed Return offer for buyers of the Hemingways Residences in Watamu which are n...

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How Kenyans can apply for a UK Visa

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

Kenyans need a UK visa to travel to The United Kingdom (UK) and they have to apply for the same visa an online platform dubbed Access UK. To apply for a UK v...

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Safaricom to offer free 5GB data for YouTube streaming

Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

Safaricom has today announced that customers who purchase the All in One Monthly Bundle will be offered free additional 5GB of data to enable the stream videos ...

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ARM Cement’s Kenyan assets sold for Ksh. 5 Billion to National Cement Company

Staff WriterMay 21, 2019

The Kenyan assets of the troubled cement maker ARM have reportedly been sold for Ksh.  5 Billion to the National Cement Company. This is a culmination of a proc...

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