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Liquid Telecom launches Microsoft Azure Stack in East Africa

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Liquid Telecom has today launched Azure Stack a Microsoft Cloud service that offers a step change in cybersecurity for the region’s most sensitive databases. Th...

Kenya raises $2.1 Billion in the latest Eurobond

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Kenya has managed to raise USD 2.1 Billion in a new Eurobond that will come in two tranches that is 7 year and 12 year tenor. As a country, we made got our f...

Isaac Awoundo to become the chairman of the merged NIC, CBA bank

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Just days after the Competition Authority of Kenya approved the merger between Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA) and NIC Group. The two banks have now rel...

Chapa Dimba All Stars boys team picks their first win in Spain

Staff WriterMay 15, 2019

The Chapa Dimba All Stars boys team won their second friendly match against St. Gabriel of Spain when they scored 2-1 in regulation time. In the match, Benja...

UNHCR and SUPKEM raise Ksh. 15 Million for refugee education in Kenya

Staff WriterMay 15, 2019

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims raised over Ksh. 15 Million in two hours for refugee education in Kenya at their fundraisi...

UNICEF and Safaricom partner to launch Internet of Good Things

Staff WriterMay 15, 2019

UNICEF and Safaricom have launched the Internet of Good Things (IOGT) in Kenya. This is a set of information and resources which promotes living better and heal...

CMA licenses SCFM Limited to operate as a non-dealing forex trading broker

Staff WriterMay 14, 2019

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has granted a license for a non-dealing online forex trading broker to SCFM Limited. This is the second license issued by t...

Jambojet

JamboJet is the only African airline to win Bombadier 2018 Airline Reliability Award

Staff WriterMay 14, 2019

JamboJet has been awarded the 2018 Bombardier Reliability Award for outstanding performance. The award recognizes operators of Bombardier Q Series turboprops wh...

Turkana County hosts Young Scientists Kenya exhibitions

Staff WriterMay 14, 2019

Young Scientists Kenya is collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Embassy of Ireland and Blaze by Safaricom held its first second term outreach in St. Kev...

Kasha launches an e-commerce platform targeting women

Staff WriterMay 9, 2019

Kasha an e-commerce platform has been launched in Kenya. The platform was started out in Rwanda three years ago with an ambition to give women access to the pr...

Jambojet

Kenya Airways introduces additional flight to Bujumbura

Staff WriterMay 9, 2019

Kenya Airways has introduced an additional flight to Bujumbura in Burundi. The new flight to be operated by Jambojet on a Bombardier Q400 will be a direct fligh...

Stanbic Bank report indicates that business conditions deteriorated for the month of April

Staff WriterMay 9, 2019

A report released by Stanbic Bank Kenya indicates that business conditions for the month of April deteriorated for the first time since November 2017. This dete...

KenTrade CEO Amos Wamgora re-elected to head AAEC General Assembly

Staff WriterMay 9, 2019

KenTrade Chief Executive Officer, Amos Wangora has been re-elected as the President of AAEC General Assembly for another 2-year term. This was during the just c...

Huawei launches a price guess campaign ahead of Y5 2019 launch

Staff WriterMay 9, 2019

Huawei Mobile Kenya plans to launch the Huawei Y5 2019 smartphone in Kenyan market later this month and in prepration has launched a price guess campaign. Hu...

Coca-Cola Kenya

Coca-Cola appoints Phillipine Mtikitiki as General Manager for East & Central

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Coca-Cola has appointed Phillipine Mtikitiki as General Manager, East & Central Africa Franchise effective 1st June 2019. She will be based in Nairobi, Keny...

Andela has appointed Janet Maingi as the Kenya Country Director

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Technology company Andela has announced that it has appointed Janet Maingi as its new Country Director for Kenya. Janet joins Andela from Nairobi-based BRCK...

Internet Solutions completes fibre network upgrade at a cost of Ksh. 280 million

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Internet Solutions (IS) has announced that it has upgraded its fiber network at a cost of over Ksh. 280 million. According to the company, the upgrade which ...

Glovo raised Ksh. 16B funding to expand operations in Africa

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

On demand delivery service Glovo has announced that it has raised €150 million (Ksh. 16.993B) in Series D funding led by international venture capital firm Lake...

UNHCR and SUPKEM launch campaign to support refugee education in Kenya

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

For the longest time, hundreds of thousand of refugees in Kenya have not been attending school due to lack of funds. As such the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, a...

Multichoice Talent Factory announces call to entry for their 2019 class

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

The Multichoice Talent Factory Academy has announced the call to entry of their 2019 class to all emerging filmmakers from 13 African countries with either some...

Mastercard through its Girls4Tech initiative commits to impact 1 Million girls

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

The Mastercard Girls4Tech initiative has committed to bring STEM education opportunities to 1 Million girls globally by 2025. The initiative was launched in 201...

Dimensions Data and SAP form an alliance to launch intelligent enterprise solutions in East Africa

Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Dimensions Data which is a global systems integrator and managed services provider has entered into an alliance with SAP. SAP is a German multinational software...

Kenya Airways resumes weekly flights to Malindi

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

National carrier Kenya Airways has announced that it will resume flights to Malindi starting 10th June 2019. The flight will be operated by Jambojet on behal...

Anti-Counterfeit Authority seizes counterfeit goods worth over Kshs 100 million

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

The Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) has announced that it has seized counterfeit goods worth over Ksh. 100 million in the last one month in various parts of th...

KWAL announces launch of Hunters Gold & new cider production line

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL) has announced the launch of Hunters Gold in Kenya and also the launch of a new production line for the manufacture of ciders ...

Kenyans treated to free concert at the Maisha Magic Festival

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

Maisha Magic East in partnership with Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) treated hundreds of Nairobi residents to a free concert at the first ever...

TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2019 to be held on July 26-27

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) will host the annual TEF Entrepreneurship Forum, the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, on July 26 – 27, 2019....

Internet Solutions appoints Sylvester Mboya as its Chief Commercial Officer

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

Internet Solutions (IS) has appointed former Vodafone Global Enterprise, Country Head East Africa Sylvester Mboya to spearhead its commercial business unit as t...

8 Kenyans watch the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix race courtesy of Johnnie Walker

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

East African Breweries Limited (EABL), through its Johnnie Walker Brand, treated eight customers to a fully paid trip to watch the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Pr...

Diageo World Class partners with Kempinski to host first ever cocktail competition

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

Diageo World Class Kenya has partnered with luxury hotel Villa Rosa Kempinski to host the first ever Cocktail competition in Kenya. The competition featured two...

Telkom Kenya is upgrading its network in 5 towns in Kenya

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

Telkom Kenya has announced that it is upgrading its network’s capacity in 5 towns to cater for growing demand across the country. The upgrade is part of Telk...

Co-operative Bank partners with World Navi for importation of used cars from Japan & UK

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

Co-operative Bank has partnered with used car exporter World Navi Co. Ltd to launch a financing scheme to enable Kenyans to import second-hand cars. The partner...

Chapa Dimba All-Star team heads to Spain for a training camp

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

After a grueling battle in a bid to to qualify for the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom finals, an All-Star team has been selected from the best players during the eigh...

Colonel (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna appointed as the Government Spokesman

Staff WriterMay 7, 2019

The government has announced the appointment of Colonel (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna, he will be replacing the current Spokesman Eric Kiraithe. Colonel (Rtd) Cyrus Ogun...

PortableVoices a Kenyan podcast startup has opened its first recording studio in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 6, 2019

PortableVoices which is a Kenyan audio production and podcast startup has opened its first recording studio in Nairobi. The startup, which is focused on produci...

Toshiba Corporation opens a new office in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 6, 2019

The Toshiba Corporation, which is a Japanese multinational conglomerate, has announced the establishment of a new office in Nairobi. The office will be under To...

Safaricom announces a Ksh. 63.4 Billion net profit for the year ended 31 March 2019

Staff WriterMay 3, 2019

Safaricom has today announced a net profit of Ksh. 63.4 Billion for the year ended 31st March 2019. This represents a 14.7% rise from last year’s net which was ...

HMD Global launches the Nokia 4.2 in Kenya to retail at Ksh. 18,500

Staff WriterMay 2, 2019

HMD Global has launched the Nokia 4.2 in the Kenyan market. The phone has a compact size and edge-to-edge display with a ‘selfie-notch’. It has a thickness of 8...

Betting Control and Licensing Board bans advertising of gambling

Staff WriterMay 2, 2019

As the country reels under weight of betting by the youth, the Betting Control and Licensing Board has come out to ban the advertising of gambling. According...

Transunion Kenya advocates the use of credit scores for better loan pricing

Staff WriterMay 2, 2019

Transunion Kenya is urging lenders to start focusing on individual credit scores that will enable them to make smarter decisions and at the same time empower co...

Communications Authority releases new 01xx mobile prefix

Staff WriterApril 30, 2019

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has today announced the release of a new prefix 01xxxx which will be in addition to the current 07xxxx. According ...

MultiChoice to celebrate Kenyan TV content with the Maisha Magic Festival

Staff WriterApril 30, 2019

MultiChoice Kenya has announced that it will celebrate the growth of Kenyan television content through the first ever Maisha Magic Festival. The festival, will ...