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Kenyan Government & 5 banks partner to launch Stawi, a mobile loan facility for SMEs

Staff WriterMay 20, 2019

The Central Bank of Kenya Governor Dr. Njoroge has launched a mobile based loan facility for micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in a collaboratio...

Nairobi auditions for East Africa Got Talent Show to be held on June 1 – 2 at KICC

Staff WriterMay 20, 2019

The East Africa’s Got Talent Show by Safaricom auditions kicked off, at Nyali School, Mombasa County yesterday. The gates were opened to the public as from 6.00...

Future Huawei phones to lose access to Google services and Android updates

Staff WriterMay 20, 2019

Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source li...

Kenya bans the importation of used car spare parts

Staff WriterMay 20, 2019

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), in a notice that was sent out to pre-shipment cargo inspectors, has set out 17 categories of used car spare parts that are...

Kenya is expected to finalise IMF deal on standby credit facility by July

Staff WriterMay 17, 2019

According to the CS Treasury, Henry Rotich, Kenya is expected to finalise the deal on getting a new standby credit facility with the International Monetary Fund...

Kenya stand at Chinese fair has no Kenyan products & is run by the Chinese

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

The Kenya stand at the China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair 2019 has no Kenyan products and is being run by Chinese nationals. The stand, ...

Coca-Cola Foundation has invested Ksh. 142M in providing water to 800,000 Kenyans

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

The Coca-Cola Foundation and The Nature Conservancy have partnered to support Nairobi Water to increase water access to 800,000 people in Nairobi. Philip Git...

Abdoul-Aziz Dia appointed to the UBA Board of Directors

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has announced that Abdoul-Aziz Dia has joined the bank’s Board of Directors subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nige...

Hemingways Nairobi joins the Virtuoso luxury travel network

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

The Hemingways Collection has announced that its property Hemingways Nairobi is now a member of the exclusive Virtuoso network. With more than 20,000 travel adv...

Maisha Microfinance gets exemption for KAMU to own 25% shareholding

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Maisha Microfinance Bank has received approval to allow one of its shareholders, KAMU Limited, to hold in excess of 25 per cent of the Bank’s issued share capit...

EABL donates Ksh. 8 million towards restoration of Mt. Kenya & Aberdares Forests

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced that it will donate Ksh. 8 million towards the restoration of two forests in Kenya. This is a second phase o...

Koroga Festival with Femi Kuti to take place on July 6-7 at Tatu City

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Capital FM has announced that its music extravaganza, The Koroga Festival, has moved to Tatu City and will take place on 6-7 July. The festival will be headline...

Chapa Dimba All Stars girls team ends Spain tour with a big win

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom All-Stars wrapped up their Spain tour with a big win after the girls’ team beat Tecnofutbol Ladies 6-0 in their final friendlies. The b...

Muhoro Gathii appointed as the Kenya sales manager at MACmobile

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Muhoro Gathii has been appointed as the new country sales manager at FMCG value chain solution company MACmobile. Muhoro is an ICT professional and he has pr...

Equity Group’s first quarter net profit increases slightly to Ksh. 6.1 billion

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Equity Group's net profit for the 3 months ending 31st March 2019 has increased slightly to Ksh. 6.1 billion. This marks a slight increased from Ksh. 5.8 billio...

Microsoft has launched an African Development Centre in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Microsoft has launched its first Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Africa, with an initial site in Nairobi, Kenya and another in Lagos, Nigeria. The centre, wh...

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...