Microsoft launches WINS a mentorship program for women pursuing tech in universities

Staff WriterMarch 12, 2024

The Microsoft Africa Development Centre has launched a mentorship program dubbed Women Inspiring and Nurturing Students (WINS) for women pursuing technology stu...

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Safaricom launches a platform to enable MSMEs to engage and scale their businesses

Staff WriterMarch 11, 2024

Safaricom has launched the “Grow with Safaricom Business” engagement platform for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The telco's platform will offer ...

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NCBA partners with Homa Bay County to celebrate women in business

Staff WriterMarch 11, 2024

NCBA in partnership with Homa Bay County hosted over 100 SME customers for a customer dinner to mark International Women's Day. The dinner celebrated the achie...

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Stanbic reports a 34.2% rise in net profit to Ksh. 12.2 billion for 2023

Staff WriterMarch 7, 2024

Stanbic has reported a 34.2 percent rise in net profit to  Ksh. 12.2 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2023. The rise in profitability was at...

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Kenya Cane launches new pack at a Nairobi extravaganza

Staff WriterMarch 6, 2024

Kenya Cane has officially launched its new pack this weekend, 2nd March, at a consumer event in Ruai Gardens. The event was hosted by the comic duo of MC Gatho...

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Isuzu East Africa becomes the sole distributor of UD Trucks in Kenya

Staff WriterMarch 5, 2024

Isuzu East Africa has acquired the distributorship rights of UD Trucks in Kenya. It will now be responsible for assembly, sales, and aftersales support of UD Tr...

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Founders Factory Africa hosts podcast on the importance of choosing the right capital

Staff WriterMarch 5, 2024

Founders Factory Africa hosted a live version of The African Pre-seed Podcast. The episode focused on the good and bad of funding and how to choose the right ca...

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Carrefour’s approach to redefining the customer experience

Staff WriterMarch 4, 2024

Carrefour Kenya has emerged as a game-changer, reshaping the shopping journey by providing innovative solutions and showcasing a steadfast commitment to elevati...

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Agriculture funding in Africa is ripe for innovation

Staff WriterMarch 1, 2024

How does the bank which funds the largest number of agriculture sector transactions in South Africa, utilise its skills and knowledge to improve food security a...

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Salesforce launches Einstein Copilot a conversational AI assistant for CRM

Staff WriterFebruary 29, 2024

Salesforce has announced the public beta availability of Einstein Copilot, a new customizable, conversational, and generative AI assistant for CRM at Mobile...

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KCB Foundation hands over laptops to 240 students under its scholars program

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2024

The KCB Foundation has donated laptops to 240 university students from its 2022 KCSE cohort under its Scholars program. This initiative aims to support their h...

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You can now submit your stories in the LG Life’s Good Challenge

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2024

LG is calling out for submission of stories in their "Life’s Good Challenge". The Challenge encourages participants to reflect on the life-enhancing experiences...

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Absa launches a new customer-centric brand promise

Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2024

Absa has launched its repositioned brand proposition to the market. The new brand promise of ‘Your Story Matters' signals a shift to being a more deliberately c...

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NCBA to sponsor over 100 students to the tune of Ksh. 12 Million

Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2024

NCBA has announced a KES 12 million sponsorship for over 100 students this year that will be distributed through various partners. The partners include Dr. C...

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HMD rebrands to Human Mobile Devices, new line of Nokia devices coming

Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2024

HMD Global has announced a rebrand, whereby HMD will now stand for Human Mobile Devices. With the rebrand, they will be creating new HMD original devices as wel...

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Wajir All Stars and Wajir Queens emerge as the winners of the Chapa Dimba North Eastern Region tournament

Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2024

Wajir All Stars emerged as the new champions of the Safaricom Chapa Dimba North Eastern Region. This was after silencing the host Lyon 04 FC from Garissa 2-0 in...

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Marina FC, Lyon 04 FC and Wajir All Stars to battle it out at the Chapa Dimba North Eastern finals

Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2024

Marina FC from Mandera, Lyon 04 FC from Garissa and Wajir All Stars from Wajir, are set to battle it out at the Safaricom Chapa Dimba North Eastern regional fin...

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Safaricom holds an investor day for its Ethiopia business in Addis Ababa

Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2024

Safaricom held its second Investor Day in Addis Ababa yesterday. This was in a bid to provide an opportunity to investors to gain insights into the company's ac...

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Standard Bank successfully executes $1.5 billion Eurobond joint lead manager and bookrunner

Staff WriterFebruary 23, 2024

Standard Bank Group was the joint lead manager and bookrunner for Kenya’s new $1.5 billion Eurobond. It was also the joint dealer manager for the concurrent ten...

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Salesforce introduces a Clean Energy Programme Management solution

Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2024

Salesforce has introduced a Clean Energy Programme Management for Energy & Utilities Cloud. This new solution streamlines the launch, management, and ove...

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Africa Food Prize opens nominations for its 2024 edition

Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2024

The Africa Food Prize has opened nominations for its 2024 edition. This award celebrates individuals and organizations driving positive change and promoting sus...

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Visa appoints Chad Pollock as the Vice President for East Africa

Staff WriterFebruary 21, 2024

Visa has announced the appointment of Chad Pollock as Cluster Country Manager and Vice President for East Africa. Chad Pollock is a seasoned leader with a di...

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Absa opens its flagship La Riba center at BBS Mall in Eastleigh

Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2024

Absa Bank has opened its newest branch at the BBS Mall, one of Kenya's largest shopping malls located in the commercial area of Eastleigh, Nairobi. Whereas thi...

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Kenya Airways reintroduces flights to Mogadishu, Somalia

Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2024

Kenya Airways has reintroduced nonstop flights to Mogadishu, Somalia.  The thrice-weekly flights will bring about greater convenience of nonstop travel, focusin...

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Tusker Cider hosts Valentines day experience in collaboration with Mawimbi Restaurant

Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2024

Tusker Cider partnered with Mawimbi Seafood Restaurant treated its patrons to an exquisite fine dining experience on Valentine’s Day. The experience, a collabo...

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Absa announces a Ksh. 75 Million sponsorship for the 2024 Magical Kenya Open

Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2024

Absa Bank has announced that it will be sponsoring the upcoming 2024 Magical Kenya Open (MKO) tournament to the tune of a KES 75 million. This makes it the tour...

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Safaricom sponsors four golfers to the Magical Kenya Ladies Open

Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2024

Safaricom has sponsors four lady golfers to the Magical Kenya Ladies Open. The a tournament included in the Ladies European Tour and organized by U.COM Event. ...

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There is need for stakeholder input in the enactment of illicit alcohol laws to curb harm

Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2024

Alcoholic Beverages Association of Kenya (ABAK) and the Bar, Hotel and Liquor Traders Association (BAHLITA) have called on the National and County governments ...

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Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 13 Series, to retail at Ksh. 73,999

Staff WriterFebruary 9, 2024

Xiaomi has launched the Redmi Note 13 Series in the Kenyan market. The series features Note 13 Pro+ 5G, Note 13 Pro and Note 13. With significant upgrades to...

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LG donates Ksh. 6 Million to three community projects as part of ‘Smile with LG’ campaign

Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2024

LG has announced the successful culmination of its 'Smile with LG' campaign which raised a total of Kshs6 million to benefit community projects. The campaign, ...

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Zenith Bank to finance purchase of Ibom Air A220 airplane

Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2024

Zenith Bank has closed on a commercial financing deal for Ibom Air’s first A220 delivered in November 2023. This historic collaboration also represents the bank...

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The growing importance of privacy amongst customers and how businesses should cater to it

Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2024

Privacy is a growing concern for technology consumers worldwide. While there was a time when that may not have been the case for countries like Nigeria and Keny...

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Xiaomi to award customers as it builds up to the Redmi Note 13 Series on February 10

Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2024

Redmi fans are bracing for a groundbreaking moment as Xiaomi Kenya takes center stage on February 10th, 2024. This will be at the unveiling of the highly antici...

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Sustainable Finance: A strategic imperative and moral obligation for banks

Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2024

The African continent is at an opportune time to take bold steps required to address and mitigate the causes and effects of climate change around the world. ...

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Unlocking convenience & conscious spending with your Equity Prepaid Card

Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2024

Embarking on a new year comes with the promise of fresh starts, and there's no better way to kickstart your payments experience in 2024 than with the Equity Pre...

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Absa Group expands into China with the launch of a non-banking subsidiary

Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2024

Absa Group has expanded into the People’s Republic of China with the opening of a new non-banking subsidiary in Beijing. The non-banking subsidiary is operatio...

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Unilever appoints Ben Lang’at as Executive Vice President for East & West Africa

Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2024

Unilever has announced the appointment of Ben Lang’at as the Executive Vice President and Head of the recently combined East and West Africa region, effective J...

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Absa announces a Ksh. 15 Million sponsorship for Magical Kenya Ladies Open

Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2024

Absa Bank has announced a Ksh. 15 million sponsorship for the upcoming Magical Kenya Ladies Open (MKLO) Golf Tournament, making it the tournament’s official ban...

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Collins Kathuli wins the Kenyan edition of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards

Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2024

Collins Kathuli emerged the winner in the Kenyan edition of 2023-2024 Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) competition.  H...

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105 Absa Bank employees acquire digital skills at Strathmore University

Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2024

105 Absa Bank employees have acquired tech skills at the Strathmore University. The employees gained skills in Cybersecurity, Data Science, Business Intelligenc...

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The role of energy management in driving sustainability

Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2024

The effects of climate change continue to be felt across the globe and more increasingly in Africa, where the largest risk lies. This has become prevalent in th...

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Dual innovation strategy to drive manufacturing resilience

Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2024

For manufacturing to survive and even grow in a tough and uncertain environment, innovation is paramount. This means innovating new products but also re-thinkin...

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