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Kenya’s Baobab Circle & Ujuzi Fursa among startups selected for the Innovate for Life Fund Accelerator programme

Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2018

Kenya’s Baobab Circle Limited and Ujuzi Fursa Africa are among 6 African Start-ups selected to benefit from the 2018 Amref Africa’s Innovate for Life Fund Accel...

300 youth graduate from the EABL sponsored Heshima programme

Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2018

300 young people Nairobi, Kiambu and Nakuru counties have graduated from the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) sponsored Heshima programme at Langiri Ground...

Waihiga Mwaura is the winner of the 2018 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award

Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2018

Kenyan TV presenter Waihiga Maura has been announced as the winner of the 2018 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Mr. Waihiga works for Citizen TV where he hosts...

Dismas Ewet & Peris Cherono win the Safaricom Mombasa Marathon

Staff WriterSeptember 25, 2018

Dismas Ewet and Peris Cherono have won the 35th edition of the Safaricom Mombasa Marathon held in Mombasa County. In the 42KM race, Ewet clocked 2:16:52 to b...

You can watch the ‘Rafiki’ film at Prestige Cinemas from Sept 23-29

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2018

The ban on Rafiki has today been temporarily lifted by a high court judge until 30th September 2018. Consequently, the producers of the film have arranged fo...

Polycarp Igathe appointed as the Equity Bank Kenya MD

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2018

Polycarp Igathe has been appointed as the Managing Director of Equity Bank Kenya. The bank is the Kenyan subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings Plc. According t...

How to get a loan from Finserve Africa’s mKey

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2018

mKey is a digital banking service that was launched by Finserve Africa in September. Through the app, customers can chat with their pals, read news, shop, pay b...

Introducing the inaugural Nairobi Beer Festival

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2018

EatOut has launched a new festival, the Nairobi Beer Festival, to celebrate beer. The festival will run for a period of 10 days and will coincide with the Oktob...

Introducing the inaugural Nairobi Beer Festival

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2018

EatOut has launched a new festival, the Nairobi Beer Festival, to celebrate beer. The festival will run for a period of 10 days and will coincide with the Oktob...

WhiteCap announce Ksh. 7M sponsorship of the Kenya International Polo Tournament

Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2018

East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced that its beer brand, WhiteCap Lager, will sponsor the 2018 Kenya International Polo Tournament to the tune of...

WhiteCap announce Ksh. 7M sponsorship of the Kenya International Polo Tournament

Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2018

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has announced that its beer brand, WhiteCap Lager, will sponsor the 2018 Kenya International Polo Tournament to the tune of Ksh. 7...

You can book outdoor advertising space online with Adspace Africa

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2018

Adspace Africa, a new partnership between Onestop Adspace and Belva Digital, wants to make it easier for advertisers to book outdoor advertising space. They wil...

Camara Education & Dell equips 2 schools in Kajiado County with computers

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

Camara Education has set up 2 computer labs each and installed computers in classrooms in Al-Huda Muslim Primary and Ngong Township Primary School in Kajiado Co...

DStv Now app is now available for LG Smart TVs

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

The DStv now app is now available for LG smart TVs It is specifically available for 2017 and 2018 models running webOS 3.5 and 4.0. DStv Now is an internet stre...

Marianne Mwaniki joins Visa as the Senior Vice President of Social Impact

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

Marianne Mwaniki has been appointed by Visa as the senior vice president of social impact. She will lead the company’s strategy in the areas of financial inclus...

Desterio Oyatsi appointed as the Base Titanium Chairman

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2018

Desterio Oyatsi has been appointed as the Chairman of the Base Titanium board. The previous chair, Professor Joseph Maitha, has retired having served in the pos...

Change With the Times – How to Keep Your Company’s Finger on the Pulse

Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2018

Understand that the business world is constantly changing, and you need to do a lot to keep up with this. There are so many things you need to make sure you get...

Top 10 Tips To Fight Hair Loss In Women

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2018

Have you just realized that a larger-than-usual clump of hair is clogging your shower drain? Do you think the hair trapped in your brush is more than usual? Bl...

Sanlam Kenya posts massive Ksh. 1.5 B half year loss & issues profit warning

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2018

Sanlam Kenya has announced a massive Ksh. 1.5 billion loss for the half year ended 30th June 2018. The company posted a net profit of Ksh. 90 million in a simil...

UAP Old Mutual half year net profit drops 61% to Ksh. 190 million

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2018

UAP Old Mutual half year net profit for the period ended 30th June 2018 has dropped 61% to stand at Ksh. 190 million. This is compared to the Ksh. 496 million t...

Kenya Airways’ direct US flights confirmed after JKIA receives final approval

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2018

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has today announced that the Jomo Kenyatta International Aiport (JKIA) has now achieved Last Point of Departure (LPD) status....

Kenya Airways reports half year net loss of Ksh. 4 billion

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2018

Kenya Airways has today announced that their net loss for the half year ended June 30 2018 has reduced to Ksh. 4.035 billion from 5.668 billion in 2017. Tot...

LG opens new showroom for corporate customers

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2018

LG has launched its first B2B showroom in Kenya to showcase its products and solutions for businesses. The showroom, which the company opened at a cost of Ksh. ...

Britam’s half year net profit profit increases slightly by 7% to Ksh. 1.4 billion

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2018

Britam Holdings' half year net profit for the year ended 30th June 2018 has increased slightly by 7% to stand at Ksh. 1.4 billion as compared to Ksh. 1.3 billio...

Standard Chartered registers half year net profit of Ksh. 4.466 billion

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2018

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has announced a half year net profit of Ksh. 4.466 billion. This is an increase from the Ksh. 3.466 billion they registered in the...

How to get a loan from Tala

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2018

Tala, formerly Mkopo Rahisi, is a product of Inventure which was founded by Shivani Siroya who is also the current CEO. The service gives loans of upto Ksh. 50,...

Kenya’s PayGo Energy & Cloud9xp among finalists in the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2018

Kenya's PayGo Energy & Cloud9xp have been named as finalists in the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2. The initiative by Google is an attempt to suppo...

Parental participation influences achievements positively

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2018

Modern children have to learn a lot of information. New data appear day after day and accumulate like a snowball. Each of us knows the expression: "Knowledge is...

Kenya Re registers a half year profit after tax of Ksh 1.756 billion

Staff WriterAugust 24, 2018

Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya Re) has today announced a profit after tax of Ksh 1.756 billion for half year ended 30th June 2018 compared to 2.294 billio...

Stanbic to offer 90% financing for Tata Pick-Ups, Trucks and Tippers

Staff WriterAugust 22, 2018

Stanbic Bank and Tata Africa Holdings have partnered to offer customers wishing to buy Tata Pick-Ups, Trucks and Tippers with up to 90% financing. The financing...

Nokia 2.1 is now available in Kenya: Price, specs and how to buy

Staff WriterAugust 22, 2018

HMD Global has launched the Nokia 2.1 in the Kenyan market. The smartphone is available at a retail price of Ksh. 11,500. As with other Nokia phones, the pho...

Equity spins off Finserve; Fintech subsidiary launches payment gateway & open APIs

Staff WriterAugust 21, 2018

Equity Group has announced that it has spun off its subsidiary Finserve Africa as an independent company offering fintech services. While announcing the new dev...

Wow beverages launches new Famous Grouse Whisky bottle

Staff WriterAugust 20, 2018

The Famous Grouse Whisky has a new bottle design. The new design has a black and gold colour palette to reflect the colours of the bird. The packaging update wi...

Wow beverages launches new Famous Grouse Whisky bottle

Staff WriterAugust 20, 2018

The Famous Grouse Whisky has a new bottle design. The new design has a black and gold colour palette to reflect the colours of the bird. The packaging update wi...

Famous Grouse Whisky has a new bottle design

Staff WriterAugust 20, 2018

The Famous Grouse Whisky has a new bottle design. The new design has a black and gold colour palette to reflect the colours of the bird. The packaging update wi...

The transformation of girls & women in Maasai Mara

Staff WriterAugust 17, 2018

A quiet revolution in female education and opportunity means that girls who once trudged for hours across Kenya’s Maasai Mara to fetch water, now choose a diffe...

KCB records Ksh. 12.1 Billion half year net profit; an increase of 18%

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2018

KCB Group has today announced that their half year profit after tax has increased to Ksh. 12.1 Billion for the period ended June 30 2018. This is an 18% increas...

Delivery service Sendy reduces its prices for Pickup, Van & Truck deliveries

Staff WriterAugust 14, 2018

Delivery service Sendy has reduced its prices for pickup, van and truck deliveries. According to Sendy, they are targeting SMEs with the price reduction. Del...

Data saving Twitter Lite app is now available in Kenya & 20 other countries

Staff WriterAugust 14, 2018

Twitter Lite, the data saving app version of popular Social Media platform, is now available in Kenya and 20 other countries. The app was first launched in Apri...

Microsoft’s group communication app Kaizala Pro now available in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 14, 2018

Microsoft has made their group communication app, Kaizala Pro, available in Kenya and other markets. The app is designed for communication between large groups ...

WorldRemit customers can now send money direct to M-Pesa after Safaricom Partnership

Staff WriterAugust 14, 2018

WorldRemot, a digital money transfer service, has signed a partnership with Safaricom that will enable its customers to send money to direct to M-Pesa. Kenyans ...

Barclays Bank’s half year net profit increases by 6% to Ksh. 3.8 Billion

Staff WriterAugust 13, 2018

Barclays Bank Kenya has announced half year net profit of Ksh. 3.8 Billion for the period ended 30th June 2018. This is an increase of 6% compared to a similar ...