British Airways strengthens its Southern and East African team

Lulu AkakiApril 11, 2014

When you think of airlines, a few names always come to mind. One of them being British Airways. The company has stamped its presence in the region for the l...

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Emirates launches App for iPad

Lulu AkakiApril 11, 2014

Emirates airlines has increased its mobile presence with the launch of the Emirates App for iPad on the global App Store. Travel aficionados and those curio...

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Freshly Ground to perform at the Koroga Festival this Sunday

Lulu AkakiApril 9, 2014

Popular Afro-fusion band Freshly Ground are set to rock Nairobi alongside Neema and Dela for the Koroga Festival. The Koroga Festival is a bi-monthly music ...

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Asus to offer 2 years warranty for its products in Kenya

Lulu AkakiApril 9, 2014

In a bid to strengthen its product service portfolio, Asus has announced that it will be increasing the warranty period on its notebooks from one year to tw...

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Safaricom launches website fully accessible to the visually impaired

Lulu AkakiApril 9, 2014

Safaricom’s Director of Corporate Affairs Nzioka Waita takes Neslon, a student at Thika School for the Blind through the new Safaricom website Safaricom h...

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Lupita Nyong’o lands her first big endorsement

Lulu AkakiApril 4, 2014

Week after week, Lupita Nyong’o is making headlines, and it’s always good news. Lupita is without a doubt one fashionable lady. Based on her looks on th...

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BAKE to host a training workshop on how to make money online

Lulu AkakiApril 2, 2014

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) will be hosting a training session on 12 April at the Nailab, 4th Floor Bishop Magua Centre on Ngong Road. The trai...

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Samsung Partners with eKitabu to roll out Digital Learning for Schools

Lulu AkakiApril 2, 2014

Samsung has partnered with eKitabu, an eBooks software company, to roll out an online based eBooks system for the approved 8-4-4 Secondary School Curriculum...

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Microsoft expands cloud services for mobile

Lulu AkakiApril 1, 2014

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO Microsoft has announced several new and updated applications and services including Microsoft Office for iPad and free Office M...

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Zuku Wants To Commission Swahili Films

Lulu AkakiApril 1, 2014

Zuku TV seeks to commission feature length Swahili films for broadcast on Zuku Swahili Movies. THe film should be between 90-120 minutes long, be in Kiswahi...

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Nailab hosts first ever crowdfunding bootcamp in Nairobi

Lulu AkakiMarch 29, 2014

Nailab CEO Sam Gichuru (left) presents a cheque of Kshs 300,000 to Suraj Gudka (centre) after he emerged the winner of the two day start-up crowd funding boot ...

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LG rolls out 2014 TV lineup

Lulu AkakiMarch 28, 2014

While unveiling 68 new models, LG has introduced its 2014 TV lineup in Korea. The new models include ULTRA HD TVs in sizes ranging from 49 to 105 inches, it...

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Casual labourer wins Kshs. 5 million in Fanikisha na M-Shwari

Lulu AkakiMarch 28, 2014

21-year-old Paul Alfayo Wawire, a casual labourer in a sugarcane farm in Lugari has emerged the winner of the Kshs. 5 million Grand Prize in the first M-Shw...

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LG and Google partner to develop first Android Wear powered smartwatch

Lulu AkakiMarch 26, 2014

LG and Google are working together on the LG G Watch powered by Android Wear, which extends the Android platform to wearables. The watch will be compatible wi...

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Chase Bank sponsors Kenya’s first Everest Expedition

Lulu AkakiMarch 26, 2014

Chase Bank Assistant General Manager for Business Development Vincent Lubia (right) presents a cheque of Ksh 3.5million to Kenya’s first Mount Everest climbe...

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Want to be a Jameson brand ambassador? Here’s how to apply

Lulu AkakiMarch 24, 2014

Nelson Aseka, Pernod Ricard Africa Regional Brand Ambassador – Whiskies Pernod Ricard, a multinational organisation, present in more than 75 countries wo...

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Philips to open a Research and Innovation Hub in Kenya

Lulu AkakiMarch 24, 2014

Kenya is once again the beneficiary of an electronic company’s innovation. Royal Philips has announced the establishment of it Africa Innovation hub right...

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Interview with upcoming gospel artist Samuel Wachiuri aka Rabicon Pious

Lulu AkakiMarch 20, 2014

Samuel Wachiuri better known as Rabicon Pious is a 19 year old upcoming gospel artist. He is a former street boy who has struggled to bring himself up and p...

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Electrafrique back at Carnivore’s Simba Saloon this Saturday

Lulu AkakiMarch 19, 2014

For the past two months, Electrafrique has been hosting a party at the Carnivore, every other third Saturday of the month. In February, they hosted The Vill...

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Nendo 2014 Social Media Trend Report Launched

Lulu AkakiMarch 19, 2014

Nendo has released the inaugural social media trend report. The report builds on the learnings from East Africa's most active Twitter city and the social m...

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You can now get a Startimes Set Top Box on loan

Lulu AkakiMarch 19, 2014

Jamii Bora Bank Chief Commercial Officer Mr. Timothy Kabiru (Left), StarTimes Media Spokesperson Steven Ambitho (Centre) and Rapid Communications C.E.O Mr. Anw...

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Barclays Bank Revamps Its Business Banking Portfolio

Lulu AkakiMarch 18, 2014

Barclays Bank Kenya MD, Jeremy Awori Barclays Bank of Kenya, has re-launched its business banking portfolio aimed at servicing the commercial and enterprise...

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Asus takes product experience to universities in efforts to increase penetration in the tablet and portable PC market

Lulu AkakiMarch 18, 2014

Asus has launched a series of university activations in a bid to deepen its penetration in the market-with its differentiated products. The roll out of ...

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GSMA and mobile operators partner to improve mobile access in Africa

Lulu AkakiMarch 18, 2014

Senior leaders from seven major mobile operator groups, serving 506 million customers across Africa and the Middle East, plan to cooperate on network infras...

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ARM Cement gives farmers free Mavuno products

Lulu AkakiMarch 18, 2014

ARM CEO, Pradeep Paunrana The Kilifi County Deputy Governor Kenneth Mwakombo presided over an event in which local subsistence and small-scale farmers recei...

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Safaricom’s new weekly data and SMS bundle comes in handy

Lulu AkakiMarch 14, 2014

The other day I was whining to my brother about how I always run out of bundles when I really need them. It’s usually at that point when I have an important...

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Chase Bank and AFD partner to offer loans to small businesses

Lulu AkakiMarch 13, 2014

Chase Group MD Zafrullah Khan (right) and Regional Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Yves Terracol Chase Bank has sealed a risk sharing agree...

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Scania enters into Kenyan market with 2.4 Billion Investment

Lulu AkakiMarch 13, 2014

Scania Group has announced its foray into the East African market through an estimated Kshs 2.4 billion (30 million dollar) investment. This will result in ...

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Samsung Introduces Air Track, a 3D plus sound technology music system

Lulu AkakiMarch 12, 2014

Airtrack HW-F750 Samsung has unveiled the Air Track featuring the world’s latest 3D Plus sound technology that enables listeners to enjoy a cinematic expe...

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SAP Africa Utilities Forum 2014 Kicks Off in Rwanda

Lulu AkakiMarch 12, 2014

Leading companies from across East Africa have gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to learn about how technology developments and innovation are set to drive growth...

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Latest Isuzu D-Max Pick-up Introduced to the Kenyan Market

Lulu AkakiMarch 12, 2014

Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohammed & Rita Kavashe, Managing Director GMEA at the launch Enthusiasts of the Isuzu D-Max range of vehicles are in for a tre...

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Wananchi Group to provide free internet to schools in Nairobi

Lulu AkakiMarch 12, 2014

KENET Executive Director Meoli Karshoda, Vice Chairman Richard Bell,Nairobi County Education Member Christopher Khaemba test out the Fiber to schools project a...

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PIVOT East partners with Tech hubs for their 2014 startups competition

Lulu AkakiMarch 8, 2014

Organisers of PIVOT East have announced a partnership with Tech Hubs across the region for 2014. The hubs include: Outbox (Uganda), Hive Colab (Uganda), Ki...

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Mlab has been awarded the Impact Economy Innovations grant

Lulu AkakiMarch 8, 2014

Mlab East Africa has been awarded the Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF). The fund is administered by the Global Impact Investing Network. It provides g...

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Sauti za Mabinti to stage production celebrating International Women’s day

Lulu AkakiMarch 6, 2014

Sauti Za Mabinti and Kiki Tele in conjuction with Brainstorm have come together to host an event in celebration of International Women’s day. Saturday 8th...

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Interactive Concepts Launches NSE 2014 Report Highlighting Corporate Usage of Social Media platforms

Lulu AkakiMarch 6, 2014

Japie Swanepoel Interactive concepts have for the fourth year running released a report that highlights how companies listed on the NSE in Kenya are using s...

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IBM announces winners of ‘the World is our Lab’ photo competition

Lulu AkakiMarch 5, 2014

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75614845@N08/12818986783/in/photostream/ With the opening of its 12th global research lab in Africa last year, IBM decided to fi...

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Voting in the BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards 2014 is now open

Lulu AkakiMarch 3, 2014

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has today unveiled the nominees for the BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards 2014. The Awards reward bloggers that post on a reg...

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Intel launches 64-bit Intel Atom processor

Lulu AkakiMarch 1, 2014

During a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain, Intel announced the launch of the 64-bit Intel Atom processor under the LTE advan...

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Why you should attend the next iHub African Management Initiative lab

Lulu AkakiMarch 1, 2014

The African Management Initiative(AMI) in collaboration with iHub Consulting held a training on self-management at the iHub on February 11th. If there is an...

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5 Kenyan actors besides Lupita who are making it big in the film industry

Lulu AkakiFebruary 28, 2014

Owiso Odera When you talk of Kenyan actors, the one name that is bound to pop up as being the most accomplished would have to be Lupita Nyong’o. She is un...

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Six start-ups to showcase at Nailab Demo day

Lulu AkakiFebruary 27, 2014

Friday 28th of February 2014 will see six startups incubated at Nailab showcase their solutions in a session dubbed ‘Demo Day’ to policy agencies in gov...

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