House hunting goes mobile with Kejahunt

Lulu AkakiSeptember 30, 2014

House hunting using your mobile phone just got easier thanks to Kejahunt, an online property listing platform that assists home seekers find that ideal house ...

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The search for reliable internet is coming to an end

Lulu AkakiSeptember 28, 2014

Picture this you have a project to complete for school or work. It will need you to download a few files online or be connected to the internet for the soft...

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Tabitha Karanja among Winners of East African AABLA 2014

Lulu AkakiSeptember 27, 2014

Tabitha Karanja , CEO of Keroche industry is among the winners of the East African round of the CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) prese...

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Kenyan Carole Wainaina lands top job at the UN

Lulu AkakiSeptember 27, 2014

A Kenyan has once again made headway and made it to the news for all the right reasons. This comes as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced...

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Kenya Airways increases baggage allowance in all classes

Lulu AkakiSeptember 27, 2014

Kenya Airways has become the the 1st carrier in Africa to fully adopt piece concept baggage policy moving away from the weight concept. From 1st October 201...

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British Airways adds push notification to its Phone app

Lulu AkakiSeptember 27, 2014

British Airways has introduced new feature to its iPhone app. The new feature will allow customers using Heathrow Terminal 5 and Terminal 3 will receive ‘...

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DHL launches first commercial drone ‘parcelcopter’ delivery service

Lulu AkakiSeptember 27, 2014

DHL has launched a unique pilot project that will, for the first time worldwide, ensure urgent delivery of medications and other highly time sensitive goods...

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Ultra-affordable Nokia 130 now available in Kenya

Lulu AkakiSeptember 27, 2014

The Nokia 130 which happens to be the latest addition to Microsoft Devices Group’s “first” phone portfolio, is now available in Kenya. It boasts a bu...

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Africa Magic Swahili rebrands to Maisha Magic Swhaili

Lulu AkakiSeptember 25, 2014

M-Net is rebranding it’s Africa Magic Swahili channel in a bid to streamline the station with the new Miasha Magic identity. The channel that airs on Dstv c...

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Kike Tele to stage a play on the stereotypes of women

Lulu AkakiSeptember 23, 2014

Kike Tele, an initiative that looks to collect and tell stories about women is set to stage a play at the Michael Joseph Centre on October 10th. The play ti...

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UAP Life Launches SME insurance service Biashara Shwari

Lulu AkakiSeptember 23, 2014

UAP’s Insurance arm, UAP Life Assurance Limited, has launched a new SME Insurance Product, Biashara Shwari. Biashara Shwari is a comprehensive cover wi...

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General Motors records major sale of Prime mover trucks

Lulu AkakiSeptember 23, 2014

General Motors East Africa (GMEA) has handed over a fleet of 10 Isuzu EXZ prime movers and trailers to logistics firm, Acceler Global Logistics (Acceler) ma...

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Rapid Communications to Launch Virtual Banking Services in Somalia

Lulu AkakiSeptember 23, 2014

Rapid Communications recently acquired 16% shareholding in Nationlink Telecom, a GSM operator, along with the license for banking services. This has enabled...

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Andrew Wambua releases second single

Lulu AkakiSeptember 23, 2014

Andrew Wambua Most people know Andrew Wambua through the band Afrology. He started performing in 2008 and has performed at Blankets and wine as he makes the...

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Trans-Nzoia endorses use of modern technology in agriculture

Lulu AkakiSeptember 19, 2014

In a bid to urge farmers, traders and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector to access modern farming technologies, the County of Trans-Nzoia held an a...

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Big Brother Hotshots revealed: Melvin Alusa to represent Kenya

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

Melvin Alusa has been announced as Kenya’s representative in the ninth season of the reality TV show ‘Big Brother Hotshots‘. In a bold and ground bre...

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Emerdis launches security and data storage solutions in Kenya

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

Emerdis has announced plans to venture into the Kenyan market by introducing IT Security, Connectivity and Data Storage solutions. The company will be targ...

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National Bank rolls out new internet and mobile banking application

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

National Bank has introduced a new mobile and internet application. The two applications, the mobile application dubbed NatMobile and internet application, Na...

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Visa and Apple partner to offer mobile pay services

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

Visa Inc. has announced it is supporting consumer payments with the new iPhone 6 and . Thanks to a new capability called Visa Token Service, participating fin...

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Intel Launches the Intel Core M Processor

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

Intel launched the Intel Core M processor at At IFA, a global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. The processor will power new 2 in 1 d...

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East African nominees for the 2014 AABLAs announced

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

The annual CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards Presented By Johnnie Walker Blue Label (AABLA) has been launched in Nairobi, Kenya. The awards see...

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Samsung’s off-grid appliances changing viewing experience in rural Kenya

Lulu AkakiSeptember 18, 2014

obert Ngeru, Samsung Electronics Vice President and COO for East and Central Africa Households in rural Kenya can now have an exciting TV viewing experience...

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Why Zuku is a dream option for entertainment enthusiasts

Lulu AkakiSeptember 16, 2014

Deciding on what options you should get for your entertainment whether it’s in your home or office is no easy fete. There are so many options and each com...

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Nominate Sauti Sol for the 2014 MTV EMA Best African Act

Lulu AkakiSeptember 11, 2014

Kenyan group Sauti Sol has a chance of making it to the nominees list of Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The nominees have been shortlisted...

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When music God and love meet; B&M in concert

Lulu AkakiSeptember 10, 2014

Love is a wibbly wobbly mushy mash up of indescribable, unexplainable feelings. We all agree, yes? We don't exactly know how it starts or how it grows, we ...

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Egerton’s Nickson Muturi wins the Agribiz4Africa Agribusiness competition

Lulu AkakiSeptember 10, 2014

Nickson Muturi, 24, a final year student at Egerton University emerged victorious at the just concluded Agribiz4Africa competition, which was carried out in...

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Vincent Lobry is the new Orange Kenya CEO

Lulu AkakiSeptember 10, 2014

Board Chair of Orange Telkom Kenya, Eddy Njoroge (centre) congratulates Vincent Lobry (right), the new CEO Telkom Kenya – Orange is under new leadership. ...

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iHub to host a training on managing customers and markets

Lulu AkakiSeptember 9, 2014

African Management Initiative (AMI) is hosting its next learning lab on September 16th 2014. The training will be held at the iHub, Bishop Magua Centre, 4th f...

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Standard Chartered receives Best Consumer Internet Banks award

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Global Finance has announced the first round winners in the “World’s Best Internet Banks” competition in Middle East/Africa. Standard Chartered domina...

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StarTimes launches digital TV satellite service in Kenya

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

StarTimes has launched the brand’s Direct to Home (DTH) digital television satellite service. The brand, dubbed StarSat will offer over 98 premium local a...

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NIC Bank bond oversubscribed

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

NIC Bank’s bid to grow its corporate client base as well as enhance its branch channels to reach more retail and SME customers is on track following the o...

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UNESCO and Nairobi Dev School partner to train mobile app developers

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

UNESCO’s YouthMobile Initiative recently concluded the 3rd round of workshops in Nairobi, Kenya, for 40 young people on mobile app development. The traini...

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LG announces new OLED TVs

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

LG is swimming against the tide by ramping up its investment in the OLED TV market while other companies are moving away from it. LG has recently announced ...

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Samsung launches new curved TVs and audio products

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Sa Samsung kicked off IFA 2014 with an expanded lineup of Curved TV and audio products. The company showcased 17 curved TVs in FHD, UHD and LED ranging in si...

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SautiSol and Elani among Channel O Africa Music Video Awards 2014 nominees

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Channel O, has announced the nominees for the 2014 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards. Kenya is represented in the list by Elani and Sauti Sol who are amon...

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30 Kenyans get Tullow Scholarships

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

30 Kenyans have been awarded scholarships by the Tullow Group to pursue post-graduate degrees at leading universities in the United Kingdom and in Europe. T...

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Essar sells yuMobile for Ksh10.5bn to Safaricom and Airtel

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

yuMobile is officially out of the mobile operators scene. This comes afte Kenya’s big three mobile operators finally put pen to paper on a deal, selling y...

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Flydubai adds three new routes in East Africa

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Dubai-based flydubai has announced the addition of three new East African routes, bringing the total number of destinations in the carrier’s network to 80...

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Nailab raises over Ksh. 5 million for their incubated start-ups

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Nailab has announced the increase of funding for the season 3 and season 4 enterprises from a previous Ksh 300,000 per enterprise to a total of over Kshs.5 ...

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Sony launches new projectors in the market

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Sony, in association with Anisuma Traders have unveiled a range of Sony portable projectors in the Kenyan market to help broaden the scope of data and video...

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Vote for your favorite online personalities in the 2014 OLX Social Media Awards

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

Voting in the 2014 OLX Social Media Awards is now open. This comes after the unveiling of nominees by the organizers. There are 5 nominees in each category ...

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Big Brother Hotshots postponed after Big Brother house burns down

Lulu AkakiSeptember 2, 2014

Big Brother Africa Hotshots which was supposed to begin this Sunday 7th September has been postponed indefinitely after a fire incident at the BBA House in Jo...

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