Submissions are open for the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2015

Lulu AkakiSeptember 2, 2014

Africa Magic, in association with MultiChoice and sponsors Amstel Malta, have announced the call to entry for the 2015 edition of the Africa Magic Viewersâ€...

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Emirates is offering discounts to Kenyan travellers till December

Lulu AkakiSeptember 1, 2014

Emirates is offering Kenyan travellers up to 25 percent discount on Business Class and Economy Class fares to a range of exciting destinations around the wo...

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Nakuru County is one of the key growth zones in Kenya

Lulu AkakiSeptember 1, 2014

Flamingoes in Lake Nakuru in Nakuru County DHL has identified Nakuru County as one of the key zones for growth in Kenya. This is according to Alan Cassels C...

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Epson launch six new 3LCD projectors

Lulu AkakiSeptember 1, 2014

Epson eb1985 Epson has announced six new 3LCD projectors across two new series that introduce new innovations never before seen in business projection. T...

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East Africa Property Awards now accepting entries

Lulu AkakiSeptember 1, 2014

The East Africa Property Awards are now accepting submissions for nominations to the 2014 awards to be held in November. The award has been established to c...

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Two Kenyans in the running for the $75,000 Anzisha Prize

Lulu AkakiSeptember 1, 2014

Two Kenyans, are among the finalists announced for the Anzisha Prize. The two are among the 12 finalists in the running for the $75,000 prize money that wi...

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Kenyan real estate US expo to tap into multi-billion shilling diaspora market

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

King’s Pride Properties is set to launch the first annual Kenyans Diaspora Homes Expo in New York in a bid to tap into the $1.29 billion (Ksh109 billion) ...

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Thermal cameras can be used detect poachers and even Ebola

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

Thermal imaging cameras are gaining in popularity in Africa, because of their low costs. The number of usage applications for these devices is also going up...

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NIC Securities customers can now trade shares on their phones

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

NIC Securities customers will now be able to trade their shares from the palm of their hands following the enhancement of the NIC NOW Mobile Banking app. ...

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Amref believes public private partnerships can tackle health challenges in Africa

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

Samsung's Robert Ngeru with Amref's Dr. Teguest Guerma at the roundtable discussion held in Nairobi Healthcare remains a growing concern in Kenya and a...

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Onfon Media partners with Safaricom to launch Name Tunes on Skiza

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

Dennis Makori, CEO Onfon Media Onfon Media has partnered with Safaricom to launch a new service called Name Tunes on the Skiza Platform. Name Tunes ...

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Epson celebrates 50th anniversary of its first printer

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

The first electronic recording system in Olympic history was Epson Seiko's Printing Timer at the1964 Tokyo games Epson celebrated fifty years since bringing...

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Samsung Engineering Academy in Kenya expanded

Lulu AkakiAugust 19, 2014

(L-R) Samsung Electronics East Africa VP Robert Ngeru shakes hands with Industrialisation CS Adan Mohamed. Looking on is Prof. Francis Aduol, VC, Technical Uni...

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UNDP and Microsoft Partner to Empower 200,000 Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia

Lulu AkakiAugust 19, 2014

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a collaborative agreement with Microsoft East Africa to enhance development activities in the are...

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Kenya Airways to become a Mobile Network Operator

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

Kenya Airways MD Titus Naikuni (left) with Airtel Africa CEO, Mr Christian de Faria Airtel and Kenya Airways (KQ) have opened a new innovative chapter in th...

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Apply for the Safaricom Business Journalists Fellowship

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

VC Strathmore Prof John Odhiambo, CEO Safaricom Mr Bob Collymore, Dean-SBS Dr George Njenga among others at the launch Strathmore Business School has launch...

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How engineering students can apply for internship opportunities at Huawei

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

University students in their 3rd, 4th or 5th year of study and specializing in engineering can now apply for the Huawei Technologies Internship program. The...

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EABL profits increase by 5%

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

EABL (East African Breweries Limited) has announced its full-year results for the period ended 30th June 2014 with a net sales growth of 4% and 5% increase in p...

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9 Kenyans shortlisted for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2014

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

Finalists in the 19th installment of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards have been announced with 9 Kenyans journalists making it to the list. ...

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Kenya’s Kagonya Awori receives the Anita Borg Scholarship

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

Kagonya Awori PhD student Kagonya Awori is the latest Kenyan to be awarded the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. Earlier this year, Charity Chao Mbogo...

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The Africa Rising 2014 report by Bloomberg

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

A report that features analysis of African economies’ economic opportunity was distributed at the just concluded US-Africa Business Forum in Washington. T...

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Safaricom to complete Ksh. 10 billion purchase of yuMobile

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

Safaricom expects its joint acquisition of rival yuMobile to be completed within months at a cost of about $120 million (Ksh. 10 billion), its Chief Executi...

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Introducing Orange Bima, a mobile insurance product

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

Mireille Helou (right), Orange Chief Business Market Officer and CIC Insurance Group Chief Executive Nelson Kuria Orange mobile subscribers now get to insur...

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The updated OLX app is a must-have on your smartphone

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

OLX has relaunched their mobile app and it is definitely worth downloading and using. The earlier version had been in the market for about 2 years before user...

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Two Kenyan firms named to the 2014 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

Two Kenyan based IT firms, CoreTEC Systems & Solutions and Techno Brain Ltd, have been named to the 2014 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club. The anno...

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Introducing Maisha Magic, a new East African channel on DSTV

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

M-Net East Africa Regional Director Michael Ndetei Maisha Magic, a new East African focused TV brand has been revealed by M-Net. The channel will officially...

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Steps ARM Cement has taken to conserve the environment

Lulu AkakiAugust 5, 2014

For the longest time, media has been reporting on how the environment is under attack. They let us know how we are depleting the ozone layer, how the Nairobi ...

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KPLC, Jamii Bora and Rapid Communications partner to make power connection easier

Lulu AkakiAugust 5, 2014

Jamii Bora CEO Mr. Samuel Kimani, Kenya Power MD Dr. Ben Chumo and Rapid Communication CEO Mr. Anwar Majid Hussein A tripartite agreement that will see...

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Payments to Nairobi County made easier by ePayment solution

Lulu AkakiAugust 5, 2014

Days of spending too much money on rent and parking are set to end for Nairobi residents. This come as the Nairobi County Government switched to e-payments ...

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Epson honoured at BLI’s Summer 2014 Pick Awards

Lulu AkakiAugust 5, 2014

While announcing its Summer 2014 Pick awards, Buyers Laboratory LLC acknowledged Epson’s WorkForce DS-860 high-quality performance and honoured it as the ...

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Frontier Services acquires 49% of Phoenix Aviation

Lulu AkakiAugust 5, 2014

Frontier Services Group (FSG) Limited, jointly with Phoenix Aviation Limited have announced the completion of a USD14 million (KSh.1.2 billion) deal that se...

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Orange donates High Blood Pressure testing kits to Diabetic families

Lulu AkakiAugust 5, 2014

Orange Telkom Kenya CEO, Mickael Ghossein hands over High Blood Pressure testing kits to Panpath Holdings, Technical and Operations Manager, Kevin Okinyo. 1...

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Top 10 Kenyan women in tech

Lulu AkakiJuly 31, 2014

For the longest time, the tech world has been a pre-dominantly male industry. But if the situation in Kenya is anything to go by, there is a huge shift taking ...

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USADF awards 4 Kenyan YALI Fellows $25,000 grants

Lulu AkakiJuly 30, 2014

The United States African Development Foundation has awarded 4 Kenyans with grants worth $25,000 each to start-up/expand their business at the Young African L...

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KEPSA receives grant from DFID to implement new business strategy

Lulu AkakiJuly 29, 2014

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID-Keny...

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Delta Air Lines announces partnership with Kenya Airways

Lulu AkakiJuly 29, 2014

Delta Air Lines has announced that it has reached agreement on an enhanced partnership with SkyTeam partner Kenya Airway. The partnership will offer convenien...

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ARM Cement CEO Pradeep Paunrana is the new KAM Chairman

Lulu AkakiJuly 29, 2014

AM Cement’s CEO, Mr. Pradeep Paunrana is the new chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers(KAM) board. The change follows expiry of Mr. Polycarp ...

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Airtel wins case against Safaricom to open up M-Pesa

Lulu AkakiJuly 29, 2014

M-Pesa will no longer be exclusive to the Safaricom network. This comes as the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has ordered Safaricom to open up the pla...

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Unilever relaunches LUX brand in Kenya

Lulu AkakiJuly 28, 2014

For the longest time, LUX has been one brand we associated with the past. We all spoke about it as one of those nostalgic soaps we used growing up and forgot a...

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DHL opens service point in Kisumu

Lulu AkakiJuly 24, 2014

DHL Express has launched a new Service Point in West End Mall along Achieng Aneko Road in Kisumu county. The West End Shopping Mall is the latest addition t...

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Song writers lounge is back

Lulu AkakiJuly 24, 2014

Song writers lounge is back! Saturday 26th July will see the event take place at the Embassy of Italy in Nairobi (Italian Institute of Culture, Michael Ang...

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SEACOM commemorates 5th anniversary by giving back to community

Lulu AkakiJuly 24, 2014

SEACOM celebrated their fifth anniversary of its commercial launch recently by donating time and providing support to communities that need assistance where...

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