Samson Nderi

List of free to air TV stations in Kenya

Samson NderiJanuary 5, 2021

Kenya officially migrated from analogue transmissions to digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) on March 30th 2015. This was well before 17th June 2015, which was...

KEBS releases new standards for cosmetic products to facilitate regional trade

Samson NderiDecember 23, 2020

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has adopted eleven new standards allowing Kenyan cosmetic products to access regional markets. Some of the products cove...

Airtel customers to get 25% extra airtime for purchases via Airtel Money

Samson NderiDecember 23, 2020

Airtel Kenya has announced that its customers will receive a 25% airtimes bonus once they buy the airtime through Airtel Money, the company's mobile money platf...

Huawei launches store at Yaya & offers product line up for the holiday season

Samson NderiDecember 23, 2020

Huawei Mobile Kenya has announced that it has launched a new experience store at Yaya Centre and has also announced a product line up for the holiday season. Th...

Safaricom to reduce M-PESA charges for transactions worth Ksh. 2,500 & below

Samson NderiDecember 22, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it will reduce charges for money transfers below Ksh. 2,500 on its mobile money platform, M-PESA, effective 1st January 2021. Charg...

Homeboyz Entertainment debuts on the Nairobi Security Exchange

Samson NderiDecember 21, 2020

Homeboyz Entertainment PLC has today listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) under the Growth Enterprise Market Segment (GEMS) following approvals from ...

Paxful the Bitcoin marketplace partners with Sauti Sol in a bid to create awareness

Samson NderiDecember 21, 2020

Paxful, a Global peer to peer Bitcoin marketplace has partnered with Sauti Sol in a bid to create awareness about their product and the crypto industry in East ...

KBL

EABL launches 2nd phase of “Dandia Bonus Na KaQuarter” promotion

Samson NderiDecember 17, 2020

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched the 2nd phase of the “Dandia Bonus Na KaQuarter” promotion, aimed at rewarding consumers of the mainstream spirits ca...

Coca Cola partners with TRM under the Open Like Never Before campaign

Samson NderiDecember 17, 2020

To say that 2020 has been an overwhelming year would be an understatement given the rate at which Covid-19 has turned our lives upside down. From loss of loved ...

7 reasons why small businesses need Pochi la Biashara from Safaricom

Samson NderiDecember 15, 2020

Technological advancement has seen the rise of cashless transactions something which has really taken off during the Covid-19 pandemic as people were discourage...

Tecno Mobile to award its loyal customers in the #TECNOTakeMeHome campaign

Samson NderiDecember 15, 2020

The holidays are here and though it has been a rough year, we need to take time to celebrate how far we have come. To spice things up, Tecno has launched its an...

Safaricom launches the 5th edition of BLAZE Be Your Own Boss

Samson NderiDecember 11, 2020

Safaricom has kicked off the fifth edition of its BLAZE Be Your Own Boss youth engagement with a digital summit targeting youth aged between 18 to 26 years. ...

PETCO Kenya launches the first material collection facility in Kajiado County

Samson NderiDecember 11, 2020

Kenya PET recycling company (PETCO) in partnership with the County Government of Kajiado and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has launched a...

LG Electronics announces winners of their “Dare to Dream” campaign

Samson NderiDecember 11, 2020

LG East Africa has announced the top winners of the recently completed digital campaign dubbed the ‘DARE TO DREAM’ Talent Search. The 4-week social media compet...

MediaPal emerges as the winner in the Disruptive Marketing category at the MSK awards

Samson NderiDecember 10, 2020

MediaPal has emerged as the overall winner under the Disruptive Marketing (Tech marketing) category at this year’s Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK) awards held ...

HMD Global launches the Nokia 3.4 in Kenya to retail at Ksh. 18,000

Samson NderiDecember 7, 2020

HMD Global have announced the launch of the Nokia 3.4 phone into the Kenyan market. With the phone retailing at Ksh. 18,000. The phone runs on the latest And...

Stanchart partners with Light for the World in a bid to prepare University students for the job market

Samson NderiDecember 7, 2020

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has partnered with Light for the World, through InBusiness Initiative in Kenya, to help bridge the gap between young graduates and...

M-pesa Foundation set to impact 30,000 girls with their menstrual health program

Samson NderiDecember 4, 2020

The M-PESA Foundation has committed KES 22.5 million to improve menstrual hygiene among teenage girls as part of Safaricom’s 20th anniversary celebrations. T...

Turning waste into profit; the story of Julia Njoki

Samson NderiDecember 4, 2020

On a normal day, Julia Njoki a mother of 3 would have been working at her hotel deep in the Mathare slums a business she had run for many years. On other days, ...

Safaricom Foundation donates Ksh. 13 Million to King Fahad Referral Hospital in Lamu county for improvement of maternal services

Samson NderiDecember 1, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has invested Ksh. 13 Million in the renovation and equipping of the maternal and child health services unit at the King Fahad Referral Hosp...

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Industry indicates an increase in business confidence despite the Covid-19 pandemic

Samson NderiDecember 1, 2020

A survey that was conducted by SYSPRO among Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in manufacturing enterprise companies globally has indicated that close to 50 percen...

Equity gets recognized at the African Bankers Awards 2020

Samson NderiDecember 1, 2020

Equity walked away with two awards at the African Banker Awards 2020. The bank emerged as the Best Regional Bank in East Africa, and for the second year running...

Stanbic Kenya reports Ksh. 3.6 Billion net profit for the period ended 30th September 2020

Samson NderiNovember 28, 2020

Stanbic Bank Kenya has announced a Kshs 3.6 billion after-tax profit for the period ended 30 September 2020 as compared to the after tax profit of Ksh. 5.1 Bill...

Salvador Caetano Group to sponsor the Muthaiga Golf Tournament

Samson NderiNovember 26, 2020

The Salvador Caetano Group has given a boost to this year’s Captain’s Prize at The Muthaiga Golf club by sponsoring the exclusive first Hole- In-One winner with...

KenGen plans to start selling power directly to consumers

Samson NderiNovember 25, 2020

In what could be a blow to Kenya Power which has a monopoly in distributing power, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company is set to begin direct sales of powe...

Equity Bank Kenya appoints Samuel Onyango as a Director to its board

Samson NderiNovember 25, 2020

Equity has announced the appointment of Samuel Onyango as a Non-Executive Director to it’s Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited (EBKL) Board. Samuel holds a Bachelor ...

M-Pesa joins the United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce

Samson NderiNovember 25, 2020

M-PESA has become the first mobile money provider in Africa to join the Financial Taskforce established by United for Wildlife, a coalition of charities that wo...

LG donates Puricare wearable air purifiers to healthcare workers

Samson NderiNovember 24, 2020

LG Electronics in partnership with Opalnet Limited have donated PuriCare wearable air purifiers worth Kshs 5 million to the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) for ...

Rubis Energy Kenya to offer discounts on fuel to Boda Boda operators

Samson NderiNovember 20, 2020

RUBiS Energy Kenya has partnered with the Boda Boda Safety Association of Kenya (BSAK) to provide its members with access quality to fuel, liquefied petroleum g...

Safaricom partners with UNICEF Kenya in a bid to aid vulnerable children

Samson NderiNovember 20, 2020

UNICEF Kenya and Safaricom have partnered to help Kenyan children in a range of areas including education, child protection and emergencies. The partnership aim...

PortableVoices an audio production startup partners with EAEP to produce and distribute pan-African audiobooks

Samson NderiNovember 18, 2020

PortableVoices an audio production startup partners with East African Educational Publishers (EAEP) to produce and distribute pan-African audiobooks. Under thE ...

WorldRemit launches an entrepreneurship program in Kenya

Samson NderiNovember 18, 2020

WorldRemit, a global digital money transfer service, has launched an entrepreneurship program in Kenya as well as in Nigeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. The progr...

Safaricom awarded for their Enterprise IT Security Solution

Samson NderiNovember 18, 2020

Safaricom has been recognized as the best Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) in East Africa by Fortinet, an American cybersecurity corporation. The te...

6 reasons why you need the Sendy Go delivery app in your life

Samson NderiNovember 17, 2020

Life has become so fast paced and hectic nowadays such that it feels as if when one blinks they could miss out on a whole lot. It has also become easy to forget...

SWVL is set to launch upcountry trips as from next week

Samson NderiNovember 13, 2020

SWVL is set to launch long-distance trips outside Nairobi next week as part of its diversification strategy aimed at boosting revenue. The firm is expected t...

HMD launches the Nokia 5.3 into the Kenyan market

Samson NderiNovember 13, 2020

HMD Global has launched the Nokia 5.3 into the Kenyan market, this phone is the latest entrant in the Nokia line and will retail at Ksh. 20,999 on Jumia Black F...

Turaco a micro-insurance startup raises Ksh. 218 Million in a seed funding round

Samson NderiNovember 12, 2020

Turaco a micro-insurance startup has announced the close of a Ksh. 218 Million seed funding round to further grow the business and scale its operations in Sub-S...

Lori Systems a logistics startup secures funding from Imperial

Samson NderiNovember 12, 2020

Lori Systems a logistics startup has secured funding and support from Imperial, an African and European-focused provider of integrated market access and logisti...

Jambojet

Jambojet partners with Cellulant to offer discounts on flights to 1,000+ customers

Samson NderiNovember 10, 2020

Budget airline Jambojet has announced that it has partnered with fintech company, Cellulant, to offer 1,100 customers with discount vouchers worth Ksh. 1,000. ...

LG launches 4th brand shop as consumer demand rises

Samson NderiNovember 9, 2020

LG Electronics in partnership with Opalnet Limited has opened its fourth Brandshop amid a 20% increase in consumer demand attributed to Kenyans increasing prefe...

Equity Group Foundation and Covid-19 fund to embark on second round of PPE distribution

Samson NderiNovember 9, 2020

Equity Group Foundation and the Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board have commenced the distribution of the second consignment of locally manufactured personal protective ...

Safaricom reports Ksh. 33 Billion net profit for the half year

Samson NderiNovember 9, 2020

Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 33.07 Billion net profit for the half year ended 30th September, 2020, this was a 6% drop in profitability from a similar period ...