Equity Group has completed the acquisition of the majority stake in Banque Commerciale Du Congo
Equity Group Holdings PLC has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 66.53% stake in the Banque...
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Airtel Kenya launches Airtel TV app
Airtel Kenya has launched the its Airtel TV app that offers a whole new world of entertainment via...
How the ban on mitumba is costing the livelihood of many Kenyans
For the longest time, mitumba which is basically second-hand clothing has been the go to market for all...
Trump bans Tik Tok in the U.S while Instagram launches Reels
The U.S President has signed an executive order banning transactions with ByteDance which is the parent company of...
Telkom Kenya and Airtel merger has fallen through
The Telkom Kenya and Airtel merger which kicked off in February last year has fallen through with the...
Equity Bank partners with Crown Healthcare to enable SME’s in the health sector acquire equipment
Equity Bank has partnered with Crown Healthcare to enable SMEs in the medical sector to acquire medical equipment....
Cloud productivity solutions wins at the 2020 Microsoft Inspire awards
Cloud Productivity Solutions (CPS), a Kenyan IT firm has emerged as one of the winners at the 2020...
DPO Group set to be acquired by the Network International
DPO Group (DPO), one of the leading, high-growth online commerce platforms in Africa operating across 19 countries, has...
Tecno Pouvoir 4 battery review; a boon for heavy users
Smartphones have become such a big part of our lives that we can’t simply do without them. This...
Michael Joseph to replace Nicholas Nganga as Safaricom board chair on August 1
Safaricom has announced the retirement of its long-serving chairperson Nicholas Nganga which will be effective 1st August 2020....
Kenya Tourism Board appoints Eliud Kipchoge as a destination ambassador
Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) has signed Marathon World record holder and Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge as magical Kenya...
Equity emerges as the best bank in Africa at the 2020 Euromoney awards
Equity Bank managed to scoop three awards at this year’s Euromoney Awards for Excellence. They were awarded Best...
Phone Comparison; Tecno Pouvoir 4 vs Samsung Galaxy M11
In the price range of under Ksh. 16,000, we have the Tecno Pouvoir 4 and the Samsung Galaxy...
WhatsApp to start offering credit, insurance and pension products to users in India
WhatsApp is planning to start offering credit, insurance and pension products to lower-income individuals and those in rural...
Equity Bank to receive a Ksh. 5.4 Billion loan from IFC to support SME’s during the Covid-19 pandemic
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to help...
The Tecno Pouvoir 4, unboxing and first impressions
The Tecno Pouvoir 4 is a budget smartphone that has recently been launched in the Kenyan market. It...
Stanchart partners with AMREF Flying Doctors to enable their clients get discounted covers
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has partnered with AMREF Flying Doctors, to offer emergency medical evacuation service to Bank’s...
Cherie Blair Foundation and DHL partner to launch “HerVenture” a training app for women entrepreneurs
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and DHL Express have launched HerVenture, a business skills training mobile app...
Bright Shitemi and Esther Mwikali selected to join the Facebook Community Accelerator
Facebook has unveiled the 12 African community leaders who have been selected to join its Community Accelerator. Among...
Facebook designs robot to make enable wrapping of fibre optic cables over power lines
The fibre optic cable has led to consumer being able to get faster data speeds at a lower...
Kenya Airways to resume domestic flights on 15th July
Kenya Airways (KQ) will resume its domestic flights on Wednesday 15 July 2020, following the lifting of the...
Safaricom launches Android Tv Box for its home fibre customers
Safaricom has launched an Android Tv Box as part of its strategy to bring its home fibre to...
Coca Cola partners with Safaricom to install IoT sensors on soda coolers
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Kenya (CCBA) has partnered with Safaricom to connect its coolers with sensors. The sensors are supposed...
Instagram is testing Reels in India soon after TikTok was banned due to privacy concerns
Soon after India banned TikTok and other Chinese apps over privacy concerns, Instagram has started testing Reels which...
Prof. Isaac Macharia appointed as Equity Group Board chair as David Ansell retires
The Equity Group Board has appointed Professor Isaac Macharia as the Board Chairman taking over from David Ansell...
Kenya has been declared safe for travel by the World Travel & Tourism Council
Kenya has been awarded the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), Safe Travel Stamp. This is in recognition of...
KETRACO partners with Kenyatta University to provide scholarships to girls from poor backgrounds
The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited, (KETRACO) has partnered with Kenyatta University to offer scholarships to girls from vulnerable families...
vivo V19 is now available on pre-order in Kenya for Ksh. 40,999
Smartphone manufacturer vivo has announced that it has officially launched its newest smartphone, the vivo V19, in the...
The Kenya Covid-19 Fund, Equity Group Foundation and MOH partner to distribute locally manufactured PPE’s to public hospitals
The COVID-19 Fund Board flagged off the first consignment of locally manufactured PPEs to public hospitals in Kenya....
Microsoft launches Android antivirus app
Microsoft has launched a preview version of its antivirus. It will include protection against phishing and go a...
Brazil has suspended the WhatsApp payment service
Just a week after the WhatsApp payment service was launched in Brazil which happens to be the second...
Equity Group discontinues talks to acquire Atlas Mara banking business
Equity Group has mutually agreed with Atlas Mara (ATMA) to discontinue discussions on the proposed transaction where they...
Safaricom has launched a Lipa na Mpesa Business App
Safaricom has launched a Lipa na Mpesa business app for its more than 170,000 merchants. The app names...
Liquid Telecom partners with Twiga Foods to deploy IoT solutions at their Takuwa farm
Liquid Telecom has partnered with Twiga Foods to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) solutions at Twiga’s Takuwa farm....
Microsoft launches Game of Learners hackathon for university students in Kenya
Microsoft has launched the Game of Learners (GOL) programme in the form of a hackathon aimed at spurring...
Facebook launches WhatsApp Pay a digital payments service in Brazil
WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014, yesterday announced a new payments service dubbed “WhatsApp Pay”. The...
How Equity Afia is a game changer in the provision of health care in Kenya
Medical care in our beloved country is awfully expensive, this is sadly due to the fact that the...
Equity and Mastercard Foundations partner to provide solar device to enable Wings to Fly students to study during lockdown
The Equity Group Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to support over 14,600 students in the Wings...
Tecno launches the Pouvoir 4 into the Kenyan market, to retail at Ksh. 14,999.
Tecno Mobile has launched their latest phone the Pouvoir 4 into our market. The Pouvoir 4 features an...
The Tecno Camon Premier review; an awesome camera phone
Nowadays, phones have turned everyone into an expert photographer. Gone are the days of yore when the entire...
Multichoice signs streaming deal with Netflix and Amazon
Multichoice has signed a deal with Netflix and Amazon that will see it start streaming the services on...
Bolt assures customers of safety as restrictions are eased
With the review of curfew hours, daily activities gradually coming back to life. As a response to this,...