James Wamathai

Nairobi Restaurant Week is back for 2019 with 70 participating restaurants

James WamathaiFebruary 27, 2019

Annual culinary event, Nairobi Restaurant Week, is back for the 2019 edition with over 70 restaurants participating. The event, which is in its sixth year, wil...

Pad Heaven launches book to guide girls on menstrual hygiene

James WamathaiFebruary 25, 2019

Pad Heaven Initiative has launched a new book called Path To Womanhood that is geared towards helping adolescent girls to understand menstruation and better tak...

Huawei Y7 is a perfect mid-level phone with a great price

James WamathaiFebruary 20, 2019

Phone manufacturer Huawei launched the Huawei Y7 Prime 2019 smartphone in Kenya in January 2019 as a successor for the wildly successful Y7 Prime 2018. Huawe...

Dukkapu; the newest online supermarket in Kenya with affordable prices

James WamathaiFebruary 15, 2019

Dukkapu is an eCommerce platform that sells household goods and models itself as an online supermarket. It was founded in June 2018 by Patrick Muteti and starte...

CMA has approved the sale of KenolKobil to Rubis

James WamathaiJanuary 11, 2019

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the sale of KenolKobil to Rubis Énergie SAS’. The cash offer has also been approved by the Competition Authorit...

Adelle Onyango Initiative launched to empower women & young people

James WamathaiDecember 19, 2018

Media personality Adelle Onyango has launched an organization dubbed The Adelle Onyango Initiative, that will empower women and young people. The initiative,...

The fall of a flowers giant: The case of Karuturi vs Stanbic Bank

James WamathaiDecember 18, 2018

Kenya is one of the top exporters of fresh flowers in the world, with a majority of them going to the European Union (EU). Kenya's flowers are also popular in t...

Kenya’s Wawira Njiru wins the 2018 Global Citizen Prize for Youth Leadership

James WamathaiDecember 3, 2018

Kenya's Wawira Njiru has won the 2018 Global Citizen Prize for Youth Leadership at the Global Citizen Festival hosted on December 2 in Johannesburg, South Afric...

Huawei Y9 impresses with premium features at a budget

James WamathaiNovember 15, 2018

The Huawei Y9 2019 was launched in Kenya recently. The phone was launched as a budget device for people who want premium features at a budget. I took the pho...

Remembering that epic moment when Safaricom had blocked Kenya Police on Twitter

James WamathaiNovember 13, 2018

Lots of amazing things happen on Kenyan Twitter. Kenyans on Twitter hold their government accountable, they call out injustice, influencers do their things, peo...

This is why Safaricom was down in Nairobi over the weekend

James WamathaiNovember 13, 2018

On Saturday, Safaricom experienced a network outage in Nairobi East and West which made their services inaccessible to its customers in that region. The outa...

OPPO F9 Pro smartphone is now available in Kenya at Ksh. 37,500

James WamathaiNovember 13, 2018

The OPPO F9 Pro smartphone has been launched in Kenya. The phone will retail at Ksh. 37,500 and is available countrywide. The phone comes with Android 8.1 (O...

Kenya Airways to now fly daily to Somalia

James WamathaiNovember 13, 2018

Kenya Airways has announced that it will begin daily flights to Mogadishu, Somalia with effect from 15 November 2018. The flights to Somalia will be operated b...

Kenyan startups in the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2 graduate

James WamathaiNovember 10, 2018

Kenyan startups PayGo Energy & Cloud9xp have graduated from the Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2 in Lagos. The initiative by Google is an attempt...

Safaricom Home Fibre partners with Jubilee Insurance to offer home insurance

James WamathaiNovember 8, 2018

Safaricom Home Fibre customers will now be able to access home insurance in a partnership with Jubilee Insurance. The home insurance cover is unique in that ...

Kenyan passport

Getting the new Kenyan passport is a nightmare

James WamathaiNovember 8, 2018

The new Kenyan Passport was announced in 2016 and was initially meant to be launched in December 2016 but the launch date was first moved to April 2017 and late...

Kenya’s Muthoki Mumo, colleague released after arrest in Tanzania

James WamathaiNovember 8, 2018

Muthoki Mumo, who works for The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and her colleague Angela Quintal, a South African national, have been released after bein...

mKey gives out Ksh. 5.2 million in loans & registers 99,970 downloads

James WamathaiNovember 8, 2018

Finserve Africa launched their digital banking service, mKey, in September this year. Some of the features of the service include bills payment, loans, airtime ...

Dan Aceda launches new album ‘Accelerata’ at Octobenga concert

James WamathaiOctober 31, 2018

Dan Aceda, the crown prince of benga, launched his fourth album Accelerata at a mind-blowing concert on Friday. The concert, dubbed Octobenga, was held at Allia...

Huawei Y9 officially launched in Kenya; going for Ksh. 24,990

James WamathaiOctober 28, 2018

Huawei has officially launched the Huawei Y9 2019 in Kenya. At the launch, Huawei has announced that there were 2,000 pre-orders were made for the Huawei Y9 sin...

Airtel Kenya increases prices of its services to include new taxes

James WamathaiOctober 23, 2018

Airtel becomes the 2nd Telco after Safaricom to increase its prices to reflect the new taxes introduced by the Finance Act 2018. Calls and mobile internet bu...

Dianne Reeves & Kato Change bring the house down at Safaricom Jazz

James WamathaiOctober 23, 2018

When Safaricom Jazz was launched in 2014, there was little to show that it would grow into the well oiled machine impact machine it is now. What started as an a...

Introducing the Huawei Y9 with 4 AI Cameras at only Ksh. 24,990

James WamathaiOctober 19, 2018

Huawei has launched their newest mid-range smartphone, the Y9 2019, in the Kenyan market. The phone is retailing at Ksh. 24,990 and is available for pre-order o...

Safaricom

All you need to know about Safaricom Home Fibre

James WamathaiOctober 18, 2018

Safaricom Home Fibre service provides Internet via fibre to homes all over the country in Kenya. It is available in Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret...

LSK wants the 15% Internet Tax in the Finance Act 2018 dropped

James WamathaiOctober 4, 2018

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has sued the AG, Speaker of the National Assembly and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) over the introduction of the 15% excise ...

‘Rafiki’ film nets Ksh. 3.3 million in 7 days, with 6,500 Kenyans watching

James WamathaiOctober 3, 2018

Rafiki, the film whose ban was temporarily lifted by the High Court, has grossed Ksh. 3.3 million ($33, 000) in the 7 days it was shown in Kenyan cinemas. The f...

Note 5 is the best Infinix Smartphone so far of 2018

James WamathaiSeptember 27, 2018

The Infinix Note 5 was launched at a Global event on June 23rd 2018. The smartphone is part of the Note series that was first launched in 2015. The series was l...

BAKE to challenge tax computer crimes section of the Finance Act 2018

James WamathaiSeptember 25, 2018

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has announced its intention to challenge certain sections of the recently enacted Finance Act 2018 that pertain to comp...

‘Rafiki’ film ban temporarily lifted by Judge Wifrida Okwany

James WamathaiSeptember 21, 2018

Justice Wilfrida Okwany has today temporarily lifted the ban of the film Rafiki, allowing for the film to viewed on Kenyan soil. The film was banned by the Keny...

Huawei appoints Redington as a distributor for its products in Kenya

James WamathaiSeptember 20, 2018

Huawei Technologies has signed a framework distribution agreement with Redington Gulf to distribute its products in Kenya. Redington is a distributor of IT Tele...

Joanne Mwangi & Michelle Ntalami among AABLA 2018 East Africa finalists

James WamathaiSeptember 14, 2018

12 Kenyans have made it to the East Africa finalists list for the 2018 All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA 2018) . The Kenyan finalists include Joanne Mwa...

Safaricom data bundles are now cheaper & come with unlimited WhatsApp

James WamathaiSeptember 14, 2018

Safaricom data bundles are now cheaper and also now come with unlimited WhatsApp. The new data bundles are cheaper with a 2GB monthly bundle going for Ksh. 500....

Wanuri Kahiu has sued KFCB on the constitutionality of the ‘Rafiki’ film ban

James WamathaiSeptember 13, 2018

Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu and the Creative Economy Working Group (CEWG) have taken the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) and its CEO Ezekiel Mutua to c...

Kenyans wins 6 awards at the 2018 AMVCAs, with movie ’18 Hours’ bagging 3

James WamathaiSeptember 2, 2018

Kenyan movie 18 hours has won 3 awards in the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2018 AMVCAs). The movie had received 5 nominations in the competition. ...

Kinyanjui Kombani wins the 2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature

James WamathaiSeptember 1, 2018

Kenyan author Kinyanjui Kombani has won the 2018 CODE Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature for his young adult novel Finding Colombia. He was announced...

15 amazing women in manufacturing in Kenya that you should know

James WamathaiAugust 27, 2018

Women make over 50% of the population and women owned businesses make about 48% of all SMEs in Kenya. Be that as it may, women remain underrepresented in all se...

You can now access unlimited music on Songa for just 5 bob a day

James WamathaiAugust 24, 2018

Songa, a music streaming service by Safaricom and Radio Africa Group, has lowered its cost of its platform to just Ksh. 5 a day (Ksh. 150 a month). The servi...

How next of kin can access Mpesa money when their loved one dies

James WamathaiAugust 24, 2018

In case you are wondering what happens to a deceased person's MPESA balance, we came upon the procedure to claim the same. Safaricom requires that the next of k...

72 countries that Kenyans can travel to visa free or get a visa on arrival

James WamathaiAugust 23, 2018

If you hold a Kenyan passport, then I have good news for you. Your passport can allow to travel to 72 countries either visa free or that you can get a visa on a...

DStv Now app now available for Samsung Smart TVs, Apple TV & Android TV

James WamathaiAugust 23, 2018

DStv Now has introduced 3 new apps that will enable its customers access its content on more devices. The DStv Now service helps DStv customers watch Live TV, e...

Chase Bank finally transitions to SBM Bank Kenya

James WamathaiAugust 21, 2018

Chase Bank Kenya Ltd has officially transitioned into SBM Bank Kenya after SBM Group was given final approval by CBK for the acquisition. Chase Bank was placed ...

Oppo Find X now available in Kenya; Price, specs & how to buy

James WamathaiAugust 20, 2018

Phone manufacturer Oppo have launched their newest flagship device, the Oppo Find X, in Kenya. The phone is retailing at Ksh. 99,999 and is available countrywid...