James Wamathai

Q&A Monday: Abigail Arunga

James WamathaiJune 26, 2017

Abigail Arunga is the author of Akello and a Side of Raunch, both poetry collections. She runs her personal blog, akello.co.ke, and a current affairs blog on na...

SOMA Awards 2017 full list of winners

James WamathaiJune 23, 2017

The winners of the SOMA Awards 2017 have been announced at a gala event at Radisson Blu Nairobi. The SOMA Awards recognizes outstanding companies and individual...

Bean Interactive CEO, Martin Kiarie, to be on judging panel at the Loeries Awards 2017

James WamathaiJune 15, 2017

Martin Kiarie, CEO and Co-Founder of Kenyan digital agency Bean Interactive, has been invited to be one of the judges in this year’s Loeries Awards. Kiarie will...

Telkom Kenya launches 4G in 9 towns across the country

James WamathaiJune 7, 2017

Telkom has launched its 4G network as part of its rebrand. It becomes the second telco in Kenya to do so after Safaricom. To access 4G, customers need to acq...

The rebrand of Telkom Kenya after Orange exit is now complete

James WamathaiJune 7, 2017

The rebrand of Telkom Kenya, formerly known as Orange Kenya, is now complete. The Kenyan telco reverted back to its original name after Orange Kenya exited the ...

Tune Hotel to rebrand to Ibis Styles after takeover by Accor Hotels

James WamathaiJune 5, 2017

Tune Hotel in Westlands will rebrand to Ibis Styles Westlands in the second half of 2017. This is after AccorHotels, which owns the Ibis Styles brand, signed a ...

Safaricom announces that it has rolled out 4G+ on its network

James WamathaiJune 3, 2017

Safaricom has announced that it has rolled out 4G+ on its network in major towns in Kenya. Safaricom launched 4G on its network in 2014, becoming the first Keny...

Here is the full list of Groove Awards 2017 winners

James WamathaiJune 2, 2017

The Groove Awards 2017 winners were announced at a gala event last night. Among the winners on the night were Mercy Masika who won the Female artist of the year...

Tickets between Nairobi and Mombasa on SGR to start from Ksh. 700

James WamathaiMay 30, 2017

President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to officially launch the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) tomorrow 31st May 2017. The new railway will make movement of people b...

Kenyan cars to have a Third License Sticker from July 1st

James WamathaiMay 30, 2017

NTSA (National Transport and Safety Authority) has introduced a Third License Sticker that will be mandatory for newly registered vehicles, both new and used, f...

The Huawei P10 has officially been launched in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 26, 2017

Huawei Mobile has officially launched its newest flagship phone, the Huawei P10, in Kenya as it continues to push to gain more market share in the Kenyan smartp...

Tecno donates Ksh. 2 Million to Kajiado school feeding program

James WamathaiMay 25, 2017

Phone manufacturer Tecno has donated Ksh. 2 million to a school feeding program in Kajiado County. The donation was done in partnership with ActionAid Kenya. ...

The last scheduled train trip on Kenya’s old railway in pictures

James WamathaiMay 10, 2017

The Saffir Lunatic Express, a train trip from Nairobi to Mombasa on the old railway, took place on 28th April 2017. It was coincidentally the last time there wa...

Caroline Mutoko to sponsor a young Kenyan to attend the One Young World Summit in Colombia

James WamathaiMay 10, 2017

Caroline Mutoko has launched an initiative dubbed the Caroline Mutoko Leadership Award that will sponsor a young Kenyan to attend the One Young World Summit 201...

Safaricom Home Fibre is now in the proximity of 53,000 homes

James WamathaiMay 10, 2017

Safaricom has announced that it has laid its home fibre in the proximity of 53,000 homes. The telco shared the news at the FY 2017 financial results announcemen...

Jacque Njeri redesigns postage stamps in the most amazing way

James WamathaiMay 9, 2017

Postage stamps are a nostalgic reminder of a time when letters were one of the main means of communication. They are also contain a piece of history, in the for...

Huawei launches the GR3 2017 smartphone in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 9, 2017

Huawei has launched the GR3 2017 smartphone in the Kenyan market. It is a successor to the GR3 phone was that launched in Kenya last year. The phone is a mid...

Brookside launches Fruitness premium yoghurt

James WamathaiMay 6, 2017

Brookside Dairy has launched a new range of premium yoghurt called Fruitness. Fruitness Yoghurt contains real fruit and does not have preservatives and arti...

Peter Reinartz worked at Wananchi Group as MD for 7 months without a work permit

James WamathaiApril 27, 2017

The Immigration Department earlier today asked Kenyans to report anyone working in Kenya without a valid work permit. The Tweet reminded me of a story that I ha...

French bakery chain Le Grenier à Pain officially launches in Nairobi

James WamathaiApril 27, 2017

French bakery chain, Le Grenier à Pain, has officially launched in Nairobi. The chain has over 30 branches worldwide and the Nairobi one is the first in Africa....

Chris Diaz wins Modern Marketing Leader award at the 2017 Markie Awards

James WamathaiApril 27, 2017

Chris Diaz, Bidco Africa's Group Sales and Marketing Director, has won the Modern Marketing Leader of the Year award at the 2017 Markie Awards. He and other win...

Loop

CBA Loop review: It is pretty useful despite having a few kinks

James WamathaiApril 25, 2017

It's becoming clear with each passing day that banks as we know them will not . Unlike in the past, customers are increasingly looking to access their money awa...

Buy a 3 month ShowMax subscription with MPESA & get 1 month free

James WamathaiApril 25, 2017

Video on Demand Service, ShowMax is offering customers a 1 month free if they buy a 3 month subscription by M-Pesa. The offer applies to both ShowMax Premium an...

How to block annoying promotional SMS messages on Safaricom

James WamathaiApril 25, 2017

The introduction of Lipa na M-Pesa (buy goods) provided a convenient way for customers to pay for goods and services. The best thing about the service to custom...

Q&A Monday: Joy Doreen Biira

James WamathaiApril 17, 2017

Joy Doreen Biira is a media personality who is currently with the Standard Group as a Business News Anchor and reporter for their TV station KTN. She hosts eco@...

Inside Surf’s plan to provide high quality & affordable Internet to Kenyans

James WamathaiApril 11, 2017

Surf launched the Express Wi-Fi service in Kenya late last month, in partnership with Facebook and Internet Solutions. Express Wi-Fi is a public wi-fi hotspot s...

Best Western Hurlingham rebrands to Four Points By Sheraton

James WamathaiApril 10, 2017

The Best Western Premier in Hurlingham is now Four Points By Sheraton Nairobi Hurlingham. The Kamcan Properties' owned hotel becomes the Marriott property in Ke...

ShowMax is heavily banking on local content to push uptake in Kenya

James WamathaiApril 7, 2017

Video on Demand service, ShowMax, officially launched in Kenya in October last year. It launched with two products, Select and Premium. The Select version was a...

Hoji launches a mobile vote tallying service for candidates

James WamathaiApril 6, 2017

Election season is here with us again where citizens get to vote in leaders into various elective positions. Candidates in the election rely on the Independe...

Mahindra has launched the new Big Bolero pickup in Kenya

James WamathaiApril 5, 2017

Mahindra has today launched the new Big Bolero Pickup in Kenya. The pickup now comes with power steering and can carry a load of upto 1.5 tons. It will be av...

Total Kenya’s 2016 net profit increases by 38% to Ksh. 2.23B

James WamathaiMarch 29, 2017

Total Kenya 2016 net profit has increased by 38% to Ksh. 2.25 Billion as compared to Ksh. 1.62 Billion in 2015. Revenue decreased to Ksh. 110 Billion but expens...

Safaricom to reduce Lipa Na M-PESA charges for merchants in April

James WamathaiMarch 29, 2017

Safaricom has announced the reduction of Lipa Na M-Pesa charges for merchants. The charges will drop from the current 1% of the transaction value to 0.5%. A...

Oman Air now has direct flights to Nairobi

James WamathaiMarch 28, 2017

Oman Air, the national carrier of Oman, will start flying directly to Nairobi today. The airline will fly 4 times weekly from Muscat to Nairobi. The inaugural ...

Tecno launches their latest phone, the Camon CX, in Kenya

James WamathaiMarch 23, 2017

Tecno has launched the Camon CX, their latest phone, in Kenya. The phone was unveiled at a global launch that was held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. T...

Safaricom launches FLEX, an affordable bundle for internet, calls & SMS

James WamathaiMarch 23, 2017

Safaricom last night launched a new bundle for internet, calls and SMS called FLEX. The product targets people who use a lot of resources on internet, calls and...

Drone management system developed by Geoffrey Nyaga wins an IATA Air Cargo Innovation Award

James WamathaiMarch 17, 2017

A drone management system, developed by Geoffrey Nyaga of Astral Aviation, has won the 2017 IATA Air Cargo Innovation Award. The winner was announced at the Wor...

Uber has increased prices in Kenya after pressure from drivers

James WamathaiMarch 15, 2017

Uber has from today 16th March 2017 at 11am increased its prices for its taxi service in Nairobi. The new prices are Ksh. 100 base fare, Ksh. 42 per km, Ksh. 3 ...

Plastic bags will be banned in Kenya from 1st September 2017

James WamathaiMarch 15, 2017

The use, manufacture and importation of plastic bags will be banned in Kenya from 1st September 2017 according to a notice published in the Kenya Gazette. The n...

The Renault KWID automatic is now available in Kenya at Ksh. 1.29M

James WamathaiMarch 15, 2017

Renault launched the KWID car in Kenya in July last year. At the time, they launched the manual version of the car at Ksh. 999,999. They have now introduced the...

Meet Oliver Geyer, career hotelier who has big plans for Intercontinental Nairobi

James WamathaiMarch 14, 2017

Oliver Geyer, Resident Manager at InterContinental Nairobi, lives and breathes hospitality. He has thrived in a career he almost got into by accident, clocking ...

NCBA Loop

Introducing, CBA Loop, the digital first bank account

James WamathaiMarch 13, 2017

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has introduced a new product that targets young urban professionals who want to bank on the go while on their smartphone or ...

The Tecno PhonePad 3 is a pretty capable business assistant

James WamathaiMarch 12, 2017

The Tecno PhonePad 3 is the latest addition to Tecno's tablet range. It is the successor to the PhonePad 7II that was launched last year. The PhonePad 3 like...