Q&A Monday: Wanjiru Gaitho

James WamathaiAugust 8, 2016

Wanjiru Gaitho is a media and public relations professional. She currently works for Safaricom and was previously at Hill + Knowlton Strategies & Gina Din C...

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Uber lowers its prices in Kenya as it feels the heat from Little Cab

James WamathaiJuly 28, 2016

Uber has significantly lowered its prices in Kenya in what seems to be a price war with new entrant Little Cab. Customers will now pay 100 (base fare) + Ksh. 35...

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CAP YEI to educate Kenyan youth with Ksh. 1B funding from Mastercard Foundation

James WamathaiJuly 27, 2016

CAP Youth Empowerment Institute (CAP YEI) has received Ksh. 1 Billion (USD 10.5 million) funding from The MasterCard Foundation to train 62,000 Kenyan youth. Th...

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SportPesa is the new official sponsor of EPL club Hull City

James WamathaiJuly 25, 2016

Kenyan sports betting company SportPesa is the new official sponsor of the English club Hull City. The club has announced on their website that the sponsorship ...

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Q&A Monday: Brian Mung’ei

James WamathaiJuly 25, 2016

Brian Mung'ei is a student of life who was born in Nairobi, raised in Nakuru and is now progressively getting moulded by Nairobi. He lives life through spending...

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Flora Mutahi becomes first ever woman chairperson of KAM

James WamathaiJuly 21, 2016

Ms. Flora Mutahi has been announced as the new chairperson of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) board and will serve for a period of two years. She b...

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Amazing mashup cover of Kenyan songs by Michelle Bisonga

James WamathaiJuly 21, 2016

Kenyan musician Michelle Bisonga has done an amazing mashup cover of Kenyan songs over the instrumental for the song Controlla by Drake. The Kenyan songs she co...

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Amazing food photography by Sannie Sanford

James WamathaiJuly 21, 2016

I am used to photographers dabbling in food photography in Kenya while specializing in other niches with some few exceptions. Sannie Sanford is one of them and ...

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The amazing Hugh Masekela will perform at Safaricom Jazz on August 12

James WamathaiJuly 20, 2016

The Safaricom Jazz series has brought to Kenya some celebrated names in Jazz and also exposed to Kenyan music lovers some amazing artists they didn't know. Some...

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Kenyan Judge quotes Game of Thrones in court ruling

James WamathaiJuly 18, 2016

Justice D.K. Njagi Marete in a court ruling quoted the book, A Game of Thrones. It's the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by Am...

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Wambui Kinya appointed to lead strategy at Andela

James WamathaiJuly 18, 2016

Wambui Kinya has been appointed the Chief Strategy Officer at tech talent firm Andela. This comes on the back of $24 million funding that Andela received from C...

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Twitter thread exposes the tough life of poorly paid PhD lecturer

James WamathaiJuly 16, 2016

Growing up, we were told that getting an education would automatically mean a job and a good salary. However, the reality doesn't quite match up. I mean, a good...

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Telkom Kenya launches the Kaduda Smart, a Ksh. 3,999 smartphone

James WamathaiJuly 15, 2016

Telkom Kenya has launched an affordable Android smartphone in the Kenyan market dubbed the Kaduda Smart. This is the third branded mobile phone they have launch...

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All you need to know about Little Cab

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2016

Safaricom and Craft Silicon have today launched a new taxi hailing service in Kenya called Little Cab. The new service launches in a market where there are othe...

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Twitter chat on young people and sex #HapaChat

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2016

It used to be that sex talk involved an awkward conversation with your relatives who were sent by your mother. For women, it is your liberal aunt who tells you ...

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Q&A Monday: Mugethi Gitau

James WamathaiJuly 4, 2016

Mugethi Gitau is a creative techie. She has a background in ICT and varied career experience that includes teaching, mapping malaria in Kenya and running a gove...

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​Little Cab poses a real threat to Uber in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 3, 2016

Uber is the current market leader in the taxi hailing business in Kenya. It launched in January last year and despite a few challenges, it has gone from strengt...

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Microsoft solutions that SMEs should be using

James WamathaiJune 30, 2016

It's a proven fact that introducing technology in a business reduced costs and improves efficiency and service delivery. The cost factor is especially a key poi...

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Uber launches in Thika, becoming its third city in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 29, 2016

Uber launched in Kenya in January last year with Nairobi being its first port of call. They then launched in Mombasa in March this year. Uber has today annou...

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12 key takeaways from the BLAZE bloggers meetup

James WamathaiJune 27, 2016

BAKE Business hosted an event with BLAZE that sought to clearly explain what the new sub-brand by Safaricom is (and isn't). There was a panel discussion that wa...

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Q&A Monday: Muthuri Kinyamu

James WamathaiJune 27, 2016

Muthuri Kinyamu is a marketer by training who now works for entrepreneurs. His typical day revolves around innovation, stories and people. He landed into a PR c...

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How to register a business in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 25, 2016

The registration of businesses in Kenya has been made easier and faster. For one, a name search will be instant. Also, the registration of companies can also no...

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Tecno launches the Camon C9 in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 24, 2016

Tecno has launched their new smartphone, the Camon C9 in Kenya. The phone is a successor to the Camon C5 and C8. The Camon C9 is a 4G phone and comes wit...

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Mwarv among winners in the Kenya Photography Awards 2016

James WamathaiJune 22, 2016

Renowned Kenyan photographer Mwangi Kirubi aka Mwarv is among the winners in this year's Kenyan Photography Awards. The winners were announced at a black tie ga...

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Equity to loan upto Ksh. 100 Million to fashion industry enterprises

James WamathaiJune 22, 2016

A study commissioned by Hivos East Africa to analyze problems small players in the Kenyan fashion industry face plus the opportunities in regional and Internati...

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Bungoma Hangman is now a fun video game on Android

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

Remember Saleh Wanjala, the man who hang precariously on the helicopter that was transporting Jacob Juma's body to his burial site? The Bungoma Hangman, as he w...

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AfricaWorking to impart job & business skills 250,000 youth in Africa

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

A new initiative called AfricaWorking to aims to impart job skills and entrepreneurship skills to 250,000 young people in Africa has been launched in Kenya. The...

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KCB & Tuskys partner to provide financing & a market to young contract farmers

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank) and Tuskys Supermarket have partnered to provide support to young people who are engaging in contract farming. Also read: Th...

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Telco reverts back to Telkom Kenya as Orange exits Kenyan market

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

Orange has finally exited the Kenyan market after being bought out by investment firm Helios Investment Partners. The Kenyan telco has since rebranded from Oran...

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Resolution Insurance appoints Alice Mwai as Kenya MD & Alphan Njeru as Chairman

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

Resolution Insurance has made two new appointments, with Alice Mwai being made the new MD for Kenya and Alphan Njeru as the Chairman. Alice Mwai was the Chie...

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It’s a dream come true as Sevelyn Kinya makes it to China

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

Sevelyn Kinya aka Seve Gat who Photoshopped a trip to China has finally made it to China. The trip was made possible by a fundraising initiative that was starte...

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Osborne Macharia & Wambui Mukenyi among nominees of the Kenya Fashion Awards 2016

James WamathaiJune 13, 2016

The nominees for the Kenyan Fashion Awards 2016 have been announced. The nominees in 10 categories include renowned Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia, make-u...

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UNFPA & Nailab launch initiative to invest in youth sexual health businesses

James WamathaiJune 13, 2016

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has partnered Nailab, a technology business incubator, to launch an initiative, dubbed iAccelerator. The initiative w...

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M-Pesa payments are a goldmine that Safaricom is not exploiting

James WamathaiJune 13, 2016

Since its launch in 2007, M-Pesa had grown into a force in money transfer in Kenya. Since it's launch it has pivoted from just being a money transfer service in...

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Q&A Monday: Owaahh

James WamathaiJune 6, 2016

Owaahh is a purveyor of stories at owaahh.com and an avid eater of certain delicious underrated yellow fruits. When he is not busy planning the end of the world...

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Kenyan rapper Xtatic complains about Sony delaying her album release

James WamathaiJune 2, 2016

Kenyan rapper Xtatic (real name Gloria Mecheo) took to Social Media to complain about Sony Music Entertainment's delay of the release of her album 4 years after...

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Tonya Ahenda wins the Airtel Trace Music Star 2016 Kenya edition

James WamathaiJune 2, 2016

Tonya Ahenda has won the Kenyan edition of the Airtel Trace Music Star. She beat four other upcoming musicians, Ivlyn Mutua, Daniel Osanya, Elvis Kosiso and Cia...

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Sidian Bank CEO shares the bank’s ambitious plans after rebranding

James WamathaiJune 2, 2016

Sidian Bank rebranded from K-Rep Bank in April this year in a restructuring process that saw the bank shift its customer focus to entrepreneurs. The bank has am...

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Groove Awards 2016 full winners’ list

James WamathaiJune 1, 2016

The Groove Awards 2016 winners ceremony took place today at the Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani. The event was hosted by Dj Soxxy and Size 8 and was broadcasted l...

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Binyavanga Wainaina assaulted by a taxi driver in Germany

James WamathaiJune 1, 2016

Acclaimed Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has been assaulted by a taxi driver in  Berlin, Germany. He was in Berlin on a Daad Fellowship and called the taxi t...

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Why you should use Office 365 in your business

James WamathaiMay 30, 2016

It used to be that we would buy applications, install them on one device and use them on that device only. It then followed that the files created with the appl...

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Joel Macharia & Barclay Okari make it to Forbes Africa’s 30 under 30 entrepreneurs list

James WamathaiMay 29, 2016

Joel Macharia and Barclay Okari are among Kenyans that have made it to this year's Forbes Africa 30 under 30 most promising entrepreneurs list. The full list of...

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