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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Chris Adwar & Dan Aceda set to musically battle at Tyranny of Benga on May 31st

James WamathaiMay 26, 2016

Tyranny of Benga is back with an interesting musical battle between two highly acclaimed Kenyan musicians i.e. Chris Adwar and Dan Aceda on May 31st at Alliance...

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Uber drivers to access a Ksh 10B loan facilty from Sidian Bank

James WamathaiMay 25, 2016

Taxi service service Uber and Sidian Bank have partnered to offer Ksh. 10 Billion loan facility to Uber drivers. The facility will be available to current Uber ...

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Over 80 restaurants to participate in inaugural Nairobi Burger Festival

James WamathaiMay 24, 2016

EatOut Kenya has a treat for Nairobi burger lovers in the form of a festival featuring different restaurants. The inaugural Nairobi Burger Festival will take pl...

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Walk down memory lane with these vintage Kenyan print ads

James WamathaiMay 19, 2016

The 80s, 70s and earlier babies will remember a time when we had one TV station, one political party and a cleaner Nairobi. Those were not really the good days ...

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The Galaxy J1 mini & J3 2016 are now available in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 19, 2016

The Samsung Galaxy J1 mini and J3 2016 are now availble for sale in Kenya. The J1 mini is an entry level phone and the J3 is a mid level phone. The two phones a...

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Submit a transport innovation & win US$ 1 Million from LIFT Fund

James WamathaiMay 19, 2016

Round 2 of the Logistics Innovation for Trade (LIFT) Challenge Fund has been announced. The LIFT Challenge Fund is a US$16 million grant-based financial mechani...

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Joan Samia crowned Kenya’s Bartender of the Year

James WamathaiMay 19, 2016

Joan Samia of Art Caffé was crowned as the Diageo WORLD CLASS Bartender of the Year in Kenya. She will be representing the country at the global finals in Miami...

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Mya, Ginuwine & 112 to perform in Kenya on August 13

James WamathaiMay 19, 2016

R&B musicians Mya, Ginuwine & 112 will jet into the country for a performance on August 13th 2016 at the The Waterfront at the Ng’ong Racecourse. They will ...

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Mobile loans service Mkopo Rahisi rebrands to Tala in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 17, 2016

Mobile loans service Mkopo Rahisi has rebranded to Tala in Kenya. The service was launched in Kenya about 2 years ago. It is a product of Inventure which was fo...

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GOtv increases its bouquet prices in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 16, 2016

GOtv has increased the prices of its two monthly bouquets in Kenya effective 15th May 2016 as part of its annual price increase. The particular bouquets affecte...

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Q&A Monday: Mandi Sarro

James WamathaiMay 16, 2016

Mandi Sarro aka Miss Mandi is a media personality and a curator that loves to tell visual stories. She is also a self taught home cook who shares her recipes on...

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Q&A Monday: Wanjiru Kihusa

James WamathaiMay 9, 2016

Wanjiru Kihusa is a family blogger at wanjirukihusa.com and is the founder and director of Still A Mum, a non-profit that supports women and families dealing wi...

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Kentice Tikolo, Paul Kukubo & 5 others appointed to CA board

James WamathaiMay 5, 2016

The ICT Minister has appointed 7 people to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) board.The board members were announced in a gazette notice dated 4th May 2...

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Kenyan Hip hop artist G Rongi stuck in France coz of lack of passport

James WamathaiMay 4, 2016

Kenyan Hip hop artist G Rongi has been stuck in France since January because of a lack of passport. G Rongi communicated the same via Facebook video update wher...

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Q&A Monday: Bonney Tunya

James WamathaiMay 2, 2016

Bonney Tunya is a TV anchor with CNBC Africa and contributor to the Forbes Africa magazine. He was previously a business & news anchor at KTN and a rapporte...

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Q&A Monday: Caroline Kibati

James WamathaiApril 25, 2016

Caroline Kibati, popularly known as Ms. Kibati, is a Kenyan fashion and lifestyle blogger at mskibati.com. Her blog has been nominated twice for the Kenyan Blog...

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Ongair’s Asia expansion begins with opening of Hong Kong office

James WamathaiApril 21, 2016

Kenyan tech company Ongair has set up an office in Hong Kong as part of its Asia expansion strategy. This comes 4 months after the company raised $125,000 to fu...

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Kenya’s Moving the Goalposts wins at the Laureus World Sport Awards

James WamathaiApril 19, 2016

Kenyan NGO, Moving the Goalposts (MTG), has won the Sport for Good award at the Laureus World Sport Awards. Other winners included Serena Williams, the world’s ...

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Mombasa County takes heat on Twitter over inability to provide fresh water

James WamathaiApril 14, 2016

Mombasa County has had water problems from last year when the Coast Water Services Board (CWSB) cut off supply of fresh water over a Ksh. 608 million debt. The ...

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All you need to know about Stawisha Na M-Shwari

James WamathaiApril 12, 2016

Safaricom and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has launched a consumer promotion for M-Shwari dubbed Stawisha Na M-Shwari. The promotion starts today and will en...

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Kiptoo Kirwa hilariously imitates Kenyan media personalities on Snapchat

James WamathaiApril 8, 2016

Wonder how your favourite media personality sounds or would sound like on Snapchat? Well you are in luck because Kiptoo Kirwa has put together a video showcasi...

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The Chase Bank debacle explained by Manwa Magoma in 100 Tweets

James WamathaiApril 8, 2016

Chase Bank was yesterday placed under receivership by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This came at the back of rumours of issues at the bank which resulted in ...

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M-PESA has a new menu; Here is how to update yours

James WamathaiApril 6, 2016

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has this morning Tweeted that the M-PESA service has a new menu. Apparently Safaricom customers will get the new menu automatically ...

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Lorna Irungu-Macharia named in the 2016 Eisenhower International Fellows list

James WamathaiApril 6, 2016

Lorna Irungu-Macharia has been chosen alongside other 21 people as a 2016 Eisenhower International Fellow. The 22 professionals will travel to the US for seven ...

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