James Wamathai

Here are the Safaricom Chapa Dimba national finals fixtures scheduled for April 11-14 in Kisumu

James WamathaiApril 5, 2024

The fixture for the fourth edition of the Safaricom Chapa Dimba national finals has been officially released. The fixtures were released after a draw that was a...

Isuzu, AutoXpress & Bridgestone partner to promote road safety in Kenya

James WamathaiApril 5, 2024

Isuzu East Africa, AutoXpress and Bridgestone have partnered to promote a road safety campaign in Kenya dubbed Eyes on the Road Campaign. The campaign is aim...

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Safaricom Chapa Dimba national final draw to be held tomorrow

James WamathaiApril 4, 2024

The 2023/2024 Safaricom Chapa Dimba national final draw will be held tomorrow at the Safaricom HQ in Nairobi. It will be done at the Michael Joseph Centre (MJC)...

Tusker Cider is the official beer partner for Blankets & Wine 2024 festivals

James WamathaiApril 4, 2024

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) apple cider, Tusker Cider, will be the official beer partner for the 2024 Blankets & Wines festivals. They will be hosted at L...

Qatar Airways is offering Visa cardholders in East Africa 12% discounts on flights

James WamathaiApril 4, 2024

Qatar Airways have partnered with Visa to offer Qatar customers in East Africa a discount when booking flights to various destinations. The initiative will o...

Kalasha Awards 2024; Full list of winners

James WamathaiApril 3, 2024

The 13th edition of the Kalasha Awards took place over the Easter weekend and was attended by some of Kenya’s greatest names in TV and film. It was also attende...

Britam Holding’s posts an improved FY 2023 net profit of Ksh. 3.2 billion

James WamathaiMarch 28, 2024

Britam Holdings Plc has announced that it has posted a Ksh. 3.2 billion net profit for the year ended December 31, 2023. This is a marked improvement from the K...

FullCare Medical to employ 1,800 Kenyans in new medical production facility

James WamathaiMarch 28, 2024

FullCare Medical has announced that it has launched a new medical garment production facility in Tatu City. The FullCare Medical facility is an investment of...

BURN receives $12M investment from Key Carbon to expand cleaning cooking in Africa

James WamathaiMarch 28, 2024

BURN Manufacturing has announced that it has received a USD 12 million investment from Key Carbon Ltd. The investment is supported by Cartesian, a global privat...

Pwani Oil plants trees in Kilifi to commemorate International Day of the Forest

James WamathaiMarch 28, 2024

Pwani Oil Products Limited teamed up with the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and the Kilifi County government to plant 1,000 trees at the Msumarini Primary School i...

Cleaning equipment manufacturer Karcher to invest Ksh. 428M in Kenyan subsidiary

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

German cleaning equipment manufacturer Karcher has announced a Ksh. 428 million (€3 million) investment in the Kenyan market. The move was made to operationa...

Live football viewing experience, Guinness Matchday, heads to Eldoret this weekend

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

Guinness and its Matchday Committee, led by Chairman G-Money, are taking the live football experience on the road starting with this weekend. The journey wil...

Introducing Manyatta Cider by EABL

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) announced Manyatta Cider last year with the launch of a new microbrewery at its main plant in Ruaraka. KBL has now officially l...

Kenya Airways is the official airline sponsor for the WRC Safari Rally 2024

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

Kenya Airways has announced the renewal of its partnership with WRC Safari rally as its official airline sponsor for the event. The WRC Safari Rally 2024, wh...

Equity Group posts Ksh. 43.7B net profit for FY 2023: To pay Ksh. 15.1B in dividends

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

Equity Group Holdings has announced that it posted a Ksh. 43.7 billion profit after tax for the year ended December 31 2023. This is a 5% decline from the Ks...

M-PESA Global sponsors M-Sport Ford driver Adrien Fourmaux for Ksh. 20 million

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

The M-PESA Global International Money Transfer service has announced Ksh. 20 million sponsorship of M-Sport Ford French rally driver Adrien Fourmaux for the 202...

NCBA posts an impressive Ksh. 21.5B net profit in FY 2023

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

NCBA Group PLC has announced that it has posted a profit after tax of Ksh. 21.5 billion for the year ended December 31 2023. This is a 56% increases as compared...

Old Mutual reports an FY 2023 profit after tax of Ksh. 547 million

James WamathaiMarch 27, 2024

Old Mutual Holdings PLC has announced that it has reported a Ksh. 547 million profit after tax for the year ended December 31, 2023. The company reported a Ksh....

Barcelona & Lysa FC advance to the Safaricom Chapa Dimba Central finals

James WamathaiMarch 23, 2024

Barcelona Ladies SC, M-PESA Foundation Academy, Lysa FC and St. Joseph Secondary have advanced to the Safaricom Chapa Dimba Central region finals. The defen...

Kenya Airways & Virgin Atlantic sign codeshare partnership

James WamathaiMarch 22, 2024

Kenya Airways and Virgin Atlantic, both members of the SkyTeam Airline Alliance, have signed a strategic codeshare partnership. Virgin Atlantic will place it...

Event: Blankets & Wine April edition, April 7 at Kasarani

James WamathaiMarch 1, 2024

Blankets & Wine is set to kick its concert series with the first edition of the year that is scheduled for April 7, 2024. The event will be hosted at Laurea...

Visa Africa Accelerator demo day showcases innovative African fintech startups

James WamathaiFebruary 14, 2024

Visa hosted its inaugural Africa Fintech Accelerator program’s demo day yesterday at the Sankara Hotel in Nairobi. The demo day featured a showcase of innovatio...

EABL to entertain lovers at the Gordon’s Fun Fair Uncoupled Edition on Feb 17

James WamathaiFebruary 13, 2024

It is the month of love and the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has lined up a show for lovers, through its gin brand, Gordon's Gin. The Gordon's Fun F...

Kenya Airways signs codeshare agreement with Air Europa to extend reach to Europe

James WamathaiFebruary 7, 2024

Kenya’s National Carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ), has announced that it has signed a codeshare agreement with Air Europa, the third largest Spanish carrier. This p...

Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program to host first demo day on Feb 13 in Nairobi

James WamathaiFebruary 6, 2024

Visa will host its Africa Fintech Accelerator program’s inaugural demo day on February 13th in Nairobi. The demo day will showcase innovations from emerging fin...

Syssi Mananga to headline second BC International Jazz Festival on Feb 24

James WamathaiJanuary 31, 2024

The Bob Collymore Foundation has announced that the second BC International Jazz Festival (BCIJF) will be on 24th February 2024 at the Carnivore Grounds. The th...

KBL unveils Ksh. 1.2B microbrewery & announces new Manyatta Cider

James WamathaiNovember 30, 2023

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has started production at its Ksh. 1.2 billion microbrewery, a new production facility next to its main plant in Ruaraka. The ...

All you need to know about the Africa Cup of Nations 2023

James WamathaiSeptember 29, 2023

The Africa Cup of Nations 2023 football tournament will will take place in Ivory Coast from 13 January to 11 February 2024. It is the 34th edition of the compet...

TV shows and movies coming to Netflix Kenya this October

James WamathaiSeptember 29, 2023

Here is a quick list of all the new TV shows and movies that are coming to Netflix in October 2023. They include: Beth Stelling: If You Didn't Want Me Then, Bec...

OPPO Reno10 series smartphones launched in Kenya

James WamathaiSeptember 6, 2023

OPPO has launched its latest flagship devices in Kenya under the Reno Series range, which are the Oppo Reno10 5G and the Oppo Reno10 Pro 5G. The Oppo Reno10 ...

Dickson Wandera wins second Ksh. 1 million grand prize in the Safaricom Gomoka na Go Monthly promotion

James WamathaiAugust 29, 2023

Dickson Wandera, a father of two based in Nairobi, is the second winner of the Ksh. 1 million grand prize in the Safaricom Gomoka na Go monthly promotion. M...

Infinix Zero 30 5G specifications leak ahead of global launch in Italy

James WamathaiAugust 25, 2023

Phone manufacturer is set to launch its new flagship device, the Infinix Zero 30 5G, globally at an event that will be held in Venice, Italy. The Infinix Zer...

Tecno Phantom V Fold unboxing, specifications and price in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 2, 2023

Tecno officially launched the Tecno PHANTOM V Fold in the Kenyan market in April, 3 months after the launch of the Phantom X2 Pro that featured the world’s firs...

Infinix Hot 30 unboxing and first impressions

James WamathaiApril 25, 2023

Infinix launched their newest device in the Hot series, the Hot 30 early this month. The series consists of three phones that is the HOT 30, HOT 30 Play and HOT...

TV shows and movies coming to Netflix Kenya this March

James WamathaiMarch 8, 2023

Here is a quick list of all the new TV shows and movies that are coming to Netflix in March 2023. They include: Tonight You're Sleeping with Me, Masameer County...

All you need to know about the Magical Kenya Open 2023 golf tournament

James WamathaiMarch 7, 2023

This year's Magical Kenya Open golf tournament is scheduled for Thursday March 9 to Sunday March 12 at the Muthaiga Golf Club. The 54th edition of the Kenya ...

Safaricom to sponsor the Magical Kenya Open 2023 to the tune of Ksh. 11 million

James WamathaiMarch 7, 2023

Safaricom has announced that it will once again sponsor the Magical Kenya Open, the premier golf tournament in Kenya. Safaricom will invest Ksh. 11 million i...

OPPO to showcase new innovations, including the OPPO Find N2 Flip, at the Mobile World Congress

James WamathaiMarch 2, 2023

OPPO is today showcasing its new range of its innovations at the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC2023), in Barcelona, Spain. During the event, OPPO will premi...

Safaricom’s SIM-Swap check service adopted by 6 banks in order to curb fraud

James WamathaiMarch 2, 2023

SIM card enabled fraud has increasingly been a problem in Kenya with customers reporting that their SIM cards were swapped and hijacked without their knowledge ...

The Real Housewives of Nairobi to premier on Showmax on February 23

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2023

Streaming service, Showmax, has announced that The Real Housewives of Nairobi reality TV show will premier on the platform on February 23, 2023. The company als...

Canon launches the EOS R8, a full frame mirrorless camera

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2023

Canon has announced that it has launched the Canon EOS R8, a new full frame mirrorless camera. The new camera inherits technology from the EOS R6 Mark II. Th...

OPPO Reno8 T 5G video review

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2023

Oppo has launched its latest flagship, the Reno8 T series, in the Kenyan market. The company launched the 4G and 5G versions of the series at a virtual event la...