Levi Nyakundi is the new Airtel Kenya Marketing Director

James WamathaiJuly 7, 2015

Levi Nyakundi is the new Airtel Kenya Marketing Director. The position fell vacant after the previous holder, Charles Wanjohi, was poached by rival Safaricom to...

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Foreigners visiting Kenya to apply for a visa online from September 2015

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2015

Effective September 1 2015, foreigners who require a Kenyan visa to travel to Kenya will have to apply for a visa online. All applications will have to made by ...

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Twitter chat with Jua Cali on the music industry in Kenya #HapaChat

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2015

The music industry in Kenya has come a long way. However, the Lack of a proper distribution network plus lack of proper government support has hindered the deve...

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Safarilink is now operating daily flights to Vipingo Ridge

James WamathaiJuly 3, 2015

Vipingo Ridge General Manager Mr. Mike Round-Turner and Safarilink Aviation Managing Director Mr. John Buckley Safarilink Aviation will now operated daily f...

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Creative Y&R becomes first Kenyan ad agency to win at Cannes Lions

James WamathaiJuly 2, 2015

Creative Y&R team Kenyan ad agency Creative Y&R has won a Bronze Lion in the copywriting category at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The wi...

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Ford College Community Challenge program to launch in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 2, 2015

The Ford College Community Challenge program (C3 Program) has been expended to 4 African countries i.e. Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Morocco. The program ...

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Kenya’s Umati Capital wins USD 100,000 in the Zambezi Prize

James WamathaiJuly 1, 2015

Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital receives the Zambezi Prize. Kenya's Umati Capital has been announced as the winner of the Zambezi Prize and awarded USD 100,0...

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Airtel and Kenya Red Cross launch emergency information sms service

James WamathaiJuly 1, 2015

Airtel Kenya and the Kenya Red Cross Society have partnered to launch an emergency information service in Kenya. The service will offer disaster management ...

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How to apply for a Kenyan e-Visa

James WamathaiJune 24, 2015

Foreigners who require a visa to enter Kenya can now apply for a Kenyan Visa online. The e-Visa can applied for at ecitizen.go.ke and paid using a Debit or ...

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Orange launches the Orange Klif smartphone in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 24, 2015

Orange Klif Launch Orange Telkom Kenya has today launched an entry level smartphone in Kenya called the Orange Klif. The device has also been launched in ot...

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Twitter Chat with Sam Gichuru on entrepreneurship in Kenya #HapaChat

James WamathaiJune 23, 2015

The issue of high unemployment among the youth in Kenya can only be sorted out if the country is able to create jobs at a faster rate than the population growth...

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Dahabshiil Kenya is now operational after CBK lifts suspension

James WamathaiJune 22, 2015

Money remittance firm Dahabshiil Kenya is now operational after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) today lifted the suspension on the company & their services ...

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Lumia 540 is now available in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 18, 2015

Photo courtesy of techweez.com Microsoft has today launched the Lumia 540 Dual SIM in Kenya at an event at iHub in Nairobi. At an introductory price of Ksh....

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Germany awards 300 scholarships to survivors of the Garissa attack

James WamathaiJune 16, 2015

300 students of the Garissa University College who survived a deadly attack at the learning institutin on 2nd April 2015 will be awarded scholarships by Ger...

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Twitter Chat with Kennedy Kachwanya on digital advertising in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 9, 2015

Digital advertising in Kenya is approximately 7 years old. As digital advertising continues to grow in Kenya with more and more brands seeing the value of adver...

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StarTimes is screening FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

StarTimes has signed a deal with FIFA that will see the company broadcast four major soccer tournaments namely this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zeal...

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Microsoft launches a new version of the Nokia 105

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Nokia 105 Microsoft launched a new version of the Nokia 105 which will come both in single SIM and dual SIM. The original Nokia 105 has sold more than 80 mi...

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Here are the PIVOT East 2015 semifinalists

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Start-up competition, PIVOT East, has announced the semifinalists for this year's competition. The competition's call for applications ended in April 2015 with ...

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You can now pay cash on Uber Taxis in Nairobi

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Taxi app Uber has today debuted the cash payment option in Nairobi. Uber customers in Nairobi will from Friday 5th July 2015 be able to pay cash after using...

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Over 200 Kenyan start-ups applied to the Safaricom Spark Fund

James WamathaiJune 4, 2015

Over 200 Kenyan start-ups have applied for funding in the Safaricom Spark Fund. The Spark Fund is a venture capital fund that was launched by Safaricom in N...

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One in a Million TV show to screen on Maisha Magic

James WamathaiJune 2, 2015

One in a Million, an The MNET commissioned sitcom, will be from June 3rd be screening on Maisha Magic on Wednesdays at 8 pm. The new TV series revolves a...

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GOtv is illegally charging customers for access to free to air channels

James WamathaiMay 28, 2015

GOtv decoder Kenya finally switched from analogue to digital broadcasting on 30th March 2015. The switch off happened in phases with the Nairobi and its env...

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Umati Capital, Craft Silicon & Kytabu win $25,000 in the Citi Mobile Challenge

James WamathaiMay 28, 2015

Craft Silicon's Kamal Budhabhatti Craft Silicon, Kytabu Inc. and Umati Capital have each won a cash award of $25,000 for their innovations in the Citi Mobil...

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UK pledges Ksh. 3.5 billion to Mombasa Port upgrading project

James WamathaiMay 25, 2015

DFID Deputy Head Tom Gardner (left) exchanging grant agreement documents with TMEAs Director General David Stanton (right). The UK’s Department for Intern...

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Conference held to seek funds for upgrading Mombasa port

James WamathaiMay 25, 2015

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) and the Kenyan Government through the National Treasury last week held a donors conference to highlight priority infrastructur...

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AllenHark and Mambu partner to launch banking platform in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 25, 2015

The AllenHark Group, a Kenyan finance and technology company, has signed a partnership deal with Mambu, a cloud banking system from Germany, which will see ...

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A Kenyan had a terrible experience in an Uber Taxi

James WamathaiMay 23, 2015

A Kenyan, Wanjiru Wainaina, and her sister had a terrible experience in an Uber on Saturday night. The driver of the Uber she was in refused to take her to ...

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Chase Bank launches Ksh. 10B corporate bond to finance expansion

James WamathaiMay 20, 2015

Chase Bank has today launched a 7 year Ksh. 10 Billion multi-currency corporate bond. The bond will enable the Kenyan bank to raise additional capital to st...

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Oliver Mtukudzi, Just A Band and Winyo to perform at 7th Koroga Festival

James WamathaiMay 20, 2015

Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, Kenyan band Just A Band and musician Winyo have been announced as the perfomers at the next Capital FM's Koroga Fes...

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Nakumatt responds to complaints about price discrepancies

James WamathaiMay 18, 2015

It seems that Kenyan companies are paying attention to the sentiments of Kenyans online. Safaricom has twice changed product terms and conditions after an o...

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Sauti Sol nominated in the 2015 BET Awards

James WamathaiMay 18, 2015

Kenyan band Sauti Sol have been nominated in the annual BET awards in the Best International Act Africa category. Other African acts that have been nominate...

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Kenya’s Twiga Fruits wins 1776 global startup competition

James WamathaiMay 18, 2015

Kenyan startup Twiga Fruits has been named the overall winner of this year's 1776's Challenge Cup startup competition. Twiga will get US$150,000 in seed fun...

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The Philips Foundation & UNICEF launch Global Innovation Center in Nairobi

James WamathaiMay 14, 2015

The Philips Foundation and UNICEF have partnered along with others to launch the UNICEF Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The center is desi...

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Kenyan Alex Muriu wins US$25,000 at the Innovation Prize for Africa awards

James WamathaiMay 14, 2015

Alex Muriu accepting his cheque at IPA 2015 Kenyan Alex Mwaura Muriu has won second prize and US$25,000 in the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2015 awards...

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DStv HD decoders now going for Ksh. 2,499

James WamathaiMay 14, 2015

Multichoice Kenya Corporate Communications Manager Philip Wahome (left),DSTV Marketing Manager Laura Agumbi and National Sales Manager DSTV Steve Kombo Mult...

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Win a Chevrolet Cruze in the Lumia #AchieveMore campaign

James WamathaiMay 14, 2015

Mariam Abdulahi Microsoft Mobile GM and King'ori Gitahi Product Manager with the Lumia 640 and 640 XL and one of the Chevrolet Cruze's that will be won in the ...

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Microsoft launches Lumia 640, Lumia 640XL and Lumia 430 in Kenya

James WamathaiMay 13, 2015

Mariam Abdulahi Microsoft Mobile GM and King'ori Gitahi Product Manager displays the Lumia 640 and 640 XL recently launched at the National Museum of Kenya ...

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Tecno Boom J7 Review

James WamathaiMay 6, 2015

Tecno's foray into the Kenyan market has been successful so far. They started with the lower end of the market and then ventured into the smartphone world w...

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New rules for applying for a Kenyan passport

James WamathaiApril 30, 2015

The Immigration Department has introduced new rules that will take effect on May 1st 2015 for citizens who wish to apply, replace or renew a Kenyan passport. Fr...

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StarTimes has lowered its Satellite TV prices

James WamathaiApril 29, 2015

StarTimes Media has revised downwards the decoder costs and monthly subscription fees for its satellite TV service. A full installation will now cost Ksh...

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BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards winners gala event set for May 2nd

James WamathaiApril 29, 2015

Kenyan Blog Awards 2014 The Kenyan Blog Awards 2015 journey started on 9th January 2015 when the awards were launched. This coincided with the opening of th...

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Unboxing the Tecno Boom J7

James WamathaiApril 21, 2015

The Tecno Boom J7 is a mid range Android smartphone that has recently been launched in the Kenyan market. We have received one for review and a review po...

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