Strathmore University has officially unveiled iLab Africa, a research and incubation facility that supports entrepreneurship programs in apps and software d...
The following are the highlights from the budget speech that was shared by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Henry Rotich, earlier today for ...
Following the introduction of an online portal called TukoWorks by Microsoft Corporation and Homeboyz Foundation, Kenyan youth are set to easily access info...
INTERCEM, the global leader in cement related events, will for the first time hold an event in Nairobi that will bring together cement industry leaders and ...
The 2014 East Africa Business Summit which was scheduled to take place between 4th – 6th June 2014 has been moved to October 23rd - 25th, 2014. Conveners ...
I said it before, online classifieds are the future on shopping. It’s just so much easier to shop online than have to walk miles looking for something. OL...
Quail eggs were a hit on OLX
For the last few weeks, I’ve been on a journey exploring online classifieds. In specific, OLX. I’m particularly intrigued b...
Orange group has announced the signing the agreement with Africell Holding for the sale of its majority stake in Orange Uganda.
Pending approval from the...
With over 10,000 clients in Kenya, business management software Kopo Kopo has announced a new merchant cash advance service called “Grow.†Grow is desig...
Mr Adil Suleman, Senior Consultant at Alexander Forbes (left) and ARM Cement HR Manager, Stephen Kamau (right) during the unveiling of the new pension scheme f...
Bob Collymore
Safaricom, has announced a 38.9 per cent increase in profits buoyed by M-Pesa, SMS and data revenues. The company revealed that there was an i...
The first quarter of 2014 has been great for Ecobank. This is due to the bank recording a growth in profits-after-tax of more than 200 percent. The banks po...
Times Media Group of South Africa has bought a 49% stake in Radio Africa Limited. The stake is valued at $18.62m (Ksh. 1.58 billion). The move by the media ...
The Rhino Cement Foundation was established in October 2010 as a charity funded by ARM Cement LTD. The Foundation's mission is to promote social investments in ...
ARM CEO, Pradeep Paunrana
ARM Cement has released their first ever corporate documentary whilst announcing their 2013 financial results. The documentary foc...
We are used to Kenyan brands being stuffy and formal on Twitter. There are exceptions in brands like Durex Kenya, Safaricom and Zetech College have their moment...
Nailab CEO Sam Gichuru (left) presents a cheque of Kshs 300,000 to Suraj Gudka (centre) after he emerged the winner of the two day start-up crowd funding boot ...
ARM CEO, Pradeep Paunrana
The Kilifi County Deputy Governor Kenneth Mwakombo presided over an event in which local subsistence and small-scale farmers recei...
Chase Group MD Zafrullah Khan (right) and Regional Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Yves Terracol
Chase Bank has sealed a risk sharing agree...
Scania Group has announced its foray into the East African market through an estimated Kshs 2.4 billion (30 million dollar) investment. This will result in ...
Leading companies from across East Africa have gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to learn about how technology developments and innovation are set to drive growth...
Organisers of PIVOT East have announced a partnership with Tech Hubs across the region for 2014. The hubs include: Outbox (Uganda), Hive Colab (Uganda), Ki...
Mlab East Africa has been awarded the Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF). The fund is administered by the Global Impact Investing Network. It provides g...
Before you start trading legally in Kenya you need to register a company. In Kenya, companies at registered at the Registrar of Companies at Sheria House on Har...
Suraj Gudka
SokoText is an SMS based food pre-odering application that connect food vendors and retailers in the urban informal settlements with fresh produ...
The Nakumatt Global card is both a prepaid debit card and a loyalty card. The Nakumatt Global card is a collaboration between Nakumatt Supermarket, Kenya Comm...
Oldonyo Ridge
We all deserve to have a secure future. For most of us, this means owning something that is ours, a piece of land is the ideal choice. One way...
As we have discussed before, the NationHela card can be used in a variety of ways. I know you must be asking yourselves, how much do all these services cost...
Africa's ultimate business game-changers will be named on Friday, 8 November 2013 at the Johnnie Walker Blue Label CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Award...
Founded by Billy Odero, ideasafrica is a pan-african online platform that links start-ups to investors, venture capitalists(VC’s), mentors and coaches. It aim...
Kenya Orient Insurance has today launched an insurance cover for mobile phones. Previously, you could only insure your mobile phone as part of your househol...
Tech incubator Nailab, in conjunction with JKUAT and the ICT Authority, will on September 20th and 21st organize the first Hackathon in Mombasa. This is aft...
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto yesterday launched a Kshs. 6 billion fund for both the youth and women, dubbed the Uwezo Fund. Th...
Kenyan entrepreneur and Cambridge University student, Evelyne Oloo started MyHerald Magazine in University in the UK. She has since come back to Kenya where...
It used to be that for one to get entertainment news in Kenya they had to wait for the Friday pullouts in newspapers (Zuqka - Nation and Pulse - Standard). ...
Safaricom has launched a new payment service targeted at the rental market in Kenya. The service, dubbed Lipa Kodi na MPESA (which means 'pay rent with MPESA'...
Waabeh Team - Jeff, Kingóri & Rimbui
For lovers and creators of African music and audio content, discovering it and buying has been a problem for a whi...
Students at Clayton's Mechanics that Evans mentors
As I was growing up, I would often be asked ‘who is your mentor?’ I did not know what to say. The cri...
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I had the great opportunity of helping facilitate a talk at the University of Nairobi Art and Design Department. During the talk we had jimmy Gitonga...
Twitter is a fountain of information if you follow the right people. For those looking to start or grow their business, engaging with a tried and tested entrepr...
Safaricom's popular marketing promotion Bonyeza Ushinde na Safaricom is back. It will last for a period of 60 days starting August 7th to October 5th. As in...
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Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have today announced a partnership that will offer mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya through Airt...
