Ogilvy Africa has appointed Howard Gregory as Managing Partner, to head up its Public Relations and Influence (PR&I) offering for its Nairobi office. He sta...
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has announced a partnership with ResponsAbility Investments AG (responsAbility) to offer a Loan Portfolio Guarantee facility am...
YEGO Global, a Rwandan taxi-hailing services has launched operations in Kenya through its subsidiary – YEGO Mobility Kenya Limited.
YEGO Mobility is expected t...
Safaricom has announced the commercial launch of its 5G network in select parts across the country. The telco has from March 2021 been running trials in various...
Mary-Ann Musangi who is the CEO of Haco Industries is a woman whose heart is set on changing Africa’s story through manufacturing. She took over the reins of HA...
Glovo has announced the launch of “The Couriers Pledge”, this a commitment by the company to increase the social rights and benefits available to all users regi...
Equity Bank Tanzania in collaboration with the East African Business Council, Minnesota Africans United, Global Minnesota and Prosper Africa has organized a tra...
KCB Bank Kenya has partnered with Mobex to enable customers to get an opportunity to seamlessly receive funds from the diaspora to their accounts in Kenya.
M...
Solv Kenya, has announced the launch of its commercial operations in Kenya. It is a a full-stack Business-to-Business (B2B) digital platform owned by Standard C...
Ogilvy Africa, has won the Bronze Statue in the Health and Wellness, Product Design Category at the 12th Edition of the London International Awards (LIA) held i...
KCB Group Plc has signed up to the African Business Leaders’ Coalition (ABLC), in a bid to bolster actions in addressing the climate change crisis.
The ABLC ...
The Board of Absa Bank Kenya PLC has appointed Yusuf Omari to take over as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director effective 1 November 2022. This...
PwC Africa has released a report titled, Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026. The report shows that Kenya has seen continued growth since 2017, wit...
Equity Group has been named as the platinum winner for the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global ...
Ogilvy Africa has scooped four awards at the 2022 Loeries Africa & Middle East Awards which were held in Cape Town, South Africa .
Ogilvy Africa’s Lesso Le...
Visa, has released a report that shows how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously targeting online and offline vulner...
Compassion International Kenya has announced Daniel Mwayayi as the 2022 Youth Business Challenge winner. Mwayayi, a leather shoe manufacturer from Kilifi County...
Stanbic Bank Kenya and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) have partnered to offer financial literacy training for hearing impaired entrepreneurs in Kenya. The ...
Ride hailing app Bolt has announced that it has appointed Linda Ndungu as the new Country Manager Kenya effective October 1, 2022.
Linda will be tasked with ...
Tatu City Water and Sanitation Company (TATUWASCo) has been named as the top privately owned water utility company in Kenya.
The Water Services Regulatory Bo...
Safaricom Ethiopia has officially switched on its mobile telecommunications network and services in Addis Ababa.
The telco's 2G, 3G and 4G mobile services ar...
Tesh Mbaabu, Co-Founder and CEO of Marketforce Technologies, has emerged among the 10 finalists in the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition 2022. AB...
Sendy the logistics firm has shut down its retail and supplier trading platform known as Sendy Supply. It has also laid off 20 percent of its workforce amid fun...
The Treasury has acquired a 60 percent stake in Telkom Kenya from UK-based private equity fund, Helios Investment Partners, for Sh6.09 billion, making the compa...
CIC Group has today announced that it has a launched a medical product specifically for cooperatives in Kenya, named CoopCare.
The cover will cater to cooper...
Zamara Group has launched an online platform, dubbed eZamara, to enable customers to compare insurance products that the insurance broker sells.
The platform...
Kenya's improvement in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2022 Global Gender Gap Index is a strong indicator of women's growing participation in the country's eco...
Private capital investment in Africa in H1 2022 saw a total deal volume of 338 deals with a cumulative deal value of US$4.7 billion.
There are three main fact...
The United States Ambassador to Kenya, HE Meg Whitman, toured the Mars Wrigley chewing gum factory in Athi River in an official visit on Friday.
She recognized...
KCB Bank Kenya and BasiGo Ltd have announced a partnership that will see customers access financing to buy electric buses.
KCB customers will be able to acce...
SBM Bank Kenya has signed a risk sharing agreement with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) worth Ksh. 1.2 billion (USD 10,000,000) to increase financing of SMEs a...
Crown Paints and I&M Bank have announced a partnership to provide a stock financing to paint dealers and customers placing orders to Crown Paints.
Under ...
AAR Insurance Kenya has won two awards in the Global Business Magazine Awards for its digital insurance products.
AAR Insurance Kenya was awarded the Most In...
Ascent Rift Valley Fund Ltd (ARVF) has announced that it has exited as a shareholder of Medpharm Holdings Africa (Medpharm). Medpharm is a provider of medical d...
Tatu City’s Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will be used as a case study to guide policy review on the establishment of SEZs in Uganda and at the East African Commu...
Carolyne Kendi has been appointed to the position of Chief Marketing Officer by Absa Bank Kenya PLC effective 15 December 2022.
Kendi has experience marketin...
Strathmore University and Adrian Kenya have announced their intention to collaborate to build capacity in renewable energy solutions in Kenya. The two organizat...
SweepSouth has received Ksh. 1.3 billion (US $11 million) in funding in an investment round that was led by African private equity fund, Alitheia IDF (AIF).
...
Zoho Corporation has launched its VAT and Tax Invoice Management Systems (TIMS) compliant, accounting software, Zoho Books for businesses in Kenya.
The onlin...
IFC has announced a $30 million equity investment in the West Indian Ocean Cable Company Holding Ltd (WIOCC Group).
WIOCC Group is a leading digital connecti...
With the FIFA World Cup™ excitement heating up, Visa has launched Financial Football an educational video game.
The game invites football fans to sharpen the...
The rate of suspected digital fraud attempts from Kenya in Q2 decreased by 27% compared to the same period last year, while there was a 14% drop globally. This ...
