Caetano Kenya, the official distributor and car dealer of Hyundai and Renault, has signed a vehicle asset financing partnership agreement with Stanbic Bank. The...
Ventures Platform, an early-stage venture capital fund, has announced the first close of its Ksh. 4.5 billion (USD 40 million) early-stage fund to invest in mar...
PanAfrican Capital Holdings (PAC Holdings) has set up a venture capital project, to be known as The Catalyst, in a bid to identify and invest in growth to produ...
EquityBCDC has extended its social impact contribution through scaling up the various programs that are already under implementation through Equity Group. The B...
Wowzi, a tech startup with operations in Kenya, recently announced its closure of a Ksh. 226 million ($2 million) seed round to scale its influencer marketing p...
Cassava Technologies, an integrated tech company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Company (Mitsui), a Japanese global conglomer...
Kakuzi, an agri-business firm, recently scooped four awards at the 2021 Avocado Industry Excellence Awards (KAEA) held at the Safari Park hotel, Nairobi. The co...
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) through its Guinness variant Hop House 13, recently launched a new a barbecue experience titled Flavor by Fire. The Flavor by Fire...
Vivo Energy Kenya, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in the country recently won the Best Sales Promotion Campaign of ...
Standard Chartered Bank has launched its first co-shared space with ArtCaffé at the Britam Centre, Upper Hill. The co-shared space will provide round the clock ...
Meta has released its 2021 Africa Year in Review, an infographic capturing some of the company's investments and initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa this year. Th...
Adanian Labs, a venture building studio, has launched the Adanian Labs venture building program call for startups for 2022. The program is inviting applications...
As a drought response intervention, the Government has partnered with Safaricom to facilitate mobile money transfer through MPESA. The money will be distributed...
TransUnion, a consumer credit reporting agency, has released new findings around global e-commerce fraud trends that occurred during the 2021 holiday shopping s...
Kwara, a fintech startup, has raised Ksh. 451.8 million ($4 million) in a seed round. The funding will be used to build a Neobank app that will enable individua...
Bento, a pan-African digital payroll and HR Management platform, has expanded operations to three new markets, establishing a presence in Kenya, Ghana and Rwand...
Innovate UK KTN’s Global Alliance Africa project is calling for applications for its innovation exchange program.
Winning applicants will receive Ksh. 3.8 mi...
Kakuzi, an agri-business firm, has been nominated for 5 awards in the forthcoming Kenya Avocado Excellence Awards (KAEA). The awards are a strategic initiative ...
Ms Marion Gathoga Mwangi has stepped down as the Managing Director of BOC Kenya, effective 31st December, 2021, to take up an executive role at Africa Oxygen as...
Uber Eats has released its 2021 Cravings Report highlighting the most popular delivery order requests of the year.
Groceries
According to the report, grocery ...
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Boston Consul...
Mastercard is expanding its regional footprint by announcing a series of leadership changes designed to further advance its presence and operations and build on...
Mizizi Africa Homes, a low cost housing developer, has launched a classifieds division, Mizizi Classifieds, to allow its agents and small scale traders to marke...
Upfield Foods, manufacturer of the Blue Band, Flora and Rama brands, has been named the Best Company in Work Place Practices. The plant based company received t...
Joe Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs has officially launched the inaugural Kenya Innovation Week (KIW 2021) at the Kenya...
Ministry of ICT Kenya Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has joined a section of African ICT Ministers to drive the digital skills agenda in Africa. The Ministers re...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Amendment Bill 2021, which will allow the regulation of digital lenders. The bill g...
Toyota Kenya has partnered with Ecobank to offer auto loans to their customers to purchase brand new cars. The deal will see customers repay their loans within ...
The Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Housing and Urban development is hosting a housing industry conference in Naivasha. This is in partnership with ...
The International School of Kenya, a private not for profit co-educational day school has unveiled its 2022 High School scholarship program. The Program provide...
Zamara Group, a financial services provider, has launched a pension savings plan on WhatsApp. This innovation will allow customers to open, access and transact ...
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the winners of the 2021 AWIEF Awards in a hybrid gala held at the Marriott Hotel Me...
Bolt has launched the Bolt women-only ride category in Mombasa to enable female passengers to request rides from female drivers.
The women-only category is a...
The Lubumbashi leg of the Kenya-DRC Trade Mission has officially started, following the official launch by the Vice Governor of Haut Katanga Province Jean Claud...
14 Trees, a joint venture between Holcim and the CDC Group, has begun construction of Mvule Gardens, Africa’s largest 3D printed affordable housing project in K...
A study commissioned by Mastercard and carried out by Economist Impact has examined how population growth, digital access, connectivity and affordability is con...
Accor, a global hospitality group with over 400 hotels across India, Middle East, Africa and Turkey has announced plans to expand its footprint in Eastern Afric...
A Knight Frank Global Buyer Survey 2021 has revealed that an overwhelming 71% of African respondents prioritized energy efficiency in their home search, compare...
Kwara, a digital banking fintech startup, has partnered with WorkPay, a people management platform, to provide human resource management and payroll processing ...
Hisa Technologies has unveiled the Hisa mobile app that allows anyone in Kenya to invest in US stocks and ETFs directly from their phones using mobile money.
K...
Qualcomm has unveiled its new flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, using a 4nm build process.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is an octa-core processor that Qualcomm clai...
Africa No Filter, a narrative change organization has partnered with Meta to launch the Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds program. The program is ...
