Chandarana Foodplus retail chain has opened an new store to be the anchor tenant at the Golden Life Mall in Nakuru, taking its total stores count to 23 in the c...
LG Electronics is seeking to tap into the fast-growing on-demand laundry market in East Africa with a new concept targeting clients looking for superior home wa...
Lipa Later, a credit service company, has partnered with Carrefour to roll out the LipaVismart product powered by Lipa Later for all Carrefour customers.
Thi...
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced plans to invest over Ksh. 455 billion (£3 billion) to support emerging ec...
BasiGo, an e-mobility startup, has announced its official entry into the Kenyan market. The company will provide electric buses for purchase by public transport...
Opibus, an electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced that it has raised Ksh. 835 million ($7.5 million) in funding . The round was led by Silicon Valley fund...
Telkom and its partners, Ericsson and systems integrator NEC XON, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to add an additional 2,000 sites onto Telkom’s netwo...
Africa's climate adaptation credit facility for agriculture, ADAPTA, has launched with Ksh. 166,950,000 (USD 1.5 million) in funding from the Bill and Melinda G...
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the Mouvement des Entreprises de France International (MEDEF) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
Twiga Foods, a Kenyan agricultural tech start-up, has raised Ksh. 5.56 billion (USD 50 milion) from international investors for its planned East and West Africa...
Trading on the Ksh. 11 billion East African Breweries PLC (EABL) Medium-Term Note has officially begun on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
The 5-year, ...
The Government of Kenya and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in partnership with the Equity Group have organized a 15-day Trade Miss...
Shamba Pride, an online platform that connects farmers to quality inputs and services, has closed a Ksh. 122 million (USD 1.1 milllion) round. The round was led...
The 9th edition of the Angel Fair Africa (AFA) slated for 25th November this year has named the investors panel to support 12 African tech ventures.
The all-...
Workpay has extended its business operations to Nigeria. The startup allows SMEs to easily manage and pay their employees from anywhere in Africa.
With Workp...
Ecobank has received two awards for its Ellevate Program. The Financial Alliance for Women honoured Ecobank with the Impact Award, recognizing Ecobank’s work in...
5 Kenyan startups have been selected to be part of the 2nd cohort of the NINJA Accelerator program. The program powered by the Japan International Cooperation A...
Strathmore University Business School (SBS) has signed a partnership agreement with Fairtrade Africa (FTA), aimed at fostering growth opportunities for it’s pro...
Coca-Cola has unveiled the Real Magic brand philosophy and platform that invites people to celebrate the magic of humanity.
The Real Magic platform includes ...
Airtel Africa has registered a net profit of Ksh. 21 billion ($192 million) in the fiscal second quarter, which more than doubled compared to a similar period i...
Kenya Power has announced that it has registered a Ksh. 1.4 billion net profit for the financial year ending June 30 2021. This is a marked improvement from 939...
Proparco has granted Equity Bank two guarantee facilities, ARIZ and EURIZ, totaling Ksh. 5 billion (€39 million). The guarantee facilities are aimed at helping ...
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA), Kenya Pension Funds Investment Consortium (KEPFIC) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have entered into an agreement...
The cryptocurrency market has been growing rapidly around the world. One of the regions around the world where cryptocurrency trading is growing very fast is Af...
Stephen Chege has been appointed as Vodacom Group Chief External Affairs Officer. Chege, who is currently Safaricom's Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, will repo...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has revoked the operating license of Mobile Pay Limited, operating as Tangaza, as a mobile payment service provider (PSP). CBK r...
Digital and finance solutions specialist, MoData, has partnered with IntellectEU, a financial technology company, to help insurance companies across Africa prot...
East African Breweries PLC (EABL) has announced that it received applications for Notes amounting to Ksh. 37.9 billion for its Ksh. 11 billion Medium-Term Note ...
The Standard Bank, Citi, CDC Group and Norfund have partnered to provide a Ksh. 8 billion (USD 75 million) sustainable finance loan to Greenlight Planet Kenya, ...
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has received approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to begin day trading. Investors on the NSE can now buy and ...
Retail chain, Carrefour, has launched this year's edition of Carrefour Friday offers. Carrefour Friday is an annual shopping experience that will take place fro...
Avenue Car Hire and Leasing company has receives 6 additional luxury vehicles from Toyota Kenya. The additional vehicles have cemented Toyota's partnership with...
Faulu Microfinance Bank has launched a new digital banking app called Faulu DigiCash App. The new app will allow Faulu's retail and business clients to access c...
Kenyan education-based trivia startup, mSwali, has raised a pre-seed funding round of an undisclosed amount. The startup aims to use the funding to expand its m...
Mastercard has launched a new research in a series of workshops for the Middle East and Africa's female entrepreneurs at the 2020 Dubai Expo.
Held at Expo 20...
Nairobi is the best performing market over the past three years in the prime industrial sector across Africa, recording the highest increase in rents, at 28%, b...
Mizizi Africa Homes has ventured into the coastal real estate market to tap into the high demand for holiday homes as the tourism sector continues to recover.
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Naana Frimpong, a Litigation and Regulatory partner based in Atlanta, has been appointed to the DLA Piper Africa Board effective 1st September, 2021.
Naana j...
In a continued court battle between Telkom Kenya and Postel Housing Cooperative Society, Telkom has been granted stay orders until the case is heard and determi...
4G Capital Group, a tech-driven financial inclusion company for MSMEs in Kenya and Uganda has received a Silver award as SME Financier of the Year - Africa at t...
The Housing Finance (HF) Group has appointed Prof Olive Mugenda as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of its Board of Directors effectve 21st...
Five Kenyans have won a total of Ksh. 10 million in the grand draw of Senator Keg’s nationwide consumer campaign, Shikisha Form Na Senator.
Gabriel Wambua fr...
