AAR Insurance has made a deal with Safaricom to launch technology infrastructure based on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its journey to becoming a ful...
Safaricom has partnered with Trans Nzoia County Government to launch an M-PESA cashless payment system for County levy collection. Residents of Trans Nzoia Coun...
BrighterMonday, an East African jobs platform has launched a candidate matching solution dubbed Best Match to enable employers shortlist candidates matching the...
Germany’s Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) has launched DeveloPPP Ventures, an accelerator program aimed at empowering Kenyan startups. DeveloPPP will provide...
Three local startups have each received Ksh 1.25 million in cash awards from an innovation hub steered by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) to promote in...
Kenya Power has launched a self-service portal for customers to conveniently apply for electricity connections from wherever they are. Customers can now use Ken...
Meltwater has entered into an agreement to acquire Owler, a crowd-sourcing company. Owler is a Silicon Valley innovator in the Ksh. 3.23 trillion ($30 billion) ...
Koa, a Kenyan fintech startup, has partnered with Britam Asset Managers to offer customers access to low risk investment opportunities. The partnership is the f...
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa has announced the appointment of Kris Senanu as the new Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 21st June, 2021. In his new role,...
A report by Visa has shown that Kenya is among the top market contributors to eCommerce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the last 3 years.
The report titled ...
The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) has announced that it has registered 109 biopesticides for farmers to use as alternatives for other products that are har...
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has cautioned potential investors against investing through unlicensed and unapproved entities. The regulator issued the cau...
LG Electronics East Africa has today launched a new campaign dubbed ‘Last Mile’ to customer support and after-sale service through its chain of service centers ...
Ed Partners Africa, a private schools financing company based in Nairobi has raised Ksh. 205 million ($1.9 million) to expand its presence and provide the priva...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has granted authorization to Pesapal to act as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). Pesapal can now carry out Payment Gateway Servi...
Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to recover to 5.3% in 2021 according to a recent NCBA Economic Outlook report. The report attributes this grow...
vivo has announced that the vivo V21 smartphone is now available on pre-order both online and offline. Kenyans can now acquire the device locally before its off...
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has announced plans to invest Ksh. 1.294 trillion ($12 billion) over the next five years in its New Equation strategy. The strategy...
HMD Global has announced that the Nokia Earbuds Lite will be available in the Kenyan market. The buds are among Nokia’s wireless earpieces which have become pop...
Unilever’s soap brand Sunlight has invested in a five-year program to support women in business through various initiatives such as financial literacy training ...
Equity American Express Card members can now redeem their Membership reward points through a newly revamped portal with more redemption options. The Membership ...
Standard Bank has partnered with tech-company Microsoft to accelerate the digital transformation of the Bank and further drive the Africa's growth. The Bank’s g...
HMD Global has announced collaborations with Nokia and IT consulting firm CGI to enhance growth and development of its enterprise IoT offerings to businesses w...
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Sundeep Raichura, CEO of Zamara Group have been appointed as Advisory Board members to the African Green Infrastructure I...
NCBA Bank has signed a six months’ partnership with DT Dobie to jointly promote the sale of Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen brands of vehicles. Under the partnersh...
Sokowatch, an East African e-commerce company, has been selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers”. The company has over 22,000 active ...
Stanbic Insurance Agency has partnered with Heritage and Liberty Insurance to launch its StanSure app. The app will enable customers to buy motor insurance in l...
Globeleq, a power producer, and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), have announced the development of a storage power project at Cuamba, northe...
Helium Health, an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Hospital Management Information (HMI) Systems provider in West Africa has launched its full suite of prod...
Kenswitch, a Kenyan payments service provider, has appointed Ms. Karimi Ithau as its new Managing Director. Ms. Karimi has joined Kenswitch from Interswitch whe...
The Statute Law 2019 (SMAA) amended the Companies Act (No. 17 of 2015), the Companies Act to require all companies to introduce a register of beneficial owners....
Petal Search, a search engine pre-installed on new Huawei smartphones running on EMUI 10.1, has announced a partnership with Jumia, an e-commerce platform in Af...
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, EBRD and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have committed to invest Ksh. 8.62 trillion ($80 billion) in the private sector over the next ...
The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) has directed employers under its umbrella to register and contribute training levy of Ksh. 600 per annum on be...
A recent Mastercard study has revealed that 58% of consumers are more mindful of their impact on the environment. 85% of this are willing to take personal actio...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the regional winners of the 2021 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW). ISHOW is an international a...
Super Plastics, a manufacturer of plastic packaging products in Kenya, has announced that it will open a new manufacturing facility at Tatu Industrial Park in T...
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has launched the Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility Organization (KEPRO) to address post-consumer waste in Keny...
AppsFlyer, a global marketing measurement company, has released its 2021 edition of The State of Finance App Marketing report. According to the report, Financia...
Ogilvy has announced the lineup for Nudgestock 2021, a global festival curated by Ogilvy Consulting. The festival brings the worlds of creativity and behavioral...
Standard Chartered Bank has been awarded two prestigious Global Trade Review (GTR) awards for trade innovation. The bank received the awards for the best deals ...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has put Kenya’s financial institutions, including commercial banks, at the heart of a fast-changing crisis. This trend has been ma...
