Things have changed immensely thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many employees have decided to resign from their current jobs so they can find higher-paying alte...
Ogilvy Africa, a marketing and branding agency, has named Alex van Niekerk as Group Creative Director. Alex joins the network’s creative leadership team to serv...
MarketForce, a Kenyan retail distribution platform, has raised Ksh. 215,880,000 ($2 million) to launch in Nigeria and to scale up operations in RejaReja to more...
Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 20 million sponsorship for Team Kenya at the Tokyo Olympics. The funds have been set aside for the ceremonial kit that will be us...
Sendy, a logistics company, is planning on launching its first electric vehicle fleets to help promote clean transportation in Nairobi. The company has partnere...
Kenya Airways (KQ) has launched the Fahari Innovation Hub, a platform for new ideas and data-driven innovations to accelerate impact-driven solutions that addre...
To serve the growing number of customers travelling through the Emirates Hub, the airline has re-opened its First Class Lounge at Dubai International (DXB’s) Co...
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved Ksh. 18,448,655,000 ($170.9 million) in financing for the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Leveraging En...
Pipit Global has partnered with Cellulant to enable consumers in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Mali, Senegal, and Ghana to make transactions through the Pip...
Knight Frank, a property advisory company has partnered with Rennie Property, a South African commercial property specialist. According to Knight Frank, this pa...
The MTN Business App of the Year Awards is inviting app developers and coders from Africa to make submission of entries. The Awards aim to promote local busines...
Liquid Technologies and Facebook have announced a partnership to build an extensive metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The network i...
Microsoft has unveiled a new cloud-based business management solution dubbed Dynamics 365 Business Central to streamline SMEs operations in Africa and the Middl...
Merck has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Federation of Fertility Societies (AFFS). Through the MoU, the two organ...
InTouch, an African payment and digital solutions company has announced a strategic partnership with CFAO Group. The partnership aims to invest with Mobility54 ...
The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) has appointed Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director (MD) of the Operating Company in Ethiopia, effective 1st July, 202...
Copia Global has expanded its operations to Uganda. In Kenya, Copia serves more than 1 million customers and is doubling in size every year. The expansion is ex...
BTE Renewables and Craftskills have announced the completion of Kipeto wind farm located in Kajiado County. Kipeto is BTE Renewables’ fifth project to reach com...
EFG Hermes, a brokerage firm in Kenya, has launched its new online equity-trading platform dubbed EFG Hermes One. The new platform will see the firm offer retai...
Rwanda Finance (RFL) and the East Africa Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) have partnered to enable private investment in Africa through their respective mand...
Jua Kali artisans from the informal sector have called on the government to reduce importation of PPE and support growth and creation of local production of the...
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) through its Guinness Hop House 13 brand has introduced a new a barbecue experience dubbed Flavor by Fire. The Flavor by Fire conce...
Fusion Capital, a private equity firm, has raised Ksh. 800 million for the completion of Greenwood City Mall in Meru from local and international investors.
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Hotel owners in the Maasai Mara Wildlife Sanctuary are optimistic that its industry will recover following the current increase in bookings ahead of the wildebe...
Pwani Oil Products has partnered with the Ministry of Education and Kenya Primary School Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) to roll out an essay writing competit...
Stanbic Kenya Foundation (SKF) recently partnered with the US African Development Foundation (USADF) to provide grants to MSMEs, cooperatives, and producer grou...
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has announced a partnership with Zydii to provide free digital training to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)...
PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) has announced the admission of Isaac Otolo to its partnership, effective 1 July, 2021. Otolo's admission to PwC Kenya’s partnership...
Keroche Breweries has launched its latest product dubbed X beer, with an alcohol content of 8.8%, at its Naivasha factory. The launch featured a brief ceremony ...
Maisha Developments has begun construction on 259 apartments within the Tilisi development in outer Nairobi.
The two and three-bedroom apartments are set to ...
The Ecobank Group has received the African Banker’s 2021 African SME Bank of the Year 2020 award. The award recognizes the bank which has significantly contribu...
UAP Old Mutual Group has announced the appointment Mr. Vincent Rague as the chair of its Board of Directors. This follows the retirement of long-serving chair...
Jiji, an online market platform supported by Lemma.Group Cars45, a car buying and selling business have announced their agreement to merge their operations in K...
Visa, a digital payments platform has showcased innovation capabilities that will accelerate financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company highlighted ...
The UN Global Compact has released guidance on fighting corruption for companies and other stakeholders from civil society and the public sector. The guidance p...
NCBA has signed an asset finance deal with Simba Corp that will see the lender finance up to 95% of all commercial and personal vehicles sold by Simba Corp.
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Equity Group shareholders have passed resolutions to reinforce the governance structures of the Group, diversity of the Board composition, and assure investors ...
Zamara, a financial services group has urged the Government to spearhead the growth and further development of the pensions industry through bolder policy refor...
A Transunion report has shown that Kenya's financial institutions, including banks are at the heart of a fast-changing crisis fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. A...
The Coca-Cola company has unveiled the new look of its soft drink brand Sprite in Kenya. The lemon-lime flavored Sprite will now be packaged in a clear PET (pol...
Kibo Africa, a motocycles manufacturing company recently hosted its customers to a fun bike riding event. The event was aimed at appreciating Kibo customers for...
Wimbart, a Public Relations agency specializing in Africa and emerging markets, has launched its third PR Office Hours program. The program has been designed to...
