Global Compact Network Kenya recently hosted the Champions of Change: Tackling Biases and Backlash against Gender Equality discussion. This discussion event was...
Liquid Telecom, now Liquid Intelligent Technologies, has announced its business transformation from a telecommunications services provider to a technology group...
Flourish Ventures, a fintech venture capital firm, has launched a new office based in Nairobi to help its investment team better serve entrepreneurs across Afri...
The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) in partnership with The Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI), is launching a three-week webinar series. The series, dubbed Cyber Basi...
Retail store, Carrefour Uganda, has opened a second branch in Naalya, along the Northern Bypass. The new store seeks to address the immediate shopping needs of ...
The Sankalp Forum, an initiative of Intellecap, recently hosted its 8th Edition of the Sankalp Africa Summit, from the 2nd to 4th March 2021. The event was an i...
RUBiS Energy has launched the RUBiS App as part of its promise to customers to make their experiece more efficient. The RUBiS App allows customers to plan their...
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and Equity Group have signed an agreement to provide Ksh. 8.25 billion ($75 million) in funding to four of Equity’s bank subsid...
KCB has received a Ksh. 16.4 billion ($150 million) loan from IFC, the SANAD Fund, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries and Symbiotics. The l...
National Bank of Kenya has reported a Ksh. 177 Million profit after tax for the year ended December 31, 2020. This represents a 167% growth from the previous ye...
KN Law LLP has set up a branch and relocated one of its partners to London to coordinate its growing corporate, M&A and PE client base. This move is aimed a...
Aleph Hospitality has signed the management contracts for three hotels in Kenya; Boma Nairobi, Boma Inn Nairobi and Boma Inn Eldoret. Managed under Red Court Ho...
Boost Ghana and KudiGo are the first digital commerce companies to be supported by the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana. The accele...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Amena Arif as its new Country Manager for East Africa and Malawi.
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The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has received the go-ahead to operationalize the Civil Aviation (Regulatory Fees and Charges for Unmanned Aircraft Syst...
Equity Group has signed a Ksh. 11 billion ($100 million) loan facility with Germany’s DEG, the Netherlands FMO and the UK’s CDC Group. The signing comes in the ...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a report that shows Africa is expected to recover from the economic recess caused by the global COVID-19 pandem...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, has launched an online system to issue import and export permits and licenses in Kenya. The ...
Kenya Flower Council (KFC) has expressed its support for the immediate approval of the Kenya-UK trade deal signed on December 8 2020. Kenya’s exports of cut flo...
The Global Compact Network Kenya in partnership with NSE, UN Women Kenya and International Finance Corporate (IFC) Africa joined over 100 stock exchanges global...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP), to finance women's businesses in ...
Smartphone manufacturer, realme, has been named among the Top 5 brands in 15 regions according to Q4 2020 Canalys global smartphone shipment report.
Accordin...
Kenya's eKitabu is among five projects to be funded by The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) to support learning in Africa.
The African Publishing In...
Pula Advisors and M-KOPA have received received funding from AfDB to research on women's access to digital financial services.
The African Development Bank (...
Applications for the 11th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East are officially open. Interested applicants have until 4th June 2021 to submi...
Coca-Cola is celebrating exceeding its 5by20 goal of enabling the economic empowerment of more than 6 million women around the world. 34% of those women enabled...
Stanbic Holdings has announced that it has registered a profit after tax of Ksh. 5.2 billion for the year ended 31st December 2020. This represents a reduction ...
Telkom Kenya has announced that it has reduced charges for its mobile money service, T-kash. The new charges have been approved by the Central Bank of Kenya (CB...
Bolt has introduced a new ride category on its platform, dubbed Bolt Green, which offers eco-friendly rides. The category will have hybrid and electric cars to ...
The Lawyers Hub has launched the Africa start-up Law Accelerator in partnership with HYBR South Africa, GoDo Hub Nigeria and Tech Build Africa. This initiative ...
The Cabinet Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Industrialization, Trade, and Enterprise Development has launched a new Biashara Centre in Eldoret. The new ce...
Swvl has announced the resumption of its regular commuter services across Nairobi city in its plan to scale up operations in the country. All services will cont...
SBM Bank has recognized three women in healthcare as part of the celebrations for this year's International Women's Day. The bank celebrated these women by high...
Hemingways has named Mr. Ross Evans as their new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 2021. Mr. Evans will be responsible for management of the Hemingways G...
Absa Group has announced the demise of Peter Matlare, Executive Director and Deputy Group Chief Executive. The late Peter Matlare died on 7 March 2021 due to CO...
Rubis Energy has transferred and rebranded the acquired Gulf Energy and KenolKobil petrol stations to the Rubis banner. This follows the unveil of 7 new rebrand...
The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) has partnered with the Coalition of Blood for Africa (CoBA) to collect 3000 units of blood. The three-day ...
263 community and NGOs from around the world have urged the CEOs of 25 banks not to fund the construction of a heated crude oil pipeline.
The organizations, ...
Ogilvy Africa has appointed Keenan Mulvaney as Group Creative Director. Keenan will have creative oversight for a sizeable portfolio of brands covering markets ...
Textbook Centre (TBC) has opened its 10th branch at 680 Hotel, Kenyatta Avenue Nairobi. The Centre is a distributor of Cultural, Technological and other learnin...
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, James Macharia, led this year's celebrations to mark World Engineering Day at the University of Nairobi....
Kenyan equity management platform, Raise, has raised Ksh. 2.74 million ($25,000) in funding from Nigeria’s Microtraction to help African startups grow their bus...
