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...
Equity Group has signed a Ksh. 16.5 billion loan facility with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Union (EU) to support MSMEs. The loan facilit...
Total Kenya has launched new packaging for its range of lubricants including new colors, new labels, and design. The repackaging aims to maintain a distinctive ...
Research and consulting firm Ipsos and brand and consultancy firm BSD Group have launched a study dubbed the Top 100 Most Loved Brands By Women In Kenya. The st...
Huawei Mobile Kenya has launched brand month offers ahead of Easter Holiday in an aim to increase its sales in the market.
The devices on offer include
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched a regional campaign for women in business known as 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAW...
AkzoNobel has released results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2020. The Dutch multinational company creates paints and performance coatings for both indus...
Visa has announced the 2021 edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation competition for fintech companies. This year, the focus is on expansi...
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has launched a program aimed at providing university students an opportunity to learn by exposing them to the bank.
The program is o...
Cryptocurrencies have been drawing the attention of people from all over the world, and all walks of life, in the last 12 months, largely due to Bitcoin’s price...
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has approved 10 new standards, outlining limits for noise emitted from stationary objects in a given environment.
The ne...
Australian venture capital firm TEN13, has invested an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding in ImaliPay. The primary aim of the investment is to expand and ac...
Shipping company, Hapag-Lloyd, has opened a new office in Kenya, in its efforts to expand in Africa. The main business will be managed from the port city of Mom...
Cyber security company, FirstWave, has announced the signing of a three-year Level 1 Partner Agreement with Moja Access, a pan-African technology company.
Th...
Sireet Tea Factory, owned by Sireet Outgrowers Empowerment and Producer Company, has been commissioned in Nandi County.
The new factory has 6235 members, dra...
KenGen has announced that its half-year profit before tax went up by 9.5% to Ksh. 6.87 billion for the period ended 31st December 2020.
However, its profit a...
Insurance firm, Minet Kenya, has been recognized as the overall Best Insurance Broker of the year 2020 during the Think Business Insurance Awards.
The firm w...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) flagship entity is providing advisory services and investment support to creative players. According to Africa Investment Fo...
Co-creation Hub (CcHub), a technology innovation company, has closed the first round of investments for the CcHub Syndicate.
Through the investment program, ...
Cement manufacturer, East African Portland Cement (EAPC), has posted a Ksh. 1.035 billion net loss for the half-year period ending December 31, 2020. This loss ...
Kenya Power has posted a half year profit before tax of Ksh. 332 million following a loss before tax of Ksh. 7 billion for the financial year ended June 2020.
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EDF Energy (Electricite de France), an energy supplies company, has agreed to buy stakes in off-grid focused energy firms Econet Energy Kenya and Bboxx Kenya. T...
The Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) will partner with the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) to commemorate this year's World Engineering Day to be held on ...
The Kenya Private Sector (KEPSA) has launched an ecommerce booster program targeting at least 2,000 Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMES).
The pr...
Coastal Bottlers has appointed Seth Adu-Baah as the new CEO, to be based in Mombasa.
In his new role, Seth will be responsible for leading Coastal Bottlers o...
