AMREF Health Africa in Kenya has began the manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Kenya to fight COVID-19 at its Dagoretti Fashion and Design C...
African Guarantee Fund (AGF) for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, has announced its COVID-19 response aimed at reducing the uncertainties facing financial in...
Continuity East Africa (CEA) plans to invest over Ksh. 500million in the next three years to expand its work area recovery facilities in the region.
Accordin...
Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh. 14.7 million worth of donations to families affected by the ongoing floods in Kenya. The telecommunication company has par...
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has donated Ksh. 50 million in cash to the Kenya COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
This is in addition to the Ksh. 50 million th...
The Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG), the Asset Management business arm of the UAP Old Mutual Group, has launched a Facebook Messenger ChatBot called Arifa.
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Absa Bank Kenya PLC has today announced that it will provide loans for the purchase of e-learning infrastructure for schools & parents.
The loan facility...
The Coca-Cola Foundation and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) have donated Ksh. 10 million in support of various efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Ken...
Kenyan betting company Betika has donated Ksh. 27 million towards various initiatives geared towards combating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ksh. 6 M...
Students in Kawangware and Dandora are set to benefit to access e-learning platforms through a donation from Safaricom Foundation. This initiative will be in pa...
For a long time, a white-collar job has been most parents’ dream for their children, and the aspiration of young people the world over. In schools, pupils are u...
Telkom Kenya has partnered with power health tech company, Afya Rekod’s health management platform, to facilitate COVID-19 monitoring and analysis.
The Afya ...
Standard Chartered Bank has announced the restructuring of its loan facilities worth over Ksh. 8 Billion to support key sectors in the economy that have been af...
Bolt the on-demand ride hailing app, has launched a courier service dubbed “Bolt Business Delivery”. It will work by connecting businesses with couriers on the ...
Safaricom has announced a partnership with Google to launch a 4G smartphone financing program that will enable its subscribers to own a phone for as little as K...
The Commercial International Bank (CIB) which is an Egyptian bank has acquired a 51 percent shareholding in the Mayfair Bank Limited (MBL) with effect from May ...
Earlier in the day, the Central Bank of Kenya released a statement in which it outlined a series of regulatory actions that it had taken against Absa.
This w...
The Visa Foundation has today announced a commitment to invest in two programs totaling $210 Million. This is in a bid to support small and micro businesses.
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The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will allow listed companies on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to pay dividends without holding ...
Safaricom has launched Bonga For Good, an initiative that will see customers use Bonga Points to pay for essential goods and services.
The campaign has been ...
Tatu City has opened a certified water testing laboratory to ensure water quality at the 5,000-acre new city development in Nairobi.
The lab is equipped with...
Britam Holdings has today announced a Ksh. 3.5 billion profit after tax for the year ending 31st December 2019. This is rapid increase from the Ksh. 2.29 billio...
UAP Insurance Kenya has announced a Ksh. 1.249 billion profit before tax for the financial period ended 31st December 2019. This is a 316% increase from the Ksh...
Prudential has announced that it will offer its customers cash benefits in addition to other benefits in their existing policies should they be diagnosed with C...
During the current economic crisis brought about by the Corona Virus, Stanbic Bank has shown leadership by offering Small and medium sized enterprises a three-m...
Peter Ndegwa has taken over as the CEO of Safaricom effective today, he will be taking over from Michael Joseph the founding CEO, who has been holding the posit...
Tatu City and the Kamiti Water Resource Users Association have planted more than 10,000 trees in two years of cooperation.
So far in 2020, the environmental...
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has issued a notice temporarily banning the importation of second hand clothes, popularly known as Mitumba, and shoes in Ke...
Absa Bank Kenya has reported a Ksh. 7.5 Billion profit after tax for the period ended 31 December 2019.
The bank’s profit was affected by costs that were as...
The EABL Foundation has committed Ksh. 50 million to fund the production of 135,000 litres of hand sanitisers by two Nairobi-based industries in the fight again...
Safaricom has partnered with public transport sector players in Kenya to accept cashless payments through M-PESA in the ongoing battle to combat the spread of t...
Tuskys Supermarket has launched a home delivery service in partnership with Kenyan delivery platform, Sendy. Through the service customers will be able to order...
Equity Group has announced a 14% increase in profit after tax for the period ending 31st December 2019 that grew to Ksh. 22.6 billion from Ksh. 19.8 billion in ...
JamboJet has announced the suspension of regional flights to Kigali, Rwanda and Entebbe, Uganda with immediate effect.
According to the airline, the suspensi...
Polycarp Igathe has rejoined Kenyan financial company, Equity Group, as the Chief Commercial Officer 7 months after quitting to join Vivo Energy. In his new rol...
Safaricom has announced that it has suspends charges for M-PESA transactions below Ksh. 1,000 in response to the Coronavirus crisis in Kenya. Kenya currently ha...
SWVL the matatu hailing app which is based in Egypt has appointed Dip Patel who is the former Uber Kenya boss to head its Kenyan operation.
Dip Patel holds a...
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya is set to acquire Jamii Bora Bank, in a move which will see further consolidation of the banking sector. This acquisition follows...
Kenyan airline Kenya Airways has confirmed Allan Kilavuka as the Group Managing Director & CEO effective April 1, 2020. Allan has been serving in the role in an...
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has today launched the Manufacturing Priority Agenda (MPA) 2020. The MPA highlights immediate action plans to estab...
On demand delivery service Glovo has opened a new technical center in Nairobi, dubbed Glover Center, in a bid to service delivery to customers and riders.
Th...
Uber has launched a training programme to help women drivers to develop the skills needed to thrive as independent entrepreneurs. Uber has partnered with Africa...
