Safaricom has launched a Lipa na Mpesa business app for its more than 170,000 merchants. The app names “Mpesa for Business“, will empower business owners to ac...
The Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 12 Year Old has been given a makeover and is now known as the Our Original Twelve. The whisky also now has a new bott...
Liquid Telecom has partnered with Twiga Foods to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) solutions at Twiga’s Takuwa farm. This is in a bid to increase agricultural pro...
Microsoft has launched the Game of Learners (GOL) programme in the form of a hackathon aimed at spurring innovation among university students across Kenya.
T...
WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014, yesterday announced a new payments service dubbed “WhatsApp Pay”. The service will allow users to send money t...
The Equity Group Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to support over 14,600 students in the Wings to Fly and Elimu scholarship programs to a...
Tecno Mobile has launched their latest phone the Pouvoir 4 into our market. The Pouvoir 4 features an enormous 6000mAh battery, capable of powering the phone fo...
Multichoice has signed a deal with Netflix and Amazon that will see it start streaming the services on its decoder. The move appears to be intended at helping t...
With the review of curfew hours, daily activities gradually coming back to life. As a response to this, Bolt is scaling-up its service delivery options in a bid...
Carrefour which is operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Kenya has opened its eight store at the Mega Shopping Mall along Uhuru Highway.
The new hypermarket destin...
Carrefour has partnered with Red Cross to launch a charity initiative to support underprivileged families across Githembe, Nairobi whose livelihoods have been a...
The Ladima Foundation, in partnership with the DW Akademie has launched a short-film competition aimed at African women during the Covid-19 pandemic and related...
Jambojet the regional budget airline, has announced the introduction of new health and safety measures that are aimed at protecting both crew and passengers fro...
The TeleAfya app has been launched in Kenya where it will provide telemedicine services to customers in Kenya.
Through the app, patients will be able to conn...
Kenyan startups Ecobora Company and Inteco Kenya Ltd have been named as regional winners in the 2020 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW). The competition is held b...
Pesapal has announced that it has received Oracle Validated Integration of Reserveport 2.6 with Oracle Hospitality OPERA 5.5, as presented in the Oracle Partner...
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has announced that it has reported a profit after tax of Ksh. 2.3 billion for the period ended 31 March 2020. This is a 13% growth compared ...
Kenyan musician Mutoriah has released a new jam, Tosheka, in which he has collaborated with Bensoul.
Tosheka is a single off Mutoriah’s acclaimed and self-pr...
Delivery service Glovo has announced that it is accepting donations to assist families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company has announced that it ...
KCB Foundation has announced that it has donated Ksh. 2.5 million to Kenyan victims of flooding that has taken place in various parts of the country.
Benefic...
Resturant Chain, Nyama Mama, has launched an initiative, dubbed Mama to the Rescue, to deliver meals to COVID-19 pandemic frontline workers in Kenya.
Mama t...
SHOFCO, Provide International and Ushirika School to provide water to an estimated 90,000 residents in Korogocho, Kawangware, Kibra and Mathare. These efforts a...
Kenya's Tusker Lager beer has made it into the the top 100 Most Admired African Brands 2020 ranking by Brand Africa. Tusker came in at number 69.
The ranking...
Safaricom Foundation has announced that it has partnered with Scope International partner to set up sanitation booths in 6 counties.
Thousands of people in ...
Opera has announced that it has upgraded its mobile browser Opera Mini and loaded it with a bunch of new features.
The new browser, Opera Mini 50, comes wit...
Kenyan betting company Betika has announced that it has brought back its Ksh. 15 million midweek jackpot for its customers.
The jackpot, which had been halte...
Online music concert platform initiative, StudioTISA, plans to host three virtual concerts on its online platforms this week. The concerts will be today, on Wed...
AMREF Health Africa has partnered with NRG Radio, Choice FM, Fun X and a host of musicians across Africa to raise money for the AMREF Health Africa Crisis Respo...
The Ministry of Health in Kenya has launched a COVID-19 status dashboard that contains current Kenyan data on the pandemic. The dashboard was created in partner...
Entrepreneurship reality TV show KCB Lions Den is now available for streaming on the video on demand platform, Netflix. Lions Den becomes the first Kenyan produ...
Equity Group has announced that it will offer its clients who have loans and are affected by the COVID-19 crisis a loan restructuring program. The bank has prom...
Two students, Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira, from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) are the regional winners of the 18th ...
National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has today donated masks to the National Police Service to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.
The 4,000 mas...
Bus hailing company SWVL has announced that it has received the necessary regulatory approval from National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to restart ope...
UAP Old Mutual General Business, Uber & AutoXpress have partnered to distribute masks to Uber drivers to ensure they keep safe in the COVID-19 crisis.
Th...
National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has announced that it has posted a Ksh. 155 million in profit after tax for the first quarter of 2020 ending March. This is a 134% ...
Naivas Supermarket has donated food worth Ksh. 20 million to Kenyan families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 289 metric tonnes of food will be distrib...
The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage launched a Ksh. 100 million Artists’ Stimulus Programme on 10th May 2020. All interested artists, musicians and act...
UNICEF have partnered with Airtel Africa to support children and families affected by the crisis the COVID-19 pandemic has created.
Under the new partnershi...
Heritage insurance has announced that customers who have insured their vehicles with them will benefit from a reduction in premiums, on the basis of reduced dri...
The European Commission (EU) has provided Ksh. 52.2 million (EUR 450 000) in funding to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) to boost its effor...
Apollo Agriculture, a Nairobi based startup has raised $6 Million in a Series A round of funding led by Anthemis.
Founded in 2016 by Benjamin Njenga and Eli...
