Yusuf Omari has been appointed as the interim Absa Bank Kenya CEO
The Board of Absa Bank Kenya PLC has appointed Yusuf Omari to take over as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director effective 1 November 2022. This...
Coca-Cola Foundation partners with Women in Africa to launch a women empowerment program
The Coca-Cola Foundation in partnership with Women in Africa (WIA), has flagged off the first cohort of 687 beneficiaries of its Jamii Femme program in Kenya.
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Moringa School deal with Lipa Later and Huawei to enable students acquire laptops cheaply
Moringa School has announced a partnership with Lipa Later and Huawei that will see all Moringa students get an opportunity to access quality laptops at a subsi...
Bolt issues safety kits to Boda Boda riders in a bid to promote road safety
Bolt has equipped over 300 boda boda riders on its platform with safety kits as a way to support, improve, and promote road safety among the riders within Nairo...
PWC Africa report indicates that the entertainment and media industry experienced a 12.6% annual growth rate
PwC Africa has released a report titled, Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026. The report shows that Kenya has seen continued growth since 2017, wit...
Equity Group emerges as the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs at the Global SME Finance Awards 2022
Equity Group has been named as the platinum winner for the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global ...
Ogilvy Africa scoops four awards at the 2022 Loeries Africa & Middle East Awards
Ogilvy Africa has scooped four awards at the 2022 Loeries Africa & Middle East Awards which were held in Cape Town, South Africa .
Ogilvy Africa’s Lesso Le...
Samsung has launched the Galaxy A04s in the Kenyan market, to retail at Ksh.19,999
Samsung Electronics has launched the 2022 Galaxy A04s in the Kenyan market. The phone will retail at Ksh.19,999 for the 64GB variant and Kshs 22,999 for the on...
Visa report emphasizes need for cybersecurity amid shifts in threats
Visa, has released a report that shows how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously targeting online and offline vulner...
Daniel Mwayayi emerges as the winner of the Compassion International Youth Business Challenge
Compassion International Kenya has announced Daniel Mwayayi as the 2022 Youth Business Challenge winner. Mwayayi, a leather shoe manufacturer from Kilifi County...
Hero Motorcorp launches VIDA V1, a fully integrated electric scooter
India's Hero Motorcorp has launched VIDA V1, a new age fully- integrated electric vehicle (EV). The scooter was designed and developed at Hero’s state-of-the-...
Kenya’s Michelle Angawa among finalist of the Meta Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators
Meta has unveiled an exclusive XR exhibition featuring the six finalists from the ‘Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds’ programme. It is is focused ...
KCB Foundation & UNITAR partner to promote the use of electric motorbikes in Kenya
KCB Foundation and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered to promote the use of electric motorbikes by Boda Boda riders ...
Xiaomi Redmi A1+ officially launched in Kenya at Ksh. 10,499
Xiaomi has officially launched its latest smartphone, the Xiaomi Redmi A1+, in the Kenyan market. It will retail at a recommended retail price of Ksh. 10,499.
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Report: Children with clefts in North Africa & Asia more likely to be malnourished than their counterparts
A new report has found that one in three children in Africa and South Asia is malnourished, and that number is higher for children with clefts in those regions....
Theatre show Too Early For Birds is back; To stage shows on November 4-6
Kenyan theatre show, Too Early For Birds is back with five shows slated to take place in November at the Jain Bhavan Auditorium in Loresho.
The show took a b...
Infinix Note 12i smartphone is available in Kenya at a discounted Ksh. 19,999
The Infinix Note 12i smartphone is available in the Kenyan market at a discounted price of Ksh. 19,999. The smartphone continues the NOTE series journey in Keny...
Netflix funds education of 46 aspiring filmmakers from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi & South Sudan
Netflix will fund the education of 46 aspiring filmmakers from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi & South Sudan as part of the Netflix Creative Equity Scholarsh...
Xiaomi launches a brand store in the Nairobi CBD
Xiaomi the phone manufacturer has launched a new Mi store at the heart of Nairobi’s Central Business District. The store is located at the KTDA Plaza on Moi Ave...
Ministry of Tourism partners with Netflix in a bid to market Kenya’s travel destination’s
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has partnered with Netflix, the world’s leading streaming service, in a bid to promote Kenya as a travel destination of choice ...
EABL partners with the 2022 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon as part of its sustainability agenda
East African Breweries Plc. has announced a partnership with the 2022 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon through its Johnnie Walker brand through which it aims...
TOP 5 transfers during this summer transfer window
Every transfer window many African players change clubs. Free transfers or expensive, here is the list of African football stars who have changed clubs this sum...
Safaricom Foundation has upgraded schools in Western Kenya impacting 2,000 students
Over 2,000 learners from Western Kenya region have benefitted from classrooms, dormitories, and water and sanitation facilities funded by Safaricom Foundation a...
Oppo is set to launch the Reno 8 series in Kenya on October 25
OPPO has announced its intention to launch its newest flagship, the OPPO Reno 8 series, in the Kenyan market, in the near future. The Reno 8 series is a success...
Roto Tank’s Lesso Lessons project wins big at the Loeries Africa and Middle East Grand Prix
The Roto Tanks’ Lesso Lessons project has bagged a prestigious Loeries Africa and Middle East Grand Prix, 2 Golds and a Silver. The initiative, which aims to us...
Education stakeholders commit to teaching coding in school in an effort to build a digital economy
Technology is rapidly changing the landscape of the workforce with employers across the world increasingly seeking a digitally skilled labour force. It is proje...
Stanbic Bank & KBA partner to offer financial literacy training for hearing impaired entrepreneurs
Stanbic Bank Kenya and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) have partnered to offer financial literacy training for hearing impaired entrepreneurs in Kenya. The ...
Kenya Airways drops three places in the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022
National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has dropped three places in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, dropping from 79 in 2021 to 81 in 2022.
The Skytrax ...
Linda Ndung’u appointed as Bolt Country Manager for Kenya
Ride hailing app Bolt has announced that it has appointed Linda Ndungu as the new Country Manager Kenya effective October 1, 2022.
Linda will be tasked with ...
Faiba 4G lowers prices for data and voice
Faiba, owned by Jamii Telecommunications Limited (JTL), launched its services in Kenya in 2019 under the brand name Faiba 4G.
Faiba 4G is data focused and it...
Tatu City water company ranked as the top private water utility company in Kenya
Tatu City Water and Sanitation Company (TATUWASCo) has been named as the top privately owned water utility company in Kenya.
The Water Services Regulatory Bo...
Google to launch Google Cloud region in South Africa; a first in Africa
Google has announced that it will establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa, its first ever on the African continent.
This latest development was a...
Safaricom has officially launched operations in Ethiopia
Safaricom Ethiopia has officially switched on its mobile telecommunications network and services in Addis Ababa.
The telco's 2G, 3G and 4G mobile services ar...
Infinix Zero Ultra to be launched in Kenya on October 14
Infinix is planning to launch its new flagship device in the Kenyan market, the Infinix Zero Ultra, on October 14, 2022. The company is aso launching the Infini...
Kowuor Central Village Youth Group, win a tractor in John Deere business plan competition
Kowuor Central Village Youth Group, have been named as the winners of the John Deere business plan competition, taking home a brand-new John Deere 5050D tractor...
Kenya’s Tesh Mbaabu, co-Founder Marketforce Technologies, emerges as a finalist at the Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition
Tesh Mbaabu, Co-Founder and CEO of Marketforce Technologies, has emerged among the 10 finalists in the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition 2022. AB...
Sendy lays off employees in restructuring move amid funding challenges
Sendy the logistics firm has shut down its retail and supplier trading platform known as Sendy Supply. It has also laid off 20 percent of its workforce amid fun...
Treasury acquires a 60% stake in Telkom worth Ksh. 6.09 Billion to make it state owned
The Treasury has acquired a 60 percent stake in Telkom Kenya from UK-based private equity fund, Helios Investment Partners, for Sh6.09 billion, making the compa...
Top sports events to look out for this October
October is a great month for sports with major sports going on. The sports include rugby, F1, cricket, golf, among others.
The Suzuka F1 Grand Prix will be q...
CIC Group launches CoopCare, a medical cover for cooperatives in Kenya
CIC Group has today announced that it has a launched a medical product specifically for cooperatives in Kenya, named CoopCare.
The cover will cater to cooper...
Kenya Power to increase self reading of meters by customers to reduce billing complaints
Kenya Power is planning to increase the postpaid customers reading their meters to reduce cases of billings complaints. The company plans to increase customers ...
Zamara launches platform for customers to compare insurance products
Zamara Group has launched an online platform, dubbed eZamara, to enable customers to compare insurance products that the insurance broker sells.
The platform...