Study shows that COVID-19 vaccines have significant improvements in mental health
The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous strain on public health systems and healthcare workers. While the virus has resulted in a growing need for mental health ...
Syinix opens first brand shop in the Kenyan market
Syinix, a home appliance brand of Transsion which also owns mobile brands Tecno, Infinix and Itel, recently opened a brand shop at Luthuli Avenue, Nairobi. Syin...
Absa Bank commits Ksh. 56 million to sponsor the 2022 Magical Kenya Open Golf Tournament
Absa Bank Kenya recently announced a Ksh. 56 million sponsorship investment to become the official presenting partner of the Magical Kenya Open (MKO) golf tourn...
Xiaomi launches the new Redmi Note 11 series in Kenya, to sell at Ksh. 19,999
Xiaomi Kenya recently launched the Redmi Note 11 Series, steering the Redmi Note series with three all-new devices; the Redmi Note 11 Pro, Redmi Note 11S and Re...
The late Diego Armando Maradona
Widely regarded as one of the best football players ever, Diego Maradona is a character that needs no introduction. All the team he played for can be wagered on...
5 effective tips to help you prolong your phone’s battery life
We have all been there. You need to pay for something using mobile money, order for a cab or meet up with someone, but your phone is at 1%. Are you the person a...
Sendy partners with residential minimarts to promote retail commerce at the micro level
Sendy, a local logistics platform, has teamed with minimarts in residential areas to enable retail commerce at the micro level. The company is using its supply-...
UAE woos Kenyan professionals with 10 year visa in a bid to support economic growth
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is calling on highly trained Kenyans among them doctors and scientists to get its 10-year visa to support the development of its ...
Baraza Media Lab rolls out its 2022 inaugural incubator program
The Baraza Media Lab has announced the commencement of its inaugural incubator program. The program, which officially kicked off on the 31st of Jan 2022, will i...
EIB commits Ksh. 64.6 Billion to build stronger and more resilient health systems in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) and the AU have partnered to close ...
Cellulant granted Payment Service Provider Authorization by the Central Bank
The Central Bank of Kenya has granted Cellulant, a digital payments company, a Payment Service Provider (PSP) authorization to operate in Kenya. The authorizati...
Mastercard expands its consulting to crypto, open banking & ESG practices
Mastercard has announced that it is expanding its pre-eminent payments-focused consulting service with new financial practices. The new practices are dedicated ...
KEPFIC a pension fund consortium is set to start investing in infrastructure projects in diversification strategy
The Kenya Pension Fund Investment Consortium (KEPFIC) has identified infrastructure and alternative investments worth approximately Ksh. 16 billion to venture i...
Zipline partners with Kisumu County Government to accelerate UHC across the county
Zipline, an instant logistics company has in partnership with the Kisumu County Government executed an agreement to leverage its warehousing facility and autono...
Standard Chartered posts its highest operating profit since 2015 in MEA region
Standard Chartered has released its financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ending 31st December, 2021. In the Africa and Middle East region, the...
Elisa Desbordes-Cissé appointed as Ecobank Foundation’s new COO
The Ecobank Foundation has appointed Mrs. Elisa Desbordes-Cissé as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). The Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm ...
PwC calls for valid enactment & enforcement of VAT regulations following KRA case with WEC Kenya
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), a financial services consulting firm, has stated that the recent high court ruling on VAT regulations, 2017 affirmed that tax law...
M-TIBA partners with private hospitals to boost loans to healthcare providers
M-TIBA, a digital health financing platform, recently partnered with the Kenya Association of Private Hospitals (KAPH) in a bid to expand its healthcare financi...
KEMSA maintains above-average supplies rate of essential medicines to support UHC
The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has confirmed the dispatch of assorted essential medical supplies all 47 counties countrywide. This is part of ongo...
I&M Bank is celebrating the 5th year anniversary of its partnership with the German Desk
I&M Bank is celebrating 5 years of its German Desk, a financial support and solutions programme. Formed through a strategic alliance between I&M Bank an...
Tatu City gets an operating license to provide internet service to businesses & residents
Tatu City has received a telecom operating license to provide internet service to businesses and residents in and around the 5,000-acre new city. The license cl...
Meet 25-year-old Wanjiku Kanjumba, Kenya’s first Astronaut & US Space Academy graduate
Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba is a Kenyan Astronaut Engineer and Kenya's first Scientist-Astronaut graduate from the Advanced PoSSUM Space Academy in the USA. She hol...
MyMovies.Africa unveils its seed round funding for Ksh. 56.8 million after completing the 2021 NINJA program
MyMovies.Africa, a Kenyan-made digital cinema extension, was in October last year selected as 1 of 5 Ventures for the second Next Innovation with Japan (NINJA) ...
Flutterwave secures Ksh. 28.4 Billion series D funding raising its total valuation to Ksh. 340 Billion
Flutterwave, a technology company, has announced that it has raised Ksh. 28.4 billion (USD 250 million) in Series D funding, valuing the company at over Ksh. 34...
LG partners with Habitat for Humanity to improve quality of life for residents of Laikipia County
LG Electronics has unveiled social impact initiatives in Laikipia county in partnership with Habitat for Humanity (HFH). The initiatives are set to benefit over...
SweepSouth an on-demand home cleaning service provider has launched in the Kenyan market
SweepSouth, an on-demand home cleaning services provider, has launched SweepSouth Connect in Kenya. The service connects customers to pre-vetted service profess...
Mumias Outgrowers Company calls for Chief Justice intervention in Mumias Sugar case
The Mumias Outgrowers Company (1998) has expressed the intention to have the case filed by five farmers challenging leasing of Mumias Sugar Company referred to ...
Tecno opens a flagship store at the Sarit Centre
Tecno has opened a super flagship shop at Sarit Center. The launch of the new brand shop is in line with Tecno’s brand belief and slogan, Stop At Nothing. Addit...
Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 11 series set to launch in Kenya, kicks off the #XiaomiMusicChallenge
Xiaomi is set to launch the Redmi Note 11 series on Thursday 17th February, 2022. As a buildup to the launch, Xiaomi is also running the Rise to the Challenge c...
Moneto ventures launches new Chumz platform to encourage saving amongst Kenyans
Kenyans can now invest as little as Ksh. 5 on their mobile phones. This is thanks to the new Chumz platform developed by Moneto Ventures in partnership with Nab...
Mark Dunford to replace Ben Woodhams as Knight Frank Kenya MD
Knight Frank Kenya has announced that Ben Woodhams will be stepping down as the Managing Director, effective 1st April 2022. Mr. Woodhams is stepping down to ta...
Mabati Rolling Mills opens new showroom in Kiambu town
Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM), a member of the Safal Group, has opened a new showroom in Kiambu Town, Kiambu County. The launch was officiated by Honorable David W...
CDSC receives approval from CMA to offer securities lending & borrowing service
The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC) has received official approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to offer Securities Lending and...
Diageo World Class kicks off its 7th bartending competition in Kenya
Diageo Kenya has officially launched the World Class Bartender of the Year competition, a prestigious and respected global mixology competition. More than 100 b...
vivo to soon launch the vivo V23 5G in the Kenyan market
vivo smartphone has announced plans to launch the vivo V23 5G smartphone in Kenya on 21st February, 2022. The device will come with exceptional photography feat...
Stanchart partners with Sanlam to launch SC Shilingi Money Market Fund
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya (Stanchart) has partnered with Sanlam Investments East Africa Ltd (Sanlam) and Mangosteen BCC Pte Ltd (Bambu) to launch SC Shiling...
SASRA begins public consultations on proposed SACCO societies levy
The SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has begun stakeholders’ consultations on a proposed levy on the deposits of specified Non-Withdrawable Deposit ...
KCB recognized as the Best Investment & Most Valuable Bank in Kenya by Global Finance Magazine
KCB Bank has been named the Best Investment Bank in Kenya 2022 and Most Valued Banking Brand in Kenya by the Global Finance Magazine and Brand Finance respectiv...
USIU-Africa introduces market-driven courses in tech & magement sciences
The United States International University-Africa (USIU) has introduced new undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses to meet evolving market needs. The ...
Merck Foundation marks this year’s International Day of Girls & Women through its STEM program
The Merck Foundation is empowering African Women in the areas of Science and Technology through providing scholarships to more than 550 female doctors out of 12...
EABC calls for fast roll out of the EAC COVID-19 pass
The Principal Secretary in the State Department of the East Africa Community, Dr. Kevit Desai, has announced that EAC member states will soon adopt the EAC pass...
Anne Muraya appointed as the first woman CEO for Deloitte East Africa
Deloitte East Africa has confirmed the appointment of Anne Muraya as the incoming Deloitte East Africa CEO effective 1st June, 2022. Anne succeeds Joe Eshun, wh...