The Huawei Band 6 series is now available on pre-order at Ksh. 6,999
Huawei Mobile Kenya has launched the Huawei Band 6 series pre-orders in all its retail stores across the country. Customers can now make a pre-order for the Ban...
Safari Rally winner Sebastien Ogier donates Ksh. 2.5 million towards education & wildlife conservation in Kenya
The 2021 WRC Kenya Safari Rally winner Sebastien Ogier has donated Ksh. 2.5 million to the Nakuru Children's Project and the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Both chariti...
YouTube Shorts is now available in Kenya
YouTube has announced the arrival of the beta version of YouTube Shorts in Kenya. YouTube Shorts is the company’s new short-form video experience for creating s...
Exploitation of creatives in film in Kenya stems from lack of enough opportunities
The power of storytelling cannot be underestimated. It has both driven human progress and curated it for future generations. It has created strong bonds in comm...
New Internet Society report has revealed that IXPs are critical in lowering connectivity costs in Africa
The Internet Society has published a new report to highlight the state of Internet interconnection in Africa and the role Internet Exchange Points (IXP) play in...
You can now make purchases on the Huawei AppGallery with M-PESA
Huawei Mobile Services has partnered with Safaricom to launch a new payment method on its AppGallery. Huawei users can now make in-app purchases in their favour...
Penda Health targets counties in Ksh. 100 million expansion plan
Penda Health has announced plans to expand to other parts of Kenya, after a successful growth in Nairobi and its environs. The expansion targets household seeki...
Carrefour to open 2 new stores at United Mall & Market MEGA in Kisumu
Carrefour, a retail chain owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Kenya, has expanded its footprint across the country with the upcoming opening of two new st...
Manufacturers in Kenya Tanzania call for expedited resolution of non-tariff barriers
Manufacturers from Kenya and Tanzania have called for the resolution of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and the review of the East African Community Common External ...
CIC Group launches a self-service portal for garages and assessors
The CIC Group has launched a claim’s self-service provider portal for Garages and Assessors to increase efficiency in the claims’ reconciliation process. The po...
Jennifer Karina appointed as the chairperson to the Kenya Re Board
Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation (Kenya Re) has named Jennifer Karina as the chair of its board with effect from July 8th.
Mrs. Karina, a psychologist and coac...
118 Equity Leaders Program scholars admitted to 56 global Universities
118 scholars from the Equity Leaders Program (ELP) have received admission and full financial aid to 56 global universities. The scholars comprise of Wings to F...
Ada Animation secures pre-seed funding from Unicorn Group to enable growth & expansion
Ada Animation, an entertainment tech company, has announced its pre-seed capital raise from Nigerian venture capital firm Platform Capital through its technolog...
Babajide Duroshola appointed as General Manager at M-KOPA, to oversee operations in Nigeria
Babajide Duroshola, ex-country head SafeBoda Nigeria, has been appointed as M-KOPA's General Manager. His appointment comes as the company plans to expand opera...
Showmax drops ‘Devilsdorp,’ its first original true crime docu-series
In its first trailer for Devilsdorp, Showmax has shown audiences a glimpse of their first true crime docu-series, which will be available to binge from 29th Jul...
Rhita Nattah is the latest addition to Spotify’s EQUAL Music Program
Music streaming platform Spotify recently launched its global initiative dubbed the EQUAL Music Program, to cultivate gender equality in music and support femal...
Exploring The Top Gig Economy Jobs
Things have changed immensely thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many employees have decided to resign from their current jobs so they can find higher-paying alte...
Alex van Niekerk has been appointed as the new Ogilvy Africa Group Creative Director
Ogilvy Africa, a marketing and branding agency, has named Alex van Niekerk as Group Creative Director. Alex joins the network’s creative leadership team to serv...
MarketForce a Kenyan retail platform secures Ksh. 215 Million in funding for expansion in Nigeria & East Africa
MarketForce, a Kenyan retail distribution platform, has raised Ksh. 215,880,000 ($2 million) to launch in Nigeria and to scale up operations in RejaReja to more...
Safaricom announces a Ksh. 20 Million sponsorship for the Kenya Olympics team
Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 20 million sponsorship for Team Kenya at the Tokyo Olympics. The funds have been set aside for the ceremonial kit that will be us...
Sendy partners with ARC Ride to deploy an electric vehicle fleet for last-mile delivery
Sendy, a logistics company, is planning on launching its first electric vehicle fleets to help promote clean transportation in Nairobi. The company has partnere...
The thing speaks for itself
As it happens, there is no course that teaches you how to be an influencer. Or content creator, for that matter. Look around you, those people doing incredible ...
How to determine whether you have an alcohol use disorder and what to do about it
Alcohol is generally a social drink that is meant to be enjoyed with friends or at times solo when one just wants to chill. However, as the saying goes too much...
KQ launches Fahari Innovation Hub to accelerate sustainable data-driven solutions
Kenya Airways (KQ) has launched the Fahari Innovation Hub, a platform for new ideas and data-driven innovations to accelerate impact-driven solutions that addre...
Emirates has re-opened its First Class Lounge at Dubai International Airport
To serve the growing number of customers travelling through the Emirates Hub, the airline has re-opened its First Class Lounge at Dubai International (DXB’s) Co...
The Green Climate Fund approves Ksh. 18 million for AfDB’s LEAF program
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved Ksh. 18,448,655,000 ($170.9 million) in financing for the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Leveraging En...
Pipit Global partners with Cellulant to enable cheaper money transfer to Africa
Pipit Global has partnered with Cellulant to enable consumers in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, Mali, Senegal, and Ghana to make transactions through the Pip...
You can now stream the UEFA Euro 2020 final on Showmax Pro
The UEFA Euro 2020 is holding the finals between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium this Sunday, 11 July, at 22:00 CAT. The final will be live streamed across...
Knight Frank has expanded operations to the commercial property market in South Africa
Knight Frank, a property advisory company has partnered with Rennie Property, a South African commercial property specialist. According to Knight Frank, this pa...
WRC Safari Rally to plant over 19 million trees as part of efforts to revitalize the environment
When it was announced that the WRC Safari Rally was finally coming back to our shores after a 19 year absence, Kenyans myself included were elated. This is what...
Ladima Foundation partners with CDEA & KIAFF to empower women animators
The Ladima Foundation is excited has announced a partnership with Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) and the Kwetu International Animation Film Festival...
MTN Business App of the Year Awards is now open for submissions
The MTN Business App of the Year Awards is inviting app developers and coders from Africa to make submission of entries. The Awards aim to promote local busines...
Instagram Reels now has an Ads feature to enable businesses & content creators to reach a wider audience
Facebook has launched Reels Ads in 25 African countries that had the Reels feature on Instagram. Other than enabling businesses on Instagram to reach greater au...
Liquid Intelligent Technologies partners with Facebook to develop fibre network in DRC
Liquid Technologies and Facebook have announced a partnership to build an extensive metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The network i...
Safari Rally drivers urged to adopt wildlife in a bid to aid in conservation
The Government through the Wildlife Research and Training Institute has encouraged World Rally Championship (WRC) drivers to adopt wild animals. This is with a...
Microsoft launches Dynamic 365 Business a solution meant to support SMEs in Africa
Microsoft has unveiled a new cloud-based business management solution dubbed Dynamics 365 Business Central to streamline SMEs operations in Africa and the Middl...
Merck partners with the AFFS to provide training programs for healthcare professionals
Merck has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Federation of Fertility Societies (AFFS). Through the MoU, the two organ...
InTouch partners with CFAO Group in a bid to invest in the African transport sector
InTouch, an African payment and digital solutions company has announced a strategic partnership with CFAO Group. The partnership aims to invest with Mobility54 ...
Kenyan telcos hike tariff charges for calls & data in response to Excise Duty Act amendment
Late last week, Parliament passed the Finance Act 2021, which is an amendment to the Excise Duty Act 2015. This amendment has seen the excise duty on telephone ...
KRU reveals official teams for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) has unveiled the Shujaa and Lionesses squads that will represent Kenya at the Tokyo Olympics.
Shujaa captain Andrew Amonde is one of ...
Sami Flinch, Wanjiru Njiru & Victor Maina share their experience with the ‘Hype’ chat service in content creation
In today's world, connecting with friends and families is a tricky task for many people who are indulged in other activities. Opera's chat service, Hype, is ste...
TECNO Phantom X smartphone officially launched in Nairobi
TECNO has launched its newest flagship smartphone, the TECNO Phantom X in an event hosted in Nairobi, Kenya.
The new Phantom X smartphone features design of ...