Mwamba Rugby Club partners with Wadi Degla Sports Club to launch a Rugby Academy
Mwamba Rugby Club has collaborated with Wadi Degla Sports Club to grow rugby among young enthusiastic players. The partnership will see Mwamba and Wadi Degla de...
KEMSA dispatches medical commodities worth Ksh. 36 million to Turkana County
Turkana County has partnered with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), to dispatch medical commodities including pharmaceuticals, non-pharms, and lab e...
Jiji improves its Property Category to enhance service delivery for real estate buyers & sellers
Jiji, an online marketplace in Kenya, has revamped its platform to enable a seamless online experience and ensure safety for property buyers and sellers on the ...
Knight Frank report shows a 64% increase in office absorption in Nairobi in the last half-year
Knight Frank’s 1st Half 2021 Kenya Market Update report has unveiled that prime residential rents declined at a slower rate of 6.02% over the past 12 months to ...
Uncap a funding platform launches innovative funding & growth platform for local entrepreneurs
Uncap, a funding platform for early-stage funding in Africa, has officially launched operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. The platform has called on applications f...
Duty adjustment by KRA expected to cause a rise in the cost of basic consumer goods
The cost of basic consumer goods is set to rise upon the adjustment of the rate of duty for inflation on October 1st.
Following an announcement of adjustment...
Emirates rolls out a complimentary Pass for customers visiting the World Expo in Dubai
Emirates has launched an offer for Kenyan customers to experience the excitement of the World Expo event taking place in Dubai from 1st October 2021 to 31st Mar...
A Terumo Technologies report has indicated that investing in safe blood supply can reduce maternal mortality
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies has announced the publication of study results from a study by Africa Sanguine, a peer-reviewed medical journal. The results ...
Safaricom customers can now buy shares at the NSE using their accumulated Bonga points
Safaricom has announced a partnership with the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to enable Kenyans invest in stocks using their accrued Bonga points.
All Saf...
Standard Chartered partners with Karen Golf Club to offer a monthly round of golf for its Visa Infinite Card holders
Standard Chartered Bank has announced a partnership with Karen Golf club to offer a monthly round of golf for all the bank's Visa Infinite credit card holders. ...
Upfield has indicated that consumers can get”emission savings” from using plant-based spreads over dairy
Upfield, the company that owns Blueband has published data to show that consumers and chefs have avoided emitting an estimated 6 million metric tonnes of carbon...
Soma Nami bookstore has been launched at the Greenhouse Mall on Ngong Road
Book readers in Nairobi now have access to a wide range of books after following the launch of Soma Nami Books at The Greenhouse Mall, along Ngong road.
Book...
Apple Music rolls out the ‘Shareable Milestones’ feature to enable artists share their successes with fans
Apple Music has launched a new iOS feature in Apple Music for Artists called Shareable Milestones. The new feature will provide artists with the tools to easily...
Access Bank has launched the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 3 program
As part of its mandate to empower female entrepreneurs in Africa, Access Bank has unveiled the third edition of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa program. The...
The Nokia C10; a budget phone that promises convinience
The Nokia C10 is a budget smartphone that was recently launched in the Kenyan market. The phone is the latest iteration in the Nokia C-series.
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realme hits milestone of 100 million handsets sold in 3 years
realme, a consumer technology company, has announced the milestone of 100 million smartphones sales globally.
Since its inception in May 2018, realme has qui...
EABL’s ‘Raising The Bar’ initiative deployment phase officially kicks off across the country
The Raising the Bar Initiative powered by East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has begun the deployment phase in over 100 bars and eateries in the Nairobi Metr...
CMA directs Cytonn Asset Managers to change its name and halt on boarding of clients
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has directed Cytonn Asset Managers, to stop signing-up new clients until it changes the names of its business and its regula...
Big blow for local football as FKF terminates sponsorship contract with BetKing Kenya
The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and BetKing Kenya have announced the termination of their existing sponsorship contracts for the BetKing Premier League (BKP...
Veteran Rugby player Humphrey Kayange appointed to the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has appointed retired Kenyan rugby player Humphrey Kayange to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). T...
Standard Chartered Bank posts Ksh. 51.8 Billion profit for the half year ending 30th June in the Africa & Middle East region
Standard Chartered Bank has released its financial results for the half year ending 30 June, 2021. Profit before tax grew 37% compared to a similar period last ...
Female rapper Ssaru joins Spotify’s Equal music program
Music streaming platform Spotify has unveiled Sylvia Saru, popularly known as Ssaru, as its latest signing to its Equal Music Program. Equal is a global initiat...
NCBA partners with MySafe Vaults to offer its customers alternative safety deposit facilities
NCBA has announced a partnership with MySafe Vaults, a safe deposits service provider to offer alternative safety deposit facilities to customers in Nairobi.
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vivo Y53s is now available in the Kenyan market, to retail at Ksh. 27,999
The vivo Smartphone brand has officially unveiled its latest smartphone as an addition to the Y-series, the vivo Y53s in Kenya. The device is now available for ...
Get a chance to win up to Ksh. 21 Million in the 2021 Huawei AppsUp competition
Huawei is calling for additional applications from developers across Africa for the 2021 HMS App Innovation Contest dubbed AppsUP. The Huawei AppsUP competition...
Digital Health startup BYON8 secures Ksh. 163 million in seed funding to aid expansion in Africa
BYON8, a Swedish-based Digital Health startup has raised Ksh. 163 million (USD 1.5 million) in seed funding to fuel its growth in Africa. The round was led by P...
Othmane Zolati’s ‘Africa and I’ documentary is now available on Showmax
Showmax is bringing to viewers a documentary about 20-year-old Moroccan and his trips across the continent, starting 5th August, 2021.
The documentary featur...
Cellulant acquires PSP License to operate in Ghana
Cellulant, a digital payments company, has received approval to get a Payment Services Provider (PSP) License in Ghana. The PSP License allows Cellulant to aggr...
Kaspersky report indicates that 29% of corporate users in Kenya have experienced malware attacks in the first half of 2021
A Kaspersky report has shown that 29.3% of the 7,962 attacks recorded in Kenya were targeted at corporate users in the first half of 2021.
Organizations in K...
Safaricom sponsors Maxine Wahome to the tune of Ksh. 1 million as she takes part in the Kenya Rally Championship in Voi
Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 1 Million sponsorship for rally driver Maxine Wahome ahead of this weekend’s Kenya National Rally Championship rally in Voi.
M...
Eng. Rosemary Oduor appointed as acting Kenya Power MD after Bernard Ngugi’s resignation
The Kenya Power Board of Directors has appointed Eng. Rosemary Oduor as the Acting Managing Director and CEO of the Company with effect from 3rd August, 2021. T...
Gilbert Owuor to star in the ‘Emancipation’ movie starring Will Smith
Kenyan-born actor Gilbert Owuor has joined the cast of Emancipation, a runaway slave drama starring Will Smith that’s set up at Apple.
The film is based on t...
Freida Brown appointed as acting USIU-Africa Vice Chancellor as Paul Zeleza retires
The United States International University-Africa (USIU-A) has appointed Freida Brown as the institution's acting Vice Chancellor. This is following the abrupt ...
Here are some tips on how one can get out of debt
The Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lock down last year meant that many people could not work or lost their jobs. This meant that those who had taken out lo...
Meet Haadi Abdulkadir, a young Kenyan travel enthusiast & budding travel blogger
Haadi Abdulkadir is a full time traveller with roots in Mombasa, Kenya. A quick look at his Instagram page @haaditravels shows the different places he has t...
Here are some survival tips for introverted parents
When a couple gives birth, it changes your lives. Now you have another life to take care of. Becoming a parent is one of the best feelings in the world. As pare...
Jambojet is expanding operations to Lamu and DRC this September
Jambojet has announced plans to begin operations to North Kivu Capital, Goma in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the Coastal Island of Lamu. Thi...
7 new international series you can watch on Showmax this August
Showmax offers a wide array of movies and TV shows that you can stream on demand on the platform. These include local and international award-winning movies, do...
Mohammad Adil breaks the Guinness World Record for the Most Burpees under 12 hours
Extreme fitness athlete and health coach Mohammad Adil Abdool has broken the Guinness World Record for the Most Burpees under 12 hours on Saturday 31st July, 20...
Qatar Airways has unveiled its Qsuite Business Class feature on the Nairobi route
Qatar Airways has launched its Qsuite to Nairobi on board its Airbus A350-1000 featuring 46 seats in Business Class and 281 seats in Economy Class. The launch o...
SWIFT launches SWIFT Go, a fast & affordable service for low-value cross-border payments
SWIFT, a financial messaging platform, has announced the launch of SWIFT Go. Swift Go is a new service that enables small businesses and consumers to send fast,...
Equity Bank emerges as the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2021 African Banker Awards
Equity Bank has been named the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2021 African Banker Awards. The award was conferred to Equity for its consistent financi...