Flora Mutahi appointed as the new KEPSA Board Chairperson
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has appointed Ms. Flora Mutahi as the first female Board Chair and Mr. Jaswinder Bedi as the Vice-Chair. Ms. Mutahi is...
Standard Chartered Bank registers Ksh. 2.4 billion net profit in Q1 FY2021
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has reported a net profit rose to Ksh. 2.4 billion quarter ended 31st March 2021. This is a slight increase as compared to the Ksh...
The FSI Dash 8-400 simulator is operational, Jambojet to utilize it for training its pilots
The FlightSafety International Dash 8-400 simulator housed at Kenya Airways Pride Center is operational, with regional low-cost airline, Jambojet as the anchor...
GroupM partners with Choreograph to expand Audience Origin to 12 African markets
GroupM SSA and WPP’s Choreograph have announced the expansion of proprietary Audience Origin data service into 12 markets in Africa. The move is in response to ...
Victor Ndlovu appointed as new Mastercard Business Development Lead for East Africa
Mastercard has announced the appointment of Victor Ndlovu as Director, Country Business Development Lead, East Africa.
Victor has close to three decades of e...
Safaricom Foundation & partners to facilitate free surgeries for over 30 women living with Fistula
Over 30 women living with Female Genital Fistula including the leaking of urine and stool will receive free surgeries and medical advice in a week-long camp at ...
Toyota Kenya opens new branch in Nanyuki
Toyota Kenya has opened a branch in Nanyuki. This brings its total number of satellite branches to 9. Toyota Kenya Nanyuki is now Toyota Kenya’s second branch i...
5 apps to download from the Huawei App Gallery in celebration of Africa Day
Africa Day celebrates the successes of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU). Since its creation on 25 May 1963, the day aims to p...
USIU-Africa commissions second cohort of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
USIU-Africa and the Mastercard Foundation have officially commissioned the second cohort of 48 Scholars under the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. The Sc...
KEBS approves 40 new standards to address Information Security & Consumer Privacy
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has approved 40 new standards to enhance information and cyber security and safeguard consumer privacy. The new standards o...
Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs): what are they and are they worth the investment?
I first heard about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through social media. One of the people that I follow religiously had been going on about them in several of his ...
Kwara, a Kenyan startup has been selected for the Norrsken Impact Accelerator program in Sweden
Kwara, a Kenya-based fintech startup, has been selected for the Norrsken Impact Accelerator in Europe’s unicorn capital, Stockholm, Sweden. Norrsken VC is a €12...
Telkom customers can now pay for eCitizen services via T-Kash
Telkom’s financial services platform, T-Kash, has been incorporated into the government digital services platform, eCitizen. This integration with the eCitizen ...
Rugby Africa launches the ‘Get Into Rugby’ Program in a bid to grow the sport in Africa
Rugby Africa has rolled out its development programs to Africa as they spearhead World Rugby’s Get Into Rugby Program. The official partner of the program is So...
Minet has added 3 more hospitals to the TSC medical scheme
Minet Kenya, the administrator of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) Medical Scheme has added various medical facilities under the scheme. Among those include...
Tatu City selected to represent Kenya at the World Free Zones Organization
Tatu City has been appointed by the World Free Zones Organization (World FZO) as the Kenya representative of the association’s more than 700 global members.
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Airtel customers will now be able to access MYDAWA services free of data costs
Airtel Kenya has announced a partnership with MYDAWA, an e-pharmacy in Kenya, to enable Airtel customers access the MYDAWA website and mobile app free of data c...
Boomplay & Hitlab partner to offer emerging artists a recording contract and a chance to work with Akon
Boomplay and Hitlab have partnered to offer emerging artists in Kenya a chance to work with award-winning singer, rapper, song-writer and producer, Akon as wel...
Equity Group posts Ksh. 8.7 Billion net profit for Q1 2021
Equity Group has posted a Ksh. 8.7 Billion net profit for the first three months to March which was a 64% rise from a similar period last year.
The rise in p...
Absa Bank begins donation drive to 46 special needs schools in Kenya
Absa Bank has started off a countrywide initiative to support 46 special needs schools. In line with its Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship Agenda, the ba...
Vifaa Tech Festival by Gadgets Africa & NMG is calling out for submissions
Kenyan tech media platform, Gadgets Africa, has partnered with Nation Media Group to launch a consumer tech expo, dubbed Vifaa Tech Festival, in the region. The...
PwC Report indicates that no new taxes have been included in the Kenya Finance Bill 2021
A new report by PwC has revealed that the Finance Bill, 2021 (the Bill) published on 30 April, 2021 which proposes to amend several tax laws and other non-tax l...
Bolt fares to increase by Ksh. 1.90 per km due to hiked fuel prices
Cab hailing app, Bolt, has revised its prices across all cities in Kenya in response to the increased cost of fuel in the country.
This has resulted in the i...
The Ladina Foundation to present the Adiaha Award at this year’s Encounters Festival
The Ladima Foundation will present the Adiaha Award for Best Documentary Film by an African woman at this year’s 23rd Encounters South African International Doc...
Competition Authority issues new directives to bread manufacturers amid misinformation claims
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has issued new directives to bread manufacturers. The new orders come after a recent probe revealed non-compliance to p...
Morocco’s Holmarcom Group acquires 51% stake in Monarch Insurance
Monarch Insurance has announced its deal with the Holmarcom Group through its holding company, Holmarcom Insurance Activities, for the acquisition of a majority...
Safaricom led consortium awarded telecommunication license in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has awarded a new telecommunication license to a consortium including Safaricom and the Vodafone Group, paving the way for an opening of the sector to ...
Explore Africa’s rich film heritage with these shows on Showmax
Showmax has over the years aired African original content that helps viewers explore the African continent.
In commemoration of this year's Africa Day, Showm...
Merck Foundation announces winners in the STOP GBV poster awards in Botswana
Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO Merck Foundation and Mrs. Neo Jane Masisi, First Lady of Botswana and Ambassador of Merck More Than A Mother have announced the winners of ...
Burna Boy & Sauti Sol most streamed artists in Africa according to Spotify
Spotify has released a list of the top streamed artists globally from Africa. According to Spotify statistics, Nigerian artist, Burna boy is the most streamed A...
Safaricom Foundation launches third phase of the Ndoto Zetu Initiative
Safaricom Foundation has announced that it will invest Ksh. 100 million for its third phase of the Ndoto Zetu initiative. The initiative aims at supporting loca...
MultiChoice launches first Africa focused telenovela channel, Novela Magic
As part of its commitment to promote original African content, MultiChoice has launched its first African-focused telenovela channel, Novela Magic.
The chann...
Coca-Cola’s Debra Mallowah & Monali Shah named among top 50 African women corporate leaders
Coca-Cola East and Central Africa Vice President, Debra Mallowah and Monali Shah - Africa Head, Integrated Marketing Experiences have been recognized by Leading...
Stanbic Bank registers Ksh. 1.9 billion net profit in Q1 FY2021
Stanbic has registered a 26.7% increase in Profit after tax to Ksh. 1.9 billion from Ksh. 1.5 billion recorded in a similar period last year. Loans and advances...
How to apply for the 2021 Elimu scholarship program by Equity Group Foundation
Equity Group Foundation (EGF) has launched the application process for the 2021 Elimu scholarship program is now open and will close on 31st May 2021. Elimu sch...
Liquid Telecom has officially rebranded to Liquid Intelligent Technologies
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has revealed its new brand identity, as part of the Liquid Intelligent Technologies Group. The company, formerly known as Liquid...
KBL launches a Commercial Graduate Trainee program for women
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has enrolled 10 female graduates into the newly launched Commercial Graduate Trainee Program. The program aims to accelerate caree...
Equity Group Foundation launches applications for the 2021 Wings to Fly program
Equity Group Foundation (EGF) has launched the application process for the 2021 Wings to Fly scholarship program. The program is in partnership with the Masterc...
Facebook launches short film series, featuring Blinky Bill & Sauti Sol, to celebrate Africa’s culture
Facebook has announced the launch of its global campaign dubbed Made by Africa, Loved by the World. The campaign is a series of short films that highlight 8 cre...
Royal Media Services wins big at the 4th annual KUZA Awards
The Royal Media Services emerged as the people's choice after winning various awards in almost all of the categories in the 4th edition of the Communication Aut...
KEBS calls for calibration of medical equipment to improve healthcare quality in Kenya
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has urged manufacturers, hospitals and clinical laboratories to regularly calibrate medical equipment. This will help reduce de...
Kenya’s Asilimia among 14 firms selected for 2021 Africa fintech bootcamp
Asilimia, a Kenyan fintech, has been selected alongside 14 Fintech start-ups to take part in the 2021 edition of Catapult: Inclusion Africa fintech bootcamp. As...