Kenya’s Amakobe Sande appointed as the new UN Resident coordinator in Eriteria
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Amakobe Sande, a Kenyan, as the new United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea. In her ...
AAR Insurance partners with Safaricom as they migrate to AWS Cloud Computing Service
AAR Insurance has made a deal with Safaricom to launch technology infrastructure based on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its journey to becoming a ful...
Empress Shoken Fund of Japan partners with the Kenya Red Cross to increase youth volunteers in Kenya
Empress Shôken Fund of Japan and the Kenya Red Cross Society have partnered to increase the number of youth volunteering in humanitarian work. Under the partner...
Teach For Kenya partners with Pro Futuro Foundation to train teachers from low income schools in Embakasi
Teach For Kenya has partnered with Pro Futuro Foundation to train 600 teachers across 200 low-income schools in Embakasi Sub County. Teach For Kenya aims to ena...
KBL’s Senator beer rolls out Ksh. 76 million national consumer promotion
The Senator beer, a product of the Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL), has launched a reward campaign dubbed Shikisha Form na Senator Ushinde valued at over Ksh. 76 ...
Opera launches Hype Clubs a chat feature for interest based groups
Opera has launched Hype Clubs, a feature for public and interest-based group chats in its new chat service Hype. Since its launch, Hype has gained popularity in...
The LG Tone Free FN6 earbuds promises to give you up to 18 hours of talktime
Due to our busy schedules, earbuds have become an integral part of our lives due to the fact that they allow us to make and receive calls while on the go and at...
Merck Foundation leads donation exercise for school students
Merck Foundation in partnership with The First Lady of Zimbabwe, H.E. Auxillia Mnagangwa, donated 30,000 children storybooks to the Ministry of Education for sc...
Trans Nzoia County residents can now pay for county services via M-PESA
Safaricom has partnered with Trans Nzoia County Government to launch an M-PESA cashless payment system for County levy collection. Residents of Trans Nzoia Coun...
BrighterMonday unveils ‘Best Match’ solution to help businesses with hiring
BrighterMonday, an East African jobs platform has launched a candidate matching solution dubbed Best Match to enable employers shortlist candidates matching the...
Palmhouse Foundation is offering high school scholarships for needy students across Kenya
Palmhouse Foundation has announced that it is offering high school scholarships for needy and deserving Students for 2021 KCPE. The Foundation seeks to finance ...
Mary Waireri among writers selected for The Episodic Lab training program
Netflix has reiterated its commitment to invest in African stories and talent long-term. The streaming service is also making efforts and investments in talent ...
Germany’s Federal Development Ministry has launched DeveloPPP Ventures in Kenya in a bid to support business start-ups
Germany’s Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) has launched DeveloPPP Ventures, an accelerator program aimed at empowering Kenyan startups. DeveloPPP will provide...
AiCare, Chamasure & Sprout Insure receive funding from IRA’s innovation hub
Three local startups have each received Ksh 1.25 million in cash awards from an innovation hub steered by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) to promote in...
Kenya Power unveils self-service portal in a bid to make applications for new connections easier
Kenya Power has launched a self-service portal for customers to conveniently apply for electricity connections from wherever they are. Customers can now use Ken...
Meltwater has acquired business information company, Owler, for Ksh. 2.6B
Meltwater has entered into an agreement to acquire Owler, a crowd-sourcing company. Owler is a Silicon Valley innovator in the Ksh. 3.23 trillion ($30 billion) ...
Britam partners Koa to enable more Kenyans to get access to savings and investments opportunities
Koa, a Kenyan fintech startup, has partnered with Britam Asset Managers to offer customers access to low risk investment opportunities. The partnership is the f...
Safaricom partners with Minti Motorsports to sponsor Carl Tundo’s quest for Safari Rally win
Safaricom has announced its partnership with Equator African Rally Championship (ARC) winner, Carl Flash Tundo during this week’s World Rally Championship (WRC)...
Future Ni Digital is working to prepare small business to deal with the new normal
Courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a remarkable increase in the use of digital technologies including online learning to virtual meetings and onl...
UN hosts the 2021 Global Compact Leaders Summit to discuss global issues
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Heads of State and dozens of CEOs and UN Chiefs convened at this year’s UN Global Compact Leaders Summit to address globa...
Nokia G10 is now available in the Kenyan market at Ksh. 19,000
HMD Global, the manufacturer of Nokia phones has officially launched the Nokia G10 in the Kenyan market, to retail at Ksh. 19,000.
As part of the new G-serie...
NHIF introduces biometric cards; members have until July to apply for them
The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) has began its great migration from a card to a biometric system. With the new system, no one can use a card holder's...
Equity Group Foundation donates PPEs worth Ksh. 33M to 25 hospitals in Kenya
Equity Group Foundation (EGF) and the Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board have donated medical grade PPEs valued at Ksh. 33 million to 25 mission hospitals. The hospitals...
Truecaller launches ‘Smart SMS’ Feature for users in Africa
Truecaller has unveiled a new feature to enhance users' experience. The new feature dubbed Smart SMS has been introduced based on user feedback and is designed ...
Kris Senanu joins Safaricom as the new Chief Enterprise Business Officer
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa has announced the appointment of Kris Senanu as the new Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 21st June, 2021. In his new role,...
Infinix officially launches the Note 10 series in the Kenyan market
Infinix has launched the Note 10 series, a new portfolio of premium smartphones including the Note 10, Note 10 Pro and Note 10 Pro near-field communication (NFC...
Police officers in Kenya banned from using social media to speak about job challenges
It is now unlawful for Kenya Police officers to take to social media to speak about the challenges they undergo. The directive was issued in a recent memo signe...
Visa ranks Kenya among top markets for eCommerce in Sub-Saharan Africa
A report by Visa has shown that Kenya is among the top market contributors to eCommerce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) over the last 3 years.
The report titled ...
GSMA study shows women are taking more spaces in mobile internet
An estimated 112 million more women started using mobile internet in 2020 across low and middle-income countries, despite the onset of COVID-19. This is accordi...
PCPB announces registration of 109 biopesticides as environment friendly alternatives for farmers
The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) has announced that it has registered 109 biopesticides for farmers to use as alternatives for other products that are har...
CMA warns the public against investing in Cytonn Investments
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has cautioned potential investors against investing through unlicensed and unapproved entities. The regulator issued the cau...
MOH declares Western Kenya counties COVID-19 hotspots; curfew to be between 7pm-4am
A legal notice signed by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, has laid out new guidelines for COVID-19 restrictions in the country.
Over the last 2 weeks, ...
Safaricom and Huawei host fun run in Karura Forest in preparation for the Lewa Marathon
World Champion athletes, Catherine Ndereba and Henry Wanyoike, recently joined representatives from corporates and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy wildlife rangers fo...
LG launches new campaign dubbed ‘Last Mile’ as part of its consumer strategy
LG Electronics East Africa has today launched a new campaign dubbed ‘Last Mile’ to customer support and after-sale service through its chain of service centers ...
Why binge drinking is hazardous to your health
A few days ago, we were treated to a video of a young lady gulping down some neat gin from a bottle. Some hours later, another video appeared which showed her p...
Ed Partners Africa secures Ksh. 205 Million in funding to support affordable private schools in Kenya
Ed Partners Africa, a private schools financing company based in Nairobi has raised Ksh. 205 million ($1.9 million) to expand its presence and provide the priva...
New Nokia phones promise exceptional battery life & performance
There’s a lot to expect from the new Nokia phone lineup including one-of-a-kind battery life. HMD Global, the company behind Nokia phones, prides itself in bri...
Storymoja & Safaricom Foundation partner to mark Day of the African Child 2021
The Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Storymoja Publishers for a reading challenge to mark the Day of the African Child.
Early this year, over 200,000 ...
Pesapal authorized by CBK to operate as a Payment Service Provider
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has granted authorization to Pesapal to act as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). Pesapal can now carry out Payment Gateway Servi...
NCBA report predicts 5.3% recovery of Kenya’s GDP in 2021
Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to recover to 5.3% in 2021 according to a recent NCBA Economic Outlook report. The report attributes this grow...
vivo V21 is now available on pre-order with free Euro 2020 merchandise
vivo has announced that the vivo V21 smartphone is now available on pre-order both online and offline. Kenyans can now acquire the device locally before its off...
EABL celebrates Kenyan bartenders ahead of the World Class finals in July
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) recently hosted the top 20 World Class finals bartenders at the Trademark Hotel. The event was hosted to celebrate the Ken...