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...
More than 500 inmates set to benefit from a new training workshop at the Lang’ata Women’s Prison
Prison Commissioner General Brigadier (Rtd) John Kibaso Warioba has officially opened the Lang’ata Women’s Prison workshop. The newly constructed training works...
Stitch secures Ksh. 2.4 Billion Series A funding round to promote Africa’s fintech sector
Stitch, an API fintech company, has announced a Ksh. 2.4 billion (USD 21 million) Series A funding round led by The Spruce House partnership. Stitch intends to ...
Moringa school expands into the West African market
The Moringa School has partnered with Impact Hub Accra to see students from Ghana join the institution. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the gro...
A conversation with First Officer Elizabeth Timona of Jambojet on her journey in Aviation
The world recently marked the International Day of girls and women in science on 11th February, 2022. The day is set aside to recognize the role of women and gi...
Startimes to invest Ksh. 200 million in local content for Rembo TV
Pay Television broadcaster StarTimes Media has committed to injecting Ksh. 200 million investment in local content development this year. This is following the ...
Christine Onyango appointed as Director of Communications & Public affairs at KBA
The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has appointed Christine Onyango as Director of Communications and Public Affairs. Christine takes over from Nuru Mugambi, wh...
The late Prof. Wangari Maathai & Dr. Esther Onyango among women featured in Google’s Women in Culture hub
Google recently launched a Women in Culture hub aimed at celebrating notable achievements by women in the civil rights struggle, sports, arts to fashion, and in...
Gilad set to serenade lovebirds on Valentine’s Day at the Sarova Panafric’s Flame Tree restaurant
Gilad Millo of the Unajua hit single is set to serenade guests this Valentine’s Day, Monday 14th February at the Sarova Panafric. The performance will mark the ...
Upfield partners with OGGS to venture in the egg alternative market
Upfield, a plant–based food producer has announced a strategic partnership with Alternative Foods London (Alternative Foods/OGGS), a UK-based egg alternative pr...
NBK partners with Davis & Shirtliff to offer financing for customers seeking to purchase water equipment
The National Bank of Kenya (NBK) and Davis & Shirtliff have partnered to offer sustainable credit financing to individuals, SMEs and community organizations...
RT media outlet set to open office in Nairobi, calling out for job applications
RT, a Russian media outlet, is looking for media professionals to work with its new office in Nairobi. RT is set to open a new office which will be focused on c...
SHOFCO is the 2021 winner of the VIO Community Engagement award
Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) has received the 2021 Community Engagement Award by the Volunteer Involving Organization (VIO) society. Presenting the awa...
5 reasons why you should get the LG XBoom Go Bluetooth speakers
Nowadays life has become so hectic that one rarely has time to just relax and reenergize. However, as the doctors keep saying, rest and relaxation is an importa...
SEACOM to acquire Africell Uganda as it expands operations across East Africa
SEACOM, a pan-African telecommunications service provider, has announced its plans to acquire selected infrastructure assets from Africell in Uganda. The acquis...
LG rolls out new XBOOM Go PL bluetooth speakers retailing as from Ksh. 8,995
LG Electronics (LG) has unveiled an all-in-one solution LG XBOOM Go PL Bluetooth speakers series available in three models; the PL7, PL5 and PL2. The speakers a...
CEO Fridays: Kwaku Foh on Sycamore Capital & the Cashlet App’s admission to the CMA Regulatory Sandbox
In January this year, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) admitted Sycamore Capital, a fintech firm, to its Regulatory Sandbox. The admission is effective for 6...
Haskè Ventures invests in ProXalys in a bid to empower informal traders in Senegal
Haskè Ventures, a venture builder for Francophone Africa, has invested Ksh. 17,047,500 (USD 150,000) in ProXalys, a digital transformation B2B commerce company....
Patricia Ithau appointed as CEO of WPP Scangroup
WPP Scangroup has announced the appointment of Patricia Ithau as its Chief Executive Officer. Patricia is an accomplished business and marketing leader who brin...
Kenya & Tanzania post Ksh. 102.8 billion in bilateral trade
Kenya-Tanzania bilateral trade hit Ksh. 102.8 billion (USD 905.5 million) in 2021 for the period between January and November 2021 according to the Central Bank...
Kenyan lawyer Noreen Kidunduhu appointed as chair of CIArb
The YMG (Young Members Group) has announced the appointment of Noreen Kidunduhu and Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau as Chair and Vice-Chair of CIArb, YMG’s Global...
Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022 is inviting fintech startups to showcase their solutions
The Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) is inviting fintech and payment startups to showcase their products and solutions. The initiative will offer finalists firs...
HMD Global CEO Florian Seiche visits Kenya as part of his East African visit
HMD Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Florian Seiche is in Kenya for an official visit. The high-level visit is part of the CEO’s visit to the East Africa ma...
Worldreader commits to donate eReaders in a bid to promote digital reading in Kenya
Worldreader, a non-profit that works to support vulnerable and underserved communities, has launched the Readers are Leaders campaign to promote digital reading...
Safaricom set to pilot a smart vehicle tracking system at the East African Safari Classic rally
Safaricom has announced the installation of their smart vehicle tracking system onboard Raaji Bharij and his navigator Tauseef Khan's Ford racer in the upcoming...
Huawei nova 9 is now available on pre-order at Ksh. 65,999
Huawei Mobile Kenya has announced that the new nova 9 is now available on pre-order in all retail stores across the country including Huawei Experience stores. ...
Nzioka Waita quits State House job to venture into politics
Chief Of Staff in the Office of President Nzioka Waita recently resigned from public service to venture into politics ahead of the August 9th General Elections....
Google Hustle Academy to train 5,000 SMEs & entrepreneurs across Africa
About 5,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are set to receive free training via the newly launched Hus...
BasiGo secures Ksh. 388 million seed funding to support the launch of it electric buses in Kenya
BasiGo, an electric vehicle technology and financing company, has secured a Ksh. 388 million (USD 4.3 million) seed funding round. The round was led by Novastar...
Chicken Cottage, a restaurant chain signs deal with Express Kitchen to open restaurants in Haas Petrol Stations
Restaurant chain Chicken Cottage has signed a franchising partnership agreement with Express Kitchen, a subsidiary of AAH Limited, to open a chain of restaurant...
Basketball Africa League announces the 12 teams & official schedule for the 2022 season
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) has announced the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the 2022 BAL season. The season which will...
NORAD commits funding towards ATI’s renewable energy sector initiatives
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has committed to provide a Ksh. 6.4 billion (USD 56 million) grant funding to the African Trade Insuran...