Kenyan original film ‘Baba Twins’ premieres on Showmax
A Showmax Original film Baba Twins is now streaming on Showmax. The film is directed by Lawrence Murage and produced by Lucy Mwangi (Njoro wa Uba, Varshita, Aun...
SweepSouth acquires a majority stake in Egyptian start-up Filkhedma
SweepSouth, a South African cleaning company with operations in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria has announced its acquisition of Egyptian start-up, Filkhedma. F...
Boomplay extends licensing agreement with Merlin to cover 47 countries across Africa
Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming service and Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing partner have today announced an expansion of their lice...
Kenya Power ration’s power in different parts of the country after transmission line collapse at the Suswa sub-station
Kenya Power has released a statement notifying that a section of the Loyangalani-Suswa high voltage line (220Kv) collapsed last week. The collapse consequently ...
Shujaa, KCB & Kabras Sugar Rugby teams nominated for Soya Awards Team of the Year category
Three rugby teams have been nominated for the 2021 Sports Personality of the Year (SOYA) Awards in the Team of the Year category. Kenya Sevens team Shujaa, Keny...
Pipit Global partners with Cellulant to expand operations to 12 new African markets
Pipit Global, a cash payments platform, has extended its partnership agreement with pan-African payments company Cellulant to include eighteen countries in Sub-...
Uber 2021 year in review report reveals increased grocery deliveries on Uber Eats
Uber has released its Year in Review in Kenya report which indicates that 2021 continued to be dramatically shaped by lockdowns and an ever-evolving global pand...
Safaricom rewards MPESA merchants with 8 pick-ups & tuktuks as part of the Biashara Ni MPESA Promotion
Safaricom has rewarded 72 MPESA business owners with pick-ups and tuk-tuks as part of the ongoing Biashara Ni MPESA Promotion. 8 business owners from the 8 regi...
Canon launches its new Outdoor PTZ Camera, the CR-X300
Canon has announced the expansion of its remote camera system line-up, with the launch of the CR-X300 PTZ camera. The new camera is the latest addition to Canon...
Ajira Digital Program launches 4 youth empowerment centres in West Pokot to enable more youth to get digital jobs
The Ajira Digital Program has launched four Ajira Youth Empowerment Centres in West Pokot. These centres are equipped with Free internet connectivity and comput...
Absa Bank partners with GIZ to launch a training program for 1,500 women entrepreneurs
Absa Bank Kenya has collaborated with the German Development Cooperation to launch a Ksh. 50 million program dubbed SHE Stars. The program is aimed at increasin...
Google invests in SafeBoda Uganda in a bid to scale growth
Google has announced its first investment from the Africa Investment Fund launched by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, at Google for Africa in October...
Dubai suspends all transit & inbound flights to Kenya for 48 hours
The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) has temporarily suspended all air transport services with inbound and transit passenger movements from Kenya for the n...
PERC report reveals there is a 78% acceptance rate for Covid-19 vaccines in African Union member states
A new research from the Partnership for Evidence-based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) has indicated that 78% of people in African Union member states are willing t...
John Waliaula has been crowned as the 2021 William Lawson’s Next Highlander
John Waliaula was recently crowned as William Lawson's Kenya’s Next Highlander. Waliaula completed the obstacle course, beating 49 other highlanders to secure t...
Tunisia & Senegal secure qualifying slots for the African Rugby Championship
The North African Rugby Qualifiers Tournament for men and women recently came to a close at the stadiums of the Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime...
Ajira Digital Program moves to Homa Bay & Kisumu in a bid to explore digital job opportunities for the youth
The Ajira Digital Program recently hosted discussion fora with business executives from Homabay and Kisumu counties. The discussions were aimed at assessing the...
Jiji wins Mobile app of the year award in the Shopping & eCommerce category at the 2021 Mobile app & Summit Awards
Jiji Kenya, an online marketplace, has won the Mobile App of the Year in the Shopping and E-commerce category. The award was presented to Jiji at the 2021 Mobil...
Interview with Miriam Limo on the Coca-Cola Christmas campaign under the Real Magic brand philosophy
Coca-Cola recently launched a Christmas campaign under the new Real Magic philosophy and platform. The campaign was marked by the launch of a Christmas caravan ...
Artcaffé opens its second food market at Rhapta Square in Westlands
The Artcaffé Group recently opened its second fully-fledged food market at Raphta Square, Raphta Road Westlands. The first food market opened in 2021 in Kileles...
Kakuzi releases its 2020 environmental, social & governance report
Kakuzi, an agribusiness firm, has become the first agricultural counter player at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to release its 2020 Environmental, Socia...
EABC calls for bilateral talks in a bid to eliminate non-tariff barriers between Kenya & Uganda
The East African Business Council (EABC) has called for bilateral dialogue to eliminate all outstanding non-tariff barriers (NTBs) between Kenya and Uganda in a...
Alitheia IDF a women focused Private Equity Fund closes Ksh. 11.3 billion fund with EIB
Alitheia IDF (AIF), a women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of the Ksh. 11.3 billion (USD 100 million) fund with Europe...
Julia Carvalho has been appointed as the General Manager for IBM growth markets in Africa
IBM, a technology company, has appointed Julia Carvalho as General Manager for IBM growth markets in Africa.
Ms. Carvalho will be responsible for IBM’s busin...
Safaricom incorporates TECNO, Infinix & itel products to its Lipa Mdogo Mdogo payment plan
Safaricom has partnered with Google and Transsion, the parent company of TECNO, Infinix and itel, to enable Kenyans access more 4G devices under the Lipa Mdogo ...
Meta launches the SheMeansBusiness program to support digital women-owned businesses
Meta has announced its partnership with HerHustle to launch SheMeansBusiness, a program designed to equip women entrepreneurs with essential digital skills to s...
Debra Mallowah, the Coca Cola EA VP has urged people to keep safe as they celebrate over the holiday season
The Coca Cola East and Central Africa Vice president Debra Mallowah has urged residents at the coast region to keep safe and share with the less fortunate durin...
InsureMe, a new insurance booking platform to enable clients to pay for their comprehensive covers in installments
InsureMe, an online insurance booking platform, has been officially launched in the Kenyan market. The digital insurance platform will enable customers to pay f...
Muthoni Drummer Queen is the latest addition to Spotify’s EQUAL music program
Spotify has added Kenyan rapper, drummer and cultural entrepreneur Muthoni Drummer Queen to its EQUAL Music Program, as the Artist of the Month for December.
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Moove launches vehicle financing operations in the Kenyan market
Moove, an African mobility fintech company, has launched operations in Nairobi, its first city in East Africa and sixth in Africa. To expand their vehicle and p...
Telkom partners with Britam to launch the ‘Life Bila Noma’ mobile-based insurance solution
Telecommunications company Telkom has partnered with Britam Holdings to bring a mobile-based insurance solution that will see customers benefit from a custom ma...
Vidah Morah wins the first ticket for ‘Monster win a trip to Dubai’ promotion
Monster Energy, supported by Coca Cola Kenya, has announced the first winner of the Monster win a trip to Dubai consumer promotion launched in November this yea...
New report unveils that safety & security are a major concern for women using public transport in Nairobi
UN Women, Kenyatta University (KU) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have launched a report on Women and Public Transport in Nairobi.
The Women a...
Toyota opens new Hiace Assembly line at AVA Mombasa
Toyota Kenya has commissioned an additional Hiace assembly line at the Associated Vehicle Assemblers Mombasa. The Hiace CKD assembly line demonstrates Toyota's ...
African Business Based Tourism platform launches new project to connect investors to local tourism stakeholders
The newly launched African Nature-Based Tourism platform is currently 8 months into its first year of the three-year project phase. The platform is a collaborat...
Mastercard teams up with Jumia to donate 25,000 trees in support of the Priceless Planet coalition
Mastercard and Jumia have partnered on a Black Friday promotion to enable Mastercard cardholders to support the forest restoration projects of the Priceless Pla...
Ecobank partners with underwriters to offer bancassurance to SMEs
Ecobank Group’s commercial banking business has partnered with five insurance companies to offer a range of bancassurance solutions to its SME customers across ...
Caetano signs interest free vehicle financing deal with Stanbic Bank
Caetano Kenya, the official distributor and car dealer of Hyundai and Renault, has signed a vehicle asset financing partnership agreement with Stanbic Bank. The...
Ventures platform secures Ksh. 4.5 billion in funding, to invest in startups
Ventures Platform, an early-stage venture capital fund, has announced the first close of its Ksh. 4.5 billion (USD 40 million) early-stage fund to invest in mar...
PAC Holdings launches ‘Catalyst’ a project meant to promote entrepreneurship in Africa
PanAfrican Capital Holdings (PAC Holdings) has set up a venture capital project, to be known as The Catalyst, in a bid to identify and invest in growth to produ...
Ali Matano & Sofia Nekesa defy the odds to win the inaugural Red Bull Quicksand Challenge in Diani
For participants of the 1 mile (1.6 km) Red Bull Quicksand Challenge at the Kongo River beach in Diani, 12th December, 2021 will always linger in their minds. A...
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