Dr. Patriciah Murugami & Renee Ngamau appointed to the Clean Start board
Clean Start has appointed Dr. Patriciah Murugami as the company's Chair to the Board, and Renee Ngamau on being appointed as a Board Director.
Clean Start fo...
Equity Afia & Bidco Africa partner to offer free medical services to new mothers
Equity Afia and Bidco Africa have partnered to provide free medical screening for expectant and lactating mothers visiting Equity Afia medical centres as the wo...
Red Bull to host this year’s Wings For Life World Run online
The Wings For Life World Run 2021 is slated for May 9, 2021, through an app. This is according to the event organizers, and sponsors Red bull.
The Wings For ...
May 14th is a public holiday to celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr
The Government has announced that Friday, May 14th, 2021, will be a public holiday to mark Eid-Ul-Fitr. The announcement was made by Cabinet Secretary Ministry ...
Cheche Docs and Roka Designs among those selected for the Metta Nairobi’s Creative Challenge program
The Metta Nairobi has announced the Creative Challenge program participants under the Resource Of Open Mind (R.O.O.M), powered by Hivos East Africa.
The crea...
Huawei fitness wearable devices, a perfect Mother’s Day gift
With this year's Mothers Day fast approaching, many people are hunting for the perfect Mothers Day gift. Huawei wellness products are perfect to show how much y...
10 international series that you can watch on Showmax this May
Showmax has a wide array of movies and TV shows that you can stream on demand on the platform. These include local and international award-winning TV series and...
AAF partners with Kenya Red Cross to tackle food insecurity in the Daadab Refugee Camp
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF) has announced the second phase of a Ksh. 13,343,750 ($125,000) project partnership with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS)...
Vikas Mehta the Ogilvy Africa CEO has been selected as a jury for the Global WARC Awards
Vikas Mehta, CEO Ogilvy Africa, has been appointed to the jury of the inaugural Global WARC (World Advertising and Research Council) Awards for Effectiveness. T...
AstraZeneca donates nebulization stations to 4 African countries
Global Pharmaceutical Company, AstraZeneca, has officially opened and handed over the first Pumua nebulization stations across 4 countries; Kenya, Ivory Coast, ...
The Adaptis Group has acquired Solstice Technologies in a bid to enhance operational efficiency
The Adaptis Group has announced its acquisition of Solstice Technologies, in a bid to tap into the Information Technology space. The Group currently has a diver...
Tecno has launched the Camon 17 in the Kenyan market
Tecno has launched the Camon 17 in the Kenyan market. The phone is the lastest iteration in the Camon series and is the successor to the Camon 16. The phone com...
Absa Bank launches “She Business Account” targeted at women entrepreneurs
Absa Bank Kenya has announced its commitment to impact over 1 million women entrepreneurs over the next five years with a new proposition. The new proposition, ...
World Half Marathon record holder Ruth Chepng’etich named as the LG Sports Personality for the month of April
Reigning world marathon champion Ruth Chepngetich has been named as the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month for April. As part of the recognition, she was a...
Kenya Customs and Border Control lifts restriction on warehousing of goods
Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has acknowledged the move by the Commissioner of Customs and Border Control to lift restrictions on warehousing of goods in Custom...
Lami Technologies secures Ksh. 192 million seed funding to enhance insurance products in Kenya
Lami Technologies, Kenyan insure-tech start-up, has received Ksh. 192,330,000 ($1.8 million) in seed money, to help provide tailored and affordable insurance pr...
Microsoft Teams launches additional features to support educators and learners
Microsoft has added several new features to Teams designed to support educators and students in creating a holistic learning environment for the next chapter of...
Kwara a Kenyan fintech company has been selected for JICA’s Ninja Accelerator program
Digital banking platform and fintech company Kwara has been nominated for the first
cohort of the Ninja Accelerator program in Kenya.
The NINJA Accelerator ...
Wealth Migrate has been approved as a Category 1 Financial Services provider
Online investing portal, Wealth Migrate South Africa, has been approved as a Category I Financial Services Provider (FSP 47394). This new status will allow the ...
Bolt unveils car-sharing service ‘Bolt Drive’ in Europe
Cab-hailing service, Bolt, has launched its car-sharing service, dubbed Bolt Drive. The new service allows customers to rent a car for short periods of time usi...
Dr. Benson Wairegi to exit the Britam Board on 28th May, 2021
Britam Group has announced that Dr. Benson Wairegi is set to step down from the Board of Britam Holdings on 28th May this year, after serving in the company for...
Kelvin Thairu to represent Kenya in the Diageo World Class Global Competition finals in Spain
Kelvin Thairu is the winner of the Diageo World Class Global Competition, Kenyan edition. Mr. Thairu emerged victorious in a competition with 20 other contestan...
Kenya Film Commission funds 14 producers with Ksh. 29 Million towards production of local content
The Kenya Film Commission recently unveiled the beneficiaries of the second round of the Film Empowerment Program. 14 Producers from Nairobi, Kajiado, Siaya, Na...
Africa Movie Academy Awards 2021 are now open for submissions
Africa Film Academy, organizers of the movie awards in Africa is now accepting submissions for the 17th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs). International submi...
AstraZeneca partners with Global EverGreening Alliance for a reforestation drive in Kajiado County
Pharmaceutical Company AstraZeneca and Global EverGreening Alliance to restore degraded agricultural and forest lands through planting 120 000 trees. The refore...
Kenyan animated series ‘Makarao’ makes it to American streaming service KweliTV
Kenyan animated comedy series, Makarao, has made its debut to international audiences on KweliTV, an American-based Video-On-Demand (VOD) streaming service. Kwe...
Africa Reproductive Care Society partners with Merck Foundation to build fertility and reproductive care capacity
Merck Foundation has announced its partnership with Africa Reproductive Care society (ARCS) based in Lagos, Nigeria to build fertility and reproductive care cap...
Kalasha Film and TV Market slated for 5th-7th May, 2021
The 4th edition of the Kalasha International Film and TV Market is scheduled for 5th to 7th May, 2021. This year's event will take on a hybrid approach for the ...
World Bank’s IFC to lend Ksh. 2.7 billion to Stellar Warehousing & Logistics Limited a Kenyan Real Estate company
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector development arm of the World Bank, has announced its plans to lend Ksh. 2.7 billion ($25 million...
Applications are now open for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program
Facebook is inviting community leaders from Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria to apply for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program. The program offers pa...
Jambojet has officially resumed flights in the Kenyan market
Low-cost airline, Jambojet, has resumed operations to all its local destinations, that is, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Ukunda and Malindi. The resumption of fight...
Shelter Afrique 40th AGM slated for 20th – 26th June in Cameroon
Shelter Afrique’s 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and annual housing symposium will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The event is scheduled to take place betw...
Infinix launches the HOT 10T smartphone in Kenya at a retail price of Ksh. 15,499
Infinix has officially launched it newest phone, the Infinix HOT 10T, under its Hot Series in Kenya. The tech-company has continuously produced smartphones with...
Rémy Martin teams up with Usher to celebrate Music and Cognac
Rémy Martin has announced a collaborative new global campaign with award-winning musical artist, Usher, to celebrate the blending of music and Cognac. Team Up F...
Telkom partners with Stanchart to give their clients Showmax Pro Mobile subscriptions
Standard Chartered Bank has announced a partnership with Telkom Kenya, dubbed Omoka Vinoma, that will see Telkom pre-paid subscribers get access to 100% cashbac...
5 Kenyan start-ups to benefit from the Ninja Accelerator program
The Ninja Accelerator in Kenya has selected 5 high-potential Kenyan ventures for its first cohort. The accelerator program is powered by the Japan International...
Nameless and Wahu’s reality series ‘This Love’ coming soon on Showmax
Veteran musicians, Nameless and Wahu, one of Kenya’s most admired celebrity couple, are set to grace our screens in a new docu-reality series, dubbed "This Love...
Global companies keen on reinventing the office for life beyond COVID-19
A research conducted by Knight Frank has revealed that international businesses are looking into their workplaces to revitalize corporate brand and culture afte...
Kenyans who do not file returns risk losing their KRA PINs
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has issued a public notice that taxpayers who are registered under the Value Added Tax (2013) and the Income Tax Act CAP 470 L...
Mastercard invests in Kasha a female focused e-commerce platform
Mastercard has expanded its relationship with Kasha through an investment in the e-commerce platform. The companies will continue their shared efforts to ensure...
Lucille Aveva appointed as Safaricom Director for new Customer Obsession department
Safaricom CEO, Peter Ndegwa, has appointed Lucille Aveva as Customer-Obsession, effective May 1, 2021. The new role has been created in line with Safaricom's mi...
Cherie Blair Foundation, DHL Express and Synapsis partner to support Kenyan women entrepreneurs
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Sinapsis and DHL Express have partnered to bring crucial entrepreneurial skills and support to over 3,500 of Kenya’s most...