As insurers race to embrace digital technology, the thinking has been that the insurance brokers and agents might lose their jobs.
However intermediaries wil...
UmojaHack Africa 2021 brought more than 1,000 students from 126 universities across Africa to compete on Zindi, in a virtual machine learning hackathon on the w...
On-demand delivery platform, Glovo, has announced that it will be reducing its service charges to make it more affordable for users to order their favourite mea...
Spire Bank which is a subsidiary of Mwalimu National Sacco has announced the appointment of Fredrick Omondi Nyasaka as the new Head of Finance and Administratio...
Telkom has announced the exit of Steve Okeyo and Kris Senanu from managerial positions in the company. The exit comes after the company launched a new strategic...
More than 30 heads of state and global leaders have expressed support for the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program in a virtual Leaders’ Dialogue. The dialogu...
Ismail Ahmed, founder of WorldRemit, has committed Ksh. 53.6 billion ($500 million) of his wealth and investments to Somaliland-focused development programs ove...
National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has signed a partnership with AMREF Flying Doctors to provide air evacuation and ground ambulance services for its customers, in ca...
Safaricom has appointed Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as the M-PESA Africa managing director, effective April 1, 2021. In his new role, Lopokoiyit will be responsible for g...
The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC), has appointed new members on the Board of Directors with Mrs. Aida Kimemia-Nesbitt as the new Board Ch...
Safaricom has announced that it will use Ericsson to supply microwave solutions on the E-band platform to achieve multi Gbps backhaul capacity for mobile broadb...
HMD Global has officially launched its latest addition to its 5 series smartphones, the Nokia 5.4, in Kenya. The launch follows the recent launch of the Nokia C...
The M-PESA Foundation, in collaboration with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), has officially commissioned the Impact Philanthropy Africa Forum ...
Smartphone manufacturer, Huawei, has relaunched its AppGallery with upgraded features to support its partners from the banking and finance sector to ensure the ...
Old Mutual's Amazing Voices singing competition has been renewed for a second season. The new season is set to debut across Africa from 11th April 2021.
Sinc...
As part of its week-long celebration of World Water Day , the Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), through its Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) has announced that it ...
Network International, an enabler of digital commerce, has announced the appointment of Egyptian national, Hany Fekry, as Regional President for Northern and Su...
Uber the ride hainling company has announced the launch of its online food delivery and rides service in Nakuru. This launch follows the recent expansion of the...
The Kwetu International Animation Film Festival (KIAFF) has announced the winners of this year's KIAFF Awards. KIAFF is an East African based festival that focu...
HMD Global has officially launched its latest entry-level platform, Nokia 1.4 in Kenya. The launch follows the launch of the Nokia C1 Plus earlier this year, an...
Facebook is launching a new campaign in partnership with the WHO called Together Against COVID-19 Misinformation. The campaign will be accessible to people in b...
Showmax has a wide array of movies and TV shows that you can stream on demand on the platform. These include local and international TV series and movies. Some ...
Total Kenya has released its financial results for the FY2020, indicating a 30% growth in net profit of Ksh. 3.297 billion. This is a reduction compared to the ...
The Tourism Regulatory Authority (TRA) has released new regulations on registration and licensing of serviced apartments, homes and villas. The regulator states...
World Marathon Champion, Eliud Kipchoge, has launched his first Non-Fungible Token (NFT). Kipchoge’s NFT collection includes digital representations of his care...
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has released its results for the year ended 31st December 2020. The bank reported a reduced Ksh. 5.4 billion net profit in 2020 as...
Glovo, a multi-category delivery application, has announced that it has raised Ksh. 58 billion (€450 million) in its Series F funding round. The Funding round w...
APA Insurance has won the top prize in the insurance category in this year's Financial Reporting (FiRe) Awards 2020. The theme for the awards was Financial Repo...
Huawei has released its 2020 Annual Report, indicating a 3.2% rise in net profit to Ksh. 1.08 trillion ($9.9 billion) compared to the previous year. Sales reven...
UAP Insurance has reported a 13% growth in gross premium of Ksh. 10.61 billion in 2020 compared to Ksh. 9.37 billion in 2019, while the net premiums increased b...
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) recently closed down fuel stations selling low-quality and export bound motor fuels in the local market dur...
Anne Ngatia, Ogilvy Africa's Deputy Managing Partner, will oversee the newly established Strategic Initiatives office. This announcement comes as the network la...
The Safaricom Choir has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception in 2008. It started with a challenge. The then Safaricom CEO, Michael Joseph, a lover of c...
The Safaricom choir will host a virtual Easter concert this Sunday evening for forty-five minutes on NTV and Safaricom’s YouTube Channel as from 8 pm East Afric...
Kenya has hit out at the United Kingdom after London added the it to its coronavirus travel red list. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ...
Kenya has joined The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business as a full member of the 27-year-old organization. The organization is committed to accelerating Canada-Af...
The Association of Insurance Brokers of Kenya (AIBK) has elected Mr. Anthony Mwangi as the National Chairman. He was elected during the Association’s 55th Annua...
A new research from Standard Chartered has unveiled that more than 50% of African companies are delaying their energy transition targets. This delay has left th...
Media company, GroupM, has announced the expansion of its GroupM Academy GradX program to Kenya and Nigeria, with plans to add other markets in the future. The ...
AAR Insurance has released financial performance for the year 2020 that shows the company registered a Ksh. 234 million net profit.
This is a reduction from ...
Microsoft has launched Season 2 of the Game of Learners (GOL) program. It is an initiative aimed at enhancing digital and coding skills among university student...
Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its flights. Th...
