Equity Group to purchase majority shares in Banque Commercial du Congo for $ 105 Million

Staff WriterNovember 19, 2019

Equity Group Holdings, (EGH) has announced that it has  has entered into a share purchase agreement with George Arthur Forrest. This is in the view of purchasin...

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Safaricom launches new internet packages for businesses

Staff WriterNovember 19, 2019

Safaricom has announced new internet packages for small to medium sized businesses. Under the new pricing structure, the telco has introduced three new options ...

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How to check your KCPE 2019 Results

Samson NderiNovember 18, 2019

The Minister in charge of Education, Professor George Magoha, has just released the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education 2019 results (KCPE 2019 results) at t...

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Alliance formed to support the fight against cancer in Sub Saharan Africa

Staff WriterNovember 16, 2019

IBM, American Cancer Society (ACS), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) have launched a new allia...

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Huawei Y9s, Band 4 & Band 4e launched in Kenya; Pre-orders to begin on November 22

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2019

Huawei has officially launched the Huawei Y9s smartphone in the Kenyan market. The mid-range smartphone will retail at Ksh. 31,999. The tech company also la...

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Infinix Hot 8 Battery Review: full day use with no problem

James WamathaiNovember 15, 2019

The battery is the most important part of a smartphone and customers really look out for a phone that can be able to offer the best battery life possible. The m...

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Liquid Telecom in partnership with Microsoft to launch new enterprise cloud services

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2019

Liquid Telecom, is working with Microsoft to launch new enterprise cloud services that are designed to improve business collaboration, increase productivity and...

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Safaricom invites Global Fintech Innovators to come invest in Kenya’s Ksh. 100 Billion industry

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2019

Safaricom has challenged the innovators in the telecoms and financial sector to tap into the fintech industry in Kenya which is expected to top Ksh100 billion n...

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Gurpreet Singh Mehta joins PrideInn Beach Hotel as Food and Beverage Director

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

PrideInn Group has appointed Gurpreet Singh Mehta as the new Director of Food and Beverage and Culinary Operations at PrideInn Paradise Beach Resort and Spa in ...

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CDC Group appoints Seema Dhanani to head the Kenya office

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced the appointment of Seema Dhanani to head the organization's office in Kenya. It has also appo...

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Martin Oduor-Otieno is the new EABL chairperson; replacing Charles Muchene

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

Charles Muchene is set to retire as East African Breweries Limited (EABL) board chairperson after 8 years at the helm of the alcohol beverage company. Muchene a...

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Taurus Events & Tanqueray hosts second edition of Rhythm and Brunch

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

Events company Taurus Events has partnered with Tanqueray 10 from East African Breweries Limited (EABL) for the second edition of the Rhythm and Brunch at Four ...

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Artcaffe opens 35th branch at Westminster House in Nairobi CBD

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

Artcaffé Group has announced the opening of its 35th Artcaffé branch which is located at the Westminster House in the Nairobi CBD along Kenyatta avenue. This is...

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Ogilvy Africa appoints Vikas Mehta as their new CEO

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

Ogilvy Africa has named Vikas Mehta as its new Chief Executive Officer. He takes over from Mathieu Plassard who is moving to Ogilvy South Africa in a new role. ...

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Facebook launches new payment system

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

Facebook is set to launch a new payment system which is named Facebook Pay. It will be available on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp and is design...

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Ireland trade mission coming to Kenya to boost partnership in agriculture and education

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

Ireland will this week hold a two day Enterprise  trade mission to the country as from  November 14th to 15th. This will happen as the nation seeks opportunitie...

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Equity Group reports a profit after tax of Ksh. 17.46 Billion for Q3

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

The Equity  Group has announced a third quarter profit after tax up of Ksh. 17.46 Billion which is a 10% rise from the previous year which was Ksh. 15.83 Billio...

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PR Company Tell-Em Public Relations celebrates 20 years of existence

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

PR company Tell-Em Public Relations recently celebrated their 20th anniversary with a cocktail event at The Norfolk hotel, Nairobi. The event was graced by key ...

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Amazon to set up a CloudFront Edge location in Kenya

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon company, has announced that it will launch an Amazon CloudFront Edge location in Kenya. The edge location is expected to be opera...

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Vivo officially launches in Kenya; unveils Vivo V17 Pro smartphone

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Global technology company Vivo, has launched its regional offices in Nairobi and also unveiled the new Vivo V17 Pro smartphone in the Kenyan Market. Vivo Ken...

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Government urged to set aside funds towards prevention of blindness in Kenya

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

The Kenya Society for the Blind has urged the government to set aside more funds towards the prevention of avoidable blindness in Kenya. Out of the 10 millio...

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Carrefour launches MyCLUB customer loyalty program in Kenya

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Majid Al Futtaim has launched the MyCLUB customer loyalty program across all its Carrefour supermarket stores in Kenya. The MyCLUB program is active in sever...

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Galina Kenya introduces new wine brands in Kenya including Thr3 Monkeys

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Galina Kenya, a distributer of wines and spirits, has introduced a mix of Spanish, Swedish, South African and Italian wines to cater for the growing demand for ...

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Pathways DataSavvy launched to boost a data driven culture in Africa

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Pathways International has launched a program named Pathways DataSavvy that aims at providing individuals and corporates with data analytics, data science, and ...

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Rotary Langata hosts dinner to raise funds is support of Polio End Game Campaign

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Parapet Cleaning Services CEO and Rotary District Governor (9212) Nominee Alex Nyaga hosted a black-tie dinner at The TradeMark Hotel, Village Market on 1st Nov...

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Kenya reaffirms commitment to support the clean energy sector

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

More than 500 delegates around the world converged in Nairobi for the 2019 clean energy forum under the theme of Investment. Innovation. Impact, working to buil...

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KBL unveils an alcohol christmas gifting catalogue

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has unveiled the 2019 Gifting catalogue. The 30-page gift catalogue is inspired by a KBL Gifting Survey Report conducted in July 2...

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Facebook to give you the option to turn off notification dots

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

The Facebook red dot notifications appear to have been designed with the intention of keeping you hooked on the app rather than being a source of information. H...

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Google Chrome to start labeling slow websites

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

Once in a while we encounter websites that take long to load, at such a point one is not usually sure what the cause, that is whether it is a network issue or j...

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BLAZE by Safaricom hosts last summit of the year at the NYS Yatta unit

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom hosted it last summit for the year over the weekend at the National Youth Service (NYS) Yatta Unit in Machakos County. At the event, over 5,0...

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Lori Systems raises Ksh. 3 Billion in a Series A round of funding

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2019

Lori Systems an on demand trucking logistics company has reportedly raised $30 Million in a Series A round of funding that was led by Hillhouse Capital, Crystal...

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Kenya Breweries to plant 130,000 trees to support Lake Victoria Basin Conservation

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2019

Kenya Breweries Ltd has announced that it will be planting 130,000 trees in Koguta Forest which sits on the edge of Lake Victoria. This is in support of environ...

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Communications Authority challenges mobile operators to enhance quality of service

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2019

The Communications Authority (CA) which is the regulatory authority for the communications sector in Kenya has challenged telcos to enhance quality of service i...

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Naivas to run a customer cash back promotion during the festive period

Staff WriterNovember 7, 2019

Supermarket chain Naivas has announced that it will run a customer cash back promotion during the upcoming festive period. The company will invest over Ksh....

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Turnkey Africa receives the 2019 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Partner award

Staff WriterNovember 7, 2019

Turnkey Africa has been named the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Partner of the Year in Kenya and East Africa. The award was presented at this year’s Oracle Partne...

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Safaricom joins The Tent Partnership For Refugees

Staff WriterNovember 7, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it has joined the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent), a global business network which mobilizes companies around the world to sup...

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Stawi mobile app launched; to give loans of upto Ksh. 250,000 to entrepreneurs

Staff WriterNovember 7, 2019

4 Kenyan banks have launched a mobile loan app, Stawi, that will give entrepreneurs loans of between Ksh. 30,000 to Ksh. 250,000.  The app was formally launched...

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KBL pledges to provide clean water to 4 million Kenyans by 2020

Staff WriterNovember 6, 2019

Alcohol manufacturer Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has pledged to provide clean water to 4 million people in Kenya by the year 2020. KBL has reaffirmed its ...

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Trace acquires Qwetu Radio and rebrands it to Trace Radio

Staff WriterNovember 6, 2019

Global entertainment network has set up in Kenya and has acquired Qwetu Radio, a music-only radio station, and rebranded it to Trace Radio. Trace has finaliz...

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Little Boda now expands to Mombasa

Staff WriterNovember 6, 2019

The ride hailing app, Little Cab has introduced its Boda product to Mombasa. The expansion to Mombasa is part of Little’s wider growth and expansion plans that ...

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Visa launches security capabilities to prevent and disrupt payment fraud

Staff WriterNovember 6, 2019

Visa has announced the introduction of an innovative suite of security capabilities to help prevent and disrupt payment fraud at the Visa CEMEA Security Summit ...

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Stanbic Bank report indicates an improvement in business conditions for the month of October

Staff WriterNovember 6, 2019

According to a report released by the Stanbic Bank Kenya, the Kenyan private sector companies saw a solid improvement in business conditions in October, as new ...

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