Storymoja & Safaricom Foundation partner to mark Day of the African Child 2021
The Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Storymoja Publishers for a reading challenge to mark the Day of the African Child.
Early this year, over 200,000 ...
Pesapal authorized by CBK to operate as a Payment Service Provider
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has granted authorization to Pesapal to act as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). Pesapal can now carry out Payment Gateway Servi...
NCBA report predicts 5.3% recovery of Kenya’s GDP in 2021
Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to recover to 5.3% in 2021 according to a recent NCBA Economic Outlook report. The report attributes this grow...
vivo V21 is now available on pre-order with free Euro 2020 merchandise
vivo has announced that the vivo V21 smartphone is now available on pre-order both online and offline. Kenyans can now acquire the device locally before its off...
EABL celebrates Kenyan bartenders ahead of the World Class finals in July
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) recently hosted the top 20 World Class finals bartenders at the Trademark Hotel. The event was hosted to celebrate the Ken...
Canon partners with Photographers’ Association of Kenya in a bid to inspire creatives
Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is calling on film and photography communities across Africa to connect and collaborate. CCNA also announced the first thr...
PwC to invest Ksh. 1.3 trillion in a bid to create 100,000 new jobs in its New Equation strategy
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has announced plans to invest Ksh. 1.294 trillion ($12 billion) over the next five years in its New Equation strategy. The strategy...
Nokia Earbuds Lite promises to give you up to 35 hours of playtime
HMD Global has announced that the Nokia Earbuds Lite will be available in the Kenyan market. The buds are among Nokia’s wireless earpieces which have become pop...
Unilever’s ‘Sunlight Women for More’ program to support over 100,000 women countrywide
Unilever’s soap brand Sunlight has invested in a five-year program to support women in business through various initiatives such as financial literacy training ...
Equity & American Express are now offering a wider range of membership rewards
Equity American Express Card members can now redeem their Membership reward points through a newly revamped portal with more redemption options. The Membership ...
South Africa’s Standard Bank partners with Microsoft to drive digital transformation in Africa
Standard Bank has partnered with tech-company Microsoft to accelerate the digital transformation of the Bank and further drive the Africa's growth. The Bank’s g...
HMD Global partners with Nokia and CGI to bolster the enterprise IoT market
HMD Global has announced collaborations with Nokia and IT consulting firm CGI to enhance growth and development of its enterprise IoT offerings to businesses w...
KCAA holds talks with stakeholders in a bid to review regulations
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has begun consultations with industry stakeholders regarding the proposed draft Civil Aviation regulations. The review...
Safaricom announces a Ksh. 17.5 million sponsorship deal for the WRC Safari Rally
Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 17.5 million sponsorship for the WRC Safari Rally. The sponsorship comes following the event's return to the World Rally Champion...
Raila Odinga & Sundeep Raichura appointed to AfGIIB Advisory Board
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Sundeep Raichura, CEO of Zamara Group have been appointed as Advisory Board members to the African Green Infrastructure I...
B Medical Systems partners with Toyota launch a refrigerated vehicle for COVID-19 vaccine transportation
B Medical Systems, a company in the vaccine cold chain industry has partnered with Toyota Tsusho Corporation to unveil a refrigerated vehicle or vaccine and col...
NCBA Bank partners with DT Dobie to enable clients buy cars with loans of up to 95%
NCBA Bank has signed a six months’ partnership with DT Dobie to jointly promote the sale of Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen brands of vehicles. Under the partnersh...
Huawei launches the 2021 HMS App innovation contest
Huawei has called on developers around the world to compete on the global stage with the launch of the 2021 Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest. The competition w...
Sokowatch among Technology Pioneers recognized by the World Economic Forum
Sokowatch, an East African e-commerce company, has been selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers”. The company has over 22,000 active ...
Mövenpick Hotel reopens ‘The View’ revolving restaurant
Mövenpick Hotel and Residences Nairobi has reopened its revolving restaurant, The View. The restaurant is located on the 24th floor of the Hotel, offering a tas...
The 2021 ATU Africa Innovation Challenge has officially been launched
The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has officially launched the second edition of the ATU Africa Innovation Challenge. ATU made the announcement in a vir...
Sharon Andisi, Zahra Jalalkhan & Teddy Kiemo named as winners of ‘LG’s the Spot’ competition
LG has announced the winners of its digital campaign dubbed 'LG's the Spot.' The winners, Sharon Andisi, Zahra Jalalkhan and Teddy Lewis Kiemo showcased their e...
Stanbic Insurance Agency launches the Stansure app to enhance motor insurance uptake
Stanbic Insurance Agency has partnered with Heritage and Liberty Insurance to launch its StanSure app. The app will enable customers to buy motor insurance in l...
Twiga upgrades ‘Soko Yetu’ platform to enhance service delivery
Twiga Foods has updated its vendor platform, Soko Yetu, to offer more features that will enhance vendors experiences and help grow the business. Soko Yetu is Tw...
A look at the Ajira Digital program & its impact on students countrywide
The Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs launched the Ajira Digital program in 2016 to empower youth to earn decent incomes from digital and digitally ...
Globeleq begins development of a power project in Mozambique
Globeleq, a power producer, and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), have announced the development of a storage power project at Cuamba, northe...
Odibets recruits ‘Ugali Man’ as its official Brand Ambassador
OdiBets has partnered with internet sensation, Charles Odongo alias The Ugali Man as its Brand Ambassador. The Rongai based gym instructor has received a brand ...
Titus Ekiru named as the LG Sports Personality for May 2021
Marathon winner Titus Ekiru is the LG Sports Personality of the Month for May 2021. He was awarded an LG SolarDOM Oven worth Ksh. 65,000 by LG East Africa MD Sa...
Huawei Freebuds 4i are now available for sale at Ksh. 9,999
Huawei Mobile has officially launched the Huawei FreeBuds 4i. The Huawei 4i were made available on pre-order early this month in all retail stores across the co...
US Government eases travel advisory to Kenya to Level 2
The United States of America has loosened Kenya’s Travel Advisory to Level Two, down from Level Four, adjusting travel guidance for vaccinated Americans in the ...
Sky.Garden receives Ksh. 431M in funding to expand operations
Sky.Garden has received Ksh. 431 million (USD 4 million) in investment from various organizations to fund its expansion. The eCommerce platform, closed a Series...
Helium Health launches health tech services in East Africa
Helium Health, an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Hospital Management Information (HMI) Systems provider in West Africa has launched its full suite of prod...
Karimi Ithau has been appointed as the MD for Kenswitch
Kenswitch, a Kenyan payments service provider, has appointed Ms. Karimi Ithau as its new Managing Director. Ms. Karimi has joined Kenswitch from Interswitch whe...
The LG Tone Free FN6 come with a “find my earbuds” feature so you don’t have to worry about losing them
Losing your possessions is not fun but one has to accept that one point or another we are bound to lose something. At times the universe favors us, and we find ...
Nairobi-Lang’ata Rotary Club & KDF have unveil Oloomaiyana Water Project in Kajiado
The Rotary Club of Nairobi-Lang’ata has partnered with the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) and other partners commissioned the Oloomaiyana Community Water Project wo...
Beneficial Ownership e-registration deadline is 31st July, 2021
The Statute Law 2019 (SMAA) amended the Companies Act (No. 17 of 2015), the Companies Act to require all companies to introduce a register of beneficial owners....
vivo to soon launch their V21 smartphone in the Kenyan market
vivo smartphone has announced plans to launch the vivo V21 in Kenya later this month. This comes after the launch of the vivo V20 in January this year, retailin...
EcoTrac report reveals that Kenya’s staple foods are not safe for consumption due to pesticides
A recent EcoTrac study has shown that maize, sukuma wiki (kale), and tomatoes grown in Kenya have been grown using Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). According...
Pete Townshend’s ‘Give Blood’ to be featured in this year’s World Blood Donor Day blood drive
To mark this year's World Blood Donor Day on 14 June, the Global Blood Fund (GBF) will release multiple interpretations of Pete Townshend’s song Give Blood. The...
Ministry of Health rolls out action action plan in a bid to boost mental health in Kenya
The Ministry of Health has launched the Kenya Mental Health Action Plan (2021-2025) to promote mental health among citizens.
MoH Chief Administrative Secreta...
Huawei’s Petal Search now features direct link to Jumia in a bid to enhance service delivery
Petal Search, a search engine pre-installed on new Huawei smartphones running on EMUI 10.1, has announced a partnership with Jumia, an e-commerce platform in Af...
You can now catch all the UEFA Euro 2020 action on Showmax Pro
UEFA Euro 2020 has officially kicked off with 24 teams competing for the coveted trophy in the month-long tournament. Football fans in Kenya are now able to wat...