UAP’s Faulu Foundation gifts Ksh. 5M queue management system to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2019

The UAP Old Mutual Faulu Foundation has announced that it has gifted a Ksh. 5 million Queue Management System and Seats to Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi ...

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SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN) joins the DStv platform on all packages

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2019

MultiChoice Africa has announced that the SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN) will join the DStv platform from 11 September 2019. SBN is a Christian television a...

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Poor security & disorganization ruin the Konshens concert in Nairobi

James WamathaiSeptember 9, 2019

Hype Fest organized a concert featuring Jamaican star Konsens and Kenyan acts that included; Nviiri, Ethic, Kansoul, Gwaash, Sailors, Bensoul, Ochungulo Family...

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Equity announces plans to acquire BCDC, DRC’s second biggest bank

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2019

Equity Group has announced that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Banqué Commerciale du Congo (BCDC), which operates in Democratic Republic of Congo (D...

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Thousands participate in the LuquLuqu step for safety walk in support of refugees

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2019

Thousands of Kenyans participated in the second UNHCR Step for Safety annual walk over the weekend in support of refugees who have been displaced because of con...

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Twitter disables the tweeting via SMS feature after the recent hacking of their CEO

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2019

Twitter has disabled the tweet via SMS feature after it was used to hack the Twitter CEO’s Jack Dorsey’s account, whereby the hackers sent out racial slurs and ...

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UAP Holdings reports an improved half year net profit of Ksh. 383 million.

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2019

UAP Holdings Limited (UAPHL) has announced that it has registered a Ksh. 383 million net profit for the half year ending 30th June 2019. In the same period in 2...

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Safaricom shareholders approve dividend payout of Ksh. 74.92 Billion

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2019

Safaricom shareholders have approved a Ksh. 74.92 billion dividend payout for the financial year ending March 31, 2019. The shareholders approved the dividen...

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International Trade Center and Visa partner to empower women led businesses

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2019

The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Visa have launched a partnership to increase the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and...

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Rugby HapaKenya Quiz Night at Kengeles Lavington

Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2019

We hosted the Rubgy HapaKenya Quiz Night last night at Kengeles Lavington. 6 teams competed and after a heated 5 rounds, with 10 questions each, with Jedi Counc...

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TMEA announces Ksh. 350M funding to expand capacity in East Africa’s logistics sector

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2019

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) has today it will fund the Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA) to the tune of Ksh. 350 million (USD...

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KCB picks insider Paul Russo to head NBK during the transitional 2 year period

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2019

KCB Group has announced that it has appointed insider Paul Russo to head the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) for the transitional 2 year period of its integration ...

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Government Chemist opens lab for forensic DNA testing & analysis

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2019

The Government Chemist has announced that it has acquired labs for DNA testing and analysis for forensic and criminal investigations. The labs will be based...

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CBK gives greenlight to KCB to take over NBK

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2019

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced that it has approved the takeover of National Bank of Kenya by Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB). The approval was...

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Equity Bank recruits John Wilson from the World Bank to take over Group COO role

Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2019

Equity has announced the recruitment of John Wilson the head of financial institutions in East and Southern Africa at the IFC as the Group’s Chief Operating Off...

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Moses Mwenda emerges as the champion in the BLAZE E-Sports tournament at the Coast region

Richard MureithiSeptember 2, 2019

Moses Mwenda emerged as the champion in the Coast region’s finals of the BLAZE E-Sports Tournament that was held on Saturday at the Kenya School of Government i...

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Logistics platform Kobo360 officially launches in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 31, 2019

Logistics platform Kobo360 has officially launched operations in the capital of city of Kenya, Nairobi. This officially marks the company’s first physical expan...

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Delivery service Glovo expands to Nakuru and Kitengela

Staff WriterAugust 30, 2019

On demand Delivery platform Glovo has launched operations in Kitengela and Nakuru towns as part of its expansion strategy to provide delivery services in variou...

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Bus hailing company SWVL to pump Ksh. 1.5B into its Kenyan operation

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2019

Bus hailing company SWVL has today announced that it plans to inject $15 million (KES 1.5 billion) into its Kenyan operations. This cash will go into improving ...

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Standard Chartered half year net profit rises slightly to Ksh. 4.7 billion

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2019

Standard Chartered Bank has announced that it has reported a Ksh. 4.7 billion net profit for the half year ended 30th June 2019. The bank reported a Ksh. 4.4 bi...

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Disney star Trinitee Stokes set to speak at the International School of Kenya on 3rd September

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

Trinitee Stokes who is a Disney Channel star and author of ‘Bold & Blessed’, singer and fashion designer, is set to make her maiden trip to Kenya courtesy o...

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Airtel Africa surpasses the 100 million subscribers milestone

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

Airtel Africa has announced that it has it has crossed the 100 million customers mark across its operations in 14 countries. The telco is the second largest mob...

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International Workplace Group has a franchising opportunity for flexible work spaces

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

The International Workplace Group (IWG) has announced that is offering the first flexible office space franchise opportunity in Kenya. The company is currently ...

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Sendy launches cargo transportation on its delivery platform

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

Logistics company Sendy has launched freight services on its platform to serve clients needs to transport cargo domestically, across East Africa, and throughout...

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Strathmore launches The Crucible, a competition for Kenyan marketing students

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

Strathmore University has launched a competition for marketing students in Kenya dubbed The Crucible. The Crucible will be run by the Strathmore Marketing Club ...

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Kenya Airways reports Ksh. 8.5 billion loss in the half year of 2019

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

National carrier Kenya Airways has announced that it has reported a Ksh. 8.5 billion net loss for the half year ended on 30th June 2019. The airline reported a ...

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Sanlam flags off Kenyan representatives to the Cape Town Marathon

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

Finance solutions provider, Sanlam Kenya has flagged off Kenyan representatives to the 2019 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon that will be on 15th September. The repres...

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Safaricom data bundles

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

Safaricom is a telecommunication company in Kenya with services such as SMS, voice calls, mobile internet and Safaricom M-pesa. Safaricom offers services all...

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Telkom Kenya data bundles

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Telkom Kenya is a telecommunication in Kenya that offers various services that include voice calls, SMS and mobile internet. It offers mobile internet in 2G, 3G...

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Airtel data bundles in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Airtel is a telecommunication company that operates in the Kenyan market. It is part of Bharti Airtel Limited, known as Airtel, an Indian global telecommunicati...

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Kenyan writes hilarious letter to DT Dobie over delays in servicing his car

Samson NderiAugust 27, 2019

We have all had problems with taking car to the garage and the mechanics taking long not just to service the car but to diagnose the problem. This is especially...

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WorldRemit & Arsenal launch second edition of Future Stars coaching progamme

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Arsenal and online money transfer service, WorldRemit have launched the second edition of the Future Stars coaching programme for African coaches. The initiativ...

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Travel reservations provider Travelport now accepts Safaricom M-Pesa payments

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with travel reservation provider Travelport to enable travel consultants and agents to directly bill and pay with Safaricom M-PESA. ...

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On demand taxi service, Bolt launches a food delivery service

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

On demand taxi service Bolt has announced that it has launched a food delivery service on its network in the market it operates in. The service is not yet avail...

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Jambojet ranked as the airline with the youngest aircraft fleet in Africa

James WamathaiAugust 27, 2019

Budget airline Jambojet has been ranked as the airline with the youngest aircraft in Africa in a report by global aviation intelligence provider, ch-aviation. ...

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Meru youth get Ksh. 20M in startup kits from KCB Foundation to start their businesses

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Young people in Meru have received starter toolkits to kickstart their businesses from KCB Foundation and the German International Development Agency (GIZ). ...

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10,000 Makueni Youth to benefit from Google Digital Skills programme

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Google has indicated that over 10,000 youth in Makueni county are set to benefit from the Grow with Google program that seeks to train jobseekers, women and Sma...

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Safaricom BLAZE to host esports tournament at Mombasa BYOB Summit

Staff WriterAugust 26, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom has announced that it will host an esports tournament under its Be Your Own Boss Summit (BYOB Summit) initiative in Mombasa on 31st August. ...

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Airtel Kenya to roll out new mobile prefix series 0100, 0101 and 0102

Staff WriterAugust 26, 2019

Airtel Kenya is set to be the first telco to roll out new prefix number series 0100, 0101 and 0102 to their customers following the announcement by the industry...

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Africa Data Centre is the first neutral data centre to become Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard compliant in Kenya

Staff WriterAugust 26, 2019

Africa Data Centres Nairobi has announced that is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant. It is the is the first neutral data cent...

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You will now need to book an appointment to apply for a Kenyan passport

Staff WriterAugust 25, 2019

The Kenyan Government has today announced that you need to book a appointment to be able to submit your application for a new Kenyan passport. Kenyans applyi...

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Artcaffe opens 29th branch in Kitengela at Kitengela Mall

Staff WriterAugust 24, 2019

Artcaffé Group has announced that it has launched its 29th branch of its Artcaffé Coffee & Bakery in Kitengela at Kitengela Mall. The company has multiple n...

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