USIU partners with Cyber Security Institute to offer training and capacity building in cyber security

Staff WriterAugust 1, 2019

USIU-Africa and the Cyber Security Institute (CSI) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the institutions offer research and innovation, train...

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Analysis of the Private Security regulations by KN Law LLP

Staff WriterAugust 1, 2019

The Private Security (General) Regulations, 2019 (the “Regulations”) were formulated to operationalize the Private Security Regulation Act, No. 13 of 2016 (“the...

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Telkom Kenya to lay off 575 workers in merger with Airtel

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Telkom Kenya has sent a notice to its employees indicating that following the joint venture with Airtel they will be discontinuing the transferred business depa...

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15 events that you should attend this August

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Kenya has vibrant cities that never stop buzzing with activity. You don't even have to dig that deep into the internet to find something to keep you busy on a w...

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Google Chrome 76 incognito mode to enable users evade paywalls

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2019

Google Chrome 76 has been released and one of the features that comes with it is that websites will no longer be able to detect your Chrome browser when in inco...

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Heineken to pay Maxam Ksh.1.7B in damages after terminating distributor contract

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Heineken East Africa has been ordered to pay its former distributor Maxam Limited Ksh. 1.7 billion by the High Court in Nairobi. In his ruling Justice James ...

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How to buy a smartphone on credit via Safaricom’s Beba Sasa Lipa Pole Pole

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) to be able to offer Kenyans a chance to be able own a smartphone in an initiative dubbed Beba Sasa Lipa...

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6 queer stories from African writers that you need to read

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Pride month is celebrated annually in June by the LGBQTI community to honour the Stonewall Riots of 1969 in Manhattan in which the queer community engaged in vi...

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Lori Systems appoints Uche Ogboi as COO & Efayomi Carr as Head of Strategic Finance

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Lori Systems has announced that it has appointed Uche Ogboi as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Efayomi Carr as Head of Strategic Finance effecti...

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KCB & Equity win awards at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Equity Bank and KCB Group have won awards at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence. The awards they received are Africa’s Best Digital Bank 2019 and Africa's...

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DPO Group acquires PayFast, a South African payment processor

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

DPO Group has today announced the acquisition of PayFast, one of the largest payment processors in South Africa. The deal was executed through a mix of shares a...

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Jumia partners with Vivo Energy to increase its distribution network

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Jumia the largest e-commerce platform in Africa has partnered with Vivo Energy who own  Shell and Engen in Africa. This is in a to increase their distribution n...

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Equity sacco awarded for being the most efficient in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Equity Savings and Credit Cooperative Society has been named as the Most Efficient Sacco in the country. The sacco was honored during the International Cooperat...

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Java House launches its 65th branch on Mbagathi Way

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Java House Group has today launched its 65th  branch on Mbagathi Way. The Kenyan born coffee-led food chain currently has its footprint on 3 countries that is K...

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Applications are now open for Rhodes Scholarships in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford. It was established in 1902, making it the first...

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IBS Bank launches World Elite Mastercard in Somalia

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

IBS Bank has launched the World Elite Mastercard debit card, providing its high net worth cardholders with a range of priceless benefits and privileges that can...

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Branch repays Ksh. 500M debt and raises Ksh. 500M in commercial paper

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Branch International has announced that it has repaid Ksh. 500 million in commercial debt. It issued the commercial paper in January 2019. The company has si...

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Jambojet to increase flights to the Coast during the August holidays

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Budget airline Jambojet has announced that it will increase the number of flights to the Coastal region during the month of August. The airline currently operat...

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5 best places to download Kenyan music

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Kenyan music can sometimes be hard to find both offline and online. To solve this problem online, there are a few websites that have come that offer Kenyan musi...

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Mwamba RFC win the Kabeberi Sevens 2019

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2019

Mwamba RFC won the George Mwangi Kabeberi Memorial Sevens (Kabeberi Sevens) that was held on 27 and 28th July at the Kinoru Stadium in Meru County. Mwamba be...

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29 Kenyan podcasts you should be listening to

Makena Ndung'uJuly 29, 2019

Podcasts have certainly become very popular the last two years. Two years ago, they might have been only ten or so active Kenyan podcasts. The number has grown ...

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Kababeri Sevens to take place this weekend at Kinoru Stadium

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

Kababeri Sevens is set to take place this weekend at Kinoru Stadium. Kabeberi Sevens will take place over two days i.e. Saturday 27th July to Sunday 28th July. ...

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Kibra MP Ken Okoth has passed away

Samson NderiJuly 26, 2019

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kibra in Nairobi County Ken Okoth has passed away. Okoth was 41 and he was serving his second term as MP. The Kibra MP was ...

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eCommerce platform Herdy launches new app

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

Kenyan eCommerce platform Herdy has launched new app to enable its customers easily buy products from its service. The new app is available for download from th...

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Air India to resume direct flights to Nairobi from September 27

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

Air India, the national airline of India, has announced that it plans to resume direct flights between Mumbai and Nairobi from September 27 2019. The Indian air...

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DT Dobie launches Kenyan assembled Polo Vivo Comfortline & Caddy Kombi

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

DT Dobie has launched two locally assembled cars, the Polo Vivo Comfortline and the Caddy Kombi, in the Kenyan market. The company launched the first locally as...

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UAP Old Mutual launches Go Plus, an app based wellness program for customers

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

The UAP Old Mutual Group has launched an app based wellness program that is geared at making the lifestyle of its customers better and healthier. The program...

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EABL half year net profit increases by 33% to Ksh. 6.6. billion

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

EABL has today announced that its net profit for the half year ending on June 2019 has increased by 33% to Ksh. 6.6 billion. The company has reported that th...

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Kenyan startup Taimba receives Ksh. 10M funding from Gray Matters Capital

Staff WriterJuly 26, 2019

US based impact investor Gray Matters Capital has  announced that it has funded Taimba, a Nairobi based B2B Agri-Tech start-up that runs a mobile-based cashless...

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Old Kenyan passports to remain operational until March 2020 after Government extends deadline

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

The Kenyan Government has today announced that it has extended the deadline for use of the old Kenyan passport as a travel document to March 2020. The previous ...

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Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom star Ibrahim Ochieng signed by Western Stima FC

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

Ibrahim Ochieng Owino, one of the stars of the second season of Chapa Dimba na Safaricom, has signed a three year contract with Kenya Premier League side Wester...

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Doreen Onwong’a & Emmanuel Mueke join KN law firm

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

KN Law LLP has announced that Doreen Onwong'a & Emmanuel Mueke has joined the Nairobi based law firm. Doreen has joined the firm as an associate partner wit...

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Fibre optic cable networks to now be registered with ICTA in new regulations

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

The ICT Authority (ICTA) has introduced new regulations that will see fibre optic networks registered with them. The authority announced these new regulations v...

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ICE Africa to host gaming conference in Johannesburg on October 2nd to 3rd

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

ICE Africa will hold a conference on gaming at the Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa as from October 2 – 3. The two-day event will feature a two-stream co...

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Google Photos surpasses the 1 billion users mark

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2019

Just four years after it was launched, Google Photos has reached and surpassed 1 billion users. The photo organizing and editing service is Google’s ninth produ...

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22 year old Elvis Otieno wins the EABL logo redesign competition

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019

22-year-old Elvis Otieno Atieno has won the Got Skillz? talent competition by East African Breweries Limited (EABL) that will culminate in a new logo for the co...

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15 places you can get quick loans in Kenya

Samson NderiJuly 24, 2019

We have all at one point in time been in a situation where we needed some cash to sort out something urgently. The quickest source of this cash is family and fr...

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How to get a loan from the NIC Bank mobile banking service

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019

NIC Bank in Kenya now offers loans to its customers via its mobile banking service. The loan is available via the NIC NOW App and also via USSD. To get a loa...

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Teenager Hannah Wanjiru to represent Kenya at the Africa Deaf Athletics Championships

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019

Hannah Wanjiru (16) is the winner of 5000M women’s race at the two-day Safaricom National Deaf Track & Field Championships Trials held at the Moi Internatio...

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Heritage Insurance launches telematics powered motor insurance policy

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019

Heritage Insurance Kenya has launched a motor insurance policy dubbed Auto Correct, which makes the use of telematics technology. The Auto Correct motor insu...

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Godrej launches Valon Body Lotion in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019

Indian conglomerate Godrej Consumer Products has launched the Valon Body Lotion in Kenya. The lotion will come in variants such as Soothing Aloe & Avocado O...

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Ukur Yatani Kanacho is now the acting CS for Treasury

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019

Following the arrest and arraigning in court of Henry Rotich and his PS Dr. Kamau Thugge following corruption allegations that arose due to the Arror and Kimwar...

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