Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6: Unfolding a world of reliability and high utility

Eugene OkumuSeptember 27, 2024

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 is the latest flagship from the South Korean electronics manufacturing titan to enter the Kenyan market. The smartphone was released ...

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Xiaomi launches the Redmi 14C to retail at Ksh. KES 13,699

Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2024

Xiaomi Kenya has launched the highly anticipated Redmi 14C, complete with an unbeatable offer for early buyers. Customers who purchase the Redmi 14C during t...

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Airtel Money customers can now make payments to merchants via Lipa Na KCB

Grace MathekaSeptember 25, 2024

KCB Bank Kenya and Airtel Money Kenya have announced an interoperability partnership. Following the partnership deal, Airtel Money customers will now be able to...

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Pwani Oil launches environmental conservation campaign in Kilifi County

Grace MathekaSeptember 25, 2024

Pwani Oil Products has launched a year-round campaign aimed at educating communities on the value of environmental conservation, with notable attention on clean...

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Old Starehian Society is hosting its 10th Annual Golf Tournament this Friday

Grace MathekaSeptember 25, 2024

The Old Starehian Society has announced 10th Annual Golf Tournament slated for Friday, 27th September, at the Limuru Country Club. Over 200 players, including O...

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KARMA Conference 2024 slated for November 4-8 in Naivasha

Grace MathekaSeptember 24, 2024

The Kenya Association of Records Managers and Archivists (KARMA) has announced the 8th edition of its Annual Conference, on November 4th to 8th at the Lake Naiv...

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Tatu Telecom installs 85,000m of fibre optic infrastructure in Tatu City

Grace MathekaSeptember 23, 2024

Tatu Telecom has connected over 1,000 customers to its high-speed fibre-optic network in Tatu City. The company has completed the installation of 85,000 meters ...

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Mercy Nderitu & team win Machakos leg of KCB Golf Series

Grace MathekaSeptember 22, 2024

Mercy Nderitu, Philip Kibet, Fostine Maithya and Daniel Salaton returned a combined score of 111 points to emerge as the overall winners of the KCB East Africa ...

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Norfund & Irvine’s Group sign USD 18M investment deal to boost poultry operations & food security in Africa

Grace MathekaSeptember 21, 2024

Norfund and Irvine’s Group have signed a Ksh. 2.3 billion (USD 18 million) financing agreement to expand operations in poultry initiatives. This move aims to en...

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Yemi Alade is Spotify’s EQUAL artist for September

Grace MathekaSeptember 21, 2024

Spotify has announced Afropop sensation Yemi Alade as the EQUAL Artist for September this year. The recognition comes after the release of her tenth album, Rebe...

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Bolt Accelerator program awards 10 drivers with Ksh. 2.8M seed funding

Grace MathekaSeptember 20, 2024

Bolt has finalized its Accelerator Program in Kenya, culminating in a ceremony to award the top 10 drivers and couriers with the most innovative ideas. The even...

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Spiro opens new manufacturing centre in Nairobi’s Old Mombasa Road

Grace MathekaSeptember 20, 2024

Spiro has announced the official opening of its manufacturing centre on Old Mombasa Road in Nairobi. The new facility is set to produce thousands of electric bi...

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Safaricom conducts financial literacy training for traders in Migori

Grace MathekaSeptember 18, 2024

Safaricom, in partnership with Google, recently held a financial and digital literacy training to empower bodaboda riders, vendors, and small business operators...

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Galaxy Mobile opens new Samsung brand store in Nairobi

Grace MathekaSeptember 13, 2024

Galaxy Mobile has opened a Samsung Brand Store in collaboration with Samsung Electronics East Africa. The new Brand store is located at the new Shujaa Mall in K...

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Oppo Reno12 5G review: AI-enabled smartphone for productivity & creativity

Eugene OkumuSeptember 13, 2024

The Oppo Reno12 series is the newest entrant in the Kenyan smartphone market. The Chinese mobile manufacturer announced the series globally in June and launche...

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Chemutai Sage & Silayio to headline Offbeat Sessions on Sept 28

Grace MathekaSeptember 12, 2024

Offbeat is partnering with AVL to present the second edition of Offbeat sessions, an evening live music event featuring Chemutai Sage and Silayio on 28th Septem...

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Sanlam commits Ksh. 5.6M to support physically challenged children

Grace MathekaSeptember 12, 2024

Sanlam Kenya and the Sanlam Foundation have partnered with the Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation (GHF) in an initiative to alleviate the plight of physically chall...

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Safaricom receives a Payment Facilitator Certificate from Visa

Grace MathekaSeptember 12, 2024

Visa has awarded Safaricom a Payment Facilitator Certificate, marking a significant milestone in their continued partnership. This enhanced collaboration aim...

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M-PESA Foundation TVET scholarship program to benefit over 1300 students

Grace MathekaSeptember 10, 2024

Over 1,300 youth across Kenya are expected to benefit from a comprehensive Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) scholarship program by M-PESA ...

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KPC taps Syokinet Solutions to activate its Mombasa-Nairobi fibre optic cable

Grace MathekaSeptember 10, 2024

The Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has on-boarded Syokinet Solutions, to activate 1.6Tbps data capacity on its fibre optic cable which runs from Mombasa to Nairob...

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Field secures USD 11M funding to launch maternal mortality crisis tech service in Africa

Grace MathekaSeptember 10, 2024

Field, a healthtech company, has launched a route-to-market service that will introduce emerging therapies to tackle the urgency of maternal mortality, newborn ...

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DTB opens new branch in Bondo in its expansion drive

Grace MathekaSeptember 10, 2024

Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has officially opened a new branch in Bondo, Siaya County. The opening is part of its continued local expansion drive aimed at expandin...

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British Council to host its New Directions conference in Nairobi on 24-26 Sept

Grace MathekaSeptember 10, 2024

The British Council has announced it will for the first time, host its flagship New Directions Conference in Nairobi from 24th to 26th September, 2024. This is ...

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Nigeria’s Affiong Williams emerges as the winner of the 2024 WAYA Awards

Grace MathekaSeptember 10, 2024

AGRA has announced six winners of the 2024 Women Agri-preneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA) held during the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum). This year’s WAYA...

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Bolt awards 350 drivers in its Drive for a Prize campaign

Grace MathekaSeptember 6, 2024

Bolt has rewarded more than 350 of its top-performing driver-partners for their dedication and exceptional service as part of its driver reward campaign. The ce...

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Kepher Okoth is the grand winner in the Safaricom Shinda Mamilii promotion

Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2024

Kepher Okoth Ooko from Migori County has been announced as the grand winner of KES 5 million in the Safaricom “Shine Kenya Shinda Mamilii Kama Bingwa” promotion...

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AGRA Africa Agriculture Status Report highlight’s role of SMEs in food security

Grace MathekaSeptember 5, 2024

AGRA has launched its 2024 Africa Agriculture Status Report titled Harnessing the Private Sector for Food Systems Transformation in Africa. The report provides ...

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Java House launches the Kuza Mentorship Program to commemorate 25 years

Grace MathekaSeptember 5, 2024

Java House has launched the Kuza Mentorship Program, as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations held at Gatina Primary School in Dagoretti North, Nairobi. ...

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Absa Bank advanced Ksh. 36.9 Billion in inclusive financing in 2023

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2024

Absa Bank has indicated that it advanced close to KES 60 billion in sustainable finance in 2023. This figure, contained in the Bank’s Sustainability Report for...

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Interswitch partners with Elie Technologies to launch Tumatap contactless payment solution

Grace MathekaSeptember 4, 2024

Interswitch East Africa has announced a strategic partnership with Elie Technologies to unveil an innovative contactless payment solution dubbed Tumatap. The ne...

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Sunlight introduces financial literacy campaign for women entrepreneurs

Grace MathekaSeptember 3, 2024

Sunlight has unveiled a financial literacy empowerment program dubbed Shika More Na Sunlight at the Gikomba market in Nairobi. The campaign is aimed at equippin...

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Ethiopia’s Ruth Girmay named the 2024 Most Commendable Designer at the 2024 Africa Talent Leather Design Showcase

Grace MathekaSeptember 3, 2024

Ruth Girmay from Ethiopia has been awarded the Most Commendable Award at the Africa Talent Leather Design Showcase 2024 for the second consecutive year. Her inn...

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Jubilee Live Free Race cycling competition is back on September 29

Grace MathekaAugust 30, 2024

Jubilee Insurance has announced the launch of the third edition of the Jubilee Live Free Race powered by GNBR. The race was launched in collaboration with Grand...

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Bayobab’s fibre network connecting Mombasa to Malaba & Busia is now complete

Grace MathekaAugust 30, 2024

Bayobab Kenya, which is part of Bayobab Group, has announced the completion of a long-distance fibre network, connecting Mombasa to Malaba and Busia. The fibre ...

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I&M Group subsidiaries receive ISO certification for Information Security Management Systems

Grace MathekaAugust 30, 2024

I&M Group has received the international standard ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for Information Security Management Systems (ISMSs) for 3 out of its 5 ba...

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Absa KOMA Program; Enabling SMEs to build sustainable businesses

Samson NderiAugust 30, 2024

In Kenya, statistics indicate that over 70% of businesses fail within the first three years. This translates to a about 23.3 percent per year attrition on the i...

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OPPO Reno12 series AI features are a game changer

Eugene OkumuAugust 28, 2024

Smartphone manufacturer Oppo recently launched its newest flagship, the Oppo Reno12 series in Kenya. The company launched two variants in the series i.e. the Op...

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Oppo Reno12 5G unboxing & AI features preview

Eugene OkumuAugust 28, 2024

Smartphone manufacturer Oppo recently launched its newest flagship, the Oppo Reno12 series in Kenya. The company launched two variants in the series i.e. the Op...

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Rockey Africa partners with CBA in a bid to fight crime through basketball

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2024

In a bid to combat crime and social deviance in Kawangware, Rockey Africa Foundation has partnered with Crossover Basketball Ambassadors (CBA), a Kenyan non-pro...

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Oppo partners with LOOP DFS to offer financing for new Reno12 Series

Eugene OkumuAugust 24, 2024

Smartphone manufacturer Oppo has launched its newest flagship, the Oppo Reno12 series in Kenya.  They announced a partnership with LOOP DFS to provide financing...

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Taboola partners with Aleph Holding to accelerate operations in Africa

Grace MathekaAugust 21, 2024

Taboola has announced a partnership with Aleph Holding in a plan to expand its operations to serve advertisers and publishers in Africa. With the partnership, c...

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Moringa School is now offering CySA+ course training in partnership with compTIA

Grace MathekaAugust 21, 2024

Moringa School has announced a partnership with CompTIA to offer an 18-week Cyber Security Analyst Course (CySA+). The partnership kicked off with a masterclass...

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