Trademark East Africa (TMEA) have launched a USD 4.5 million women trade programme. Funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands, it targets 25,000 women traders in Uga...
Research carried out in most African countries shows increased school dropouts among the girls in rural areas linked to reproductive health issues. In a typical...
Our good friends at the Bloggers Association of Kenya have organized a camp dubbed Digital Camp Kenya which will be running from 6th-8th November for those indi...
Here are the 2015 Shangwe Mtaani winners classified by the amounts, region and the date they won.
Shangwe Mtaani week one and two Winners – Kshs.1,000,000
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Growing up I have fond memories of the “maziwa ya nyayo”, yes mzee ni mimi. The milk used to be brought to my primary school every Friday without fail and I hav...
Safaricom has introduced a feature on M-PESA that will allow customers to confirm who they are sending money to. The feature went live in September and is acces...
In another tribute to the natural hair movement in Kenya, today we feature 12 more Kenyan women who rock natural hair and look good while at it.
1. Anita
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When I heard that I could play a game and make a change in someone’s life, I was intrigued. Because who wouldn’t want to have fun and make a difference while at...
The placing of Imperial Bank under receivership on Monday this week sent shock waves in the financial sector. This was due to the fact that no one expected it t...
Feature films by Kenyan filmmakers Wanuri Kahiu and Judy Kibinge by is among 23 feature films and 12 Tv series that have been shortlisted by Triggerfish Animati...
Arsenal fans like myself are celebrating after hearing the news that the legendary Arsenal captain Tony Adams will be in Kenya from the 4th to the 5th of Decemb...
The OLX SOMA Awards 2015 winners gala event happened yesterday at the Safaricom Indoor Arena at Kasarani. The SOMA Awards recognizes the best companies and ind...
SIG Africa (Savannah Internet Group) have launched a drinks delivery platform called Boozeit. Boozeit operates 24 hours and is currently available in Nairobi. I...
Tuskys Supermarkets has announced a 5 year internship program that will see them take on 7500 graduates. They will train 1500 graduates every year for five year...
For the longest time ever there has sadly been very little coverage of women related news. In the little that was covered 8.5% of the women were portrayed as vi...
Two weeks ago, we covered the introduction of the Shupavu 291 service by Safaricom. Let's walk through how the subscription service works shall we?
Step 1: D...
The natural hair movement in Kenya has grown, establishing it as a trend that is here to stay rather than a passing fad. Today we celebrate Kenyan women who roc...
Kenyan instagrammers hosted an Instameet at African Heritage House on Sunday the 4th of October from 3pm. Below are some of the pictures that came out of the In...
Ethiopia has apparently rescinded the visa requirement for business travellers from Kenya. This happened last week on Tuesday. The Ethiopian embassy in Nairobi ...
Business Daily columnist Carol Musyoka, Ushahidi co-founder Juliana Rotich and 348 other Kenyans have been appointed to the boards of various Kenyan parastatals...
Kenyan company Pad heaven has been selected as a LAUNCH Nordic 2015 finalist. LAUNCH Nordic is a global innovation platform that was founded in collaboration wi...
The much awaited Afrika Handmade Symposium & Gallery 2015 is finally here. I was able to attend the opening day at the Alliance Francaise and I was not in t...
The rental tax amnesty came about when KRA realized that Landlords were not willing to comply with rental income tax due to the fear of being charged huge back ...
Safaricom has launched a new consumer promotion campaign dubbed Shangwe Mtaani. The 60 day campaign will culminate with celebrations to mark Safaricom’s 15th An...
The Central of Bank (CBK) has today warned supermarkets not to offer customers at their estbalishments airtime, matchboxes and sweets in place of coins as chang...
Samsung has launched their flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 5, in the Kenyan market. The NOte 5 succeeds the Note 4 which was launched in Kenya in october 2014...
The Safari sevens tournament dubbed “Africa’s premier sevens tournament” has surely come a long way since its first inaugural tournament in 1996. The fact that ...
After having heard and read so much about the CBA Concours d’ Elegance, I was finally able to attend the annual event last weekend. I have to say I was not in t...
Tanzanian mountain guide, Julio Ludago, has ascended and descended Mt. Kilimanjaro in 11hrs and 8 mins. He put up a spirited fight in a bid to beat the current ...
Infinix have launched yet another phone in the Kenyan market, the Infinix Hot 2 X510. The phone runs on a new Android program called Android one. Android one is...
DSTv announced in early September that their TV package prices would increase effective October 1st 2015. The price increase announcement caused a huge uproar i...
A comment by Twitter user @CrazyNairobian has elicited conversations on Kenyan Twitter about natural hair. His comment was along the lines of natural hair in wo...
The Kenyan government has announced that it will float a Government bond that will be offered exclusively to mobile money users. The initiative, dubbed as M-AKi...
Safaricom Limited last week announced a one-year Kshs. 50 million sponsorship of My Professional Dream (MPD) Academies. MPD Academies is a recently launched foo...
Kiambu County has been selected to be part of a pilot project seeking to incorporate youth in developing and implementing technological solutions to solve urban...
Peter Arina has been appointed as the new CEO of NSE listed firm East African Cables. Peter replaces George Mwangi who has stepped down after 7 years at the hel...
The CEO of Safaricom, Bob Collymore, Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce and Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confeder...
Airtel have announced that they have reached an agreement with Liquid Telecom to use their terrestrial fibre network to connect its mobile base stations and ent...
Kenyans travelling to Ethiopia on business will now require a visa. This was apparently effected two months ago according to the Ethiopia Embassy in Nairobi.
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Have you ever had those long weeks where you are just waiting for the weekend? I was having such a moment on a Tuesday when I was asked to join a team of driver...
Consultant and Business Daily columnist Carol Musyoka has been appointed to the East African Breweries Ltd board as a Non-Executive Director. The listed company...
