KCB has partnered with Mobex to enhance international remittances
KCB Bank Kenya has partnered with Mobex to enable customers to get an opportunity to seamlessly receive funds from the diaspora to their accounts in Kenya.
M...
KBL partners with Savara for the Kenya Cane “Greats Toast Twice” campaign
Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) through its flagship brand Kenya Cane has partnered with Savara Mudigi in a campaign dubbed “Greats Toast Twice.”
The campaign se...
Solv Kenya, a Stanchart has launched commercial operations in Kenya with Ksh. 10 Bn credit plan
Solv Kenya, has announced the launch of its commercial operations in Kenya. It is a a full-stack Business-to-Business (B2B) digital platform owned by Standard C...
Content creators stand to win Ksh. 1.2 Million in Safaricom YouTube Shorts campaign
Safaricom has announced a partnership with Google to promote and grow Short Video content (YouTube shorts) on YouTube by offering low-cost bundles for its users...
Nairobi West Hospital launches the first Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Kenya
The Nairobi West Hospital has launched the first Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Kenya.
The center will provide a broad range of integrated and patient-centri...
Ogilvy Africa wins an award at the London International Awards for its Lesso Lessons project
Ogilvy Africa, has won the Bronze Statue in the Health and Wellness, Product Design Category at the 12th Edition of the London International Awards (LIA) held i...
KCB signs up to the African Business Leaders Coalition in a bid to bolster climate change
KCB Group Plc has signed up to the African Business Leaders’ Coalition (ABLC), in a bid to bolster actions in addressing the climate change crisis.
The ABLC ...
OPPO Reno 8 5G unboxing and first impressions
OPPO is set to launch its newest flagship, the OPPO Reno 8 series, in the Kenyan market, on October 25 2022. The OPPO Reno 8 series is a successor to the Reno 7...
LG has launched webOS Hub for use by third party smart Tv partners
LG Electronics (LG) has launched a webOS Hub, which is an upgraded version of its webOS solution for third-party partners.
The webOS Hub which aims to deliver ...
Gabiro Mtu Necessary receives nomination for the 65th Grammy Awards
Gabiro Mtu Necessary has been nominated for consideration at the 65th Grammy Awards which is set to unveil its nominations list this November.
Gabiro’s debut a...
Willy Paul & Sarah Hassan appointed as Oppo Reno 8 series brand ambassadors
Willy Paul and actress Sarah Hassan have been announced as brand ambassadors for the Oppo Reno 8 series, ahead of its October 25th, launch in the Kenyan market....
Yusuf Omari has been appointed as the interim Absa Bank Kenya CEO
The Board of Absa Bank Kenya PLC has appointed Yusuf Omari to take over as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director effective 1 November 2022. This...
Coca-Cola Foundation partners with Women in Africa to launch a women empowerment program
The Coca-Cola Foundation in partnership with Women in Africa (WIA), has flagged off the first cohort of 687 beneficiaries of its Jamii Femme program in Kenya.
...
Moringa School deal with Lipa Later and Huawei to enable students acquire laptops cheaply
Moringa School has announced a partnership with Lipa Later and Huawei that will see all Moringa students get an opportunity to access quality laptops at a subsi...
Bolt issues safety kits to Boda Boda riders in a bid to promote road safety
Bolt has equipped over 300 boda boda riders on its platform with safety kits as a way to support, improve, and promote road safety among the riders within Nairo...
PWC Africa report indicates that the entertainment and media industry experienced a 12.6% annual growth rate
PwC Africa has released a report titled, Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026. The report shows that Kenya has seen continued growth since 2017, wit...
Equity Group emerges as the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs at the Global SME Finance Awards 2022
Equity Group has been named as the platinum winner for the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global ...
Ogilvy Africa scoops four awards at the 2022 Loeries Africa & Middle East Awards
Ogilvy Africa has scooped four awards at the 2022 Loeries Africa & Middle East Awards which were held in Cape Town, South Africa .
Ogilvy Africa’s Lesso Le...
Samsung has launched the Galaxy A04s in the Kenyan market, to retail at Ksh.19,999
Samsung Electronics has launched the 2022 Galaxy A04s in the Kenyan market. The phone will retail at Ksh.19,999 for the 64GB variant and Kshs 22,999 for the on...
Visa report emphasizes need for cybersecurity amid shifts in threats
Visa, has released a report that shows how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously targeting online and offline vulner...
Daniel Mwayayi emerges as the winner of the Compassion International Youth Business Challenge
Compassion International Kenya has announced Daniel Mwayayi as the 2022 Youth Business Challenge winner. Mwayayi, a leather shoe manufacturer from Kilifi County...
Hero Motorcorp launches VIDA V1, a fully integrated electric scooter
India's Hero Motorcorp has launched VIDA V1, a new age fully- integrated electric vehicle (EV). The scooter was designed and developed at Hero’s state-of-the-...
Kenya’s Michelle Angawa among finalist of the Meta Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators
Meta has unveiled an exclusive XR exhibition featuring the six finalists from the ‘Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds’ programme. It is is focused ...
KCB Foundation & UNITAR partner to promote the use of electric motorbikes in Kenya
KCB Foundation and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered to promote the use of electric motorbikes by Boda Boda riders ...
Xiaomi Redmi A1+ officially launched in Kenya at Ksh. 10,499
Xiaomi has officially launched its latest smartphone, the Xiaomi Redmi A1+, in the Kenyan market. It will retail at a recommended retail price of Ksh. 10,499.
...
Report: Children with clefts in North Africa & Asia more likely to be malnourished than their counterparts
A new report has found that one in three children in Africa and South Asia is malnourished, and that number is higher for children with clefts in those regions....
Theatre show Too Early For Birds is back; To stage shows on November 4-6
Kenyan theatre show, Too Early For Birds is back with five shows slated to take place in November at the Jain Bhavan Auditorium in Loresho.
The show took a b...
Infinix Note 12i smartphone is available in Kenya at a discounted Ksh. 19,999
The Infinix Note 12i smartphone is available in the Kenyan market at a discounted price of Ksh. 19,999. The smartphone continues the NOTE series journey in Keny...
Netflix funds education of 46 aspiring filmmakers from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi & South Sudan
Netflix will fund the education of 46 aspiring filmmakers from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi & South Sudan as part of the Netflix Creative Equity Scholarsh...
Xiaomi launches a brand store in the Nairobi CBD
Xiaomi the phone manufacturer has launched a new Mi store at the heart of Nairobi’s Central Business District. The store is located at the KTDA Plaza on Moi Ave...
Ministry of Tourism partners with Netflix in a bid to market Kenya’s travel destination’s
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has partnered with Netflix, the world’s leading streaming service, in a bid to promote Kenya as a travel destination of choice ...
EABL partners with the 2022 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon as part of its sustainability agenda
East African Breweries Plc. has announced a partnership with the 2022 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon through its Johnnie Walker brand through which it aims...
Kenyan Originals, an alcohol brand that is uplifting Kenyan farmers
Over the weekend, I came across a tweet that was asking whether the Kenya Originals brand of alcoholic drinks was Kenyan. To which, he got an overwhelming respo...
TOP 5 transfers during this summer transfer window
Every transfer window many African players change clubs. Free transfers or expensive, here is the list of African football stars who have changed clubs this sum...
Safaricom Foundation has upgraded schools in Western Kenya impacting 2,000 students
Over 2,000 learners from Western Kenya region have benefitted from classrooms, dormitories, and water and sanitation facilities funded by Safaricom Foundation a...
Oppo is set to launch the Reno 8 series in Kenya on October 25
OPPO has announced its intention to launch its newest flagship, the OPPO Reno 8 series, in the Kenyan market, in the near future. The Reno 8 series is a success...
Roto Tank’s Lesso Lessons project wins big at the Loeries Africa and Middle East Grand Prix
The Roto Tanks’ Lesso Lessons project has bagged a prestigious Loeries Africa and Middle East Grand Prix, 2 Golds and a Silver. The initiative, which aims to us...
Education stakeholders commit to teaching coding in school in an effort to build a digital economy
Technology is rapidly changing the landscape of the workforce with employers across the world increasingly seeking a digitally skilled labour force. It is proje...
Stanbic Bank & KBA partner to offer financial literacy training for hearing impaired entrepreneurs
Stanbic Bank Kenya and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) have partnered to offer financial literacy training for hearing impaired entrepreneurs in Kenya. The ...
Kenya Airways drops three places in the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022
National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has dropped three places in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, dropping from 79 in 2021 to 81 in 2022.
The Skytrax ...
Linda Ndung’u appointed as Bolt Country Manager for Kenya
Ride hailing app Bolt has announced that it has appointed Linda Ndungu as the new Country Manager Kenya effective October 1, 2022.
Linda will be tasked with ...
Faiba 4G lowers prices for data and voice
Faiba, owned by Jamii Telecommunications Limited (JTL), launched its services in Kenya in 2019 under the brand name Faiba 4G.
Faiba 4G is data focused and it...