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Safari Oil and 4 other Kenyan April Fools’ Day Pranks that you will love

Vanessa MwangiApril 1, 2017

It’s around that time of the year where we can fool each other without getting into trouble. Legitimate news platforms have this one day to post fake news. As t...

Airtel launches Tubonge, a calls bundle giving customers 100 minutes per day

Staff WriterMarch 29, 2017

Airtel Kenya has launched a new calls bundle called that will give customers 100 mins for Airtel to Airtel calls per day and a 2 shillings calling rate to any o...

NCBA Loop

Introducing, CBA Loop, the digital first bank account

James WamathaiMarch 13, 2017

The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has introduced a new product that targets young urban professionals who want to bank on the go while on their smartphone or ...

Interview with Natalie Robi winner in the leadership category of the inaugural Zuri awards

Susan MukamiMarch 10, 2017

Zuri Awards a ceremony to recognize unsung heroines in our community went down this Wednesday at a glamorous event held at the Villa Rosa. Zuri Awards is an ini...

KCB Group 2016 net profit grows by 1% with proposed dividend of Ksh. 3 a share

James WamathaiMarch 9, 2017

Kenya's largest bank by asset base, KCB Group, has announced its 2016 financial results. Profit after tax grew by a thin 1% to stand at Ksh. 19.7 Billion. D...

MultiChoice appoints 4 new executives in a bid to regain market share

James WamathaiMarch 6, 2017

MultiChoice has taken a beating in recent years as customers have left its pay TV platform DSTV over pricing concerns. In a move that is geared towards stopping...

Here is why you should start investing in art

Vanessa MwangiMarch 6, 2017

What comes to mind when you think of investment? It is probably property, land or shares. However, little by little the East African region has begun to accommo...

Kenya’s FunKidz wins the Women4Tech award at the Glomo Awards 2017

James WamathaiMarch 5, 2017

Kenya's FunKidz has won the Women4Tech award at the Glomo Awards 2017 (Global Mobile Awards). They won for their Kidz Go Tech program which they run in collabor...

M-Pesa now has a transaction charge notification feature in compliance with CAK order

Richard MureithiFebruary 16, 2017

Some time back there was furor on Social Media when people came to learn that the Lipa na M-pesa service had hidden charges. The bone of contention was that Saf...

Uber launches a new app to make your commute smoother

Richard MureithiJanuary 27, 2017

When Uber came into the Kenyan market, there was cause for celebration from Nairobians who were tired of being fleeced by cab drivers. Back then what used to ha...

BLAZE BYOB TV show contestants & judges unveiled

James WamathaiJanuary 18, 2017

The BLAZE BYOB TV show, a youth entrepreneurship reality show, has announced the 12 contestants and the 3 judges in the contest. The reality show will air on KT...

The hot mess that is the Lipa na Mpesa UX

Kennedy KiruiJanuary 13, 2017

M-pesa is the poster child for the mobile revolution in Kenya. Every publication that has written about the mobile revolution here almost always uses M-pesa as ...

How mobile money has reduced poverty in Kenya especially among women

Staff WriterJanuary 5, 2017

A recently published study on the long-run effects of mobile money on economic outcomes in Kenya provides some valuable insights that will benefit economic deve...

Youth entrepreneurship show, BLAZE BYOB, to air on KTN with Ksh. 5M to be won

James WamathaiDecember 16, 2016

Youth entrepreneurship show BLAZE BYOB (Be Your Own Boss) will air on KTN in February and March next year. The show will begin airing on 6th February 2017 and w...

Little Ride reduces prices and is now the cheapest taxi service in Kenya

Richard MureithiNovember 25, 2016

There was a time when Uber was on its way to becoming a monopoly in the taxi service industry in Kenya. This was because with its deep pockets there was no othe...

Love movies and series? Here’s 6 things you should know about ShowMax

James WamathaiNovember 18, 2016

ShowMax officially launched in Kenya in October this year with subscription video on demand (SVOD). While ShowMax had been available since last year, the Sho...

Courier service, Sendy, expands to Mombasa

Richard MureithiNovember 16, 2016

A very important aspect of online retail is logistics. Without it one cannot be able to fully exploit the capabilities of an online store. Every online retailer...

Latest Skiza tunes royalties ruling is a long step back for artistes

James WamathaiNovember 14, 2016

In 2012, the Copyright Act was amended by parliament to include the following paragraph that gave equitable rights to compensation to everyone who worked in the...

M-PESA charges effective November 2016

James WamathaiNovember 9, 2016

Safaricom has removed transfer charges for amounts sent via M-Pesa which are below Ksh. 100. Safaricom in 2014 reduced the transaction charges for small amounts...

CEO Fridays: How Moringa School is training world-class developers in Kenya

James WamathaiNovember 4, 2016

Founded in 2014, Moringa School offers courses that train students to become strong mobile and web developers. Some of its graduates work at companies such as S...

All you need to know about Shinda Ma Mili with Stori Ibambe

Samson NderiOctober 7, 2016

Safaricom has launched a new consumer promotion campaign dubbed Shinda Ma Mili with Stori Ibambe. The campaign will run for 60 days (till 4th December 2016). ...

Showmax, a Netflix competitor, has launched in Kenya with M-PESA payments

Staff WriterOctober 5, 2016

South African Video on Demand service (VOD) Showmax has officially launched in Kenya. It has however, been available for use in Kenya since last year. In Ken...

Number of internet users in Kenya rises to 37 million

James WamathaiOctober 3, 2016

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has released their communications sector report for the period April and 30th June 2016. One of the key stats in the ...

Key tax changes in the Finance Act 2016 and how they will affect you

Richard MureithiSeptember 28, 2016

The President signed into law the Finance Act 2016 which had some changes in the tax regime. The changes were made in the Income Tax, Excise Tax, Value Added Ta...

Introducing the Tecno Phantom 6 & Tecno Phantom 6 Plus

James WamathaiSeptember 28, 2016

Tecno launched two new versions of its flagship device, the Tecno Phantom. The two phones, the Tecno Phantom 6 & the Tecno Phantom 6 Plus were launched at a...

SOMA Awards 2016 full list of winners

James WamathaiSeptember 23, 2016

The winners of the SOMA Awards 2016 have been announced at a gala events at Safari Park Hotel. The SOMA Awards recognizes outstanding companies and individuals ...

How banks have implemented the interest rate law so far

Richard MureithiSeptember 14, 2016

There has been some confusion in the banking industry on what base rate to use when pricing loans after the banking amendment act was passed into law. This is b...

Who owns the rights to a photo? The case of Wangechi vs Tecno

Mildred SakinaSeptember 2, 2016

The Copyright Board of Kenya may yet have another case on their hands. Wangechi, a Kenyan rapper, earlier in the week started a hashtag #TecnoComeClean after sh...

The Kenyan music industry still has a long way to go

Medrine NyamburaAugust 31, 2016

The Kenyan musician is screwed. I say this with the utmost pain for the Kenyan music industry which employs so many people. Being a musician in Kenya has got to...

Wanja Kavengi & Infinix among nominees in the SOMA Awards 2016

James WamathaiAugust 23, 2016

The SOMA Awards have announced the 2016 nominees. The annual competition, which is now in its 4th year, has 25 categories this year with the addition of the Agr...

13 places you can get quick loans in Kenya

Richard MureithiAugust 11, 2016

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...

The Airtel Money card can now make online payments

James WamathaiAugust 9, 2016

The Airtel Money card, the debit card by Airtel, can now make online payments. The card, which is linked to an Airtel Money account, could previously only be us...

Q&A Monday: Wanjiru Gaitho

James WamathaiAugust 8, 2016

Wanjiru Gaitho is a media and public relations professional. She currently works for Safaricom and was previously at Hill + Knowlton Strategies & Gina Din C...

Uber lowers its prices in Kenya as it feels the heat from Little Cab

James WamathaiJuly 28, 2016

Uber has significantly lowered its prices in Kenya in what seems to be a price war with new entrant Little Cab. Customers will now pay 100 (base fare) + Ksh. 35...

Q&A Monday: Brian Mung’ei

James WamathaiJuly 25, 2016

Brian Mung'ei is a student of life who was born in Nairobi, raised in Nakuru and is now progressively getting moulded by Nairobi. He lives life through spending...

AfricaHackOn the annual Cyber Security conference is back and will be going down on the 28th of July

Richard MureithiJuly 21, 2016

With ICT dominating almost all aspects of our life that is from the banking app that you use to withdraw funds from your account to the cards that you use to ma...

Expect slow Internet as TEAMS cable undergoes maintenance

Richard MureithiJuly 20, 2016

If your business relies on the TEAMS cable for internet you need to brace yourself for slow internet speeds. This is due to the scheduled maintenance works on t...

Precious Blood students emerge second at the Technovation Challenge finals held in the US

Richard MureithiJuly 19, 2016

Last week we told you about the Precious Blood Riruta students who managed to make it the the finals of the Technovation Challenge. The 5 girls namely Harriet K...

Precious Blood Students make it to the finals of the Technovation Challenge 2016

Staff WriterJuly 14, 2016

Five students from Precious Blood High School in Nairobi have are finalists in the Technovation Challenge 2016, a global technology and entrepreneurship competi...

A Lipa na M-PESA debit card is apparently in the pipeline

Richard MureithiJuly 12, 2016

Some time back we wrote an article about how Safaricom was under-utilizing the Mpesa platform. One of the aspects highlighted was the lack of a debit card which...

All you need to know about Little Cab

James WamathaiJuly 5, 2016

Safaricom and Craft Silicon have today launched a new taxi hailing service in Kenya called Little Cab. The new service launches in a market where there are othe...

Little Cab poses a real threat to Uber in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 3, 2016

Uber is the current market leader in the taxi hailing business in Kenya. It launched in January last year and despite a few challenges, it has gone from strengt...