12 key takeaways from the BLAZE bloggers meetup

James WamathaiJune 27, 2016

BAKE Business hosted an event with BLAZE that sought to clearly explain what the new sub-brand by Safaricom is (and isn't). There was a panel discussion that wa...

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How to register a business in Kenya

James WamathaiJune 25, 2016

The registration of businesses in Kenya has been made easier and faster. For one, a name search will be instant. Also, the registration of companies can also no...

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Kaka Sungura among the mentors for the first BLAZE summit in Eldoret

Richard MureithiJune 16, 2016

Safaricom will tomorrow kick off a series of countrywide youth empowerment and mentorship summits for its youth platform, BLAZE. The summits give the youth aged...

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Mwalimu sacco to offer laptops to teachers at discounted prices

Richard MureithiJune 16, 2016

Mwalimu National sacco has partnered with Intel to provide teachers with low interest loans to enable teachers acquire modern computers under an initiative dubb...

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KCB & Tuskys partner to provide financing & a market to young contract farmers

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank) and Tuskys Supermarket have partnered to provide support to young people who are engaging in contract farming. Also read: Th...

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Telco reverts back to Telkom Kenya as Orange exits Kenyan market

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

Orange has finally exited the Kenyan market after being bought out by investment firm Helios Investment Partners. The Kenyan telco has since rebranded from Oran...

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Huawei P9 launched in Kenya

Richard MureithiJune 9, 2016

Huawei has this week launched the P9 phone into the Kenyan market. This smartphone is targeted at photography lovers, which is practically everyone nowadays. To...

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Using the Code of Ethics for Business in Kenya to fight corruption

Richard MureithiJune 6, 2016

Many of us, myself included, have been wondering what this Code of Ethics of Business that some of the blue chip business like Safaricom, KCB and lately NSE hav...

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15 photos that show that Osborne Macharia is a bad ass photographer

Medrine NyamburaJune 2, 2016

Once in a while you will bump into art that hypnotizes you and sticks with you for a while. That is what Osborne Macharia, an advertising and contemporary photo...

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Groove Awards 2016 full winners’ list

James WamathaiJune 1, 2016

The Groove Awards 2016 winners ceremony took place today at the Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani. The event was hosted by Dj Soxxy and Size 8 and was broadcasted l...

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Understanding the Skiza tunes royalties ruling

Dan AcedaMay 27, 2016

I think the best way to start this conversation is to give a little background. Skiza is a content sales platform that is owned and operated by Safaricom (Kenya...

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Kengen announces rights issue in a bid to raise funds for increased power generation

Richard MureithiMay 24, 2016

KenGen yesterday announced that they will be offering a total of 4,396,722,912 shares in a rights issue with a view of raising Kshs.29 billion. The new ordinary...

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Bizna.co.ke & safari254.com among winners of the BAKE Awards 2016

Medrine NyamburaMay 16, 2016

The 5th edition of the Kenyan Blog awards aka the BAKE Awards was held at the Radisson Blu Nairobi. The event attracted over five hundred guests saw various blo...

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Kenyan Amunga Esuchi wins the Commonwealth Photography Competition

Richard MureithiMay 5, 2016

In another first for Kenya, a Kenyan photographer Amunga Eshuchi has won the prestigious 2016 Commonwealth Photography Competition. The competition sought to sh...

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All you need to know about Stawisha Na M-Shwari

James WamathaiApril 12, 2016

Safaricom and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has launched a consumer promotion for M-Shwari dubbed Stawisha Na M-Shwari. The promotion starts today and will en...

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M-PESA has a new menu; Here is how to update yours

James WamathaiApril 6, 2016

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has this morning Tweeted that the M-PESA service has a new menu. Apparently Safaricom customers will get the new menu automatically ...

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Q&A Monday: Rayhab Gachango

Richard MureithiApril 4, 2016

Rayhab Gachango is a writer, poet and the publisher of potentash.com. She is a Chartered Marketer and has a degree in advertising from Daystar University and is...

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UberNyonyo & 4 other brilliant Kenyan April Fools’ Day Pranks

James WamathaiApril 1, 2016

It's no longer easy to prank people on April Fools' Day because most now expect to be pranked. They are therefore on the lookout for pranks so even when they ha...

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Samsung S7 Edge Review: Best Galaxy so far

James WamathaiMarch 22, 2016

Samsung recently launched their two flagship devices, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The two are successors of the S6 and S6 Edge which were launched last year. ...

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KCB announces a Kshs.19.6 Billion after tax profit for the year 2015

Richard MureithiMarch 3, 2016

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) yesterday announced a 16% jump in their profit to Ksh19.6 billion. This growth was driven by diversified business lines, operational...

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Juliana Rotich joins Africa Technology Ventures as a venture partner

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2016

Juliana Rotich has joined Africa Technology Ventures as a venture partner. She announced this in a blog post where she shared that there are gaps in funding tec...

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Infinix Zero 3 review: Delivering on specs at an affordable price

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2016

Infinix has impressed in recent times with devices that are feature rich at affordable prices. The Zero 3 X552, which is the successor to the Zero 2, is no diff...

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Samsung launches the 2016 Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 4G smartphones in Kenya

James WamathaiFebruary 1, 2016

Samsung has today the announced the launch and availability of the Galaxy A (2016) range of smartphones in Kenya. The smartphones launched are the Galaxy A3, Ga...

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How to get your full M-PESA statement via email

James WamathaiJanuary 27, 2016

Safaricom have announced that their customers will now be able get their full M-PESA statements free of charge via email. Previously such statements were availa...

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Reprieve for domestic violence victims in Kenya as protection law is passed

Medrine NyamburaJanuary 12, 2016

A home should be a safe haven where one runs to after a hard day in the office. It is where you go to reconnect, to get love and reassurance and appreciation fr...

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Finally competition for DSTV with launch of Netflix in Kenya

James WamathaiJanuary 7, 2016

Netflix is now available in Kenya which means that finally DSTV now has some serious competition. It has also launched in South Africa, Nigeria and 127 other co...

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Entry level smartphones, Huawei Y5C and Y360, launched in Kenya

James WamathaiNovember 27, 2015

Huawei has launched two entry level smartphones, the Huawei Y5C and Huawei Y360, in the Kenyan market in order to boost its market share. The Huawei Y360 run...

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You can now send and receive money on M-PESA from Rwanda

Richard MureithiNovember 24, 2015

In a move aimed at boosting regional trade, Safaricom has partnered with MTN Rwanda to enable customers to make M-PESA transactions between Kenya and Rwanda. Th...

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Siemens to build 1000 km power link between Kenya and Ethiopia

Kirsten KanjaNovember 12, 2015

Global engineering firm Siemens has been appointed in association with Construction Company Isolux Corsan to build a 1,000 KM power line that will transmit 2,00...

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Huawei launches a flagship retail store at Garden city mall in a change of strategy

Kirsten KanjaNovember 6, 2015

Earlier this week Huawei launched a new flagship store at the Garden City Mall in Nairobi. The launch was both unique and important for Huawei Technologies as t...

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M-PESA now allows customers to confirm who they are sending money to

James WamathaiOctober 16, 2015

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...

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OLX SOMA Awards 2015 full list of winners

James WamathaiOctober 11, 2015

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...

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An illustrated guide to subscribing to the Shupavu 291 elimu service

Samuel MbuguaOctober 6, 2015

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...

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Carol Musyoka, Juliana Rotich & 112 other women appointed to parastatal boards

James WamathaiOctober 5, 2015

Business Daily columnist Carol Musyoka, Ushahidi co-founder Juliana Rotich and 348 other Kenyans have been appointed to the boards of various Kenyan parastatals...

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The Galaxy Note 5 is now available in Kenya

James WamathaiOctober 2, 2015

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...

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Safari sevens tournament finally gets World Rugby approval

Richard MureithiOctober 1, 2015

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 ...

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Peter Arina is the new East African Cables CEO

James WamathaiSeptember 28, 2015

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...

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Bob Collymore joins other global leaders on the B team

Israel MuniuSeptember 25, 2015

The CEO of Safaricom, Bob Collymore, Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce and Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confeder...

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Blogs dominate the list of most visited Kenyan websites

James WamathaiSeptember 21, 2015

To try and get an idea of the website visiting habits of Kenyans online, I recently checked out the Kenyan top 500 most visited websites list at website ranking...

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Shupavu 291 – Your kids new (handheld) tutor

Samuel MbuguaSeptember 18, 2015

These are not the best of times to be a KCPE/KCSE candidate in Kenya, more so if you attend a public private school. The closest many pupils are getting to thei...

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iStats report names the biggest Kenyan brands on Twitter

James WamathaiSeptember 2, 2015

Digital company Internet Exposure released findings of a Kenyan brand research conducted by iStats, a Twitter monitoring app they own. The research was carried ...

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A night i would rather forget

Israel MuniuAugust 17, 2015

“You have insufficient balance. Press one to red…” arghhhh! I hate that lady’s voice, whoever she is. She must get a kick out of doing this to me.  The time is ...

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