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BLAZE By Safaricom hosts BYOB Summit in Kericho County

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom recently hosted the first Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Summit in the Rift Region at The University of Kabianga in Kericho County. The summit saw o...

Lucy Mugure among the winners at the NAICCON Animation du Monde pitching competition

Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2019

Lucy Mugure emerged as one of the winners at the recently concluded NAICCON Animation du Monde pitching competition. Nairobi Comic Convention (Naiccon) is East ...

Safaricom shareholders approve dividend payout of Ksh. 74.92 Billion

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2019

Safaricom shareholders have approved a Ksh. 74.92 billion dividend payout for the financial year ending March 31, 2019. The shareholders approved the dividen...

CBK gives greenlight to KCB to take over NBK

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2019

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced that it has approved the takeover of National Bank of Kenya by Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB). The approval was...

Meru youth get Ksh. 20M in startup kits from KCB Foundation to start their businesses

Staff WriterAugust 27, 2019

Young people in Meru have received starter toolkits to kickstart their businesses from KCB Foundation and the German International Development Agency (GIZ). ...

Safaricom BLAZE to host esports tournament at Mombasa BYOB Summit

Staff WriterAugust 26, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom has announced that it will host an esports tournament under its Be Your Own Boss Summit (BYOB Summit) initiative in Mombasa on 31st August. ...

Kilifi County hosts 4th BLAZE BYOB Summit with 1,300 youth attending

Staff WriterAugust 20, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom hosted the fourth BLAZE Be Your Own Boss Summit (BYOB) over the weekend at Mariakani Vocational Education and Training Centre in Kilifi Count...

Safaricom to sponsor the East African Safari Classic Rally to the tune of Ksh. 13 Million

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

Safaricom has announced that they will sponsor the ninth edition of the East African Safari Classic Rally under its M-PESA Global brand to the tune of Ksh. 13 M...

Mettā & HIVOS announce 5 startups for the 3rd Fashion Product Lab

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

Mettā Nairobi, in partnership with HIVOS East Africa, will bring five fashion startups to Nairobi for its third bootcamp programme, Fashion Product Lab 3.0. ...

Africa Netpreneur Prize announces semi-final judges

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2019

The Jack Ma Foundation has announced that its Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) judges for the semi-finals stage of the competition. Applications for...

Philip Ogola selected to join UN Foundation’s new class of +SocialGood Connectors

Staff WriterAugust 16, 2019

The United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) has announced its new class of +SocialGood Connectors that includes Kenya's Philip Ogola. He is among 13 people fr...

Africa is at the forefront of the flexible workspace revolution

Richard MureithiAugust 9, 2019

The African workforce is mushrooming, and by 2035, it is predicted that the numbers will have increased by more than the rest of the world’s regions combined. A...

Coca-Cola take their Kuza Kazi job creation initiative to Kwale

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Coca-Cola have taken their job creation initiative dubbed Kuza Kazi to Kwale County where the youth were trained on entrepreneurship. It was in partnership with...

Top 25 fun places to visit in Nairobi

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

Nairobi is one of the most interesting cities in Africa and has some awesome places you can enjoy visiting whether you are a visitor or a resident. The place...

NilePay mobile money launched in South Sudan

Staff WriterAugust 8, 2019

NilePay PLC has partnered with Zain South Sudan to launch the first licensed mobile money service in South Sudan dubbed NilePay Mobile Money. The partnership is...

Tatu City announces availability of new plots for sale at Kijani Ridge

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Tatu City has announced the availability of 39 new plots at its residential city Kijani Ridge, a controlled development neighbourhood. The 39 plots are pric...

Analysis of the Private Security regulations by KN Law LLP

Staff WriterAugust 1, 2019

The Private Security (General) Regulations, 2019 (the “Regulations”) were formulated to operationalize the Private Security Regulation Act, No. 13 of 2016 (“the...

WhatsApp is now available on feature phones like Nokia 8110

Staff WriterJuly 23, 2019

For the longest time, feature phones did not have an access to some apps like WhatsApp, this has been a disadvantage to the segment of the society that are not ...

Kisumu County hosts third BLAZE BYOB summit of 2019

Staff WriterJuly 22, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom on Saturday hosted the third summit of the 2019 edition of the BLAZE BYOB (Be Your Own Boss) at Kenya Medical Training College Grounds in Kis...

BLAZE by Safaricom Launches BLAZE LINK, an e-learning platform for the youth

Staff WriterJuly 17, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom has today launched an e-learning platform dubbed BLAZE LINK with resources built to enable young people upgrade their skills through online c...

Zamara partners with pinBox to launch a digital micro-pension product

Staff WriterJuly 17, 2019

Zamara Group which is a pension fund administrator has parnered with pinBox a Singapore based tech firm to launch a micro-pension fund in a bid to widen pension...

African Women in Technology conference to take place on July 18-20

Staff WriterJuly 17, 2019

The African Women in Technology Conference (AWIT conference) is scheduled to take place from July 18 - 20, 2019 at Michael Joseph Center. The theme of this year...

Safaricom to take Masosko to other African countries by next year

Richard MureithiJuly 16, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it is planning to expand its e-commerce platform Masoko to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa by year 2020. This is on the back...

The second BLAZE BYOB 2019 summit held in Kisii County

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2019

BLAZE by Safaricom has today hosted its second Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) Summit of 2019 at Kisii National Polytechnic, Kisii County. The first summit was held ...

Stephen Muchiri emerges the winner at the #MyLittleBigThing innovation challenge

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2019

Stephen Muchiri who recently graduated from JKUAT emerged as the winner of the #MyLittleBigThing SDG’s Innovation Challenge. Stephen came up with the winning in...

Safaricom activates VoLTE on its network; it will improve voice call quality

Staff WriterJune 26, 2019

Safaricom has launched launched voice and video calls over its 4G network, popularly known as Voicer over LTE (VoLTE) and Video over LTE (ViLTE). The services a...

Safaricom launches an anti-fraud solution for the financial sector

Staff WriterJune 26, 2019

Safaricom has launched a fraud intelligence solution for financial institutions in the country. The service will help banks, micro-finance institutions and insu...

BLAZE BYOB fourth edition launched; to start in Kakamega on 27th June

Staff WriterJune 25, 2019

Safaricom has launched the fourth edition of BLAZE Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) youth mentorship initiative in Kakamega County. The Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) intiat...

Mastercard invests Ksh. 10 billion in KCB’s 2jiajiri programme

Staff WriterJune 22, 2019

KCB Foundation has announced that it has received Ksh. 10 billion ($100 million) in funding from the MasterCard Foundation for the 2Jiajiri programme. The funds...

Takwimu, an Africa focused digital information service launched in Nairobi

Staff WriterJune 18, 2019

A consortium of African organization including africapractice, iHub and Code for Africa, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced t...

Adelle Onyango to launch PursePective, a podcast about gender equality

James WamathaiJune 16, 2019

Media personality Adelle Onyango has announced that she will launch a new podcast called PursePective on June 25 in conjunction with Safe Boda Kenya. The pod...

Safaricom named in Forbes Global 2000 list of leading public companies

Staff WriterJune 14, 2019

Safaricom has made it into the prestigious Forbes Global 2000 list of the leading 2000 public companies in the world. Safaricom is the only Kenyan company on th...

Equity Bank acquires license to operate in Ethiopia

Staff WriterJune 13, 2019

Equity Bank has been given a license to operate in Ethiopia by the country’s regulator. As such the bank has set up a Commercial Representative Office in Addis ...

From left: Hellen Mugo, Head Teacher Kabete Vet lab primary School together with the students of Vet lab Primary School receive a dummy cheque worth Ksh. 100,000 from Jacky Mungai, Upfield Head of Marketing East and Southern Region during the launch of Blue Band Good Breakfast and Social Mission Campaign at Kabete Vet Lab Primary School.

Blue Band’s Good Breakfast Campaign to provide breakfast to 2 million children

Staff WriterJune 12, 2019

Blue Band has launched the Good Breakfast Campaign for the third year running and will provide breakfast to 2 million children in Kenya. The campaign aims to ta...

Joseph Ogutu, Safaricom’s Chief Special Projects Officer (left) presents a dummy cheque of KES 2.5Million to Benard Banja Secretary General, Deaf Athletics Association of Kenya (DAAK) and Tom Okiki Public Relations Officer (DAAK) ahead of the upcoming Kericho Deaf Half marathon slated for 16th June.

Safaricom announce Ksh 2.5M sponsorship of the Deaf Half Marathon 2019

Staff WriterJune 11, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it will sponsor the sixth edition of Deaf Half Marathon to the tune of ksh. 2.5 million. The sixth Deaf Half Marathon will be held ...

CarePay wins Entrepreneurs for Resilience global award for 2019

Staff WriterJune 11, 2019

CarePay a health financing technology company has been awarded the Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award plus a cash prize of Ksh. 30 Million by the Swiss Re Found...

Coca-Cola Sustainability Coordinator Public Affairs and Communications, Victoria Macharia (Left), in company of One-Stop Youth Program Coordinator, Wainaina Muiruri (second left), present a Coca-Cola sales starter pack inclusive of a cooler box and crates of Coca-Cola beverages to Kuza Kazi beneficiaries, Wincete Karemi (Right) and Doreen Omwenga.

Coca-Cola to assist 1,000 young people to start businesses over 3 years

Staff WriterJune 11, 2019

Coca-Cola together with its bottling partner Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), Kenya has kitted 50 beneficiaries in Nairobi County as a means to nurture their ...

Family Bank partners with water.org to launch MajiPlus, a sustainable water solution

Staff WriterMay 30, 2019

Family Bank has partnered with water.org, a global player in the water sector, to launch “maji plus” a tailor-made financial solution. This will enable increase...

KOKO launches smart fuel ATM network in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

KOKO Networks, an international technology company that wants to mainstream clean bio-ethanol cooking fuel in Kenya has today launched KOKO Fuel. KOKO Fuel i...

QNET donates food worth Ksh. 450,000 to Tree House Children’s Home in Nairobi

Staff WriterMay 29, 2019

QNET has donated foodstuff including rice, beans, maize floor, cooking oil, soft drinks and water worth over Ksh. 450,000 (USD 4,500) to Tree House Children’s H...

Microsoft and ALN Academy push for adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Finance Industry

Staff WriterMay 28, 2019

Microsoft and the African Legal Network (ALN) Academy have called on the financial services sector to build artificial intelligence (AI) capacity. This will ens...

Nestlé to boost coffee production in Bungoma, Nandi and Kericho Counties

Staff WriterMay 27, 2019

Nestlé has announced that they plan to spend an additional Ksh. 23 Million to empower coffee growing households in Western and Central regions of Kenya under it...