MTN Uganda receives consent from CMA to market its IPO to Kenyan investors

Grace MathekaNovember 4, 2021

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has given a ‘no objection’ vote for The MTN Uganda Initial Public Offering (IPO) to be marketed in Kenya. This latest...

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The Kenya Big 5 Construct event is slated for November 24-26 at Sarit Centre

Grace MathekaNovember 4, 2021

The Big 5 Construct Kenya, an international construction business event, has announced a free physical event on November 24 – 26 2021 at the Sarit Expo Centre, ...

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KEMSA begins implementation of reforms to strengthen UHC delivery

Grace MathekaNovember 4, 2021

The Board of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has confirm that the Authority is implementing reforms to position it as an effective player in the lo...

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12 practical steps for buying land in Kenya

James WamathaiNovember 4, 2021

Buying land in Kenya has many hurdles including the chance of being conned because of t he various processes that are involved. Brokers are sometimes involved i...

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More can be done to open Northern Kenya to the World

Staff WriterNovember 4, 2021

For over 50 years, the broader Northern Kenya has remained marginalized with low economic activity, high illiteracy levels and lack of key catalysts of growth l...

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Spotify’s adds 254 Flow, Eastern Vibes & Zilizopendwa playlists to celebrate East African music

Grace MathekaNovember 3, 2021

Spotify has added three new playlists to showcase the diversity of East African music from different genres including Hip Hop, R&B and Zilizopendwa. The ...

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CEO Fridays: Glenfiddich’s Mulunda Kombo on the brand & the campaign to introduce the whisky to more Kenyans

Grace MathekaNovember 3, 2021

Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky’s global campaign, Where Next? campaign has been gaining momentum in the Kenyan market. In partnership with EatOut, Glenfi...

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Minet Kenya wins award in the 2021 Intermediaries’ Awards by UAP

Grace MathekaNovember 3, 2021

Minet Kenya Insurance Brokers has been awarded the overall best intermediary of the year in the 2020 annual Intermediaries’ Awards by UAP Insurance Kenya. Th...

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Sama has been named the Best in Machine Learning Platforms at the 2021 AI TechAwards

Grace MathekaNovember 2, 2021

Sama, a training data provider in Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, has announced it has received the 2021 AI TechAward for Best in Machine Learning Platfo...

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CDC Group commits Ksh. 455 B to combat climate emergency at the COP26 in Glasgow

Grace MathekaNovember 2, 2021

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced plans to invest over Ksh. 455 billion (£3 billion) to support emerging ec...

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Why The 10Bet Sponsorship of Dodoma Jiji FC and Daring Club Motema Pembe FC Is Such Big News

Samson NderiNovember 2, 2021

The recent news from 10Bet about the plethora of team sponsorships they have lined up really is great news, for way more reasons than one. In reality, the fact ...

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ADAPTA to develop and test an innovative loan insuring platform in a bid to unlock financing for farmers and Agri-SMEs

Grace MathekaNovember 2, 2021

Africa's climate adaptation credit facility for agriculture, ADAPTA, has launched with Ksh. 166,950,000 (USD 1.5 million) in funding from the Bill and Melinda G...

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Boomplay extends licensing partnership with CAPASSO as part of its expansion strategy across the continent

Samson NderiNovember 2, 2021

Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming platform has extended its licensing partnership with mechanical copyrights collection agency, Composers Authors and P...

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Elisha Kiprop & Valentine Kipketer win the 2021 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon

Grace MathekaNovember 1, 2021

Elisha Kiprop and Valentine Kipketer have won the 42 Kilometers Men and Women races in the just concluded Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon. Elisha Kiprop se...

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Safaricom partners with UNICEF & Directorate of Children Services to launch child safety campaign

Grace MathekaNovember 1, 2021

Safaricom, UNICEF Kenya and the Directorate of Children Services have launched a campaign dubbed Spot it, Stop it, to promote awareness on violence against chil...

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Trade on EABL’s Medium Term Note begins at the NSE

Grace MathekaNovember 1, 2021

Trading on the Ksh. 11 billion East African Breweries PLC (EABL) Medium-Term Note has officially begun on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The 5-year, ...

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Airtel Africa commits Ksh. 6.3B to promote digital learning for children across Africa

Grace MathekaNovember 1, 2021

Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a 5-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the i...

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Kenya receives additional 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the USA

Grace MathekaNovember 1, 2021

Kenya has received a further 990,990 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in yet another boost to the ongoing accelerated COVID-19 vaccination drive. The doses ...

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SaveApp & MyWagePay among 12 tech startups selected for the 2021 Angel Fair Africa

Grace MathekaNovember 1, 2021

The 9th edition of the Angel Fair Africa (AFA) slated for 25th November this year has named the investors panel to support 12 African tech ventures. The all-...

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Strathmore University Business School partners with Fairtrade Africa to support growth opportunities across Africa

Grace MathekaOctober 30, 2021

Strathmore University Business School (SBS) has signed a partnership agreement with Fairtrade Africa (FTA), aimed at fostering growth opportunities for it’s pro...

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Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon to take place tomorrow, October 31

Grace MathekaOctober 30, 2021

The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon organizing committee has announced that all is set for the 18th edition to be held tomorrow, Sunday 31st October, 2021. ...

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Facebook rebrands to Meta as it focuses on virtual reality

Grace MathekaOctober 30, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has introduced Meta, the new company brand. The name change was announced at the 2021 Facebook Connect Conference with the aim of b...

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CMA, NSE & KEPFIC sign MoU to support infrastructure investments via capital markets

Grace MathekaOctober 29, 2021

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA), Kenya Pension Funds Investment Consortium (KEPFIC) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have entered into an agreement...

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SEACOM acquires 100% stake in Hirani Telecom’s fibre network

Grace MathekaOctober 29, 2021

SEACOM, a telecommunications service provider, has announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network. The network wil...

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Kenya Leads in Terms of Peer to Peer Crypto Transactions

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2021

The cryptocurrency market has been growing rapidly around the world. One of the regions around the world where cryptocurrency trading is growing very fast is Af...

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Guinness Hop House 13 set to launch a cooking show dubbed ‘Flavour by Fire’

Grace MathekaOctober 28, 2021

The Flavour by Fire show powered by Guinness Hop House 13 is a new cooking show that will bring 3 contestants together to battle it out for the Flavour by Fire ...

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AfDB to invest Ksh. 1.1 Billion in ARCH Cold Chain Solutions in a bid to boost cold storage & distribution of food in East Africa

Grace MathekaOctober 28, 2021

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an equity investment of Ksh. 1.1 billion ($10 million) in the ARCH Cold Chain Solutio...

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15 movies & series you can watch on Showmax this Halloween

Grace MathekaOctober 28, 2021

Showmax has a wide array of movies and TV shows that you can stream on demand on the platform. These include local and international award-winning TV series and...

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OPPO launches OPPO Health, ray tracing & carlink technologies at the 2021 Developer Conference

Grace MathekaOctober 28, 2021

Smartphone brand OPPO recently held the 2021 OPPO Developer Conference (ODC) under the theme Building A Better Future Together. The company introduced a series ...

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CoAmana to host Amana farmer’s market on October 30 at Karura forest

Grace MathekaOctober 27, 2021

CoAmana, a tech start-up, will host consumers and farmers for the Amana Community Supported Agricultural Day (CSA Day) on Saturday 30th October, at the Karura F...

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MoData partners with IntellectEU to help insurers combat insurance fraud

Grace MathekaOctober 27, 2021

Digital and finance solutions specialist, MoData, has partnered with IntellectEU, a financial technology company, to help insurance companies across Africa prot...

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EABL corporate bond receives Ksh. 37.9B in applications, a 345% over-subscriptions

Grace MathekaOctober 27, 2021

East African Breweries PLC (EABL) has announced that it received applications for Notes amounting to Ksh. 37.9 billion for its Ksh. 11 billion Medium-Term Note ...

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Standard Bank, Citi, Norfund & CDC Group provide Ksh. 8B loan to Greenlight Planet Kenya

Grace MathekaOctober 27, 2021

The Standard Bank, Citi, CDC Group and Norfund have partnered to provide a Ksh. 8 billion (USD 75 million) sustainable finance loan to Greenlight Planet Kenya, ...

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Investors can now conduct day trading on the NSE

Grace MathekaOctober 27, 2021

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has received approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to begin day trading. Investors on the NSE can now buy and ...

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Facebook launches 2021 ‘My Digital World’ program to meet digital literacy needs in Africa

Grace MathekaOctober 27, 2021

Facebook has launched the 2021 edition of My Digital World literacy program. The program which is accessible across Sub-Saharan Africa, is designed to provide y...

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AfDB launches the PAUSTI Incubation Centre of Excellence at JKUAT

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the PAUSTI Incubation Centre of Excellence (PAUSTI Incubation CoE) at the Pan African University Institute for ...

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Mastercard research on female entrepreneurs reveals that social media is the top tool for their businesses

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

Mastercard has launched a new research in a series of workshops for the Middle East and Africa's female entrepreneurs at the 2020 Dubai Expo. Held at Expo 20...

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Safaricom Foundation sets aside Ksh. 100 million for the third phase of the Ndoto Zetu Initiative

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

Over 1.2 million people across Kenya are set to benefit from the third phase of Safaricom Foundation’s Ndoto Zetu Initiative. The initiative offers Kenyans an o...

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Google has the highest number of app installs in Africa according to AppsFlyer Performance Index

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

AppsFlyer, a marketing measurement and experience platform, has released the 13th edition of its Performance Index, ranking the top media sources in mobile adve...

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Standard Chartered kicks off its Nairobi Marathon with a virtual run

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

The virtual run for the 18th edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon kicked off Monday 25th October, 2021 at Karura Forest. The virtual runs will be ...

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Prof Olive Mugenda has been appointed as HF Group Board Chairperson

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

The Housing Finance (HF) Group has appointed Prof Olive Mugenda as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of its Board of Directors effectve 21st...

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Tatu City emerges as a winner at the Free Zones Awards 2021

Grace MathekaOctober 26, 2021

Tatu City has been recognized at the Free Zones Awards 2021 by fDi Intelligence. Tatu won in the category of Large Tenants and received an honourable mention fo...

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