Absa Bank penalized by the CBK for flagged forex trades

Samson NderiApril 9, 2020

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has taken regulatory action against Absa Bank Kenya due foreign exchange trades that were conducted in March 2020. According ...

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Ogilvy Africa wins big at the 2020 African SABRE Awards

Samson NderiApril 8, 2020

Ogilvy Africa and its clients Equity Bank PLC, and Safaricom PLC have emerged as Platinum and Gold winners in the 2020 SABRE Awards for Africa. The agency wo...

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CMA allows listed companies to pay dividends without holding AGMs due to COVID-19

Samson NderiApril 4, 2020

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will allow listed companies on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to pay dividends without holding ...

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Resident Doctors at KNH at risk after hospital fails to provide them with adequate protective gear

James WamathaiApril 4, 2020

Resident doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), which is the nerve center of the government’s COVID-19 response, are not being supplied with adequate esse...

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Equity’s investment in fintech pays off as EazzyPay transactions hit Ksh. 15.3 Billion in 2019

Samson NderiApril 4, 2020

Over the past few years, Equity has made strategic investments in fintech with a view of increasing efficiency which has an effect on reducing costs. It is t...

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Google report shows that Kenyans are social distancing in the COVID-19 crisis

Samson NderiApril 3, 2020

Google has released a new report dubbed Community Mobility Report which uses location data from its users to show where they are during the COVID-19 crisis. ...

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Finnfund invests Ksh. 100 million in e-commerce platform Kasha

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Finnfund has announced that it has invested Ksh. 100 million (USD 1 miilion) in e-commerce platform Kasha. Kasha is an e-commerce platform (kasha.co.ke) tha...

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Safaricom customers can now use Bonga points to pay for goods & servicesds using Bonga Points

Samson NderiApril 3, 2020

Safaricom has launched Bonga For Good, an initiative that will see customers use Bonga Points to pay for essential goods and services. The campaign has been ...

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Insecure & Kenyan shows KIna & Kovu among new content on Showmax this April

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Video on demand service Showmax has added various shows and movies on its platform for the month of April for its customers viewing pleasure. Now that most p...

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Britam Holdings announces an improved FY 2019 Ksh. 3.5 billion net profit

Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

Britam Holdings has today announced a Ksh. 3.5 billion profit after tax for the year ending 31st December 2019. This is rapid increase from the Ksh. 2.29 billio...

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UAP Insurance Kenya FY 2019 net profit rise to Ksh. 1.249 billion

Staff WriterApril 2, 2020

UAP Insurance Kenya has announced a Ksh. 1.249 billion profit before tax for the financial period ended 31st December 2019. This is a 316% increase from the Ksh...

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Prudential to offer cash benefits to customers diagnosed with COVID-19

Staff WriterApril 2, 2020

Prudential has announced that it will offer its customers cash benefits in addition to other benefits in their existing policies should they be diagnosed with C...

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Kenyans can now live stream news on Showmax

Staff WriterMarch 31, 2020

Video on demand service Showmax has added news live streaming on its platform in Kenya. Kenyans can now stream six live news channels on the platform. Showma...

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Absa Bank reports net earnings of Ksh. 7.5 Billion for the period ended 31st December 2019

Samson NderiMarch 25, 2020

Absa Bank Kenya has reported a Ksh. 7.5 Billion profit after tax for  the period ended 31 December 2019. The bank’s profit was affected by costs that were as...

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Microsoft to suspend optional non security Windows updates

Samson NderiMarch 25, 2020

With people around the world working from home courtesy of the Corona Virus, Microsoft has announced that it is pausing all optional non-security releases for s...

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Why Kenyans are struggling with social distancing in the Coronavirus crisis

Lynda ChalkerMarch 24, 2020

We are at a peak when the Government of Kenya alongside experts from all over the world are reinforcing the essence of social distancing. This is in a bid to co...

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WhiteCap Lager now comes in a new bottle and a redesigned logo

James WamathaiMarch 23, 2020

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has announced that it has changed the bottle design for its premium beer brand, WhiteCap Lager. WhiteCap Lager is one of the oldes...

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KBL launches Baileys Delight in Kenya

Staff WriterMarch 20, 2020

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has launched Baileys Delight alcoholic drink in the Kenyan market. The new drink is a variant of the Baileys Original Irish Cream ...

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5 things you can do during social distancing

Samson NderiMarch 18, 2020

Corona Virus has a good number of us working from home so as to prevent the spread of the disease. With a lot of free time on your hands, its easy to get bored ...

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Tecno Camon 15 to take awesome night shots courtesy of new TAIVOS technology

Samson NderiMarch 17, 2020

For the longest time, night shots have been the most problematic when taking pictures using a mobile phone. This is because the cameras on our phones generally ...

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Polycarp Igathe rejoins Equity Group as the Chief Commercial Officer

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2020

Polycarp Igathe has rejoined Kenyan financial company, Equity Group, as the Chief Commercial Officer 7 months after quitting to join Vivo Energy. In his new rol...

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Microsoft and Ministry of Agriculture partner to help farmers solve challenges

Samson NderiMarch 16, 2020

Microsoft and the Ministry of Agriculture have partnered in a bid to help farmers solve key challenges affecting them. This is part of Microsoft’s ongoing inves...

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Ways you can actively take part in this year’s International Women’s Day

Lynda ChalkerMarch 8, 2020

The international women’s day this year takes place today on 8th March. It's a day dedicated to celebrate women’s economic, social, cultural and political achie...

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Chapa Dimba heads to Kericho County for Rift region finals

Samson NderiMarch 6, 2020

The Chapa Dimba na Safaricom football tournament will this weekend head to the Green Stadium in Kericho County for the Rift region finals. During the qualifi...

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Stream the Arsenal vs West Ham United match on Showmax this weekend

Richard MureithiMarch 5, 2020

Video on demand platform, Showmax, has been streaming live sports on their platform in Kenya  since last year. This weekend, live sports on the platform include...

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Twitter is testing its version of stories named ‘Fleets’

Samson NderiMarch 5, 2020

Twitter has started testing its own version of stories named fleets in Brazil. The fleets are supposed to disappear within 24 hours. Once the service is up a...

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Microsoft launches Global Social Entrepreneurship programme to empower startups

Samson NderiMarch 3, 2020

Microsoft through its Microsoft for Start-ups initiative,  has launched the Global Social Entrepreneurship programme at a plenary session of the Sankalp Africa ...

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British Airways targets to remove single use plastic from its flights by end of 2020

Samson NderiFebruary 28, 2020

British Airways has announced that they target to remove more than 700 tonnes of single-use plastic on board its flights in 2020. This amounts to more than a qu...

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First 2020 edition of Folk Fusion, hosted by Ayrosh, to take place on 7th March

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

The first edition of Folk Fusion in 2020 is set to take place on Saturday 7th March at 910 James Gichuru Rd from 2pm to 11 PM. The fourth edition of Folk Fus...

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Hemingways Nairobi is the first Kenyan hotel accepted into the American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts program

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Hemingways Nairobi is the first hotel in Kenya to be accepted into the American Express Fine Hotels and Resorts program. Hemingways Nairobi is part of the Hemin...

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Applications for the Siemens Design Challenge to open on March 4

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Engineering for Change (E4C), in collaboration with Siemens, has announced a design challenge for clean water and zero hunger technology solutions. Applicati...

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Competition Authority has approved the takeover of Gulf Energy by Kenol Kobil

Samson NderiFebruary 26, 2020

The Competition Authority of Kenya has approved the takeover of Gulf Energy by Kenol Kobil albeit with some conditions. As per the Competition Authority, Ken...

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Safaricom joins the Valuable 500 Disability Inclusion movement

Samson NderiFebruary 24, 2020

Safaricom has joined the Valuable 500, a movement that brings together CEO’s responsible for huge organisations to put disability inclusion on the global busine...

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Huawei Y6s now available on pre-order in Kenya

Richard MureithiFebruary 24, 2020

Huawei Mobile Kneya has announced the availability of its new smartphone, the Huawei Y6s on pre-order from today 24th February 2020 to 3rd March 2020. The phone...

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Jamuhuri High School to host the Chapa Dimba Nairobi region finals this weekend

Samson NderiFebruary 19, 2020

Eight teams will this weekend battle it out to be crowned Nairobi champions in the ongoing Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth tournament. The capital city’s regiona...

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Opera installs servers in Mombasa to make your browsing 4 times faster

Samson NderiFebruary 18, 2020

Opera has announced the successful installation of its new local servers in Mombasa, Kenya. These servers significantly increase browsing speed up to four times...

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Birthday week giveaway with WhiteCap Lager

James WamathaiFebruary 17, 2020

On a warm Sunday on 22 February 1981, I was born in Nairobi at the (in)famous Pumwani Maternity Hospital. I was a healthy baby by all accounts and was born into...

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Upfield, owners of the Blueband brand, unveil a new range of products

Samson NderiFebruary 10, 2020

Upfield, which is the number one producer of plant-based spreads globally has announced its ownership of the Blue Band margarine spread. At the same time, it in...

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WhiteCap Brunch heads to Machakos this weekend

James WamathaiFebruary 10, 2020

Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL), in partnership with Country Roads Festival, will host the WhiteCap Brunch in Machakos this weekend at the Machakos People's Park....

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Banks need to use technology to drive customer growth according to Microsoft

Samson NderiFebruary 5, 2020

During the just concluded 2nd Annual Africa Banking & Finance Innovation Summit that was held in Nairobi. Microsoft which was one of the sponsors of the eve...

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Running events that you should take part in 2020

James WamathaiFebruary 5, 2020

If you are a running enthusiast, there are various running events that you can take part in Kenya and in other parts of the world. The running events also fe...

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Eabl reports a half year profit after tax of Ksh. 7.2 Billion

Samson NderiFebruary 1, 2020

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced a pre-tax profit of Kshs 7.2 Billion during the half-year ending 31 December 2019, this was a 9% growth from...

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