National Science & Technology Exhibition to be held on August 6-9

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2019

The Young Scientists Kenya (YSK) has announced that the National Science and Technology Exhibition will be held on 6th – 9th August 2019 at KICC. It will be hel...

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The Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant to offer Ksh. 15 M for African environmental research

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2019

The Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant (JWO Grant) is calling on the next generation of environmental researchers and conservation leaders from Africa to ...

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Nova Pioneer partners with LAPTRUST to launch secondary school in Eldoret

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2019

Nova Pioneer has broken ground for the construction of two new secondary schools located in Uasin Gishu County, in a joint partnership with the Local Authoritie...

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KCB & Equity Bank emerge winners in the African Banker Awards 2019

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2019

Kenya’s KCB Bank and Equity Bank have emerged winners in the African Banker Awards 2019. KCB Bank won the prize for innovation and Equity Bank for its CSR activ...

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Big Square opens 12th branch at Shell Mountain View

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2019

Restaurant chain Big Square has launched a 12th branch at Shell Service Station in Mountain View. The new outlet, which cost Ksh. 45 million, occupies 4,000 sq....

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Simba Corporation in partnership with AutoXpress Ltd for after sales service

Staff WriterJuly 15, 2019

Simba Corporation has signed a deal with AutoXpress that will see Mitsubishi  and Mahindra vehicle owners access after sales service for their cars at AutoXpres...

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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 ...

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Inaugural Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Festival to take place in Kenya on November 22– 24

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2019

The inaugural Coffee, Tea and Chocolate Festival (CTC Festival) is set to be held in Kenya this year from 22nd – 24th November in Nairobi. It will be organized ...

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NSE embarks on trading futures with its most traded stocks

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2019

Nairobi Securities Exchange which launched the trading on future contracts known as “NEXT Derivatives Market” last week is offering its investors index futures ...

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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...

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Mobile lenders need to be regulated to avoid money laundering according to CBK

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2019

In a presentation to Parliament, the Central Bank Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge indicated that there was a need to regulate the online lending firms. This is in ...

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5 factors affecting the manufacturing sector in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 11, 2019

SYSPRO, a global provider of industry-built Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for manufacturers and distributors in collaboration with Strathmore Univ...

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Safaricom to sponsor Afro-Asia fintech festival to the tune of Ksh. 5 Million

Staff WriterJuly 9, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it will sponsor the inaugural Afro-Asia FinTech Festival 2019 dubbed ‘Fintech in the Savannah’ which will be co-hosted by the Centr...

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New York Times faces online backlash over Nairobi bureau chief job ad

Staff WriterJuly 5, 2019

The New York Times is back in the Kenyans online radar after publishing a job ad for their Nairobi Bureau Chief advertisement on LinkedIn. The job ad include...

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SYSPRO study finds adoption of tech in manufacturing will improve the sector

James WamathaiJuly 3, 2019

ERP provider SYSPRO has together with Strathmore University has released research findings from a study that saw close to 100 Kenyan companies drawn from 12 man...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Africa Media Index to help increase Sub Saharan Africa advertising which stands at 0.47% of global investments

Staff WriterJune 25, 2019

Despite Africa being the continent with the youngest and fastest growing population in the world and with some of the fastest growing economies in the world. It...

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Lyra Aoko & Leotunapika among winners in the BAKE Awards 2019

Staff WriterJune 23, 2019

The BAKE Awards 2019 winners were announced yesterday at a winners' gala event that was held at the Utalii Hotel. Like in recent years women dominated the compe...

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Manyatta United & Al-Ahly are in the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom finals

Staff WriterJune 23, 2019

Manyatta United FC from Kisumu and Al-Ahly FC from Rift Valley have made it to the boys final of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Youth tournament. The Kisumu ba...

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Safaricom joins UN initiative to fight harmful gender stereotypes in advertising

Staff WriterJune 22, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it has joined the highest governing body of the Unstereotype Alliance chaired by Phumzile Mlambo – Ngcuka, the UN Women Executive D...

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Acakoro Ladies & Kitale Queens make it to the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom finals

Staff WriterJune 22, 2019

Acakoro Ladies from Nairobi and Kitale Queens from Rift Valley have made it to the finals in the ongoing Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom National finals. Kitale Que...

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Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom finals are ongoing in Meru

Staff WriterJune 21, 2019

The national finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Youth Tournament kicked off yesterday with quarterfinal games played at Kinoru Stadium and ASK Showgrounds i...

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Alliance Boys tops InterswitchSPAK STEM Competition qualifying test

Staff WriterJune 21, 2019

Secondary schools in the Central Region have emerged tops in the just-ended National Qualifying Test for the ongoing InterswitchSPAK STEM competition. Nyanza em...

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Software Group appoints Connor Hanan as the new CEO for Africa

Staff WriterJune 21, 2019

Software Group has announced that is has appointed Mr. Connor Hanan to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Africa. Software Group is a global soft...

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Visa partners with KCB and BAK to digitize payments for boda boda operators

Staff WriterJune 19, 2019

Visa has partnered with KCB Bank  and the Boda Boda Safety Association of Kenya (BAK) to digitize payments for the motorcycle transport operators. The partne...

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Meru to host the Chapa Dimba na Safaricom finals tomorrow

Staff WriterJune 19, 2019

Meru is set to host the finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth football tournament as from tomorrow the 20th of June 2019 with the quarter finals set to b...

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Visa partners with IBS Bank to drive payments inclusion in Somalia

Staff WriterJune 19, 2019

Visa has announced a partnership with IBS Bank, which will enable the bank to deepen its payments services in Somalia by going live with its acquiring business ...

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Airtel Africa looking to raise Ksh. 76 Billion at the London IPO

Staff WriterJune 18, 2019

Airtel Africa which is the continent’s second largest mobile operator is expecting a valuation of Ksh. 460 Billion in an IPO at the London Stock Exchange. Th...

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AI Expo Africa launches the AI Art Challenge

Staff WriterJune 18, 2019

AI Expo Africa a business focused AI event in Africa has launched a grand challenge is to create an original piece of artwork or music that leverages AI. In ...

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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...

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DPO Group launches DumaCard, a B2B virtual and prepaid payment card

Staff WriterJune 18, 2019

DPO Group, a payment service provider, has  launched Africa’s first business to business payment card. DPO’s DumaCard, which is offered as a plastic card as wel...

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TAC Studios in collaboration with Currency Media to produce The Yard, a Kenyan series

Staff WriterJune 18, 2019

Tac Studios, the  production arm of US-based The Africa Channel has announced a collaboration with Currency Media a Kenyan production house to produce “The Yard...

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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...

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Inger Andersen from Denmark appointed as the new UNEP Executive Director

James WamathaiJune 16, 2019

Danish economist and environmentalist Inger Andersen has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Ms. Andersen w...

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ABAK statement on the tax proposals in the 2019/20 budget reading

Staff WriterJune 14, 2019

Following the reading of the Budget Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Mr Henry Rotich, the Alcoholic Beverages Association of Kenya ...

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Lipa na M-Pesa refunds are not customer friendly

James WamathaiJune 14, 2019

Safaricom launched Lipa na M-Pesa in 2013 to enable merchants to be able to accept payments via their popular mobile payments platform, M-Pesa. The launch broug...

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EABL plants 5,000 trees in partnership with Nature Kenya & Kenya Forest Service

Staff WriterJune 14, 2019

East Breweries Limited (EABL) in conjunction with Nature Kenya and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) joined the residents of Kieni Forest, Kiambu County in marking Wor...

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Fine Edge Media to launch 14 magazines in Kenya

Staff WriterJune 14, 2019

Fine Edge Media, a media publishing house, is set to officially launch 14 magazines in the Kenyan market at the end of June. The Creative Media house will be...

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Former Liverpool star Luis Garcia to grace Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom final

Staff WriterJune 14, 2019

Former Liverpool and Barcelona footballer Luis Garcia will grace the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom National Final set for Kinoru stadium, Meru County between June 20...

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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 ...

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