TEMS Africa ICT Expo and Conference kicks off today at KICC

Staff WriterApril 24, 2019

The inaugural TEMS Africa ICT Expo and Conference which has been dubbed as East Africa’s largest ICT showcase has kicked off today. It is scheduled to run from ...

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Submissions to the Groove Awards 2019 are now open

Staff WriterApril 24, 2019

Gospel awards initiative Groove Awards is back for 2019 and is now currently accepting nominations from gospel musicians. The submissions for nominations were u...

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Joyline Chepkorir gets recognition for role in the fight against cancer in Kericho County

Staff WriterApril 24, 2019

As a response to the increased cases of Cancer, Joyline Chepkorir, a young Kenyan lady from Kericho decided to form a non-profit organization in 2017 named Let’...

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Ravi Mehra appointed as the ‘Head of Cars’ in the ROAM Africa Group

Staff WriterApril 24, 2019

The ROAM Group has announced the appointment of Ravi Mehra as the ‘Head of Cars’ where he will be responsible for the growth and operations of the company’s car...

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Berlin FC make it to the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom North Eastern finals

Staff WriterApril 23, 2019

Berlin FC from Garissa has made it to the finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom North Eastern region set for tomorrow at Garissa University. Abdallah Marro ...

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Chapa Dimba heads to Garissa for the North Eastern region finals

Staff WriterApril 23, 2019

The Chapa Dimba na Safaricom football tournament is set to take place today and tomorrow at the Garissa University for the North Eastern region finals. Four ...

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Equity Group Foundation hosts 10th annual education congress at Kenyatta University

Staff WriterApril 19, 2019

The Equity Group Foundation hosted over 3,570 Wings to Fly scholars at Kenyatta University for the 10th Annual Education and Leadership Congress. This group com...

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Mest Africa Summit 2019 to take place in Nairobi in partnership with Microsoft

Staff WriterApril 19, 2019

MEST Africa has officially announced its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit, in partnership with Microsoft. The 3-day event will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from...

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Microsoft launches Artificial Intelligence for Africa White Paper

Staff WriterApril 18, 2019

Microsoft in partnership with Strathmore University yesterday launched “Artificial Intelligence for good” event series. The event which took place at the Micros...

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KCB Group set to acquire National Bank of Kenya

Staff WriterApril 18, 2019

Kenya Commercial Bank Group has today made an offer to acquire 100% of the ordinary shares in National Bank of Kenya (NBK). Both KCB and NBK are listed on the N...

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Kenya Airways to operate more flights to Mombasa & Kisumu to cater for Easter demand

Staff WriterApril 17, 2019

Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced that it will operate a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the Nairobi-Mombasa route to cater for extra passengers during the Easter Holid...

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Safaricom Jazz to celebrate International Jazz Day with an African artist line-up

Staff WriterApril 17, 2019

Safaricom Jazz has announced that it will celebrate this year's International Jazz Day with a concert that will be held on 1st May at the Carnivore Grounds in N...

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Guinness drinkers to win a trip to Cairo in new promotion

Staff WriterApril 17, 2019

Guinness Stout has launched a new consumer promotion that will see its customers win a trip to Cairo, Egypt. The promotion dubbed Be a Fan Made of More: Win ...

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Telkom Kenya has appointed Steve Okeyo as Managing Director in the mobile division

Richard MureithiApril 17, 2019

Telkom Kenya has announced the appointment of Steve Okeyo as the MD for its mobile division. He will be taking over from Amer Atwi who has been in the position ...

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Infinix S4 launched in Kenya; available for pre-order until 22nd April

Staff WriterApril 15, 2019

Infinix has today launched the Infinix S4 smartphone in Kenya and made it available for pre-order at Infinix Mall and in retail stores countrywide. The phone wi...

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How Ndoto Zetu is touching the lives of less privileged school kids in Nyamira

Staff WriterApril 15, 2019

Education can be termed as the process of transferring knowledge, abilities, values and skills from one person to another. It is essentially a social activity w...

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Tatu City installs first solar power plant in partnership with Equator Energy

Staff WriterApril 11, 2019

Tatu City has installed its first solar power plant, in partnership with Equator Energy, to generate renewable energy for the development. The installation c...

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Thika Stadium will host Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Central finals

Staff WriterApril 11, 2019

The Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom football Tournament will head to Thika Stadium this weekend for the Central region finals which are set to kick off at 8:00am on Sa...

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‘Got Talent’ TV Show franchise comes to East Africa

Staff WriterApril 11, 2019

Clouds Media has announced the launch of the East Africa’s Got Talent TV show which is part of the Got Talent franchise started in 2014 by Simon Cowell. The sho...

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KCB customers to now make payments from UnionPay App & on Apple Pay

Staff WriterApril 11, 2019

KCB Bank Kenya has announced that it has partnered with UnionPay International to enable payments from the UnionPay App as well as on Apple Pay. The payments wi...

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Cisco launches Ksh. 69 Million incubation hub at the University of Nairobi

Staff WriterApril 8, 2019

Cisco has announced the launch of a Ksh. 69 Million incubation hub known as ‘Cisco EDGE Incubation Centre,’ which will be located at the University of Nairobi. ...

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Engage BCW scoops five awards at African PR fete

Staff WriterApril 5, 2019

Kenyan PR firm Engage Burson Cohn & Wolfe (Engage BCW) has scooped five awards at the prestigious 2019 SABRE Africa Awards. They are the local partners of B...

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Ksh. 50 tickets up for grabs today as JamboJet extends offer

Staff WriterApril 5, 2019

JamboJet the regional low cost carrier has extended its offer for tickets at a price of Ksh. 50 to today as part of its fifth year celebrations. There are 100 t...

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How to register on the NTSA TIMS platform

Staff WriterApril 5, 2019

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InterswitchSPAK competition for STEM students in secondary schools launched

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

The Ministry of Education, Interswitch and UNESCO has launched a new National Science Competition dubbed InterswitchSPAK for STEM students in secondary schools....

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Equity Bank’s FY 2018 net profit rises to Ksh. 19 billion

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

Equity Bank Group has announced that its profit after tax has increased to Ksh. 19 billion for the year ending 31 December 2018. This is an increase from Ksh. 1...

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Oxford University Press reorganizes it leadership in Africa to drive growth

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the reorganization of its leadership in Africa to drive growth for its business in the region. Fathima Dada, Ma...

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Counties must support and protect investors within the counties

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

By KEPSA In the 6 years since the 2010 Constitution came Into force in 2013 and opened the way to Devolution, every one of the 47 Counties has made it a prio...

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Chapa Dimba heads to Mombasa for the Coast region finals

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

The Chapa Dimba na Safaricom football tournament will this weekend head to Mombasa county for the Coast region finals which will be held under floodlights at Bo...

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How the Ndoto Zetu initiative empowered women in Tharaka Nithi County through goat farming

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

Chamas have been with us for the longest time and have over the years been exclusively linked to women who used them for social welfare. However, following thei...

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Family Bank recovers to post Ksh. 244 million net profit in FY 2018

Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

Family Bank has announced that it has recorded a Ksh. 244 million net profit for the Financial Year 2018. This is a marked improvement from a Ksh. 1 billion los...

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Nairobi Innovation Week 2019 announces prizes for startup competition

Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

The Nairobi Innovation Week has announced awards for startups participating in this year’s Nairobi Innovation Week Startups’ programme, the Nairobi Innovation C...

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Making charcoal from water hyacinth; the story of Donald Agwenge

Staff WriterMarch 29, 2019

Water hyacinth also known as Eichhornia crassipes, is an aquatic weed which has managed to wreak havoc on Lake Victoria. It is considered one of the world's wor...

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Bwala Africa raises funding from Justin Caldeck a Silicon Valley investor and expands to Kampala

Staff WriterMarch 27, 2019

Bwala Africa Group which is a last mile logistics marketplace launched in 2018 has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Justin Caldeck a Silicon Valley ...

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Nokia 7.1 Review; a midrange phone that offers value for money

Richard MureithiMarch 27, 2019

Nokia has a long history of producing quality phones over the ages and for a long time they were the dominant players in the market long before the advent of th...

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Tracking down the recurrent Turkana drought and the way forward

Gilchrist LokoelMarch 26, 2019

I was born in 1980 from parents who hailed from Lokitaung - Turkana County. The folklore has it that there was such a bad drought that two thirds of the entire ...

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Safaricom awards Dennis Muthii for being its 30th Million customer

Staff WriterMarch 25, 2019

Safaricom has today recognized Dennis Muthii from Kirinyaga County for being its 30th Million customer. The telco will undertake to fulfill his ambition of join...

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Chapa Dimba football tournament heads to Eldoret for the Rift region finals

Staff WriterMarch 22, 2019

The Eldoret ASK showgrounds will play host to the Chapa Dimba by Safaricom Rift region finals that are slated for this weekend. The tournament will see eight te...

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KCB to equip youth living with disabilities with business skills via the ‘2jiajiri’ programme

Staff WriterMarch 21, 2019

The KCB Foundation through the youth empowerment programme ‘2jiajiri’ will equip 1,000 persons living with disability with technical and entrepreneurial skills ...

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Sony launches α6400 camera with real-time eye autofocus in Kenya

Vivianne MusumbaMarch 18, 2019

Sony Electronics has announced the α6400 mirrorless camera model ILCE-6400with real-time eye autofocus, real-time tracking and fast autofocus in Kenya. This new...

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Shenzhen Star to build manufacturing plant for smart meters in Tatu City

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2019

Smart meters maker Shenzhen Star Instrument, has announced that it will expand its operations in Africa by building a manufacturing facility at Tatu Industrial ...

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CIC Insurance net profit for FY 2018 jumps to Ksh. 625 million

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2019

CIC Insurance Group has announced a profit after tax of Ksh. 625 milion for the period ending 31 December 2018. This is an improvement from the Ksh. 478 million...

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