KCB Foundation to conduct vocational training for youth in Webuye East & Mwingi North

Grace MathekaOctober 31, 2024

Youth from Webuye East and Mwingi North constituencies are set to receive technical vocational skills and business development training from the KCB Foundation....

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KCB Foundation launches Ksh. 50 million training & employment program in Kisii County

Grace MathekaOctober 9, 2024

Youth from Kisii County are set to receive technical vocational skills training from the KCB Foundation. This is following the signing of a partnership agreemen...

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KCB Foundation 2Jiajiri program impacts 400 youth in Elgeyo Marakwet

Staff WriterJune 13, 2024

KCB Foundation 2Jiajiri program has announced that 400 youth from 20 wards in Elgeyo Marakwet have graduated with technical skills from 13 Vocational Training C...

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KCB Foundation hands over laptops to 240 students under its scholars program

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2024

The KCB Foundation has donated laptops to 240 university students from its 2022 KCSE cohort under its Scholars program. This initiative aims to support their h...

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KCB Foundation awards scholarships to student athletes

Makena Ndung'uJanuary 31, 2024

KCB Foundation has awarded 50 talented student athletes with full scholarships to pursue their secondary education in Kenya. The organized recently announce...

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KCB Foundation includes student athletes in its annual scholarship programme

Samson NderiJanuary 4, 2024

The KCB Foundation is piloting a student athletic programme that will provide scholarship opportunities to talented athletic students. The students will be supp...

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KCB Foundation to invest Ksh. 700 million to support the 2023 Scholarship Class

Samson NderiFebruary 6, 2023

KCB Group has announced that it will invest Ksh. 700 million to support the 2023 scholarships cohort through secondary and tertiary education. Through the KC...

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KCB Bank partners with KNCCI to support MSMEs access financial services

Faith WambuiDecember 14, 2022

KCB Bank, KCB Foundation, and Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) enter into a memorandum of understanding to offer tripartite support to Mi...

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KNCCI partners with KCB Bank to enable its members access cheap loans

Faith WambuiDecember 10, 2022

Over 50,000 Kenya National Chambers of Commerce and Industries (KNCCI) members, including women and youth-owned enterprises, are set to benefit from affordable ...

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KCB Foundation & UNITAR partner to promote the use of electric motorbikes in Kenya

James WamathaiOctober 11, 2022

KCB Foundation and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered to promote the use of electric motorbikes by Boda Boda riders ...

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KCB Foundation invests Ksh. 5 million in the conservation of Tana River

James WamathaiMarch 10, 2022

The KCB Foundation has announced its support for the conservation of Tana River and has made an initial investment of Ksh. 5 million. The KCB Foundation has ...

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KCB Foundation invests Ksh. 14.6M in livestock tracking project in Taita Taveta

James WamathaiMarch 9, 2022

KCB Foundation has launch a Livestock Identification and Tracking System (LITS) programme in Taita Taveta County. The programme will benefit farmers in the area...

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KCB Foundation partners with Tharaka Nithi County to conduct vocational training for 400 youth

Grace MathekaFebruary 2, 2022

Hundreds of youth from Tharaka-Nithi county are set to receive technical vocational skills training and thereafter get access to funding to create MSMEs. The tr...

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Over 5,000 farmers to benefit from KCB’s Ksh. 50 million Mifugo Ni Mali programme

Grace MathekaJanuary 17, 2022

The KCB Foundation, through its Mifugo Ni Mali programme has this year set aside Ksh. 50 million to support over 5,000 farmers from 20 counties in the livestock...

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KCB Foundation has partnered with Meru County to train 400 youth under the GIZ E4D program

Grace MathekaOctober 9, 2021

The KCB Foundation has signed a partnership with the Meru County Government to facilitate training of 400 youth under the GIZ E4D program over the next 2 years....

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KCB Foundation incorporates a Ksh. 131 Million scholarship program for university students

Grace MathekaSeptember 29, 2021

KCB Group through the KCB Foundation will extend scholarships worth Ksh. 131 million to university students, deepening its play in supporting the education sect...

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KCB Foundation beneficiaries excel in KCSE, to join the bank’s apprentice program

Grace MathekaMay 12, 2021

200 of the KCB Foundation high school scholarship beneficiaries who sat for the 2020 national examination have qualified for university, having attained the req...

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Young Africa Works program sponsors 1,030 graduates in agribusiness

Grace MathekaDecember 22, 2020

1,030 students have graduated from Miramar International College, as the class of 2020 in agribusiness, specifically trained in hydroponic farming technology. T...

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KCB Foundation donates Ksh. 2.5 million to Kenyan flood victims

Staff WriterMay 27, 2020

KCB Foundation has announced that it has donated Ksh. 2.5 million to Kenyan victims of flooding that has taken place in various parts of the country. Benefic...

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KCB Foundation offers Ksh. 78M high school scholarships to 240 students

Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2020

KCB Foundation has sponsored 240 Kenyan high school students to the tune of Ksh. 78 million. The students that are being supported by KCB have reported to vario...

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580 Kenyan youth have benefited from a Ksh. 20M job creation program by KCB Foundation

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2019

580 young people in Kenya have benefited from a program by KCB Foundation and the German International Development Agency (GIZ) that offers training and startup...

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62 Mombasa youth get startup kits from KCB Foundation to start their businesses

Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2019

Sixty- two trainees from the Coast Region have today received construction toolkits from the KCB Foundation to enable them establish their individual and group-...

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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). ...

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KCB Foundation to sponsor the Kenya National Music Festival to tune of Ksh. 7 Million

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

KCB Foundation, through its youth empowerment programme 2Jiajijri, has announced a Ksh 7 million sponsorship for this year’s Kenya National Music Festival. The ...

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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...

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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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Applications to KCB’s 2jiajiri vocational training scholarship program are now open

Lena AnyuoloFebruary 20, 2018

The KCB Foundation 2jiajiri Program has announced a call out for applications for youth interested in getting scholarships to pursue vocational disciplines. The...

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Applications for KCB foundation high school scholarships are now open

Lena AnyuoloDecember 4, 2017

Two hundred and forty bright but needy students who sat for the 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCPE) examinations will benefit from scholarships...

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Collins Awiti’s story of hope and a fresh start thanks to the KCB Foundation’s 2Jiajiri program

Susan MukamiFebruary 22, 2017

For Collins Awiti, the reality of owning his own business seemed far-fetched. His life had become a routine that saw him wake up early in the morning to do odd ...

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KCB & Tuskys partner to provide financing & a market to young contract farmers

James WamathaiJune 15, 2016

KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank) and Tuskys Supermarket have partnered to provide support to young people who are engaging in contract farming. Also read: Th...

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How the KCB 2Jiajiri job creation initiative works

Richard MureithiMarch 10, 2016

The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) yesterday launched a 50 billion job creation programme called 2jiajiri, that is geared towards supporting Kenyan entreprenuers. ...

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KCB launches 2Jiajiri, a job creation initiative for the youth

Richard MureithiMarch 10, 2016

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) yesterday launched a 50 billion enterprise development programme geared towards supporting entreprenuers within the informal sector....

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KCB Group posts 18.2% rise in pre-tax profit

Nyambura NgugiMarch 1, 2015

(From Left) KCB Acting Chief Financial Officer Charles Lang’at, KCB Group CEO Joshua Oigara and KCB Group Chairman, Ngeny Biwott KCB Bank Group has posted...

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