- The Kenya Pension Funds Investment Consortium (KEPFIC) has received infrastructure and alternative investment proposals collectively worth over Ksh700 billion ($5.5 billion) from project sponsors and fund managers looking to raise capital from the local retirement benefits schemes. The proposals…
- An image showing Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga carrying a rifle is altered. The image, shared online by several social media accounts, including a Twitter account with the handle @HonMkenya, shows the politician in blue police attire walking alone while holding a gun…
- Women Who Build Africa (WWBA), a community created to convene and support women working in tech across Africa, has announced an open call for women founders, as well as investors and ecosystem partners, to express interest in joining the first annual WWBA Assembly, taking place in Nairobi, 13th-…
- Safaricom has announced a partnership with TerraPay (Mobex Kenya), empowering more than 32 million M-PESA customers to send and receive money to more than 200 million people across Bangladesh and Pakistan.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua holds stakes in companies that over the years have raked in millions, primarily from lucrative contracts to supply various county governments among other government agencies.
- Cyprian Nyakundi: The self-made digital journalist with a huge following social has a nose for scandal – and when he finds one, he can be unforgiving.
- The satellite internet service is expected to offer competition to market-leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including Safaricom and Wananchi Telcom-owned Zuku.
- TV47 has unveiled a new state-of-the-art studio in Muthaiga North Road, Nairobi. The studios were launched in an event held on July 18 graced by CS Eliud Owallo, the Cabinet Secretary for ICT in Kenya and Bungoma County Governor Kenneth Lusaka. The station also introduced to the audience fresh…
- PR Industry: Newmark Group Limited, a leading Pan-African Integrated Marketing Communications firm, held a webinar session with leading Pan-African experts from public relations and media to address the growing threat of disinformation and its adverse impact.
- More than 15,000 residents of Mbooni East in Makueni County are set to benefit from improved maternal and child health services after the M-PESA Foundation and the county government opened newly constructed Maternal and Child Health Unit at Tawa Sub-County Hospital.
- Betting Taxes: Revenue collection in the betting and gaming sector has registered a significant growth after Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) collected over Ksh15.1 billion from Excise on Betting and Withholding Tax on Winnings from the betting sector.
- Mutua converted his home into a popular multi-million shilling luxury resort, complete with a swimming pool, bar, gym, restaurant, meeting rooms and luxurious accommodation.
- Crestwood Communications was set up by Osiany a decade ago. Besides marketing services, it offers events management, communications and PR services as well as media training for individuals seeking grow their public stature.
- Dr James Mwangi associated his lifetime achievement as a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and leader to the influence of his upbringing, a mother’s inspiration and circumstances and situation.
- Toilets in Kenya: The recommended learner-to-toilet ratio at pre-primary school level was one toilet for 25 girls, and one toilet for 30 boys and urinal facility.
- The club was founded by a successful young businessman in Kisii, Dogo Khan, in 1982. Born in 1950, Khan had managed to build a busy hardware and construction materials store, Shabana Hardware.
- Kenya is facing a possible shortage of sugar supply after two leading factories in Western Kenya suspended operations, citing lack of enough sugarcane.
- The restaurant, located in Nairobi's posh Runda neighborhood, is a French gourmet restaurant that has over the years scooped various fine dining awards.
- Co-operative Bank of Kenya has received a seven-year long-term funding facility of Ksh14 billion (100 million US Dollars) from a DEG consortium of financial institutions led for onward lending.
- More than 200 CEOs managing co-operatives have benefited from CIC Group’s blended business and strategic management capacity building programme aimed at increasing the growth and competitiveness of their organisations.
- Renting a house can become financially burdensome after retirement. Without a regular source of income, it can be difficult to keep up with rent payments.
- In the world of investments, understanding unit trusts and embracing them have emerged as a popular choice for both seasoned investors and those new to the financial landscape.
- When 22-year-old Isaya Wanjala Bwabi met veteran journalist Alex Chamwada for the first time two years ago, he had just been posted as a security guard at a Kilimani Estate Court where Chams Media has an office. Bwabi was just a month-old on the job with high hopes of transforming his life and…
- Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM), a leading manufacturer of building solutions and a member of the Safal Group, has donated 400 Kiswahili books to Nairobi City County.
- Mount Kenya University (MKU) on July 13, 2023, hosted AI Hackathon as it looks to establish an AI research centre and participating in the prestigious IBM 2023 Call for Code Global Challenge. The AI Hackathon, held on the university campus, brought together a diverse group of talented students,…
- The US$300 million that was to be transferred to Lloyd's Energy by a Kenyan entity but was held by authorities pending investigation was blocked due to suspicions of clandestine financial sources of the large amount of green buck.
- Standard Chartered Bank has announced the appointment of Tanveer Nandhra as the Head of Financial Markets, Standard Chartered East Africa with immediate effect.
- Commercial real estate has long been one of the most preferred investments for the wealthiest families in Kenya. Most of the biggest malls in the most prime areas of the capital, Nairobi, and its environs are associated with business tycoons who made fortunes in sectors including agriculture,…
- Nation Media Group (NMG) has over the past two weeks been silently laying off employees, including journalists, as it consolidates its operations into a converged newsroom.
- P&L Consulting early this month announced the appointment of Maureen Sande as its new Managing Partner responsible for the firm’s strategic direction and operations.
- I have certainly learnt many lessons during my time at the Standard Group. I made lifetime friends, discovered myself and built a foundation for my next role.
- Kenya has in recent months been on a charm offensive meant to attract investment by American firms, including Amazon, into the country, through programs including the US-Kenya business roadshow launched in April this year.
- Kenya's insurance industry paid insurance claims worth Ksh39.1 billion in the first quarter of 2023, representing a 6% increase compared to the same period in 2022 when they paid Ksh36.77 billion.
- Following engagement with stakeholders including representatives of PSV operators, the government has announced on Tuesday, July 11 that the retesting exercise had been postponed to September 1st, 2023.
- In a public notice, the auctioneers - Garam Investments - disclosed; “The parcel extends to 1,342 acres… It is developed with an exclusive tea zone for export-oriented commercial tea cultivation. There are 2.47 million tea bushes occupying 958.75 acres. There are 100,942 eucalyptus trees and 2,223…
- Jubilee Health Insurance’s Afya Mashinani Initiative has concluded its medical drive in Nakuru, reaching over 5,000 residents. This community-focused program, aimed at extending accessible healthcare services to underserved populations, successfully reached over 5000 individuals, delivering…
- Kenya is set to experience a significant economic boost as Sama, which provides data annotation solutions that power AI models of the future, confirmed plans to enhance its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) investments locally.
- NTT Ltd is enhancing its technology offering for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift to bring IoT, edge connectivity, and edge computing to the sporting event.