06 September 2023
- Real estate agencies, sacco, casinos, forex bureaus and life insurance brokers will be required to register with the anti-money laundering watchdog before September 15.
06 September 2023
- As organisations scrambled to set up a remote workforce in the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, few had formal documents or policies in place.
06 September 2023
- Want a shortcut in branding? Use innovation. Once you invent a new product or service, branding is easy. Think of Google, M-Pesa, or Bic.
06 September 2023
- The traditional conceptualisation associates social enterprises with philanthropy or non-profit ventures. The duality of this identity has remained a big problem for social enterprises.
06 September 2023
- The wave of startup shutdowns and a slowdown in investment as some of the reasons the future of startups on the continent is in limbo.
05 September 2023
- In the last two months Indonesia and Malaysia have sent delegations to Kenya and have expressed interest for some sort of partnership in the edible oils space.
05 September 2023
- Majority of Kenya's commercial banks now fear more than half of Kenyan borrowers and traders will default on their household and business loans, according CBK survey.
05 September 2023
- KQ played up the fact that it had reported an operating profit for the first time in six years, which stood at Sh998 million in the six months to June this year from a loss of Sh5 billion last year.
05 September 2023
- Kenneth Odoemenam, the founder of KenChu’s Farm Services, is making an impact in Nigeria’s aquaculture industry by training others in catfish farming. Kenneth Odoemenam, the founder of KenChu’s Farm Services, is among the 80% of fish farmers…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 5 – Google today announced that Alex Okosi, currently Managing Director for YouTube in EMEA Emerging Markets, will take on the role of Managing Director for Google in Africa. In his new role, Okosi will be responsible for Google…
05 September 2023
- COLOMBO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to change existing provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act to allow the registering of electric three-wheelers, cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters on Tuesday.…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Importer and distributor of Jaguar Land Rover brands Inchcape today introduced the latest version of the New Range Rover Sport in Nairobi, Kenya. Customers acquiring the third-generation sport utility vehicle (SUV) will…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm Sama, starting this week, will start hiring 600 Kenyans to work in computer vision AI. An additional 1,500 from the country will also be hired next week, Investments, Trade, and…
05 September 2023
- NEW DELHI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Local government of the Indian capital Delhi on Tuesday rolled out 400 new electric buses, taking the number of electric buses in the capital to 800. The buses were flagged off by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Global web innovator Opera is launching a new program that will see Safaricom Ethiopia users get up to 1.5GB of free data monthly. This is after the internet browsing firm partnered with the telco that recently entered the…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 — The main petitioner in the Mumias Sugar Company insolvency case now says that she withdrew the case under duress and threats to her life. The petitioner, seeking more than Sh76 million from the sugar mill, made a turnaround…
05 September 2023
- USAFI Green, a refugee-led enterprise in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, is among the eight African finalists of the 2023 Ashden Awards.
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – The government has started the search for new members of the Universal Service Advisory Council (USAC), a process that, when completed, will end the three-year vacancy in the positions. Through the Public Service Commission…
05 September 2023
- •The changes are anticipated in the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro devices which are set to be unveiled next week at the firm's annual autumn event
•According to the EU, it will save consumers "up to €250m [£213m] a year on unnecessary charger…
05 September 2023
- The August Stanbic Bank Kenya PMI pointed to a slight improvement in the health of the private sector for the first time in seven months, as output and new orders returned to expansion territory amid greater political stability. Job creation…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Google has picked Alex Okosi to lead its operations in Africa starting today. Following the appointment, Okosi will take over as the tech firm’s new Managing Director (MD). Previously, the Nigerian served as MD for YouTube…
05 September 2023
- KISUMU, Kenya, Sep 5 – Kenya Pipeline Company has started the process to empty super petrol from a septic tank in Lolwe estate in Kisumu. Kisumu County Commissioner Alasan Hussein says the process has kicked off as relevant authorities continue…
05 September 2023
- HOUSTON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — The Texas Senate is set to start on Tuesday an impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican strongman and firm ally of former President Donald Trump in the largest U.S. red state, over…
05 September 2023
- After years of delays and challenges, Southeast Asia’s first bullet train is expected to hit the rails soon. The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, or HSR, is the most prominent Belt and Road Initiative project in Indonesia. It will be holding…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Sugarcane stakeholders drawn from the Nyando sugar belt have rejected a proposal by the national government to merge Chemelil and Muhoroni sugar companies into one in the wake of reforms in the sector. The stakeholders who…
05 September 2023
- Devki Group has taken the lead in reducing its carbon footprint with a 4MWp rooftop solar plant deployed at the Ruiru Devki Steel manufacturing site, installed by Distributed Power Africa (DPA) Kenya Limited. The move will also make Devki’s…
05 September 2023
- The TSC Act 2012 requires that every trained teacher be registered by the Teachers Service Commission before they can be assigned duties in any school in Kenya, be it a private or public school. To back this TSC act, the Ministry of Education…
05 September 2023
- The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced 1,000 paid internships in the Information Technology Department for Basic Education under the Digital Literacy Program. On Tuesday, 5th August, PSC said those interested in the internship…
05 September 2023
- Here is a summary of the trading stats for August 2023 at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. This data is courtesy of Standard Investment Bank (SIB). For the top movers of the month, Safaricom took the lead accounting for a total turnover of 32…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – A total of ten Kenyan startups will receive training opportunities through Strathmore’s Whitebox Program. They include Giftpesa, Residence Smart Address System, Hela.money, Fundi Link, Shop Okoa, PLAT-DEL, NeuralSight,…
05 September 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 5 – Kenya yesterday inked three deals with South African, Hong Kong, and Swedish firms to boost economic ties between the countries. The firms include South Africa’s Agri All Africa, Hong Kong’s Volar Electric Aircraft, and…