15 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 15 – As the boda boda sector continues to fill a gap in the absence of efficient transport across Kenya, in both urban and rural areas, and continue to be a source of livelihood, including employment, Lami Technologies is…
15 February 2023
- The Mombasa Plastics Prize has selected 60 innovators to tackle marine plastic pollution along the coastline of Mombasa County. Aged 18-25, the finalists are grouped into 15 teams and are now in a race to be one of the top three teams to win over…
15 February 2023
- The National Social Security Fund (NSSF), has come out to clarify an erroneous story published on the Business Daily purporting that the Fund had sold 837 million KCB shares “in a rare move.” The story claimed that NSSF disposed 21.63 million…
15 February 2023
- Kisumu County workers have now been banned from using Safarilink Aviation Limited while travelling on official duties over “exploitative” charges.
15 February 2023
- LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb 15 – Angry bank customers burned tyres and blocked streets in a southwest Nigerian city on Wednesday in protests over scarcity of naira cash, police and residents said. The protests in Ibadan, 130 km (80 miles) north of Lagos,…
15 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) seeks to purchase bodycams to monitor employees engaging in bribery cases. In a statement published on local dailies, the taxman says it will purchase 30 cameras. In June 2022, KRA said…
15 February 2023
- A tablet of Tacrolimus is now retailing at Sh64 up from Sh30 in December last year while Cyclosporine is going for Sh260 from Sh185 apiece.
15 February 2023
- The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has called on all employers to embrace the full implementation of the NSSF Act No 45 of 2013. Under the Act, NSSF seeks to build a bigger retirement package for workers. As such, the pension scheme…
15 February 2023
- South Africa has produced some top talent in hockey, but it has also been held back in recent years. A lot more needs to be done but the team’s former coach, Garreth Ewing, left behind a stable ship, one where he worked hard to improve the culture…
15 February 2023
- The subsidy, launched in July, was expected to bring down the cost of a two-kilogramme packet of maize flour to Sh100 from a high of Sh230.
15 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – The profit of the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (Kuscco) fell by Sh400 million in the fiscal year ended December last year due to a reduction in commissions and fees. In its full year statement that was…
15 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – Super Metro has unveiled its first fleet of electric bus as the company transition to clean vehicles. The bus new bus will ply the Central Business District (CBD)-Kitengela and CBD-Kikuyu routes. Through BasiGo, an…
15 February 2023
- FRANKFURT, Germany, Feb 15 – German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday it was forced to cancel or delay flights across its airlines after construction work in Frankfurt caused a major IT outage. Frankfurt airport, Lufthansa’s main hub, said it…
15 February 2023
- The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to deploy 7,282 P1 teachers to teach Junior Secondary Schools, JSS, next week. The Departmental Committee on Education chaired by Hon Julius Melly has been told that over 7,000 primary school teachers…
15 February 2023
- Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja, Kenya’s media personality Larry Madowo, and Ferdinard Omanyala are among the 2022 100 most influential young Africans. The list, which was announced by Africa Youth Awards in collaboration with Avance Media was…
15 February 2023
- "The hustler fund is run by the private sector, we have no access to it. No public official has access to the hustler fund. It is run by an engine provided by telecom companies," he stated.
15 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – I&M Bank has waived Bank to Mpesa charges, offering reprieve to customers who have been complaining of high transaction charges. The waiver will apply on it digital banking platform ‘I&M On The Go (OTG)’ to mobile…
15 February 2023
- I&M Bank has announced a waiver of transaction charges from its digital banking platform I&M On The Go (OTG) to mobile money wallets. The waiver will make I&M Bank the first lender in Kenya to officially offer zero fees for Bank to M-…
15 February 2023
- WUHAN, China, Feb 15 – Several hundred retirees staged a protest in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday, according to witnesses and images on social media, following local anger over reforms to the public health insurance system.…
15 February 2023
- SafiriSalama.com, a Kenyan death tech start-up, has launched Kenya’s and Africa’s first end-of-life platform as it steps to help people make funeral arrangements digitally. The digital death care platform offers digital death notices, memorials,…
15 February 2023
- PARIS, France, Feb 15 – French luxury giant Kering reported on Wednesday a rise in annual profit despite a slump at its flagship brand Gucci. Kering, whose empire includes Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Alexander McQueen, said its net…
15 February 2023
- IBM has acquired StepZen Inc, which developed a GraphQL server with a unique architecture that helps developers build GraphQL APIs quickly and with less code. Founded in 2020, StepZen provides an easier way for developers to build GraphQL APIs.…
15 February 2023
- The HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb 15 – Dutch brewer Heineken reported on Wednesday a jump in sales in 2022 after it raised prices in the face of higher inflation, but its net profit fell. The maker of Heineken, Amstel and Sol beers maintained its outlook…
15 February 2023
- The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has kept fuel prices for the next month ending March 14 unchanged. In a statement released on Tuesday, the regulator said the cost of a liter of petrol in Nairobi will continue retailing at 177.3…
15 February 2023
- Buyers of the 605 Bondeni housing units built under the government's affordable housing programme in Nakuru will be able to move in by December 2023.
15 February 2023
- The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, is set to promote Over 36,000 teachers starting next week in a race to boost education in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) according to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia. The Commission is also set to employ an additional…
15 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 15 – A Kenyan deathcare start-up has raised Sh12.4 million ($100,000) to digitize Kenya’s funeral industry. The round was raised from US angel investors, allowing it to launch Kenya’s and Africa’s first end-of-life services…
15 February 2023
- The potential transaction is reportedly part of Ruto's plan to neutralize the influence of wealthy and powerful political families including the Mois.
15 February 2023
- Former Chase Bank director Laurent Demey has filed a case against Capital Markets Authority (CMA) seeking to reverse a Sh2.5 million fine for his alleged involvement in Sh10 billion bond 8yrs ago.
15 February 2023
- LONDON, United States, Feb 15 – British annual inflation dropped further last month on easing transport costs, official data showed Wednesday, but remains above a historically-high 10 percent. The Consumer Prices Index fell to 10.1 percent in…
15 February 2023
- HOMA BAY, Kenya, Feb 15 – The county government of Homa Bay has completed the audit of its payroll in a bid to weed out ghost workers. Consequently, the government has released the January pay for the workers who were verified and captured in a…