- Safaricom PLC today held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually, where shareholders approved a final dividend of Ksh0.65 per share, amounting to Ksh26.04 billion for the financial year ended 31 March 2024.
- Three tourists were killed, and at least three others were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in from Amboseli National Park to Nairobi rolled over on Emali–Oloitokitok road in Kajiado County on Thursday, officials said. All of them were rushed to Kilome Nursing and Maternity Hospital in…
- Samsung Electronics has been recognized as the third top brand on the prestigious Brands Africa 100 list, further cementing the brand's dominance and impact as well as being the household name within and without the continent.
- Fifteen-year-old home player Nathan Mwangi returned an excellent score of 81 gross points to be crowned the overall winner of the fourth edition of the Karen Junior Challenge golf tournament held at the lush 18-hole Karen Country Club.
- Founded during the 2020 lockdown by Kenyan entrepreneur, Mr Eliud Gilisho , Candy Kash enables players to convert their gaming skills into real money through competitive play.
- A days-long, round-the-clock search for victims of a landslide that may have buried hundreds of people in Ethiopia is still underway, a government official said Tuesday, as the confirmed death toll rose to 229 from 146. The landslide hit a rural region of the Gofa Zone in Geze Gofa District of the…
- Dr Waqo Ejersa, the former head of the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program in the Ministry of Health, will be the next chief executive of Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Dr Ejersa is taking over from Dr Andrew Mulwa, who has been serving as the CEO, but in an acting…
- Dr Waqo Ejersa, the former head of the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Program in the Ministry of Health, will be the next chief executive of Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). Dr Ejersa is taking over from Dr Andrew Mulwa, who has been serving as the CEO, but in an acting…
- Days after announcing her exit from the Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation (KBC) after three years of service, news anchor Shiksha Arora has landed a new job. Arora has joined TV47 as a part of the dream team for the Cape Media-owned station. In an advert, TV47 termed the anchor as the ‘new girl in…
- Over 7,500 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across five northern Kenyan counties – Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Wajir, and Mandera – have benefited from over $6.6 million (Ksh867 million) lending from USAID Kuza’s Impact for Northern Kenya Fund in the last two years. Financing through the…
- At the heart of Africa’s biggest slums, Kibera, sits a housing project that could change how the slum area is viewed by the world. The Kibera Soweto B Social Housing, which has 4,054 units set to be completed in January 2026, will host at least 4,054 families. The project is among several ongoing…
- President William Ruto has started the process of forming a new broad-based Cabinet by picking the first batch of 11 nominees. The President retained six of his initial 22 Cabinet Secretaries and named five new faces for consideration and approval by the National Assembly. Nominees from the…
- mTek has partnered with Workpay to simplify access and enable employees to purchase insurance coverage on the Workpay system. The solution targets employees whose employers are using Workpay for HR and payroll management. This collaboration comes after the integration of Workpay’s platform, which…
- The Guardian Coach Bus Service, popularly Guardian Angel buses, has become an iconic way of transportation known for its low fares on bus tickets, convenient pick-up and drop-off locations, and direct inter-county service countrywide. Operating as the Guardian Coach LTD, its shuttles and buses…
- If you use Instagram regularly, chances are that you have seen the green dot next to a person’s profile picture on Instagram Direct Messenger, where you were video chatting or probably exchanging direct messages or DMs, in short. If you see the green dot, it means that whoever you are chatting with…
- A light, 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Volcano Discovery, a website that provides information on all things related to the lithosphere – the solid, outer part of Earth. The quake was felt across the Nairobi City County area, including Kitengela. The shake…
- Journalists covering the anti-government protests and riots that have erupted in most Kenyan cities and towns have reported being shot at, teargassed and arrested by police as they go about their work. The Tuesday incident where police officers in Nakuru City shot and injured Kameme TV Journalist…
- Uncover, Africa’s emerging beauty brand, successfully closed a $1.4 million Seed II funding round led by EQ2 Ventures and IgniteXL Ventures, with participation from Chui Ventures, Samata Capital and Altree Capital.
- Somalia’s largest bank, Salaam Somali Bank, has partnered with Visa, to introduce Visa Debit and Visa Prepaid cards to its branches across the country and online.
- Zepz, the group powering leading global remittance brands such as WorldRemit and Sendwave, and leading provider of digital money transfer services, has renewed its long-standing partnership with Equity Bank.
- Deluxe Trucks & Buses East Africa, the official distributor for Ashok Leyland trucks and buses in Kenya, has appointed Mr Hussein Kamal as General Manager as it gears up for growth in the highly competitive road transport sector. With over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry, Mr…
- More than 860 primary school students are set to benefit from Absa Bank Computer for Schools project in Nyeri as part of its sustainability initiative to enhance digital literacy skills among students.
- Please leave Kip Murkomen alone with his watch costing Ksh900,000, a shoe of Ksh80,000 and some tie of Ksh20,000. Please leave Siaya Governor James Orengo alone with his Versace Barocco Silk Shirt worth close to a quarter a million, which he was seen wearing at a traditional wedding ceremony in…
- GOtv Lite is the name of GOtv’s cheapest subscription package in Kenya, having 20+ TV channels at a Ksh220 fee monthly but allowing other payment plans as either Ksh550 quarterly (three-month period) or Ksh1,300 yearly, which subscribers can freely choose to take advantage of. It is the only GOtv…
- The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has announced the areas that will experience planned power interruptions today, Saturday, July 13, 2024. In a statement to customers on Friday evening, the utility company said that the scheduled power outage would affect the two counties of Uasin Gishu…
- Two men have been arrested in Nairobi in midmorning raids as part of an operation by the Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU) of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) targeting a notorious human trafficking gang. The arrests of Dakie Jilo, 30, and Salat Galgalo, 20, in the Tasia…
- On Monday, July 15, 2024, Rwandans will vote to elect members of parliament and a president. David Maraga, the immediate former Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya, will lead the team of East African Community (EAC) election observers to Rwanda for the upcoming election. Yesterday, Maraga, who…
- Japheth Koome, the Inspector General of Police, retired abruptly amid criticism stemming from the officers’ handling of the recent anti-government protests where 39 people were killed. The departure of the police chief, who is stepping down after almost 20 months on the job, was announced by the…
- On Friday, a high court in Nairobi struck down the rollout and implementation of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), dealing a major blow to President Ruto’s new comprehensive health plan that sought to replace NHIF, the National Health Insurance Fund. In a judgment rendered by a three-judge…
- Police officers found a grisly scene in a carwash at Amazing Petrol Station in Masikhu Market in Bungoma County after the service guy discovered a dismembered human body in the trunk of a pastor’s car that he was washing. The unidentified body had been placed in a carton that was inside the boot of…
- The St Joseph’s Boys National School Kitale football team won the Trans Nzoia County soccer title yesterday after defeating the St Anthony’s High School side by a score of 2-0. The results led to delirious celebrations at Kipkeipkei Boys High School in Cherangany, where the final match was held, as…
- Investing often seems complex, especially for those who aren't experts. Many believe only financially savvy individuals can navigate it successfully.
- A court in Kenya decided today that the government should pay Ksh10 million to the family of slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, who was killed by police while in the country in 2022. The verdict by Lady Justice Stella Ngali Mutuku of the High Court in Kajiado came on a lawsuit that Mr Sharif…
- A major drug trafficker has been taken down by police in Kisii. Multiple police agencies, including the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Traffic Police Department, worked together to bust the 42-year-old man. Collins Otieno was arrested along the Kisii-Migori Highway on charges…
- An 87-year-old woman in Kwale County was cut to death by unknown assailants yesterday during a goat robbery, the police said. The victim, whom the police only identified as an elderly woman from Mwololo Village, was killed after robbers wielding a machete invaded her home in the dead of the night…
- Madison Money Market Fund is one of the money market funds in Kenya. It is owned by Madison Group Limited, a locally owned financial services holding company specialising in wealth management services and insurance through its Madison General and Madison Life, underwriting in the life insurance…
- Cape Media has been unveiled as the official media partner for the WhozNext talent search programme by the Ministry of Youth Affairs Creative Economy and Sports. The WhozNext talent search programme is set to premiere in the next few days. In a meeting held at the Talanta Plaza headquarters,…
- By Victoria Goro The film and television industry is an exciting one, full of opportunities, rapid innovation and constantly shifting collaboration networks. However, the same factors that make the sector so attractive, also make it hard for film and TV professionals to build financial stability.…
- A nationwide clampdown on illegal cooking gas refilling plants has recovered 26,000 cylinders in the past three years that compliant brand owners blame for losses of Ksh1.2 billion yearly.
- For the better part of last week to this week, Oscar Sudi, the Member of Parliament of Kapseret Constituency, has been trending. That is after his club in Eldoret, called Timba XO, was broken into by goons who vandalized and looted it during the Finance Bill protests that rocked his hometown on…
- NCBA Group PLC (NCBA), on 1st July announced the completion of its 100% acquisition of AIG Kenya Insurance Company Ltd (AIG Kenya), strengthening its position in the financial services industry.
- National Women’s Volleyball Champions KCB has produced six players who have joined the national team Malkia Strikers for the Challenger Cup slated for 4th-7th July, 2024, in the Philippines. The five are setter Esther Mutinda, opposite attacker Juliana Namutira, middle blockers Belinda Barasa and…
- On June 28, Samsung Electronics released Samsung 2024 Sustainability Report which contains the company's strategies and major achievements related to the environment, social and governance.
- Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), assisted by agents at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), are currently under operation to arrest an unknown smuggler after seizing 1.15 kilos of methamphetamine within the airport premises on Monday. The DCI said that…
- M-TIBA managing director Pieter Prickaerts has been appointed as CEO of CarePay International. The Supervisory Board of CarePay International announced that Mr Prickaerts will officially assume the CEO position on July 1, 2024, while continuing to oversee M-TIBA’s operations in Kenya. He succeeds…
- Pastoralists and farmers in northern Kenya counties are set to benefit from the recently concluded Kenya-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that is expected to expand the meat export market among others. This announcement was made during the Lamu, Tana River, Garissa…
- Stephen Mokogi Nyarenchi, a man facing charges of trespassing on a protected site, was released on bail on Monday after being arrested for breaking into the Parliament Buildings in Nairobi during the anti-Finance Bill protests on Tuesday, June 25. Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi of Milimani…
