Over the past one week, communications firm Airtel has been running bare-knuckled advertisements that have been targeting leading telecommunications firm Safaricom. From Airtel’s perspective, the advertisements are aimed at portraying Safaricom’s weaknesses in a bid to lure customers to...
Kanze Dena's Wedding: In the scenic Ol Pejeta Conservancy and overlooking Mount Kenya, Statehouse spokesperson and Head of President’s Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) Kanze Dena exchanged vows of marriage with her secret man today.
It was top secret affair, one...
Wambui Kori's Burial: Mary Wambui Kori has finally been laid to rest. She was laid to rest on Saturday at her husband Joseph Kori's farm in Mweiga Nyeri following his release from police custody.
Ms. Kori was found murdered on...
Safaricom 400G Network: Safaricom has unveiled the world's first end to end 400G network.
The telecommunications firm unveiled its latest product together with Huawei at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The 400G standard was given the nod in December 2017 by...
Expectations were high when Mwalimu National Sacco acquired a majority stake in Equatorial Commercial Bank in 2015. But the acquisition of the bank that was owned by billionaire Naushad Merali has turned into a source of mega losses.
In fact...
Family Bank has picked Rebecca Mbithi as its new chief executive to replace David Thuku.
Until her appointment, Ms. Mbithi has been serving as a company secretary and director, legal services. She was appointed Company Secretary and Head of Legal...
Kidney Failure in Kenya: BY THE STANDARD: By the time 50-year-old Samuel Muigai decided to move his family from their ancestral land in October 2013, home had become more frightening and horrifying than the mouth of a shark.
Since Muigai’s...
Egerton University Campuses: BY THE STAR: Funding challenges alongside dwindling student numbers are the reasons cited for the planned closure of Egerton University’s Nairobi City campus this December.
The closure came in the wake of the government’s austerity measures which...
Richest countries in Africa: Agriculture, human resources, and industry are the major components of the African economy. As of 2012, Africa housed 1.07 billion people in the 54 countries of the continent. Though the country is rich in resources,...
The multi-billion class one laptop project that was a flagship campaign promise by President Uhuru Kenyatta has collapsed.
This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Education which has termed the project as unworkable. Instead, the government had announced that...
