The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has today announced the launch of a regional campaign to popularise a platform for women in business known as 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWSP). The platform is an information...
Visa in move to spark Kenyan fintech growth through Visa Everywhere Initiative
Visa has announced the 2021 edition of the Everywhere Initiative – a global innovation program and competition for fintechs. This year, the focus is on expansion and accessibility, with Visa offering...
DTB Recruits University Students for Job Shadowing Programme
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has launched a Job Shadowing programme aimed at providing students an opportunity to learn about the working world by exposing them to the Bank for a specified period.
The...
Farmers in Western Kenya bet on community seed bank, indigenous foods to boost incomes and tackle malnutrition
With increasing malnutrition and key nutrient deficiency of zinc, iron and vitamins in Western Kenya, occasioned by changing diets, a group of farmers...
Agweria: Joining IT giants to explore technology in Africa
Businesses in Africa are fast evolving, technology is being used in almost every field including education, healthcare, agriculture, and finance. During the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, there was an urgent need...
Mabati Rolling Mills commissions water harvesting project at Westlands Primary School
Mabati Rolling Mills (MRM), a Member of Safal Group, today commissioned a rainwater harvesting system at Wetlands Primary School in Nairobi. The water-harvesting system was installed using MRM’s RAINGAIN®...
NBK-backed Sireet Tea Factory begins operations
Tea farming in Nandi County has received a boost following the commissioning of the Sireet Tea Factory, which is owned by smallholder farmers.
Construction of the factory that is located in Kamarich, was fully financed...
Safaricom and HELB launch student loans’ smart mobile payment solution
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has today partnered with the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to roll out a smart mobile payment solution for students of tertiary institutions to access and utilise...
Jambojet Partners with KTB to Market Kenya
Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has entered into a partnership with the Kenya Tourism Board to promote domestic tourism.
The partnership involves branding one of Jambojet’s De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft for a period of...
Safaricom Foundation Donates Infrastructure Worth KES 21 Million to Turkana Schools
Over 1,000 learners in Turkana County have benefitted from classrooms, books, desks and chairs donated by Safaricom Foundation.
Among the schools are Katiko Primary School which got 5 new classrooms...
