Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, today commissioned the newly formed National Drought Response Steering Committee. President William Ruto announced the formation of the committee earlier this week to lead the efforts to mitigate the impact of the drought situation in...
Absa Bank’s SHE Stars Program has today graduated its first cohort of 257 women entrepreneurs who went through blended finance and business development services capacity building aimed at increasing the growth and competitiveness of women-owned MSMEs.
Speaking during the graduation...
African telecommunication service providers have set a new target to deepen internet connectivity by at least 35 percent by the year 2035.
The pledge, signed by several operators including Kenya’s Safaricom, South Africa Telkom, Tunisia Telecom, Huawei technologies, and the...
The Walt Disney Company Africa, along with its partners the US Department of State, The U.S Agency for International Development (USAID), and WildlifeDirect, are pleased to announce that Team Sayari will air on Disney Channel, (DStv 303) at 17:05...
NCBA Group PLC has posted a profit before tax of KES 18.2 billion in its third-quarter results ending September 30th, 2022, which is a 65 percent increase compared to KES 11.1 billion reported during a similar period last year.
The...
Jumia, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, announced that it will put a 14 seater Commercial Matatu (van) on Flash Sale and also bring back the most popular products for the ultimate Black Friday on 25th November from 10:00 AM.
The best...
Cyber security and people are alike: both are dynamic and both know there is never 100 percent security, there is always vulnerability to systems and to people. People think cyber security is all about hacking but it is more...
East African Breweries PLC (EABL) will reduce its carbon emissions by 95 percent annually as a result of Ksh. 5.1 billion renewable energy investments in its plants in Kenya and Uganda, the company has reported.
The investment in biomass plants...
With African Economies: Recovery Agenda from Multiple Shocks as its theme, the African Economic Research Consortium’s (AERC) 57th Biannual Research Workshop kicks off with a plenary session beginning at 9:00 am on Sunday, 27 November 2022 at Trademark Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
The...
Huawei has joined a global digital alliance led by the International Telecommunication Union to bring more than 120 million people living in unconnected rural areas to the Internet.
Known as Partner2Connect, the international digital alliance aims to deliver digital connectivity...
