BasiGo, an electric vehicle technology and financing company bringing electric bus services to sub-Saharan Africa, has announced a $4.3 million Seed funding round, led by Novastar Ventures with participation from several Silicon Valley investors including Moxxie Ventures, Nimble Partners,...
The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) leadership has welcomed the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) national scale-up efforts and confirmed its organisational readiness to support the rollout of affordable healthcare.
Following the success of the UHC pilot project in 2018, President...
Equity Group, East, and Central Africa’s largest financial services group have been named the 5th strongest banking brand in the world. The Group is the only new entrant among the top ten leading banking brands and has entered the...
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has partnered with the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), Sightsavers, and Cisco to equip people with disabilities with digital skills through training and internship opportunities.
The partnership will see the first cohort of 34 interns from the Bridge-IT...
Safaricom's (NSE: SCOM) mobile money service, M-PESA, has announced a KES 20 million sponsorship for the second edition of the Magical Kenya Ladies Golf Open.
The tournament, organized by U.COM Event, is part of the Ladies European Tour and will take place from 10th...
The Kenya Magical Ladies Open tees off on Thursday in Kilifi, having received a KShs. 5 million sponsorship boost from KCB Bank Kenya.
The event will run up to February 13 at the Vipingo Ridge, Baobab Course - the only...
Pan-African music streaming service, Mdundo, has announced a 22 percent growth in its user base in the last quarter of 2021. The platform recorded 20 million users at the end of Q4, up from 16.3 Million, in Q3, driven...
The Kenyan-based venture Jiji announced on Monday, Feb 7th its full acquisition of Ghanaian-based classifieds heavyweight Tonaton. The company is the enterprise behind the Jiji app, the #1 application by downloads in the Shopping category on the Google Play...
The M-PESA Foundation Academy is now a fully registered centre for The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and for the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service for the United Kingdom (UCAS) examinations.
The IELTS exam enables speakers of English as a second language...
Toolkit iSkills Limited in partnership with Safaricom Foundation and Zizi Afrique issued National Construction Authority (NCA) accreditation to 70 students in construction trades at the Waithaka Vocational Centre. Among the students, 48 were trained under the Safaricom Foundation Scholarship...
