Safaricom shareholders have approved a special dividend of Kshs 0.62 per share and a final ordinary dividend of Kshs 1.25 per share that totals to a total divided to be paid out to Kshs 1.87 [c]
Astral Aerial Solutions has signed a deal with Japanese drone manufacturer Yamaha Motor Company to provide last mile air cargo delivery and crop spraying solutions in Kenya. The deal sealed at the ongoing 7th Tokyo [c]
Samsung has introduced 8K QLED TVs in the Kenyan market. 8K QLED TV is a more superior type of QLED with advanced picture quality, providing a greater sense of realism and depth. Further, the company [c]
DHL has launched its Express Mobile app in 8 African countries, with a further 40 countries set to be live by the end of 2020. The app offers a number of key benefits that facilitate [c]
Truecaller has announced that it has crossed 1 million paying subscribers globally, and has added a series of new feature to its paid subscription service, Truecaller Premium. Rolled out globally, the premium subscription service will [c]
Shuttle-sharing firm SWVL has announced plans to invest about $15 million (Kshs 1.5 billion) into its Kenyan operations. The funds will be used to improve the firm’s current operations in the country as well as [c]
Delivery firm Glovo has expanded operations to Kitengela and Nakuru towns as part of its expansion strategy to provide services in various parts of the country. Glovo already has the widest coverage in Nairobi among [c]
Huawei and Samsung exhibited the strongest annual sales increases in the second quarter of 2019 even as overall global sales of smartphones to end users declined by 1.7% in the same quarter, totaling 368 million [c]
Prioritizing the digital space will help shift the development focus for Africa’s agribusiness sector and overcome its many hurdles, participants at an official side event, organized this week at the on-going 7th Tokyo International Conference [c]
Kobo360, the African e-Logistics start-up, has launched its operations in Nairobi, Kenya, marking the company’s first physical expansion into East Africa. The new regional office, to be headed by Kagure Wamunyu, Kobo360’s CEO for African [c]
MultiChoice Africa has announced that the final students for the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy Class of 2019 have been chosen. After a two-month long rigorous selection process across 13 African countries, 60 aspiring filmmakers [c]
During the second quarter of 2019, Kaspersky experts detected multiple mailshots pretending to be offers for tax refunds worldwide. This period is traditionally used as a deadline for filing tax returns and refunds in many [c]
SAP has announced the five social enterprises that will benefit from its 2019 Social Sabbatical, to be held in Ethiopia between September and October in the run-up to the Social Entrepreneurship World Forum, which will [c]
Fifteen projects developed by emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2019 Resolution Social Venture Challenge, among them being two projects from Kenya – Soma and Linda. A total of 31 [c]
This year’s edition of AfricaCom Awards will see various firms and organisations being recognised several new categories, all exemplifying Africa’s digital progression. Entries are now open for organisations to submit their best work conducted or [c]
Paxful is planning to expand its presence to South Africa after setting up operations in Kenya and East Africa. This will be followed by an Africa-wide recruitment drive with a focus on women. While looking [c]
AptanTech is one of the blogs published in Kenya and it covers technology and business-related developments in Kenya, Africa, and the world. It is generated to provide News, Views, Analyses, and Opinion on technology and business-related [c]
A Chinese national was on Tuesday August 27, 2019 charged at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi with three counts of failure to submit tax returns and pay taxes amounting to Kshs 194 million to [c]
Logistics platform Sendy has opened up its platform to include freight services to serve clients’ needs to transport cargo domestically, across East Africa, and throughout the continent. Since January 2019, the Sendy platform has been [c]
Airtel Africa, the India-headquartered telco with operations in 14 countries across Africa, has announced that it has crossed the 100 million customers mark across its operations. Airtel Africa is the second largest mobile operator in [c]
There are people who give up on their undertaking whenever they come across an obstacle along their path. Then there are those who will do their best – and all it takes – to find [c]
Less than week after his contract lapsed at the telecoms industry regulator, Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), Francis Wangusi received a reprieve today after the Employment and Labour Relations Court extended the status quo allowing [c]
PayTV broadcaster StarTimes has moved to further drive the appeal for it’s over the top (OTT) business through the introduction of premium content that is available through the broadcaster’s online video streaming service – StarTimes [c]
Nomanini, the fintech platform for the informal retail ecosystem, has announced a $4 million funding round led by Standard Bank, and completed by Goodwell Investments, an Amsterdam-based investment firm focused on fintech and financial inclusion. [c]
Octagon Pension Services has launched a new innovative digital pension plan that gives workers in the informal sector with inconsistent income a flexible platform to save for their retirement. Dubbed MOBIKEZA, the product has an added unique [c]
Safaricom has partnered with Travelport, a global travel reservation provider, to enable travel consultants and agents to directly bill and invoice with M-PESA. Marking a global first, the integration will empower more than 800 travel [c]
Automotive suppliers in East and Central Africa region will next month converge in Nairobi for an exhibition bringing together local and international firms to showcase recent innovations in the industry. Dubbed Autoparts East Africa, the [c]
Dr Diana Esther Wangari, the the CEO and co-founder of Checkups Medical Centre, in Kenya is among five individuals selected to take part in the Skoll Scholarship for the University of Oxford’s MBA programme. The [c]
LG Electronics is set to introduce voice recognition features to customers via its ThinQ (formerly SmartThinQ) mobile app, giving users maximum convenience to connect to their LG ThinQ appliances from anywhere at any time. The [c]
Airtel Kenya is set to be the first telco to roll out new prefix number series 0100, 0101 and 0102 to customers following the announcement by the industry regulator Communication Authority of Kenya (CA). New [c]
Unhealthy foods while at work is slowing down productivity while driving up poor diet-related diseases like obesity, diabetes and cancer among employees. The latest study by British Journal of Health Psychology shows that, food has [c]
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