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  • [ August 10, 2022 ] Illya Frank to replace Mumbi Maina as Zara on SALEM News
  • [ August 10, 2022 ] With ultra-high specs and high speed browsing, the realme 9(4G) is here to meet consumer needs Analysis & Features
  • [ August 10, 2022 ] Here are the LG products that you can control and monitor via a mobile app Analysis & Features
  • [ August 10, 2022 ] Virtual Pay gets Central Bank of Kenya nod to act as a Payment Service Provider CSR
  • [ August 6, 2022 ] Use of wearables led to rise in physical activity despite pandemic curbs Analysis & Features
  • [ August 6, 2022 ] Kaspersky shares online gaming safety tips for children Analysis & Features
  • [ August 6, 2022 ] KCB to give cash rewards to customers making transactions via alternative channels CSR
  • [ August 5, 2022 ] Global PC shipments post largest year-on-year drop in the second quarter of 2022 Analysis & Features
  • [ August 5, 2022 ] GroupM report highlights consumer attitudes, preferences and behaviours shaping buying decisions Analysis & Features
  • [ August 5, 2022 ] Beacon Power Services raises $2.7 million to expand operations beyond Nigeria and Ghana Analysis & Features
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Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Lorraine Onduru on her PR journey and telling the Uber story

November 30, 2021 admin 0

She began her PR career in late 2010 as an Account Executive. She would be made an Account Manager 2 years later in October 2012, a role she served in for the following 3 years. [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Charles Bwanika on creating a borderless agribusiness space in Uganda

November 8, 2021 admin 0

Charles Bwanika is a new generation social entrepreneur, passionate about undertaking positive challenges to bring about positive impact people’s lives he’s a seasoned child rights activist, experienced and qualified Community development expert with a BA [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Five female SES staffers doing remarkable work in space industry

October 8, 2021 admin 0

World Space Week, set to run from 4 to 10 October, is upon us again and this year’s theme of Women in Space particularly resonates with SES. A 2020 survey of aerospace and defense manufacturers by [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Frank Tamre on app development to forming tech and coding communities in Kenya

September 9, 2021 admin 0

Kenya’s technology industry continues to thrive, with the country being at the forefront of much technological innovations. So much so, that the country has often been referred to as the ‘Silicon Savannah’ of Africa. One [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Female Uber drivers from Africa share their stories to mark Entrepreneurship Day

August 21, 2021 admin 0

Given the high rate of unemployment, the rise of entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa is growing at an exponential rate with different individuals being drawn to the flexibility of being a business owner as well as [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Meet the women shaping South Africa’s future workplace

August 11, 2021 admin 0

The eventual post-pandemic return to work presents the perfect opportunity to reimagine workplace strategy and space planning. Already one of South Africa’s largest interior design and fit out companies, and owned by JLL, a Fortune [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Eric Naivasha on driving Equity’s environmental conservation and Clean Energy use projects

August 10, 2021 admin 0

This year’s World Environment Day was marked on Saturday June 6, 2021. Held under the theme “Ecosystem Restoration,” the occasion also saw the formal launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. As a responsible [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Sammy Ndolo on Kenya’s Fintech industry and opportunities it presents to the Legal fraternity

May 23, 2021 admin 0

Nairobi-based boutique corporate law firm, Kieti Advocates LLP, recently established a partnership with Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), leading to the creation of the new firm known as Kieti Law LLP with effect from 1 April [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Josh Adler on creating the new generation of Africa’s young entrepreneurs

June 27, 2020 admin 0

For over two decades, he is dedicated his time and experience to developing the next generation of Africa’s young leaders. Through the African Leadership Academy, he partners with other institutions which share the same vision [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Kenji Gathecha on directing Kenya’s most topical show on the female experience, Ma’Empress

June 21, 2020 admin 0

Kenji Gathecha might just be the busiest director in Kenya. From directing Hullabaloo Estate to Sue na Jonnie to Ma’Empress, and in between he still had the time to direct The Whistle Blower (2019), a [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Eugene Mbugua on 4 years of producing ‘Our Perfect Wedding’ show

May 19, 2020 admin 2

He is no stranger to success. He’s been named Kenya’s youngest millionaire. In 2016, he was among Forbes’ 30 Most Young Entrepreneurs in Africa, and in 2017, he made the cover of Forbes Africa as one [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Daudi Anguka on embracing mermaids and telling a relatable story

February 27, 2020 admin 0

He first gained major recognition with his film Zilizala which won Best Indigenous Language Movie (Swahili) at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2017. In 2019, he got his biggest break yet in television when [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Fatma Ali on using her tech skills to positively impact the community

January 30, 2020 admin 0

It’s said that nothing can be as rewarding as sharing – be it our time, resources or our various God-given talents and acquired skills. This is something Fatma Ali (pictured) has become aware of (and [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Pratik Roy on engineering Digital Transformation for customers using Microsoft tools

October 4, 2019 admin 0

He doesn’t carry, nor accept, business cards. But in case he does accept one, like he did when we met at an industry session hosted by his employer, he’ll take a photo of the card [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Dr Kamau Gachigi on setting up Gearbox to link scientists and the market   

August 28, 2019 admin 0

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]

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Up&Ap: Derrick Alenga, the face pushing Huawei mobile devices in the Kenyan market

August 3, 2019 admin 0

Ever since he started out in his career, he’s been interacting and experimenting with mobile devices, first at Safaricom, then at Samsung before moving to Chinese technology giant, Huawei. This means that before any mobile [c]

Analysis & Features

Up & Ap: Desiree Gomes on helping clients engage effectively with the public via communication

March 13, 2019 admin 0

She’s among a handful of women who were the pioneers (and has earned the tag ‘guru’) in Kenya’s PR industry. And for various reasons. She chose and got into PR when the profession (leave alone [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Andy Halsall on connecting Kenya’s unconnected via poa! Internet’s unlimited data

October 16, 2018 admin 0

Andy Halsall has been involved in the ICT industry from early 1990’s, first working at IBM as a Telecom Analyst before later moving to Orange and Fon. In 2014 however, Mr Halsall decided to focus [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Patrick Kihara on moving people from cash to cashless lifestyles through Okapi

October 6, 2018 admin 0

He spent over 20 years in the banking industry, in the process learning and getting thoroughly acquainted with the products and services that it had on offer for customers. He then left banking, but not [c]

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Up&Ap: Agnes Muthoni on identifying, recruiting IT talent for Andela across Africa

August 4, 2018 admin 0

After her Bachelors’ Degree in Mathematics and Statistics at Southern Methodist University, she got a job in the US, working in the country for over 3 years. But unlike those who settle and build both [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Steven Omolo on disrupting the logistics, hotel booking arena through Dingah brand

July 5, 2018 admin 0

While in still in campus, he had a lucky break and was employed by KenGen as a procurement officer. But since the business and entrepreneurship bug had bitten him much earlier in life, he always [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: How Chris Rumenda transforms Jumia vendors into millionaires

June 4, 2018 admin 0

When he first set out from his rural home in Eldoret to seek a job in Nairobi, he’d never heard of the word “e-commerce”, leave alone Jumia. Then due to his knowledge in IT, he’d [c]

News

Up&Ap: Jannet Atika on ensuring that customer issues at Safaricom are solved promptly

May 14, 2018 admin 0

If there’s to be an award to recognise those who know Safaricom, both in and out, she’d undoubtedly get it. For she’s with the telco since late 2000, after joining as the Retail Shop Manager, [c]

Analysis & Features

Up&Ap: Sam Chappatte on building an e-retail industry, from West to East Africa  

April 27, 2018 admin 0

From an early age, he always had a dream of one day running a business in Africa. And so strong was the feeling that when he turned 18, he’d to share it with his wife [c]

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Up&Ap: How David Kigo became a millionaire with Jumia in 6 months

January 15, 2018 admin 1

Last year’s Jumia Black Friday sale ran from November 13 to December 13. The commercial event attracted a total of 6,000 vendors, most who sold over 20 times what they normally sell in a given [c]

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Up&Ap: Michael Joseph on meeting his greatest professional success at 55 years

January 6, 2018 admin 0

By Paula Nasser Michael Joseph is a bundle of energy. He’s survived a helicopter crash, been paragliding at the age of 70, and recovered from a life threatening illness in a record time. As he says, [c]

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Up&Ap: Sophia Bekele on Miss.Africa Digital, a finalist in ITU’s ‘Equals in Tech Awards’

December 19, 2017 admin 1

Miss.Africa Digital, a pan-African programme which promotes digital skills for women across the continent, has been named as a finalist for the Equals in Tech Awards, which take place in Geneva, Switzerland next week. ITU News recently [c]

Tech&PR

Up&Ap: Barbara Sołtysińska on creating indaHash.com, which connects brands and agencies to digital influencers

November 9, 2017 admin 0

Barbara Sołtysińska is CEO and co-founder of indaHash.com, a global technology platform with offices in London, Berlin, NYC, Warsaw, Johannesburg and Singapore, that connects brands and agencies to over 300,000 digital influencers to create authentic, [c]

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Up&Ap: Sacha Poignonnec, the Jumia CEO, on benefits of giving loans to their suppliers

October 13, 2017 admin 0

Jumia co-founder and CEO Sacha Poignonnec was this week in Nairobi to announce the launch of a new scheme by the online retailer through which suppliers will be given loans to purchase items and later [c]

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Up&Ap: Gopher Ogembo, the Nokia loyalist leading the re-introduction of the brand in East Africa

August 25, 2017 admin 0

He was there when ‘Nokia was still Nokia,’ that is when the premier mobile device brand was still owned by the Finnish parent technology firm. He stayed on to steer the brand when it was [c]

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Up&Ap: Teddy Njoroge on building the brand and revenues for ESET in East Africa  

July 26, 2017 admin 0

For long, since the time I bought a laptop in late 2000’s that is, I used to think – and believe – that ESET was just the free anti-virus software for PCs, nothing else. At [c]

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Illya Frank to replace Mumbi Maina as Zara on SALEM

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Virtual Pay gets Central Bank of Kenya nod to act as a Payment Service Provider

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Global PC shipments post largest year-on-year drop in the second quarter of 2022

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Phishing and scams rise exponentially in Africa in second quarter of 2022

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New malicious campaign targets Discord messenger users via infected open-source packages  

ESET unearths new macOS backdoor that spies on users of compromised Macs

Luna, a new ransomware group, now using cross-platform programming language

94-country INTERPOL crackdown on illicit online pharmacies nabs $11 million worth of medicines

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