Kenyan Police have arrested a man wanted by INTERPOL for allegedly smuggling dozens of men, women and children to Europe. Wanted by The Netherlands since 2017, 53-year-old John Habeta was taken into custody at Schiphol [c]
Moove, an African mobility fintech, has launched operations in Nairobi, its first city in East Africa and sixth on the continent. To expand their vehicle and product offerings to customers, the revenue-based vehicle financing company [c]
With over 50 outlets across Nairobi, The Artcaffé Group has now opened its second fully-fledged food market at Raphta Square, Raphta Road Westlands. The location showcases 8000 sq ft of the Group’s gourmet food store, The Artcaffé Market, [c]
Standard Chartered Bank has launched its first co-shared space with ArtCaffe. The Co-Shared space at Britam Centre, Upper Hill in Nairobi, will provide a 24×7 service that include Mobile Express Banking, state-of-art ATMs, phone banking [c]
Jumia has partnered with eBee Africa to launch a fleet of electric bicycles, to amplify Jumia’s logistics capacity for delivery. Through the partnership, both companies will save costs for riders and consumers, while also reducing [c]
With just weeks to Christmas festivities, a month to the New Year and the attendant budget commitments of January, the prospect and news of being sent home by your employer is arguably the most dreaded [c]
Kenya Airways (KQ), Kenya’s national carrier, in partnership with Embraer, the multinational aerospace manufacturer and Africa Airlines Association (AFRAA), is co-hosting a three-day Aviation Innovation summit dubbed “Africa Aviation and Travel Innovation.” The three-day event [c]
A new initiative to equip unemployed and marginalized Kenyan youth with new digital skills to enable them to learn, work and to earn income using cryptocurrencies has been launched in Nairobi. The Digital Microwork project [c]
Vivo Energy Kenya (VEK), the firm which distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in the country, has opened its 250th Shell service Station, Shell Kamakis service station, located on the Eastern Bypass and unveiled [c]
Workpay, a Nairobi-based YC graduate, is expanding operations to Nigeria to offer Core HR, Payroll, and employee record services. The startup has taken part in a host of accelerators in the last couple of years [c]
Prudential has this week celebrated the opening of its Africa Regional Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The life insurer moved its Africa Regional Headquarters from London to Nairobi to provide its businesses across Africa with greater [c]
SEACOM has announced that it has completed the 100% acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network. The network will be incorporated into SEACOM’s existing metro network in Nairobi, and will be under its full control. [c]
Glass House PR, the organizer of Africa Digital Finance Summit (ADFS), is inviting participants to the ADFS Awards 2022 through nominations (self-nomination or nominating a company). The nominations are open from October 22 to December [c]
The Africa Blockchain Center (The ABC), a Kenyan startup focused on building technology capacity and offering blockchain solutions to key sectors, has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of investment from Next Chymia [c]
LG Electronics (LG) has unveiled a new brand shop in Nairobi’s northern suburbs as it steps up a campaign to take its products and services closer to consumers. The new shop at Thika Road Mall [c]
Delivery firm Glovo has partnered with Kenyan supermarket Chandarana Foodplus with the intent to link its customers to an ever-expanding portfolio of niche outlets. Speaking during the partnership announcement, Priscilla Muhiu, Glovo’s GM for Kenya, said that the move will benefit Chandarana [c]
MultiChoice Africa is set to admit the next generation of young film creatives to the MTF Academy hubs in Nairobi, Lagos and Lusaka as part of the Class of 2022. After a 6-week selection process [c]
Digital billboards around the Kenyan capital have started to live stream Nairobi’s real-time air pollution in an effort to increase air quality awareness among the city’s 4.7 million inhabitants. The initiative – by the UN Environment [c]
Supermarket chain Naivas has inked a strategic partnership with Africa’s e-commerce platform, Jumia, to give consumers a better shopping experience with access to a wide range of products. Consumers along Ngong Road, Community Area, Hurlingham, [c]
For the third year in a row, the German Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya is calling on Kenya’s content creators to participate in a mobile phone short video competition. The contest is calling on Kenyans to [c]
Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Kenya, has opened a new store at the Southfield Mall in Embakasi as part of its ongoing expansion programme. The latest supermarket will serve customers from [c]
NCBA Bank has partnered with service provider, MySafe Vaults, to offer alternative safety deposit facilities to customers in Nairobi. Under the new partnership, customers who had limited access or lack of safety deposit facilities at [c]
The iHub Nairobi will launch the inaugural EdTech Festival; an immersive learning and funfair experience in the world of education and technology. Participants will interact with different EdTech products, take part in arduino and coding [c]
Nairobi-based Ed Partners Africa, an affordable private schools financing company, has raised $1.9 million (Kshs 205 million) to expand its presence and enable the unserved affordable private schools market access to credit. The funds were [c]
Glovo, the global on-demand delivery platform headquartered in Barcelona, has opened its first micro fulfillment center in Nairobi, Kenya, as the company expands its ‘Q-commerce’ division (that’s “Q” for quick). Q-Commerce means that consumers can [c]
Penda Health, a medical services provider operating 21 medical centres in Nairobi and its environs, has opened an in-network referral center offering specialist services to its clients as it expands its affordable health care model [c]
Huawei Mobile Kenya will run a 5-day campaign aimed at giving discounts on various products and services in their Huawei Experience Stores in Nairobi. The Huawei Experience Stores include Sarit Center, Yaya Center, Village Market [c]
Truecaller is a technology company of Swedish origin. We have been present in Kenya and across the world for over 10 years now. Our commitment to technological innovation and bringing technology to the masses is [c]
Safaricom has announced the launch of trials for the trail-blazing 5G technology for its customers. The trial will begin with both individual and enterprise customers in Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii and Kakamega. As part of its [c]
The African fintech startup scene is set for a boost after Flourish Ventures, a global fintech venture capital firm, announced a new office based in Nairobi to help its investment team better serve entrepreneurs across [c]
Chipper Cash, Africa’s fastest-growing money transfer platform, has partnered with Atotos Sports to provide professional training for Kenyan coaches who come from disadvantaged backgrounds within Nairobi. The training is set to take four weeks and [c]
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