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Safaricom has today announced a Ksh. 4.3 million sponsorship for the 2024 Eldoret City Marathon. The 5th edition of the Eldoret City Marathon marathon is scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.…
Agricultural insurance and technology company, Pula, has announced that it closed a Ksh. 2.6 billion ($20 million) series B fundraising round. The funding will go towards helping smallholder farmers in emerging markets gain access to…
Majid Al Futtaim has announced the opening of its 23rd Carrefour store at the GTC Mall in Westlands, Nairobi. Majid Al Futtaim owns the exclusive rights to operate Carrefour in Kenya, The new outlet at GTC Mall, which features Carrefour’s…
African Child Policy Forum, a child rights policy, advocacy and research centre, is calling on the Gambian government to withdraw a controversial law that decriminalises female genital mutilation (FGM). The Bill, which Gambian lawmakers…
Huawei has rolled out its Seed for Future program for 2024 in collaboration with leading universities and TVET institutions in Kenya. The training sessions are designed to harmonize academic learning and real-world industry demands,…
RHIPFactory Venture Studio has partnered with Qhala Kenya and Africa CDC to host the BuildHealth4Africa hackathon, a 48-hour competition with a prize of up to Ksh 500,000. The hackathon will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from April 19th to…
Cellulant, a Pan-African payments technology company, has announced the appointment of several executives from esteemed global payment companies into its management team. According to the company, the new appointments mark a significant…
IWG, a global provider of hybrid working solutions including brands like Spaces and Regus, is opening another flexible workspace in Nairobi this April. The new workspace is part of a drive by IWG to meet the sharply rising demand for top…
Sber, a global financial institution, is calling on researchers to submit scientific papers about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in an open contest. The contest will see the key articles published in a special issue…
The Bahamas and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed an agreement for The Bahamas to host the 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM). The Caribbean country will also host the third edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and…
The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) has been appointed to host the pan-African Digital Earth Africa Program management office. The program is a free platform providing satellite imagery and products specific to…
Red Bull Dance Your Style, an urban street dance competition, has hit the road for a nationwide tour in Eldoret. The Eldoret edition took place at Rupa’s Mall, and brought together the city’s dance community and lovers of dance for…
Microsoft has announced a USD 1.5 billion investment in G42, a UAE-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology company. The investment is expected to strengthen the two companies’ collaboration on bringing the latest Microsoft AI…
Over the last year and a half, the audience for AI has grown from IT experts to almost anyone with internet access. Large Language Models enable online users to interact with AI systems, regardless of whether they can code. A large part of…
Phone manufacturer OPPO Kenya has today announced the launch of its newest smartphone, the OPPO Reno11 F 5G. The new smartphone is a sibling to the Oppo Reno11 5G and the Oppo Reno11 Pro which were launched in the Kenyan market in January…
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked widespread debate about its potential impact, particularly on jobs, in recent years. Africa is on the verge of a transformative era that has the potential to reshape the…
Jubilee Health Insurance has announced that it has reported a Ksh. 438 million profit after tax for the period ended December 31 2023. This is a 29% increase from the Ksh. 339 million it reported in a similar period last year. Insurance…
I have always been curious as to what makes a good football scout, so you can imagine my joy when I met Nick Yahama during the just concluded Safaricom Chapa Dimba tournament. Nick Yahama is one of the key scouts at the Chapa Dimba…
The Real Housewives of Nairobi is coming back to our screens for the second season on May 10 and will be available on the streaming platform Showmax. The popular reality series is the biggest Showmax Original yet in Kenya, having broken…
Caprice Wine has launched a new brand campaign dubbed Unbox the Flavour. The campaign is meant to showcase the brands versatility in pairings with different meals as it taps into Kenya’s growing wine market. Caprice is a wine brand of the…
Caribou Digital, a research and advisory firm, has released its latest publication, The Platform Livelihoods Project. The publication is a pioneering collection of studies on pervasive digital marketplaces, some conducted in partnership…
The M-PESA Foundation has invested Ksh. 20.96 million in Kisumu and Siaya Counties with an aim to boost a range of health services. These initiatives will benefit more than 13,000 people in the two counties. In Kisumu County, the…
Twiva, a social commerce platform, has been named the Best Online Social Commerce Platform, across the Middle East and Africa in the Middle East and Africa Business Awards. The recognition is a reflection of the company’s role in promoting…
Mega Growth, a hair care products and solutions company, has launched a new brand campaign dubbed Goodbye hair breakage. The campaign aims to influence consumers to use the brands products that promise to reduce hair breakage and promote…
