China Is Loaning Billions of Dollars to African Countries. Here’s Why...

OPINION PIECE By Grant T. Harris* NEW YORK, United States of America, September 4, 2018/ -- Next week, China will host leaders from across Africa for...

African Health Ministers Endorse Five-Year Plan to Improve Access to Medicines

The roadmap also highlights more responsible use of medicines, especially of antimicrobials, and better monitoring of access to medicines Ministers of Health from the WHO...

The 6th Annual East Africa International Arbitration Conference ‘EAIAC 2018’ returns...

Re-focusing regional trade, energy and arbitration NAIROBI, Kenya, August 30, 2018/ -- This year's conference themed 'Re-focusing regional trade, energy and arbitration' will take place...

Sanlam Kenya fine-tunes business strategy to facilitate growth

Listed non-bank financial service provider Sanlam Kenya has announced the commencement of a strategic business recovery strategy following the release of its half year...

Life after Coal and Greenpeace Africa slam Inclusion of New Coal...

The Life After Coal Campaign and Greenpeace Africa argue that the inclusion of an additional 1000 MW of new coal-fired power puts the Department...

Safaricom awards seventh apartment winner as M-PESA Tu promotion ends

27-year-old Eastleigh resident is the final winner in the promotion that has seen thousands of customers rewarded Nairobi, Kenya – 29th August 2018… Safaricom...

Africa at risk: Malaysia slams China’s “new version of colonialism”

It is a crisis mirrored across the developing world: loans so huge that government struggles to repay the debt. But Malaysian prime minister Mahathir...

Kenya Airways Announces Improved Six Months Results

Kenya Airways PLC has today announced a 30.8 percent improvement in pre-tax results for the six month period ended June 30, 2018. This...

Infrastructural growth steering the growth of the real estate sector in...

By Reuben Kimani The National budget for 2018/2019 Financial Year allocated infrastructure the biggest amount of funds standing at Shs112.99 billion, Transport Sh90.42 billion while energy...

Marriott International’s Three Loyalty Programs Unify

Members of Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest can combine their accounts to travel all over the world further, faster and...

Fashion and Data Combine to Create Iconic African Designs

Three iconic African fashion designers were brought on board to create 12 extraordinary outfits from vast amounts of data extracted from the cities of...

SAFARICOM TWAWEZA LIVE KISUMU ENTERTAINS OVER 18,000 PEOPLE WITH ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCES

Kisumu, Kenya – The Kisumu edition of Safaricom Twaweza Live climaxed with electric performances yesterday at ASK Showground, Kisumu. The live music concert...

Safaricom Opens New Retail Shop in Busia

Revamped Kakamega and Bungoma shops to complement new Busia shop in meeting the rising demand for Safaricom products & services in the region. ...

Nokia 2.1 Comes To Kenya

Long-lasting entertainment with a bigger screen and dual front-facing stereo speakers, the supercharged Nokia 2.1 is now available through accredited retailers. Nairobi, Kenya,...

Safaricom Targets Feature Phone Users With Maisha Ni Digital Campaign

Telco partners with Google to increase smartphone uptake among 10 million feature phone users, offers installment payment plan Nairobi, Kenya – Safaricom (NSE: SCOM)...

DIGIFARM YIELDS GOLD AT 2018 LOERIES AWARDS

Nairobi, Kenya – Safaricom’s (NSE: SCOM) DigiFarm has emerged top of the Shared Value Category in the just concluded Loeries Awards in Durban,...

PepsiCo to buy Israel’s SodaStream in $3.2 bln deal

(Reuters) - PepsiCo is buying household drink-machine maker SodaStream in a $3.2 billion deal, it said on Monday, seeking an edge in health-conscious...

Safaricom awards the sixth apartment winner in the M-PESA TU promotion

33 year old father of three becomes the latest winner in the promotion that has seen the telco reward thousands of customers Nairobi, Kenya –...

Nokia 7 plus wins Consumer Smartphone of the Year at EISA...

NAIROBI, KENYA. HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, today announces that the Nokia 7 plus has been selected as the Consumer Smartphone of...