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Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa franchise has been named as the sole beverage sponsor for the 50th edition of the Barclays Kenya Open Golf tournament, that started today at the Muthaiga Golf Club. Through its premium water brand Keringet, Coca-Cola will provide beverages for professional and amateur golfers, as well as the hundreds of golf fans expected to attend...
  15 teams arrive in Kakamega ahead of the 4 day contest    The inaugural edition of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth tournament reaches home stretch this week as Kakamega County plays host to the national finals. The opening ceremony of the tournament will be held on Thursday morning at the Bukhungu Stadium. Kakamega High will also be used to...
Kenya’s largest privately owned bank, Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) has officially started its banking operations in Rwanda following the successful acquisition of Crane Bank Rwanda Ltd, now re-launched as CBA Rwanda Limited. The move into Rwanda, increases CBA’s footprint in the continent, to five countries, which include Tanzania, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Kenya where the 56-year-old bank has its...
 British Ambassador to Ethiopia Susanna Moorehead visited Arakele Design College on 15 March to see how one innovative British-Ethiopian partnership is helping create both stunning new fashion and new opportunities for underprivileged women and refugees in Ethiopia. Arakele is the brainchild of Briton Arabella Stewart and Ethiopian Mikele Goitom. Since 2014 400 students have graduated from Arakele programmes, which range...
More than 144,000 homes countrywide now within reach of Safaricom’s Fibre to the Home service  Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has today connected Ngummo estate to its Fibre to the Home service in Nairobi County. The move will benefit more than 1,200 homes in Ngummo and Newa estates and brings the number of homes within reach of the service to more than 144,000...
A bag of charcoal is currently retailing at Sh2,500 from an average of Sh1,500 three weeks ago, following the three-month suspension on logging in all forests. A four-kilogramme tin of charcoal that is mostly used to sell the commodity to low-income households is now priced at an average of Sh120, from Sh70 a month ago. Charcoal prices have more than doubled...
Gor Mahia Youth FC (Boys) from Makadara and Beijing Raiders (Girls) from Starehe are the Champs of Nairobi region in the Ongoing Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Youth Tournament.   Kogalo edged out Slum Dwellers from Westlands scoring 3:0 in the boys finals for Nairobi region held today at Stima Club Grounds, Nairobi.   Beijing Raiders also triumphed after putting up skilled match against...
Safaricom listed among 10 case studies of companies around the world offering various childcare options Companies that offer childcare benefits for their employees stand to benefit from improved recruitment, retention, and productivity of workers, according to a report by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.  The report titled Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare discusses how companies can...
Pressures brought about by an unbearably high cost of living have forced thousands of employees to resort to alternative methods of making a livelihood, including moonlighting. While people have traditionally resigned from their jobs to join other companies, a significant number of them do so to start their own businesses. But losing one’s hard-earned money in an unsuccessful venture is always...
Persuading China’s Iron and Steel Association to do their business in Africa neatly blends environmental concerns with the government’s geopolitical motives to push investment in Africa In 2015, The economist published “It’s a STEEL!” analyzing Chinese strategy of their over-production of steel. There may be reason to be suspicious of Chinese steelmakers' motives. To some, it looks as if China simply...
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