Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 years, which is exacerbating the risk of sexual exploitation, violence, and abuse.
“We have to walk for more than seven kilometres to find water, and sometimes what we find isn’t safe to drink,” says 39 Elimlim Ingolan, mother of a seven-month-old baby. She describes...
By Natascha Netha Employee Experience (EX) Director, MFS Africa
The past few years have been immense for the African tech space. Thanks to substantial infrastructure investments, connectivity has become increasingly ubiquitous and affordable. The addressable market for technology-focused solutions has grown massively with millions of people coming online. Investors have taken note of this growth, with startups across the continent...
Nigerian youth have begun to enjoy the benefits of being part of the forum that unites young people across the continent after Nigeria became the 31st African country to join the Youthconneckt Africa hub.
Young Nigerians are already flying the Nigerian flag with pride on the comtinental stage.
As the curtains were drawn, in Kigali, Rwanda, on the week long summit...
It topped the WTA 2022 rankings, beating some of Africa's best
Zanzibar Island was named Africa's leading beach destination by the 29th World Travel Awards (WTA), for the 2nd year running!
It topped the WTA 2022 rankings, beating some of Africa's best, including Cape Town, South Africa; Diani, Kenya and Dakhla, Morocco.
Absa Bank Kenya names Yusuf Omari as new CEO, taking over from Jeremy Awori who was recently confirmed as the new Chief Executive of Ecobank – Africa’s largest lender by footprint. Awori had ran the show at Absa since 2009.
Omari’s appointment will take effect on November 1, 2022. He will be familiar with the books, having worked as the...
Samsung’s self-secured, integrated SmartThings and Bixby platform create a safe, simple and convenient smart home experience for multi-device households
Nairobi Kenya, 17th October 2022 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. held its annual Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) today in San Francisco, bringing together developers, creators and designers to explore seamless, connected experiences powered by Samsung.
During the event, Samsung shared more...
Equity Group has been feted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global SME Finance Awards 2022 as the platinum winner for the Best Financier for Women Entrepreneurs.
The Group was also named the silver winner for SME Financier of the Year- Africa and received special honorary mention under the Product Innovation of the Year category.
Organized by...
The Kenya Premier League (KPL) has officially announced the engagement of DesignStudio as the League’s official branding partner. DesignStudio will work with the League, Member clubs and other stakeholders to rebrand the Kenya Premier League’s brand identity, website and other media assets.
The engagement is part of the KPL’s efforts to revolutionize football activities in the country through its...
The Samsung Galaxy A04s comes with 64GB that will be retailing at Kshs 19,999 and 128GB that will be retailing at Kshs 22,999.
Nairobi, Kenya, 12th October, 2022 … Samsung Electronics has today unveiled the 2022 Galaxy A04s, which comes in a new sleek, stylish design that comes bursting with new enhanced features that deliver a complete package...
MFS Africa, the largest digital payments hub in Africa, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, today announced they will collaborate to protect MFS Africa’s growing network of services against financial crimes.
Through the agreement, ThetaRay will provide MFS Africa its SONAR SaaS solution, including AI-powered AML transaction monitoring and sanctions list screening, enabling it to stay...
