As part of its Africa Day celebrations on 25 May, Meta (www.Facebook.com) today announced the return of its global campaign ‘Made by Africa, Loved by the World’, which was first launched in 2021. Aimed at amplifying the voices and stories of people and businesses from across Africa that are impacting the world, this year’s campaign spotlights eight creators, innovators and...
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), as a member of The Meter Convention, today
joined hands with the global metrological community during World Metrology Day to pay tribute and usher in
a new era of digital transformation in metrology. The celebration was done at the Panari hotel, Nairobi and
was represented by over 100 participants from different sectors.
This year’s global theme “Metrology in...
United States International University-Africa has outlined plans to strengthen its enrolment rates by more than 32% while diversifying the range of market-driven courses delivered as part of its institutional growth plans.
The local premier higher education institution has outlined the plans in its 2021-2026 Strategic Plan which also highlights a blueprint to secure and intensify its revenue mobilization efforts to...
Listed agribusiness firm Kakuzi Plc shareholders have begun to enjoy the company’s diversification fruits even as plans to broaden revenue streams continue to be scaled up, Chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a has said.
Speaking at the 94th Kakuzi PLC Annual General Meeting (AGM) held virtually this morning, Ng’ang’a assured the firm’s shareholders that strategic plans had been activated to accelerate and enhance...
Bayer East Africa, in partnership with the Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO), has renovated three Handwashing Facilities at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi. The facilities will serve the over 30,000 people who visit the facility every day and close to 6000 staff members who work there.
The upgrade, which has taken three months to complete, is geared...
Over 300 real estate stakeholders from Africa and other parts of the world will gather in Nairobi on the 18th and 19th of May 2022 for the East Africa Property Investment (EAPI) Summit, which will be held at the Kempinski Hotel.
The ninth edition of the EAPI Summit that returns after a two-year hiatus due to global restrictions caused by...
B2B E-Commerce company Twiga Foods today launched Twiga Fresh, a new subsidiary that is focused on modern and commercial farming, to help supply informal retailers and urban consumers with lower cost, better quality and safe food.
Through the $10M investment, Twiga Fresh will scale the efficient production of domestic horticultural staples like onions, tomatoes and watermelons, significantly lowering the cost. The investment...
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has partnered with Zeraki Learning to enable secondary school learners access affordable education services from well trained teachers and informative video lessons.
This digital platform seeks to provide topic-by-topic assessments and powerful metrics to help students diagnose their weaknesses and track their progress.
“Our investments in education, both from a solutions and philanthropic perspective, are geared towards addressing current...
…Following the recent widespread circulation of an alert issued by United Kingdom’s
Food Standards Agency (FAS) on salmonella contaminated variants of Kinder Products, investigations by the
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has established that there is no evidence that any of the product subject to
the recall in Europe have been imported into the country.
While asserting that the alert on recall of...
By Paul Okanda,
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many economic sectors and allowed a number of them to accelerate their hitherto slow adoption of information technology systems for efficient service delivery.
One of the showcase emerging sectors remains the education industry. This sector is now thriving with the adoption and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education systems, popularly...
