Kenyans Sent 16m Letters in Q417- CA Report
Brief; A new survey by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that the number of letters sent in the three months to December 2017 increased from 16.02 million to [...]
MediaPal Announces Sponsorship For the BAKE Awards 2018
MediaPal, a strategic advertisement network, will be one of the sponsors of the BAKE awards this year. The awards aim to appreciate Kenya bloggers for the work they do. Since [...]Jumia Reduces Delivery Fee within Nairobi to Kes 100 for FMCG items
Jumia customers will now pay only Kes 100 for delivery within Nairobi down from the current Kes 250. Jumia said the move is aimed at making it more cost effective [...]
Press Release; OKash Ranks Top as the Most Popular App on Google Play Store
Press Release; OKash, a micro-lending platform launched about two months ago, has ranked top as the most searched app in Kenya. “We launched this product just over a month ago [...]Ex-CBK Governor Njuguna Ndungu appointed Director of African Economic Research Consortium
The Board of Directors and Management of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) has appointed Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u as the next AERC Executive Director effective September 1, 2018. Prof. Njuguna [...]Barclays partners with KNBTS in countrywide blood donation drive
Barclays Bank is partnering with the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services (KNBTS) to launch an annual blood donation drive. This year’s campaign, dubbed 15-to-save-a-life, will run between the 2nd and [...]Nation Media Launches Music Record Label
Nation Media Group has announced the launch of a music record label. Dubbed Lit Music Label, the platform will be involved in scouting for talent, developing new artists, managing their trademarks [...]President Museveni Proposes Social Media Taxation in Uganda to Support Local Content
President Yoweri Museveni has proposed a social media tax to curb the consumption of foreign content and the utilisation of foreign mobile applications said Frank Tumwebaze, Minister Information Communication and [...]Tanzania Acquires Third Aircraft in Plan to Revive National Carrier
Tanzania has acquired the third plane out of the 6 planes expected to revive the national carrier. The aircraft is a Bombardier Q-400 which arrived at the Julius Nyerere International [...]mSurvey Obtains $3.5m Series A Investment to Fund Pan-African Expansion
mSurvey, a mobile survey platform based in Kenya, has secured $3.5 million in Series A round of funding to help it in expanding to more African countries. The funding was [...]MPs to appoint next KRA Commissioner General
Kenyan Parliament is expected to consider a bill that seeks to give the members the authority to pick Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) commissioner generals. The bill was tabled in Parliament [...]Kenya; Biometrics required for new national IDs
Kenya's ministry of Interior Ministry says it will require citizens to provide biometric details such as eye and voice patterns as it moves towards a new electronic registration system. Satellite [...]
