Nominations for Young Entrepreneur Awards (YEA) kick off
The nominations process for the inaugural Young Entrepreneurs Awards (YEA) is officially open to Kenyan business owners between ages 18-35 years. The YEA awards will be hosted by Kenya’s SME [...]
Inflation to Increase Moderately Over the Next 12 Months on New Tax Measures CBK
According to the Central Bank of Kenya Monetary Policy Committee's Market Perceptions Survey, inflation is expected to increase moderately over the next twelve months (July 2018-June 2019) because of the [...]Philip Mainga appointed acting MD for Kenya Railways
Kenya Railways Corporation has appointed Philip Mainga as acting Managing Director following the suspension of Atanas Maina. Mr.Mainga was the Business Research General Manager at Kenya railways before being appointed [...]Kenya Nominates Eddy Njoroge for Global standards body Presidency
Kenya has nominated the immediate former chairman of Nairobi Securities Exchange and current chairman of Telkom Kenya Edward Njoroge, for the position of president in International Organization of Standardizations (ISO). [...]Lessons Learned From New Market Entrants in Kenya’s Retail Sector
Kenyan local retailers have been learning from new market entrants as opposed to feeling threatened. This is according to the Tuskys chief executive Dan Githua who believes that the existing [...]Kenya's Electoral Body Seeks to Apply Blockchain in 2022 Elections
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that it is looking to implement blockchain technology in the country's next presidential elections in a bid to try to rectify itself [...]
HF Whizz app offering responsible lending, setting of personal budgets property investment
Kenya has been in the fore front in the development of Fintech services from the early development and adoption of mobile money (M-Pesa). This has opened up a proliferation of [...]Standard Media Group Profits from cost-cutting measures
Nairobi Securities Exchange listed media house Standard Group has posted a profit before tax of Kshs. 180M for the six month period compared to Kshs.37M in the previous corresponding period [...]Kenya Airways says 7000 travellers have booked its maiden flights to US
Approximately 7000 travellers have booked seats on Kenya Airways ahead of its maiden flight to New York in October. The reservations have been spread across the year as the carrier [...]Fireside Chat with Tesla's Charles Mwangi Edwin Macharia of Dalberg
At a recent forum organized by consulting firm Dalberg, we were fortunate to have the company's regional director Edwin Macharia and Tesla Senior Director of Engineering Charles Mwangi to discuss a [...]Equity Group Officially Launches its Fintech Subsidiary Finserve
Equity Group Holdings has officially launched its fintech subsidiary Finserve, the firm that is behind Equity Bank's Equitel and the Eazzy app. Finserve Limited has been active for the past [...]SBM Bank Injects Sh 6 Bn into Chase Bank After Completing Acquisition
SBM Holdings Ltd has completed the last step of the acquisition of carved out assets and assumption of specific liabilities of Chase Bank Kenya Ltd (in receivership) (CBLR) through its [...]
