Business

The African Development Bank and its partners on Wednesday launched the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), designed to aid safety and...

Standard Chartered Bank has launched its new community investment approach called Futuremakers by Standard Chartered to help the next generation learn, earn...

The European Investment Bank, supported by the European Union has launched a new EUR 50 million (KES5.7 billion) agriculture sector financing programme...

WorldRemit has launched WorldRemit for Business, a new service that enables small and medium-sized business owners to pay their employees or contractors in...

Visa has commercially launched its Blockchain-powered Visa B2B Connect network, giving financial institutions an ability to quickly and securely process high-value corporate...

Co-operative Bank of Kenya has partnered with UK's digital money transfer company WorldRemit to enable digital money transfers to over 6 million...

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group has partnered with Twiga Foods, a Kenyan-based technology food distribution platform, to boost the...

Global payments firm Adyen has partnered with pan-African payments firm Cellulant to offer its global merchants access to key local payment...

 WorldRemit has raised $175 million in a Series D funding round led by returning investors, TCV, Accel and Leapfrog Investments to enter into...

For those thinking of starting their own business or entering the business profession, the first steps are often the hardest. This is...

Glovo has signed up Simbisa Brand's Pizza Inn, Chicken Inn, Creamy Inn and Galitos in Kenya. Priscilla Muhiu,...

Huawei is set to bolster its own OS, after Google suspended future business with it in a move to comply with the...

After two years of depressed growth in traditional banking business, Equity Group has bounced back to organic growth registering a year on...

Cortex Group, an SA-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused company behind Cortex Logic, an AI solutions firm has launched Cortex Ventures to serve as...

Drone-delivery startup Zipline is said to be seeking to raise up to $120 million in Series D funding according to reports.

Binance, a cryptocurrency platform was hacked late yesterday in a major security breach that that saw the firm lose $40.7m in BTC...

Daystar Power, a West African solar energy company has raised EUR 500,000 round of debt investments via crowdfunding from Trine a Swedish...

Kenya’s leading e-healthcare platform MYDAWA, has accepted a $3,000,000 investment from Africa HealthCare Master Fund. The funds will go into accelerating a...

Mobisol GmbH, a solar systems firm for households and micro-enterprises in Africa has filed for preliminary insolvency proceedings under self-administration in the...

Accelerated rollout to see the company cover all major towns in the country and 80% of the population with high-speed connectivity

On Tuesday, the Communications Authority of Kenya released a new mobile numbering prefix 01xxx in addition to the currently existing 07xxx.

Upgrade is part of Telkom’s KSh1 Billion network expansion and optimisation plan Telkom is upgrading its network’s capacity in...

Integrated ICT Services Provider, Internet Solutions (IS) has hired former Vodafone Global Enterprise, Country Head East AfricaSylvester Mboya to spearhead its commercial...

The partnership will see both organizations work towards creating more opportunities to empower Kenyans using a mix of technology and financial solutions.

All Safaricom Customers to Enjoy Customized Tunukiwa Double Airtime Offers Safaricom customers are set to enjoy double talk-time to...

Kenyan logistics platform Sendy has appointed Mr. Victor Mwangi as the Commercial Director to head its commercial activities in Africa as it...

News around the new Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s one-of-a-kind, futuristic phone got most of us gadget freaks excited.

Huawei's 2019 Q1 generated CNY179.7 billion in revenue, an increase of 39% year-on-year with an 8% net profit margin as it continues...

The KCB Group PLC has made an offer to acquire 100% of the ordinary shares of National Bank of Kenya Limited (NBK). Both KCB...

Telkom Kenya has appointed Mr. Steve Okeyo as the new Managing Director for its Mobile Division. Mr. Okeyo is the former Director...