COVID-19
KCB temporarily closes Mvita Branch after staff tests positive for COVID-19
KCB Bank Kenya has temporarily closed its Mvita branch after one of the staff tested positive for COVID-19. The affected...
Safaricom Foundation,Scope International to set up sanitation booths in 6 Counties
Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Scope International to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Kenya. The two firms will...
Uber lays off 600 staff in India in COVID-19 pandemic crunch
Uber India has laid off 600 of its 2,600 staff across all levels of teams due to the impact of...
Plentywaka Launches Corporate Staff Bus Solutions |Adds Extra Routes
Plentywaka, a Nigerian bus-hailing service, has launched the “Plentywaka Staff Bus Solutions” a service targeted at corporate companies to help...
Uber cuts 3,000 more jobs, shuts 45 Offices in Coronavirus crunch
Uber is cutting three thousand additional jobs, closing 45 offices worldwide as the company struggles through the pandemic period. The...
Apple to reopen several stores in the U.S and Canada this week
Apple will be reopening more than 25 stores in the U.S. and 12 in Canada to add to the nearly...
Villgro Kenya Awards $150K to 12 Startups Fighting COVID-19 in East Africa
Villgro Kenya has awarded $150K in grant to 12 startups from East Africa with technologies and innovations that could help...
KEPSA donates Ksh16M medical supplies to combat the coronavirus pandemic
The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has today handed over a shipment of Personal Protective Equipment and other medical equipment...
Twitter to allow employees work from home permanently
Twitter has told its employees that they work from home permanently even when the pandemic fades away. Out the 5000...
Cryptocurrency and Covid-19 – A Look at the Latest Developments
It’s fair to say that Bitcoin has had something of a chequered history, from its vulnerability to cyber-theft and lack...
How technology is fundamental to Africa’s economic recovery after COVID-19
Technology is fundamental to economic recovery for Africa and globally after COVID-19 pandemic just as it has been critical to...
Future Reimagined for Africa after COVID-19
In a rare television broadcast Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, described the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as “Germany's biggest challenge since...
Bolt starts Business Delivery Services as passenger business dwindles
Bolt, the European on-demand transportation platform yesterday announced the launch of a new vertical aimed at merchants and vendors for...
How the Coronavirus Recession Will Impact Esports Startups
For the past two months, esports has become the talking point of mainstream media. The COVID-19 global pandemic has canceled...
Penda Health backs Coronavirus fight with PPE donation
Penda Health supporters, through Penda Health, have today donated medical and protective equipment to health facilities, chiefs and police stations...
Govt’s Kazi Mtaani creates 26,000 jobs for Kenyans in informal settlements
The Kazi Mtaani programme spearheaded by the State Department of Housing and Urban Development is geared at integrating jobless Kenyans in...
Safaricom to provide communication support to front-line healthcare workers
Safaricom PLC will provide communication resources to critical Government healthcare workers for the next three months. the resources are equivalent...
Microsoft Teams to accommodate offline and low-bandwidth users
Microsoft will start allowing users without an internet connection and those with low bandwidth connectivity to read chat messages on...
Jack Ma Foundation donates third of COVID-19 medical supplies to Africa
Jack Ma Foundation has donated its third of medical supplies to Africa on Monday 27th April in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...