A PewResearchCentre 2015 report shows that Kenya’s middle class is plunging deep into poverty. The report shows that while the global middle-income population has doubled, Kenya’s middle class ..
A PewResearchCentre 2015 report shows that Kenya’s middle class is plunging deep into poverty. The report shows that while the global middle-income population has doubled, Kenya’s middle class ..
Kusema na kutenda was Jubilee’s slogan before the coalition transformed into a political party and adopted the tuko pamoja slogan. Towards the end of 2013, Kenyans started questioning the kutenda part, ..
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has announced the nominees of the 6th BAKE Awards. The voting phase of the annual contest has also launched. Judges sifted through over 10,000 blogs that were submitted ..
MYDAWA, a revolutionary e-health solution has been officially launched into the Kenyan market. The technology based service makes it possible for consumers to purchase high-quality healthcare, ..
Muva technologies Limited has launched a platform aimed at changing the way adverts are delivered. The Platform dubbed HitPesa enables advertisers to structure and target adverts by using a customer’s ..
Interswitch Group has announced that 12 Banks in Kenya have signed with Verve International. Verve International is the company’s payment solution which allows customers to make payments across ..
It has come to the limelight that many individuals have been signed as members of political parties in the country without their consent. This anomaly occurs because political parties are required by law to submit ..
USIU-Africa Alumni Association in partnership with TechWomen, an initiative of the US Government, and She Goes Tech will host a conference themed: “She believed she could, so she did STEM” The conference ..
In an interview between Safaricom’s CEO Bob Collymore and news agency Reuters on Friday 27th January, 2017, he revealed that the telecom company will reallocate funds to build up its fixed-data network ..
Nakumatt holdings has partnered with Planet Media cinemas in conjunction with Nairobi Film Festival to celebrate the first film festival in the country. The main feature of the launch was the award winning ..
During the July-September 2016 period, the number of Internet subscriptions stood at 25.6 million down from 26.8 million subscriptions recorded in the previous period, April-June 2016. This represented ..
Kenya has received her first passenger trains . The five passenger locomotives are part of the 56 locomotives expected in the country prior to the launch of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in June 2017. ..
During the July-September 2016 period, the number of mobile subscriptions stood at 38.5 million down from 39.7 million subscriptions recorded in the previous period, April-June 2016. This represented a decline ..
The Kenyan vehicle market segment appears to be quite busy. Earlier this week we wrote to you that Toyota Tsusho had taken full control of Kenyan motor vehicle dealers DT Dobie and CICA Motors after buying ..
The contestants and judges of BLAZE BYOB TV show were unveiled yesterday at an event held at iHub, a startup incubation facility. For those in the dark, BLAZE BYOB TV show will be a youth entrepreneurship ..
New PAYE Rates Monthly Taxable Pay (Ksh.) Annual Taxable Pay (Ksh.) Rate of Tax Up to 11,180 Up to 134,164 10% 11,181 – 21,714 134,165 – 260,567 15% 21,715 – 32,248 260,568 – 386,970 20% 32,249 ..
Tullow Oil, the British exploration company, has discovered another well in Turkana County. The new well has been promptly named Erut-1. The company has not yet disclosed the amount of barrels struck. ..
Japanese multinational Toyota Tsusho has taken full control of Kenyan motor vehicle dealers DT Dobie and CICA Motors after buying all the shares from their parent company, CFAO Group. DT Dobie is the authorized ..
OLX is an online advertising site. It is popularly known for connecting buyers and sellers shopping mainly for clothing and electronics. In a bid to diversify, the firm introduced an agricultural section ..
The government might be hinting on a possibility to shut down the internet during the general elections this year. This is after the Director General, Communication Authority of Kenya, Francis Wangusi ..
NexTech Africa is Microsoft’s new flagship technology event tailored for Africa. It was created by Africans currently working at Microsoft. Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, is back again into the limelight. ..
Equity Bank is putting on hold the Eazzy Plus Loans. Eazzy Plus Loan was attractive due to the fact that consumers could apply for loans payable in two months to one year. The lender will now focus on issuing ..
Safaricom Limited has been piloting the 4G network for about two years now. Well, Safaricom is now moving to the next phase in offering 4G coverage in Kenya. The firm has gone ahead and paid Ksh.2.53 billion ..
It is a new year ladies and gentlemen. This means we embark on a mission to find the best mobile data deal this year. This is essential given that Airtel Kenya updated the Terms and Conditions of the UnlimiNet ..
Follow the following steps to create an account on the Transport Information Management System (TIMS) website by National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA): Open your browser and direct it to ntsa.go.ke ..
As we have written before, the overall inflation rate stood at 6.35 percent in December 2016. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.76 percent from 173.85 in November 2016 to 175.18 in December ..
Happy New Year! Each month the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) and rates of inflation. The overall inflation rate for December stood at 6.35 percent, compared ..
As can be deduced from the table below, the overall rate of inflation has been on the rise for the last couple of months. The most recent data released by KNBS puts the overall rate of inflation at 6.35 ..
The KCSE 2016 exam results are out. The results were released today 29th December, 2016 at an event hosted at Shimo La Tewa High School in Mombasa by the Cabinet Secretary of Education, Dr. Fred Matiangi. ..
Over the past two weeks, both National assembly and the senate have been hang on the contentious Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2016. All kinds of ridiculous suggestions have been thrown around by the members ..