BasiGo has flagged off the first electric buses in the country for passenger use. The guest of honour at the event was the Permanent Secretary in the State Department of Transport, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development and Public Works, Dr. Eng. Joseph K. Njoroge, CBS. The event was also attended by representatives of BasiGo’s pilot partners, Citi Hoppa and East Shuttle. There were also representatives from BYD Automotive and Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC). BYD and KPLC are BasiGo’s key strategic partners in the deployment of electric buses and charging infrastructure. “Today marks an important step…
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Day in day out, unemployment in Kenya remains a key challenge especially among the youth in Kenya and the large east Africa region. According to the latest labour data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics released last year in September, at least 1.7 million Kenyans had lost their jobs during the pandemic between April and June. This raised the unemployment rate among the qualified working population to 10.4% from 5.2% as of March the same year. With this in mind, LG East Africa has kicked off a campaign to empower 1,000 entrepreneurs eyeing the fast-growing on-demand laundry market in…
Equity Group has launched a private sector focused stimulus package to accelerate economic recovery and resilience in the Eastern and Central Africa region as it recovers from the devastating health, social, humanitarian, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Equity’s Eastern and Central Africa Recovery and Resilience plan is envisaged to provide financing of up-to 2% of the combined GDP of the six economies, in which the Group operates, to the private sector in the form of blended financing of short-term overdrafts, medium term loans and credit facilities which require long-term project and development financing. While launching the Recovery and…
A few weeks back, Safaricom introduced the Nyakua Bonus campaign dubbed Safaricom Nyakua dabo dabo. Just as the name suggests, subscribers stand to get double the data if they attain their daily data target. The campaign is available for both prepay and postpay customers who get to enjoy more data for less. This is sort of similar to Safaricom’s Stori Ibambe program that has been around since 2015. The bonus data will only be awarded once a day. The data will be valid until midnight. Subscribers can use the Nyakua bonus data to browse the internet without any limitations. “Our…
realme has unveiled its first premium GT 2 Series at Mobile World Conference (MWC) 2022. It has been the first time the three-year-old upstart has held a launch event at the world’s most influential connectivity event. Embodying the spirit of “Greater Than You See”, the GT 2 Series not only introduces the visible – the master design and premium display with the fastest CPU performance, but the invisible – the relentless innovation pursuit behind product. Peaking during the Mobile World Congress, MWC, Madhav Sheth, VP of realme and President of realme International Business Group said that to go premium, we…
Huawei announced the global roll out of Super Device concept for Smart Office, a new solution that greatly enhances cross-device connectivity and collaboration amongst supported Huawei devices. The software-driven feature arrives in line with Huawei’s push towards a Seamless AI Life, which the company envisions across five major scenarios – Health and Fitness, Easy Travel, Smart Office, Entertainment, Smart Home. As one of the key scenarios of Huawei’s Seamless AI Life, Huawei brings the vision of Boundless Creation and Seamless Communication to the Smart Office, aiming to enable a digitally efficient work life experience by synergizing the two core Huawei…
In the countdown to the Carabao Cup final this coming weekend, the pressure is on for Chelsea and Liverpool, as football fans await one of the most exciting clashes of the season. Showmax Pro subscribers across the African continent will witness the two teams go head to head in the knockout competition final taking place on Sunday, 27 February 2022, streaming live at 5:30 pm on Showmax Pro courtesy of SuperSport. This will be the first final that will not feature Manchester City since 2017. Will Liverpool make history by surpassing City and securing a record ninth win or will Chelsea…
The “Pan Africa Gaming Group” (PAGG) has been unveiled today, bringing 10 studios together under a single umbrella across Africa. Launched during Africa Games Week 2022 in Cape Town, the group aims to grow the Africa Gaming industry by 2x every year due to the rapid growth of youth with Internet connected smartphones on the continent. The group, which represents 10 African countries, include the following studios: South Africa – Sea Monster Senegal – Kayfo Games Cameroon – Kiro’o Games Ghana – Leti Arts Tunisia – Digital Mania Ethiopia – Qene Games Kenya – Usiku Games Tanzania – Khanga Rue…
Imagine going after a mysterious powerful enemy who’s pulling strings from the shadows and silencing those who dare challenge them. This is the predicament of detectives Makena (Sarah Hassan) and Silas (Alfred Munyua) in Crime and Justice S2, now streaming on Showmax. The first episode, titled “The Death Squad”, kicks off with Barasa’s (John Sibi-Okumu) daughter’s grand wedding that goes awry, courtesy of Milo (Ahmed Musa). The vigilante serial killer is back to finish what he started in the season one finale – ridding the city of its most corrupt citizens. As Makena and Silas race to solve the case…
M-TIBA has partnered with the Kenya Association of Private Hospitals (KAPH) in a bid to expand their healthcare financing capabilities through provision of financing healthcare systems. The overall purpose is to utilize the M-Tiba platform to connect all the stakeholders and provide a safe, smart, and affordable way to manage a healthcare scheme. The partnership took place at the KAPH convention meeting held at the Anderson Building (Nairobi Hospital) in Nairobi Kenya. The convention meeting kept its overall theme ‘Role of the private sector facilities in Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC).’ It provided a good platform for facility owners; doctors and…