Zoom CEO apologizes for having ‘fallen short’ on privacy and security

By CNN,

The founder and CEO of Zoom has apologized to the video conferencing app's millions of users after coming under fire for a host of privacy issues at a...

coronavirus , Zoom

Tullow: There’s enough oil in Kenya, no plans to exit

By Kepha Muiruri,

British based oil explorer Tullow Oil has defended its operations in the country insisting there remains enough oil reserves in the country and that P...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Ministry of Petroleum , Tullow Oil

Tuskys fires staff in company restructruring

By Kepha Muiruri,

Retailer Tuskys has fired part of its employees following a major re-organization of the firm’s strategy that saw the restructuring of various depar...

Dan Githua , Tuskys

Tullow Oil Kenya announces plan to fire some of its 650 staff

By Kepha Muiruri,

British-based oil explorer Tullow has issued a redundancy notice with respect to its staff members in Kenya, signalling massive job losses at the firm...

Tullow Kenya

Shilling could weaken if Treasury dumps external commercial loans – Report

By Kepha Muiruri,

Analysts at Genghis Capital have raised fresh concerns on the volatility of the shilling should the National Treasury’s plan to stop taking up exter...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Genghis Capital , shilling

How to be a better boss and a happier one

By CNN,

Managing a team as their boss or leading a division at work doesn't come with a playbook of winning strategies. There is no guarantee that you'll m...

Johnnie Walker launches two whiskies to celebrate Game of Thrones

By Citizen Reporter,

Johnnie Walker and HBO Licensing and Retail have introduced two new Scotch whiskies in honour of the enduring legacy of the critically acclaimed HBO s...

Johnnie Walker

KCB fires all Mumias Sugar staff

By Kepha Muiruri,

The KCB Group has terminated all Mumias Sugar Company employee contracts backdating the implementation of the layoffs to September 20. In a press s...

Kakamega County , KCB , Mumias Sugar Company

Airtel Kenya services restored as customers demand compensation

By Imani Mitchelle,

Airtel Kenya services have been reportedly restored after an outage on Wednesday that affected calls and SMS services. The mobile telco had cited t...

Airtel Kenya

ILostMyjob: Hue and cry as Kenyan companies lay off workers

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Wednesday's layoffs of all 400 employees at betting firm Sportpesa have opened a can of worms as Kenyans lament over university certificates gone to w...

ilostmyjob , SportPesa

SportPesa fires all its 400 employees

By Kepha Muiruri,

Embattled betting firm SportPesa has sent home all its 400 employees in the aftermath of its lost battle with the government over renewal of its lice...

Kenyans break ‘last minute’ stereotype as deadline for old Ksh.1K notes closes

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial Banks registered average to routine operations on Monday as the window to change over to the new currency Ksh.1000 notes came to a close. ...

CBK , demonetization , new notes

Housing Finance is 2nd African company to set up WhatsApp banking

By Faizal Ahmed,

Housing Finance has launched a WhatsApp banking solution that offers customised mobile services to its customers. It becomes the second company in ...

Housing Finance , Mobile Banking , whatsapp

Central Bank’s firefighting breaks Kenya shilling flat-run

By Kepha Muiruri,

Central Bank stepped up its open market operations during the week to hold off further slides to the Kenya shilling valuation. According to investo...

CBK , kenyan shilling

Kenyan shilling sinks to 2-year low

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has attributed the ongoing slide of the Kenyan shilling to increased foreign payments by the private sector. The at...

CBK , kenyan shilling , patrick njoroge

Can a knife emoji double as a threat to kill someone? Judges struggle to interpret emojis

By CNN,

Can a knife emoji double as a threat to kill someone? Does a heart emoji from a manager constitute sexual harassment? More emojis are showing up in...

emoji

Adidas social media debacle produces racist and anti-Semitic tweets

By CNN,

Adidas has come under fire for a social media campaign which inadvertently led to the sportswear giant tweeting out racist, anti-Semitic and abusive t...

Adidas

Gov’t wants to see a Kenyan as Safaricom CEO

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government is insisting that a Kenyan should fill the now vacant Safaricom CEO post after the demise of Bob Collymore. ICT Cabinet Secretary Jo...

Bob Collymore , ICT CS Mucheru , Michael Joseph , Safaricom , Vodacom

Rising food, fuel prices push June inflation rate to 5.7pc

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has quoted the end month inflation rate at 5.7 percent to indicate a 0.2 percent upward adjustment to c...

CBK , consumer prices in Kenya , Inflation , kenyan shilling , KNBS

CBK Governor downplays concerns on weakening shilling

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has eased concerns on the shilling's value quelling fears to the volatility of the local unit. The shilling for ins...

Central Bank of Kenya