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Nollywood meets Bollywood in love tale ‘Namaste Wahala’
By Reuters,
2251, February 14, 2021 (EAT)
Indian-Nigerian restaurant owner Hamisha Daryani Ahuja gave up her long-running business to pursue her dream of making movies. Two years later, the...
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Michelle Obama is launching a cooking show on Netflix
By CNN,
1118, February 10, 2021 (EAT)
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is launching a kid-centric cooking show on Netflix. Also Read: Michelle Obama’s Becoming tops list of most popul...
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Dubai-based firm, Maser, eyes African market to offer affordable TV sets
By Citizen Reporter,
1548, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
Maser, an electronics firm based in Dubai, is planning to invest Ksh.30 billion (USD 300 million) in LED TVs, Aircon, washing machines for sale in the...
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Chadwick Boseman’s last performance a bittersweet gift
By CNN,
1050, December 20, 2020 (EAT)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' in which Chadwick Boseman performed for a final time prior to his death in August at age 43, premiered on Friday on Netflix....
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Popular Kenyan band Sauti Sol cancels ‘Sol Saturday’
By Citizen Reporter,
1044, December 19, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyan afro-pop band Sauti Sol has cancelled the much anticipated 'Sol Saturday' concert that was slated for December 19, 2020. Tickets that cost b...
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Kenyan thriller film, 40 Sticks, set for Netflix debut
By Ian Omondi,
1601, November 5, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenyan film industry is once again celebrating a milestone as another locally-produced film prepares to make its grand entry into global streaming...
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KRA eyes Ksh.5 billion from the digital economy by June next year
By Kepha Muiruri,
1910, November 4, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has set its sights on raising Ksh.5 billion from the digital economy in six months to June 2021. This ahead of th...
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Netflix turns to telecoms in challenging African markets
By Reuters,
1722, October 21, 2020 (EAT)
Netflix Inc is showing more African-made content and working with telecoms operators to make it easier for potential subscribers to make payments, a s...
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Actor Nick Mutuma breaks silence after allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in 2016 resurface
By Tonny Ndungu,
1237, October 19, 2020 (EAT)
Kenyan actor Nick Mutuma has broken his silence, 4 years after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a viral Twitter thread. In a statem...
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New Nollywood film ‘Oloture’ sheds light on human trafficking in Nigeria
By CNN,
1201, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
Dressed in a transparent and colorful blouse, a sex worker in Lagos, the commercial center of Nigeria jumps out the window of a room at a party to avo...
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‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’ canceled on Netflix
By CNN,
940, August 19, 2020 (EAT)
"Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj" has come to an end on Netflix. Also Read: Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj comedy show episode in Saudi Arabia Minhaj ...
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The Netflix of football, Champions League to deliver more drama
By Reuters,
1417, August 17, 2020 (EAT)
Perhaps the Champions League has, inadvertently, found the right formula for the Netflix era. Rather than having to wait two weeks for the second e...
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India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit
By CNN,
1106, July 17, 2020 (EAT)
India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...
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Covid-19: Winners from the pandemic
By Kepha Muiruri,
1047, July 9, 2020 (EAT)
In spite of a dismal year for most companies, a minority of firms have risen above the adversities to shine against the fallout from the Covid-19 pand...
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Kenya’s 1.5% digital services tax for Netflix, Uber to take effect in January
By Kepha Muiruri,
2000, June 30, 2020 (EAT)
The operation of the 1.5 percent digital services tax levied on gross sales by online businesses such as Netflix and Uber is set to take effect early ...
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Budget 2020: Online businesses to pay taxes for digital transactions
By Tonny Ndungu,
1731, June 11, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenyan Government is planning to introduce a 1.15 percent digital service tax informed by the growing number of business transactions being carrie...
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Budget day: Yatani’s budget of pain
By Kepha Muiruri,
920, June 11, 2020 (EAT)
In just a few hours, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is expected to walk down the steps of the planning ministry to head into the National Asse...
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Meet the man serving Kenyans with free mobile money transactions
By Kepha Muiruri,
1324, June 6, 2020 (EAT)
Tekwane Mwendwa is the founder and current operations manager at Asilimia Kenya, an application freeing up fees on all mobile money transactions. T...
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Kenya proposes VAT on Netflix, Uber, online businesses
By Kepha Muiruri,
1515, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
Subscription based media including news magazines, streaming of television shows, music and podcasts will now be the subject of value added tax (VAT)....
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Vanessa Bryant opens ‘one more letter’ from Kobe on 38th birthday
By CNN,
1618, May 6, 2020 (EAT)
Vanessa Bryant waited one more day to open the surprise she never expected, never knew existed. On Monday, the day before her 38th birthday, the wi...
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