Naivas takes up space at the Waterfront Mall

By Kepha Muiruri,

Leading retailer Naivas is expected to open its 66th branch in the country at Karen’s Waterfront Mall. The entry of the retailer to the shopping ...

naivas , Waterfront Mall

Smartphone brand realme launches new C-series in Kenyan market

By Ian Omondi,

Fast growing smartphone brand, realme, seems to have gone all-out to supply the Kenyan market now officially launching the much-anticipated realme C15...

realme C15 , smartphone

Senator Falhada: TikTok creating ‘culture of violence’, wants it regulated in Kenya

By Philip Mwaniki,

Nominated Senator Iman Falhada Dekow now wants the government to come up with policy and legal framework to regulate the usage and presence of giant s...

ByteDance , Huawei , iphone , Senator Iman Falhada Dekow , Tiktok

Opinion: Influencer marketing – Why advertisers should work with nano and micro-influencers

By Guest Writer,

By Mike Otieno It’s no doubt that influencer marketing is, by any standard, a flourishing industry. The growth of influencers on social media ...

brands , Influencers , nano and micro influencers , social media , wowzi

Rashford unites food giants to fight UK child poverty

By Agencies,

Marcus Rashford has formed a task force with some major food brands to help tackle hunger among children, the Manchester United and England forward sa...

Manchester United , Marcus Rashford

Fast-growing smartphone brand realme launches two more models in Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Fast-growing smartphone brand realme on August 25, 2020 launched two more models into the Kenyan market, bringing the total number of its trademark in...

realme , realme 6 , realme C11 , smartphone

Kenya hosts national championship for Red Bull Street Style online

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya is hosting the national championship for Red Bull Street Style online that will run until September 26 this year. It brings together freestyl...

Gatuso , Kataro Tokura Tokuda , Oscar The Juggler , Red Bull Street Style , World Freestyle Football Association

Kenyan comic Elsa Majimbo keeping Africans entertained on social media

By CNN,

Elsa Majimbo is taking over social media by providing comic relief on Instagram and Twitter amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kenyan comic, whose rel...

Comedian , Elsa Majimbo

Customer service demands grow amidst COVID-19

By Kepha Muiruri,

Enhanced customer experience could now prove the difference between continuity and collapse for business entities as clients demand for enhanced exper...

COVID-19 , customer service , KPMG

More than 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two weeks of July

By CNN,

More than 97,000 children in the US tested positive for COVID-19  in the last two weeks of July, a new report says. The report, published by the A...

coronavirus

OPINION: Modern warehouses could boost food security in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga A recent announcement by a warehousing firm of plans to spend over Ksh.7 billion in storage facilities in Kenya points to th...

Cold Solutions , Tatu City

Choppies reveals loans worth Ksh.850 million in Kenyan banks

By Kepha Muiruri,

Botswana based retailer Choppies has revealed loans worth Ksh.850 million in local banks at the end of its operations in the country in October last y...

Choppies Supermarket

EABL banks on e-commerce to withstand COVID-19 impact on sales

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has put its faith on e-commerce to stay afloat amidst dwindling sales resulting from Covid-19 related restri...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , eabl

Twitter says it’s looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply

By CNN,

Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thurs...

Jack Dorsey , Twitter

Life and times of celebrated actor Papa Shirandula

By Ian Omondi,

The Kenyan acting fraternity as well as the Royal Media Services family is in a state of mourning after one of the finest thespians of his generation ...

Charles Bukeko , Karen hospital , Papa Shirandula , Royal Media Services

Hospital owner allegedly scammed patients out of Ksh.37M using fake COVID-19 tests

By CNN,

A hospital owner in Bangladesh was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud, after allegedly issuing thousands of fake Covid-19 test results to deceive...

Bangladesh , COVID-19 , Rapid Action Battalion

NFL’s Washington team to retire Redskins name and logo

By Reuters,

The U.S. National Football League’s Washington team announced on Monday it will retire its Redskins name and logo, which it has used since 1933 but ...

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Covid-19: Winners from the pandemic

By Kepha Muiruri,

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...

Amazon , COVID-19 , Jeff Bezos

OPINION: The future of new cities in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The unfolding troubles bedeviling some large scale developers of residential houses in the country provide an important reali...

Instagram star ‘Hushpuppi’ who flaunted lavish lifestyle to face charges of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars

By CNN,

A Nigerian man nicknamed "Ray Hushpuppi" who flaunted his Rolls Royces, fancy watches and designer clothing on Instagram faces money laundering conspi...

fraud , Ray Hushpuppi