Category: Business

Jan 19
Joe Mfalme Joins Radio Africa After Leaving Capital FM After 12 years

Celebrated radio host Deejay Joe Mfalme has quit Capital FM after 12 years. In a statement, the celebrated mix master announced that he had exited the uptown radio station after over 10 years of service. He thanked the media house for according him the opportunity, and explained that it was time for him to expand his horizons. “I […]

Jan 19
Two police officers, cashier arrested over Prime Bank robbery

  The two police officers are attached to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit. They were on guard at the bank when the robbery occurred in the afternoon, involving six robbers. Two police officers and a cashier have been arrested over daring robbery at Prime Bank on Monday evening. The two officers are attached to the […]

Jan 08
WhatsApp Will Disable Your Account If You Don’t Agree Sharing Data With Facebook

“Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA,” opens WhatsApp’s privacy policy. “Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind.” But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy. The Facebook-owned messaging service is alerting users […]

Jan 08
Elon Musk overtakes Bezos to become world’s wealthiest person

Elon Musk, the outspoken and envelope-pushing chief executive of Tesla, overtook Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world’s wealthiest person, US media reported Thursday. Musk is a major shareholder of the electric car company and has benefited from Tesla’s surging share price over the last year. CNBC estimated Musk’s wealth at $185 billion. The […]

Jan 07
Business without capital; Woman takes pride in her house cleaning work: “I leave you satisfied”

In summary – A Nigerian lady, Adaeze, has taken great pride in her house cleaning work as she called for patronage – Tweeps said they were happy that she was proud of what she does at a time when people were busy chasing empty clouts online – Many people also asked for her location, saying […]

Dec 10
Kenya plans to phase out used cars, vans and minibuses from the second-hand market in 2 years time.

Millions of used vehicles exported from Europe, the USA and Japan to Kenya are hindering efforts to combat climate change and growth of local industries according to the government.  To this effect, Kenya plans to phase out used cars, vans and minibuses from the second-hand market in 2 years time.  At the start of 2019, the government advertised […]

Nov 24
Otieno Ochieng: Booming Shoe Business~How my Ngara shoes business makes 300k monthly

Ngara Shoes Business: 31-year-old Jannes Otieno Ochieng’ entrepreneurial journey started way back when he was a second year university student at Kenya College of Accountancy in 2008, now KCA University – where he started an online market for electronics. “I failed to pay the maintenance  fee for the website and I had to close it […]

Nov 09
Safaricom half-year profit falls to Ksh 33 billion for the first time since 2012

Leading telco operator Safaricom PLC has reported a reduced Ksh.33 billion half year profit representing a six percent slide in earnings from Ksh.35.2 billion last year. This the company’s first profit slide in the mid-year review since 2012. The slide has been attributed to a decline in M-Pesa revenues from the roll out of free […]

Nov 09
Safaricom to provide 100 per cent 4G network by end of this year

Safaricom has announced plans to provide 100 per cent 4G network coverage across the country by end of this year as part of its growth strategy focused on being the technology partner of choice. The giant telco has embarked on its next phase of growth that will be driven by a vision to become a purpose-led […]

Oct 27
Safaricom to reward customers with free calls, data as it celebrates 20 years

Safaricom customers are set to enjoy one free call of up to 20 minutes within the next 30 days starting tomorrow as the telco giant marks 20 years since it was launched. In a statement to the press on Tuesday, CEO Peter Ndegwa said it will send its customers notification to alert them of their […]