Leading pan-African music streaming service, Mdundo has launched its brand health measurement tool ‘Mdundo Brand Lift’ which provides advertisers with real time insights into their brand’s performance. Available for advertisers, the Mdundo Lift brand lift tool provides these insights by aggregating the four crucial brand metrics; awareness, consideration, favourability and purchase intent among the platform’s…
Emirates wins Best Wi-Fi and Best Food & Beverage at 2022 APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards®
Travellers around the world have recognised Emirates for Best Wi-Fi and Best Food & Beverage in the Middle East, with the airline bagging these awards at the prestigious 2022 APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards® ceremony held in Dublin, Ireland. For the awards this year, verified passengers flying on over one million flights on nearly 600…
Betty Kyallo reality series, Kyallo Kulture, is coming to Showmax
Kyallo Kulture, a new Kenyan reality series about Betty Kyallo and her sisters Mercy and Gloria, is set to premiere on Showmax on 17 June 2022. The 13-part reality series will dive into the personal lives of Betty Kyallo, one of Kenya’s most prominent media personalities and a thriving entrepreneur, and her bold sisters, Mercy…
Emirates offers complimentary hotel stay and extra baggage allowance to its passengers
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has rolled out a free hotel stay and baggage allowance offer for Kenyans travelling to Dubai and beyond between the months of June to September 2022. Passengers travelling to Dubai or beyond with Emirates will enjoy a one (1) night complimentary stay when flying in Economy Class and two…
SGA Security awarded private security operational license
SGA Security, a leading private security firm in the East African region has been awarded operational license by Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA), becoming the first tier 1 private security firm to acquire such certification in compliance with the government regulation. The acquisition of the license is in line with the Private Security Regulations Act…
Safaricom Investment Co-operative to build Kshs 750 million residential development in Kiambu
Safaricom Investment Co-operative is set to begin the construction of a Ksh 750 million real estate project in Ruaka, Kiambu County to meet the growing need for affordable housing in the county. Dubbed The Miran Residence, the three-acre urban development nestled in the Western end of the Nairobi Bypass is an integration of modern and…
DIB Bank opens branch in Nairobi Central Business District
DIB Bank Kenya Limited has opened a new branch at JKUAT Towers along Banda Street in Nairobi bringing services closer to customers in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). The new branch was inaugurated by DIB Kenya Board Member, Dr. Steve Mainda. Also present to grace the event was the Dubai Islamic Bank Group CEO and Chairman…
Kevin Samuel: My character is a cautionary tale on what could have been
In 2012, Kenyan TV series Mali arrived on our screens with the freshness that only a show branding itself as “Kenya’s first-ever soap opera” could have, and boasting a star-studded ensemble cast of Mumbi Maina, Mkamzee Mwatela, Brenda Wairimu, Daniel Peter Weke and Kevin Samuel. When Mali ended in 2015, it was the last time we would see Samuel…
CCI Global to occupy largest contact centre in Kenya at Tatu City
CCI Global, the largest international contact centre operator in Africa, will move to a purpose built, state-of-the-art office at Tatu City, creating more than 4,000 jobs for Kenyans. CCI’s facility will be developed by Gateway Real Estate Africa (GREA), a private development company specialising in turnkey construction. The five-story tower is custom designed for CCI, with…
PureSoftware wins the “Excellence in Fintech Solutions” award for its flagship product Arttha
PureSoftware, a global software product and digital services company, announced that it received the “Excellence in Fintech Solutions” award at the Finnovex East Africa Summit 2022. The award was presented to PureSoftware for its flagship product Arttha, in the category of “Harnessing fintech for a big leap in fueling financial inclusion.” Arttha is a unified fintech…
Emirates Group announces 2021-22 results
The Emirates Group today released its 2021-22 Annual Report which shows strong recovery across its businesses. dnata returns to profitability, and significant revenue improvements were reported across both Emirates and dnata as the Group rebuilt its air transport and travel-related operations which were previously cut-back or curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. For the financial year ended 31…
Rihanna set to launch Fenty beauty and Fenty skin across Africa
When Rihanna launched Fenty Beauty in 2017 in an unprecedented 17 countries with vision of inclusivity and global reach at its core, she sought to help “everyone feel beautiful and recognized, no matter their race, ethnicity, culture or personal style.” Rihanna was inspired to create Fenty Beauty after trying to find products that worked across…