Safaricom has announced a partnership with the government to facilitate mobile money transfer to drought-stricken households in 23 Arid and Semi- Arid Land (ASAL) counties as a drought response intervention. The collaboration with the State Department of Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizen Affairs and Special Programmes will see the first cohort of 360,696 beneficiaries receive…
SGA Security attains ISO 18788 certification, the highest for private security firms
SGA Security, a leading private security firm in the region, has attained the International Standards Organization (ISO) 18788:2015 certification – the highest standard for any security firm in Kenya and the region. The prestigious certification is in recognition of SGA Security’s conduct and compliance of risk management capacity to meet the professional requirements of clients…
Getty Images unveils its 2021 year in review
Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, today unveiled its 2021 Year in Review, a visual dive into 2021’s most powerful and impactful stories. With repercussions from the pandemic still being felt in 2021, Getty Images’ award-winning photographers, videographers and editors produced moving stories covering the pursuit of a new normal from thousands of world events, including the rollout…
Kenyan Oscar contender, Subira, lands on Showmax
Subira, Kenya’s entry to the 2020 Oscars and winner of five Kalasha Awards, is now streaming on Showmax. Set in Lamu and Nairobi, Subira is a coming-of-age story that follows Brenda Wairimu (Monica, Disconnect) in the titular role as a free-spirited Muslim girl who struggles against traditions and gender stereotypes to live out her dream…
Zamara launches Kenya’s first Pension Plan on WhatsApp
Leading financial services provider, Zamara Group, has launched Africa’s first pension/savings plan on WhatsApp. The latest innovation will allow customers to open, access and transact with Zamara’s Fahari Retirement Plan account via WhatsApp. Speaking during the launch, Zamara Group Chief Executive Officer Sundeep Raichura said the development highlighted Zamara’s quest to accelerate and enable digital…
Untapped Global and Asaak partner to finance 2,000+ Motorbikes in Uganda
Untapped Global, an innovative investment company focused on emerging markets, announced today a scale up of its partnership with Asaak, a financial services provider to unbanked Ugandan entrepreneurs, to provide financing for over 2,000 motorcycles over the next 12 months. Untapped Global is crowdfunding to enable any investor to join the movement to empower entrepreneurship…
African Leadership Group leverages AWS to power new recruitment platform for hiring diverse top talent
African Leadership Group (ALG) has announced a commitment to create a scalable solution for connecting highly skilled, diverse global talent to in-demand technical careers. ALG’s mission is to transform Africa by identifying, training, and connecting Africa’s top talent to employment opportunity. ALG will leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology to expand ALG’s reach to on-board millions of talented individuals…
The welfare of water use in Sub-Saharan African communities
With the hope of improving drinking water conditions in African communities, Waterdrop has made a 3-year commitment to support The Water Project’s (TWP) western Kenya program. This partnership will provide aid to rural communities and schools suffering from a lack of access to clean water through new and rehabilitated wells, protected springs, and rainwater tanks. These water…
Shelter Afrique voted Africa’s top real estate financier
Pan African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique has won the Africa’s Best Real Estate Finance Company Award for the year 2021. The Award conferred by the London-based Capital Finance International (CFI) is in recognition of the Company’s contribution towards financing affordable housing projects across Africa. In its submission, the CFI judging panel lauded Shelter Afrique for its efforts to bring to the forefront…
New feature documentary from Johnnie Walker captures the spirit of keep walking, shining a light on the creatives igniting collective progress across Africa
The world’s number one Scotch whisky[1], Johnnie Walker, and Forbes 30 under 30 filmmaker, Amarachi Nwosu premiere their new feature documentary – The Ones Who Keep Walking – which showcases inspiring stories of the creators and collectives who are turning the attention of the world to Africa. For over two centuries Johnnie Walker has been committed to a spirit of progress and moving…
Novartis launches virtual innovation hub to accelerate digital health solutions in sub-Saharan Africa
Novartis has announced the launch of its new innovation hub, Novartis Biome sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which will spearhead the further development of innovative business models and technology-driven solutions to improve healthcare in the region. The hub will focus on cross-sectoral partnerships to accelerate innovative approaches to increase affordable access to high-quality medicines and sustainably strengthen…
Nairobi hosts IGAD meeting to build support for the implementation of the regional infrastructure masterplan
The African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga today opened a 3-dayDevelopment Partners Roundtable on IGAD Regional Infrastructure with a rallying call on governments in the Horn of Africa Region to reverse the slow pace of action on infrastructure – the most important enabler of trade among African nations. Themed Interconnecting…
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