Look up “greatest engineer” or “greatest painter.” What do you find? Very few women, if any. Now try “school girl.” You might be looking for images of young girls studying in class, but instead you’ll find heavily sexualized images of women in costume. Cultural stereotypes often distort women’s achievements and potential, and this is no…
KCB Bank Kenya commits Kshs. 70M for 2019 KCB Karen Masters Golf Tourney
The stage is set for the 2019 KCB Karen Masters, a fully sanctioned Sunshine Tour event to be held on June 26th-30th, 2019 at the Karen Country Club. While launching the event on Thursday, KCB Bank Kenya, the sponsor, said it had put aside a total of KShs.70 million with KShs. 15 million set aside…
KOKO fuel launched in Nairobi – clean, safe and affordable
KOKO Networks, an international technology company that is mainstreaming clean bio-ethanol cooking fuel in Kenya, today announced the launch of KOKO Fuel (www.kokofuel.co.ke), a clean, safe and affordable liquid ethanol cooking fuel solution, that is dispensed from “KOKOpoint” Smart Fuel ATMs located in 700 shops across the city. The company also unveiled its new 2-burner…
LG commits to carbon neutrality by 2030
LG Electronics (LG) has launched its aggressive Zero Carbon 2030 initiative, committing to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from its global operations within 12 years. In line with its larger sustainable business strategy, LG will look to reduce carbon emissions from its global operations by 50 percent compared to a 2017 baseline by implementing various carbon reduction…
CBA takes stock of the government’s affordable housing program
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) held its fifth Economic Forum to take stock of the Affordable Housing pillar amid persistent structural challenges in the housing sector. The Forum was graced by the Principal Secretary, State Department of Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga who was also the key note speaker. Also in attendance was a…
The Coca-Cola system in Kenya to impart behaviour change campaign in plastic bottles recycling
The Coca-Cola System in Kenya is embarking on a transformational journey involving COPA Coca-Cola participating secondary school students, educating them on the importance of a cleaner environment by taking care of plastics disposal. The national initiative will involve 2,000 out of the 5,400 participating schools in COPA Coca-Cola tournament ensuring that the teens are educated…
2019 LG AI ThinQ TVs add Amazon Alexa support
LG Electronics (LG) will begin rolling out Amazon Alexa support in 14 countries*to the company’s 2019 TV models featuring artificial intelligence. The update will be implemented through the Alexa app on 2019 TVs featuring ThinQ AI including LG UHD TVs, NanoCell TVs and OLED TVs. Customers in North America will begin receiving the update this…
Nokia’s Android enterprise recommended smartphone portfolio expands
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has today announced that it now offers the largest and most diverse range of “best in business” smartphones on Android™, with the addition of three new devices to the portfolio. The Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 4.2 and Nokia 3.2 (3/32GB) now join 11 other Nokia smartphones that have…
Kenindia raises interest on retirement funds as investment income rise
Kenindia Assurance has increased interest payable on retirement funds under its management to 11.5% for the year December 2018. This is a rise from the 11.25% it posted in 2017. The rise was on the back of a remarkable growth in net investment income and profitability, in a year marked by a sharp decline in…
LG to aggressively expand market reach of advanced dryer in 2019
As a key component of its aggressive strategy to expand its share of the global clothing care market, LG Electronics (LG) is committed to expanding the reach of its advanced DUAL Inverter Heat Pump dryer to 50 markets this year, greatly increasing availability of this popular appliance worldwide. With energy efficiency and airborne particulate management…
Minet target schools, other learning institutions with new insurance products
Insurance brokerage firm Minet Kenya has unveiled several insurance policies targeting learning institutions. The policies covers teaching liabilities, students’ personal accident covers, assets and other liabilities, pecuniary and institutions’ employees covers. The teaching Institution Liability policy covers legal liabilities to third parties including liability claims related to professional and managerial negligence, employment practices, defense costs…
Cisco Reinforces commitment to Africa: training 1 million new members of Africa’s digital workforce and expanding support for SMBs
At the Cisco Connect conference, Cisco outlined its commitment to support the digitization of Africa’s communities, businesses, and governments through several initiatives for skills and talent development, innovation and job creation. “We are living in a world that is changing faster than ever imagined. We are inspired by the prospect of an economy with abundant…
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