PULA, a leading Agricultural technology that develops and deploys crops and livestock insurance, says it won the InsurTech of the year award during the 6th annual African Insurance awards held in Lagos, Nigeria. This comes as a result of Pula’s experience in managing over 4.3 million smallholder farmers through their Area Risk Index and yield insurance product. The company also bundles digital services, for instance SMS agronomy tips during planting season. Pula carries out Crop Cut Exercise on farms after harvest to determine compensation for farmers. As a result smallholder farmers have received total compensation of up to 20 million…
Author: David Indeje
David Indeje
David Indeje is the Community Engagement Editor at Khusoko, East Africa’s leading digital business news platform. He shapes editorial content, drives audience engagement, and amplifies diverse voices. Beyond journalism, he consults on digital strategy across agriculture, governance, technology, and health, while examining AI’s role in the future of media. He also serves as Communications Officer at KICTANet, advancing digital inclusion and policy dialogue.
Kenya PET (PETCO), a company specialising in the recycling of polyethene terephthalate (PET) bottles and products, commissioned a solid waste treatment plant in Kajiado County capable of processing 10 tonnes of waste per day. The Ksh 50 million facility is the first of its kind built in the county. “We are very pleased to launch this important facility that will not only offer environmental sustainability to this county but also offer job opportunities to the youth through our enterprise initiative dubbed “Taka ni Mali”, said PETCO Chairman, David Olang’. The facility which is a brainchild of a local organization Taka…
AFC Leopards suffered their first defeat of the FKF Premier League after losing 2-0 to Western Stima at Kasarani Stadium on Friday. The previous matches against Bidco United, Tusker FC and Sofapa, Ingwe emerged victorious. However, Friday’s defeat is a huge dent to their quest to win the title thanks to goals from Joseph Mukisa and Villa Oruchum.
BOC Kenya has published the Offeror’s Statement acknowledging the intention by Carbacid Investments Limited (CIL) in collaboration with Aksaya Investments LLP to acquire up to 100% of its ordinary shares. This is in compliance with the Capital Markets Regulations governing takeovers and mergers for listed firms. In the statement, BOC Kenya indicates that the offerors are confident of Its business prospects and the acquisition is part of the firm’s long-term investment strategy. “The Offerors are aware that between the fiscal year 2015 and the fiscal year 2019, the Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) of BOC has dropped…
Kenya will not cut its ties with Somalia and instead, will set up a team to resolve their diplomatic squabbles, Spokesman Cyrus Oguna said Tuesday. “We are a higher nation, we cannot do the same thing Somalia has done. If we do so it will look like revenge hence, we will let the IGAD and Comesa take control of it,” Oguna said. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will hold a summit on December 20 in Djibouti. https://twitter.com/MofaSomalia/status/1338822204201574400?s=20 https://twitter.com/MofaSomalia/status/1338219770005630976?s=20 According to Col. Cyrus Oguna, “As a country, we have been very kind and accommodating because you know even in Daadab…
The year 2019 will go down for the Kenyan online community as a year that was ‘relatively good’ in comparison to global decline on the internet freedoms, said the Bloggers Association. Globally, digital authoritarianism continued to rise with more countries adopting tools and measures for censorship and surveillance of internet users within their borders. “Even with these events taking place on the global stage, 2019 was a relatively good year for the online space in Kenya,” said Kennedy Kachwanya, Bloggers Association of Kenya, Chairman during the launch of the State of the Internet in Kenya Report 2019 on Tuesday. “This…