Author: Lynet Awino

Chicken pizza is the most popular pizza flavour, with over 15,960 deliveries, followed by Pepperoni and Margarita, according to 2022 consumption trends by Glovo in Kenya. Data shows that Kenyans are big fans of Chicken Pizza, and in 12 months, they have ordered more than 135,000 pizzas through Glovo. Glovo delivered 370 pizzas per day, or 15 pizzas per hour in the country. The golden minute consumption was on Huduma day, on 10th October, at 14:48h, where 36 pizzas were ordered at that particular minute. Tuesday was the day with the highest pizza consumption, accounting for 33% of the total…

South African construction and building materials retailer, Builders, is closing its business two and half years after it set foot in Kenya. In a statement dated February 1, 2023, Builders Warehouse attributed its planned exit from Kenya to persistent financial losses and poor performance. “As a result, the business has had to consider closing Builders Warehouse Karen Waterfront in Nairobi, Kenya. We have initiated the process required for potential closure,” the firm said in a notice dated Feb. 1, 2023. The company invested 500 million Kenyan shillings in its retail shop in 2020. Other South African companies that closed shop…

The first round of negotiations between senior Kenyan and US officials for a proposed Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership were concluded successfully. The Kenyan delegation, led by Trade Principal Secretary Alfred K’Ombudo, said the partnership aims to increase investment, promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth, benefit workers and consumers, and support African regional economic integration. https://twitter.com/KenyaembassyDC/status/1624218321938677760?s=20&t=rGtcOEK911thNEI3jC3hdw “During the meetings, the two sides exchanged views on the key concepts to be addressed on almost all of the areas outlined in the 141h July 2022 joint statement announcing the initiative,’ a statement from the ministry read. Talks between Kenya and the US…

Sharon Wendo, founder of Epica African Jewellery, a Kenyan-based fashion accessories brand, will take her creations to the London Fashion Week in February. Sharon has been invited to represent Kenya in the British Council Creative DNA Programme on 17 – 19 February. “I will be showcasing my designs during London Fashion Week as I have been selected to represent Kenya in the British Council Creative DNA Africa Programme,” she said. “My pieces will be on show at Fashion Scout in an installation featuring seven designers from seven African countries.” This British Council programme is being hosted and organised by FASHION…

Showmax has issued a call for pitches from the African film industry for a slate of ten live-action films for first-time directors. The proposals must have a first draft screenplay set in contemporary Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa. All official Ghanaian, Kenyan, Nigerian and South African languages are welcome. The final films should be more than 40m, in line with the SAFTAs Best Made-for-TV Movie Award category. Pitches should take the form of a video pitch in English of at most five minutes. This video pitch should include short bios of the writer, director and producer; a concise summary…

Talented Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, bagged her first Grammy award. The singer won “Best Melodic Rap Performance” alongside American rappers Drake and Future for her work on the song “Wait for U”. https://twitter.com/RecordingAcad/status/1622350085370826754?s=20&t=bEp1tjLOh3H5bzwH5N6h1g The track beat songs from other artists, including Jack Harlow (“First Class”), Kendrick Lamar (“Die Hard”), Latto (“Big Energy (Live)”), DJ Khaled (“Beautiful”). The song was also nominated for the Best Rap Song award. Tems now joins Sade Adu, the Nigerian-British singer, as the female artist who has taken home the Grammy. Sade took home the Grammy Award in 1986 when she emerged…