Author: Khusoko

Safaricom is offering 50 per cent discount for its Home Fibre packages, for the next two months, August and September 2019, to all its new customers. Chief Executive Officer Michael Joseph, said this was in line with the telco’s quest to offer high-speed broadband accessibility at affordable prices. “As a result, we have designed the 50 percent discount to appeal to those who would like to experiment and try out the service,” said Michael Joseph in a statement on Monday. “We continue to record remarkable growth driven by demand for unlimited entertainment, working at home, home CCTV among other emerging…

I warmly greet Your Excellences, Business Leaders and friends of Africa. And thank you for the invitation. There are three of us from the African Union Commission.  I am truly happy to be here in Chicago, this historical city, which is billed to have been founded by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Free Black Man and trader of African descent, who came from Haiti in the late 1770s. Let me at the outset congratulate Mrs. Toyin Umesiri, NAZARU Founder for initiating the Trade With Africa Business Summit.  I commend you for this impressive and progressive initiative. We are all…

Innova Limited and Pezesha Africa have been admitted to the Capital Markets Authority’s Regulatory Sandbox to live test innovative solutions with the capacity to deepen and enhance the efficiency of capital markets. The third fintech firm admitted has elected to remain anonymous during its three months test period, except to its closed group of test subjects, an option provided in the Regulatory Sandbox PGN. In a statement, Capital Markets Authority Chief Executive Paul Muthaura said: “The admission of the three firms is an important milestone noting that the Authority had set itself a target to admit five firms to the…

DusitD2, a five-star hotel in Nairobi, reopened on Wednesday six months after an attack by the Al-Shabab militants in January that killed 21 people. Michael Metaxas, general manager of Dusit D2 Hotel Nairobi, said its reopening was a reprieve for tourists and business travelers. “Over the past five years, dusitD2 Nairobi has welcomed leisure and business travellers from all corners of the globe and established itself as one of the leading international hotels in the city,” said DusitD2 Nairobi, General Manager, Mr Michael Metaxas. “We now look forward to reaffirming that position through our unwavering commitment to service excellence, our…

The Kenyatta National Hospital(KNH), Kenya’s biggest referral health facility, is planning to build Ksh. 230million hostel for cancer patients funded by the public. “Completion of cancer treatment is considered a key measurement in improving health outcomes in cancer treatment as well as improve compliance with treatment, especially for radiotherapy and chemotherapy,” said the Hospital through its Twitter feed. “KNH is calling upon all people of goodwill to own and support this project by contributing via MPESA Paybill No- 474444, KNH Hope Hostel. A little will go a long way. Let us come together and Give hope home in Kenya,” read…

USIU-Africa and the Cyber Security Institute (CSI) have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see both institutions offer research and innovation, training and capacity building programs in cybersecurity.  USIU-Africa Vice-Chancellor Prof. Paul Zeleza said the partnership will see both USIU-Africa and Cyber Security Institute leverage each other’s resources, knowledge base and unique perspectives to innovatively solve cybersecurity challenges in the country as Kenya increasingly strengthen its capacity to respond to technology and data security issues. “The recent launch of Kenya’s Huduma number and the reported opportunities and challenges bring to the fore need for concerted efforts in providing safe…