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In Nairobi’s Huruma slum, John Mucheru is taking in thieves and prostitutes, and is making honest individuals of them by making jewelry. John is himself a product of Huruma who grew up[...]
CFC Stanbic Group, through its investment banking subsidiary, has announced plans to construct a Sh5 billion shopping mall in Nairobi. This announcement is perceived to be a move to cash[...]
As part of its engagement with African partners in promoting economic opportunity and development in Africa, the U.S. Department of State will sponsor Apps4Africa 2012: Business Challenge, an Africa-wide competition[...]
The inaugural DEMO Africa technology summit will hold at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi, Kenya, from 24-26 October. The DEMO conferences have been around for 22 years, mainly[...]
Several big hotel brands including Marriott, Hilton and Rezidor are planning to open hotels in Kenya and other African countries to cash in on a surge in business travellers from[...]
A new business hub for Kenyan climate technology entrepreneurs has been launched in Nairobi to boost locally sourced green technologies in the East Africa region. The Kenya Climate Innovation Center[...]
Kenya ICT Board and Kenya IT and Outsourcing Services (KITOS), the country’s new IT industry body, have jointly sealed a partnership with event organizer, AITEC Africa, to take up roles as[...]
By Tefo Mohapi Young, sophisticated & upwardly mobile Africans are finding their lives getting busier by the day. They find themselves having to walk a tightrope of balancing their personal[...]
“Google Internet balloons” to bring Internet access to rural and remote parts of the worldJune 17, 2013
Johannesburg and Lagos are Africa’s most popular destinations with over 4.6 million visitors expected in 2013June 7, 2013
Infographic: E-commerce in Africa – Preferences of African consumers in Nigeria, Kenya & South AfricaJune 3, 2013
Broadband Investment Plan: Nigerian Government targets 80 percent nationwide Internet coverage by 2018June 1, 2013
Google invests $12 million in South African Solar Project; project to power 30,000 homesMay 31, 2013
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