Multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer has launched “Better Farms, Better Lives” initiative to assist smallholder farmers in Africa who are facing additional challenges resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic, by providing seeds and giving them market access. This is …

M-PESA users who do not have smartphones and those who do not have the Safaricom App have a reason to smile as Safaricom rolls out its new service *334#. This is right along Safaricom’s promise to continue making changes to …

Equity Bank (Kenya) Ltd Board has appointed Ambassador Erastus Mwencha, as the Chairman, taking over from Professor Isaac Macharia who was recently appointed Equity Group Holdings Board Chairman. Ambassador Mwencha, a career diplomat served as the Deputy Chairperson for the …

Bonga Points, the loyalty scheme launched by Safaricom in 2007 to allow its customers accumulate and redeem points based on usage, is becoming quite the currency. Safaricom customers have been able to pay for their shopping, hospital bills, NHIF, and …

Equity has rolled out a universal number for all outbound communication to its customers and other external stakeholders. Moving forward, customers will be contacted by one outgoing number from Equity, 0763 000 000 under Equitel’s main prefix ‘0763’. The rollout …

Residents of Kisumu have a reason to smile as Quickmart checks into town with exciting offers for shoppers who pay using their Equity cards. This will run for two weeks during which every 10th shopper within the hours of 2-3 …

Until 18th September 2020, Equity customers who shop using their cards will get discounts and installment purchases at no extra interest from the furniture outlet Dignity. Card users will also be able to enjoy refunds on delivery fee when they …

Yesterday I watched a mitumba trader pleading with the Government to lift the mitumba ban and something she said struck me. The trader who is based in Nakuru said that some of those people who no longer seem to care …

More and better Nokia handsets and features are about to come your way as HMD announces a USD230 Million from some of its top global partners. The company which is headquartered in Espoo Finland started operations in 2016 and has …

The second-hand clothes business employs thousands of people in the country and supports millions by extension. Just take a walk around a market like Gikomba or any other market in the country to get a glimpse of the amount of …

 Mitumba Association of Kenya is making an urgent plea to the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development to publish the protocols for the resumption of the importation and sale of imported or second-hand clothes as directed by the President. …

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Board of Directors, I wish to announce the retirement of current long-serving Chairman Mr. Nicholas Nganga and the appointment of Mr. Michael Joseph as the new Chairman of the Board with effect from 1st August …