31. Zain accuses Safaricom of sabotaging its new price offer

Just a day after launching the industry-shaking low cross-network charges, Zain Kenya is accusing competitor Safaricom of sabotage. The company has written to the Communications Commission of Kenya, asking the regulator to stop Safaricom from...

Thursday, 19 August 2010 | 235 hits | Read more

32. Post bank is 100

This cannot be a long post. I dashed from this book launch and met the nice people at TAC and they tell me I have not missed a lot. So I check in and there are a few tables with people chilling. I joined on table and proceeded to listen to the MD of...

Thursday, 19 August 2010 | 58 hits | Read more

33. How to be rich in Africa (The Book Launch)

Last night saw the launch of a book called "How to be Rich in Africa & Other Secrets of Survival" penned by Dr. Alfred Mutua at the Sarit Centre branch of the Text Book Centre. Dr. Mutua is a gentleman who produces movies, TV series and only...

Thursday, 19 August 2010 | 206 hits | Read more

34. Zain slashes rates by 50% for calls to all networks in Kenya

Zain Kenya has today lowered its calling charges across all networks by a whooping 50% - becoming the first mobile phone company in the country to pass to customers the benefit of the new low interconnect charges released by the Communication...

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 | 157 hits | Read more

35. Liverpool legend at Stanchart cataract machine donation to Kikuyu Eye Hospital

Standard chartered marked the 3000th cataract operation at kikuyu eye hospital since the inception of its charity initiative 'Seeing is believing' in 2003.Visiting Liverpool FC legend Ian rush was at the hospital to handover a cataract machine...

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 | 55 hits | Read more

36. A sprite-ly Kisumu Visit

I have been following this Sprite Slam tournament thing for a minute and when I heard that the tournament to tap talent was in Kisumu I could not resist it. You see the last time I visited this legendary town by the lakeside was many many moons ago...

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 | 92 hits | Read more

37. The 3rd Bar Stool Open Mic

The Bar Stool is Open Mic hosted in bar (duh!) called Giggles situated on Banda Street and the architects of the event include John Ngugi and Oliver Mpango wa Wakasa (as he currently refers to himself on Facebook.) I was early to the venue as I had...

Monday, 16 August 2010 | 139 hits | Read more

38. Blacktown are the 2010 Sprite Slam Nyanza Champions

Blacktown are the 2010 Sprite Slam basketball Nyanza champions after beating Kenya Re 52-35, in a tough match that saw both teams fighting to outdo each other on the score board. The game was played at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds where fans cheered...

Monday, 16 August 2010 | 71 hits | Read more

39. Bank of Africa sponsors this years Law Society of Kenya Conference

Bank of Africa (“BOA”), one of the most innovative and fastest growing banks in Kenya has announced their sponsorship for this year’s Law Society of Kenya (“LSK”) Annual Conference. The bank is contributing Ksh.600,000 to the conference...

Friday, 13 August 2010 | 86 hits | Read more

40. Inaugural “Great Highlands Marathon” to take place in September

In 1964, Kenya appeared on the world map, when it received its first medal during the Olympics staged in Tokyo. Mzee Wilson Kiprugut Chumo was the man who earned Kenya its first medal when he received a bronze medal in the 800m race. Since then and...

Friday, 13 August 2010 | 110 hits | Read more