Earlier in the week (the night of the 12th of August 2020 to be precise), individuals living in parts of the Kenyan cities of Mombasa and Nairobi reported experiencing a number of earth tremors. These tremors were said to have started from around 8:15pm. A number of similar tremors were also said to have been experienced in sections of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania at about the same time. These tremors according to American Earthquakes, are said to have had a magnitude of 4.9. One tremor was registered at about 60 kilometers east of Lodwar; the largest town in north-western Kenya,…
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Japanese multinational conglomerate; Toshiba, has now left the laptop business after 35 years, making it known that it will no longer be engaged or involved in the manufacturing of laptops. The tech giant also revealed that it has transferred the remainder of its shares in the PC business, to major Japanese multinational corporation; Sharp, which specializes in manufacturing and designing electronic products. The company (Toshiba), revealed that it has already handed over its 19.9 percent of outstanding shares in Dynabook (which is its laptop manufacturing arm), to Sharp. With this move, Dynabook is now completely owned by Sharp. Sharp reportedly…
According to reports the United States government has released a travel alert on Kenya as a result of an increase in the nation’s COVID-19 cases. The United States embassy through a statement on its Kenyan website revealed that the government of Kenya eased up travel restrictions, as well as stay at home directives and business operation hours. The statement reads, “Reconsider travel to Kenya due to COVID-19……The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Kenya due to COVID-19.” It added that, “Travelers at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should consider postponing all travel, including essential…
In a world where phones are a lot smarter, even doubling as everyday cameras for many of us and tablets becoming even more common, it is impressive to find that laptops are not only still very popular today, but have also evolved to meet the ever-growing hunger and demand by users. No matter what your computing needs are; schoolwork like assignments or putting documents together, if it is editing photos, videos or creating animation or games, maybe you just need a laptop to help you keep in touch with family and friends and also effectively execute office work on the…
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has reportedly released an alert to the general public, regarding certain poisonous foods hitting the Kenyan market since the closure of schools by the Education Cabinet Secretary; George Magoha. Martin Masibo who is the Technical Adviser to Kenya Bureau of Standards’ (KEBS) Managing Director; Bernard Njiraini, on the 5th of August 2020 made it known that Kenya’s general public has been unknowingly consuming Maize with a very high level of Aflatoxin. The affected Maize came from schools who resorted to sell their Maize to Millers in a bid to make use of the foodstuff…
If the latest reports are anything to go by, then opening date for schools (which was initially projected to be January 2021) in Kenya, might just change. This is what observers are speculating, following the Education Cabinet Secretary; George Magoha’s National Assembly Education Committee address via a virtual meeting on the 6th of August 2020. According to Kenyan Bell, George Magoha was hesitant when it came to confirming to the committee that schools will be reopened by January 2021. The Education Cabinet Secretary emphasized that schools will only be open for learning, if the daily COVID-19 cases reduce over a…
According to reports, Mrs. Esther Koimett has been replaced as a Director of the Board at Safaricom. The move was reportedly directed by the National Treasury which is a majority shareholder in Safaricom. She is being replaced by Dr. Julius Muia who is the Principal Secretary of the National Treasury. In addition, the telecommunication giant’s shareholders re-elected Ms Rose Ogega, Dr. Bitange Ndemo and Mr. Mohamed Joosub. The Safaricom board, also accepted Nicholas Nganga’s retirement as Chairman. Mr. Nganga who had worked with three (3) Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in Safaricom, has been with the telecommunications company for thirteen (13)…
Latest reports have revealed that popular hotel brand InterContinental Hotel has terminated all its operations in Kenya and also relieved its numerous employees within Kenya, of their duties. Many attribute this to the economic strain and losses brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The General Manager of InterContinental Nairobi; Oliver Geyer informed employees via a notice, that the establishment will be discontinuing its hotel lease in Nairobi. The notice read, “InterContinental Hotels Corporation Limited is for operational reasons, considering a permanent closure of the Intercontinental Nairobi and winding up all its operations in the Republic of Kenya.” According to…
For the first time since March 2020, international flights will resume operations across countries on the african continent. In response Africa, is determined to show that it is committed to preventing any further increase of Coronavirus infections and aiding its possible eradication. According to Business Daily Africa the African Union (AU) in partnership with a number of entities in the private sector, has now set up a digital application. This application will carry out the tracing of contacts across borders in Africa as well as perform bio-screening in a bid to boost the confidence of potential passengers with regards to…
Telecommunications giant; Safaricom has set plans in motion its sights on increasing its home fibre coverage to ensure its subscribers remain connected. This decision is seen as the company’s response to better serve its customers who have largely been indoors as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown. Safaricom’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Peter Ndegwa during the company’s virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) said, “We have a huge opportunity to enable our customers to work or study from home. We are planning to roll out a home fibre connection plan. Between March and June, we have been able to add 25,000…
According to Kenyan Wallstreet East African Giant; Kenya, has now included more countries to its list of countries where travelers coming from said countries, will be exempted from the mandatory quarantine procedures upon arrival into Kenya. The quarantine exemption list which initially only had Ethiopia, Uganda, Canada, Switzerland, China, Zimbabwe, South Korea, Morocco, Namibia, Japan, and Rwanda has now been updated to include France, United Arab Emirates, the United States of America (USA) (excluding Texas, California and Florida), Germany, Qatar, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. If a passenger arriving via an international flight does not have any…
It is common knowledge that whenever Facebook cannot buy a competitor, it takes the battle up a notch. The social media Giant is allegedly offering TikTok creators and influencers very lucrative offers in an attempt to get them to move to its Reels app or at the very least, make it their top priority and first choice. Attached to the lucrative offers is the request that the TikTok creators sign NDA (Non Disclosure Agreements) to keep the details of the offers secret. Facebook will also be covering the production costs for the videos created by the influencers and content creators.…
Dubai based airline Emirates, has got everyone talking about. The airline which is the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates and a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, has announced that it will cover medical expenses of up to 150,000 Euros (19,030,590 Kenyan Shillings) for any passenger who is diagnosed with COVID-19 while flying with the airline. It will pay up to 100 Euros (12,687 Kenyan Shillings) per day for quarantine expenses like hotel rooms, for as long as 2 weeks and also up to 1,500 Euros (190,305 Kenyan Shillings) for funeral expenses should that ever be needed. This coverage…
According to Kenyan Wallstreet, the Board of directors of Tusker Mattresses Limited (Tuskys) announced that its shareholders have now approved its efforts to achieve recapitalization. The chairman of the board made it known that shareholders of Tuskys’ corporate body; Orakam Holdings during a recent meeting, approved the bid to secure a strategic investor. An update from the chairman of the board; Bernard Kahianyu stated that, “During the meeting, the seven shareholders present provided their approval for the progression of an ongoing strategic investor sourcing effort, which is a crucial development and lifeline for the business.” As it stands, the…
