BURN’s second Ashden Award; the company was first honoured in 2015 BURN, Kenya’s clean cookstove manufacturer and carbon project developer, has been named the 2025 Ashden Award Winner for Outstanding Achievement under the Global South category—a major milestone in it’s mission to save lives and forests through its clean cooking appliances. The announcement was made […]
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Java House’s corporate social responsibility arm of Java Foundation and Craft Silicon Foundation, a corporate social responsibility arm of Craft Silicon Ltd – have launched a strategic partnered to support communities through school feeding and digital literacy initiatives. The partnership will see the two foundations collaborate to improve educational outcomes by addressing challenges in school
A team of students from The African Leadership University, Machakos University, Technical University of Mombasa, and the United States International University – Africa, have been recognized as one of the top three finalists of the prestigious Microsoft Imagine Cup finals. The winner was announced at an event during Microsoft Build this week. Now in its
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The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) East Africa Academy, in collaboration with Cameras Africa and Sony Middle East and Africa, recently hosted a two-day Advanced Cinematography Masterclass. The event, which took place on 17th and 18th June, brought together over 50 senior and mid-level cinematographers from across East Africa to gain firsthand exposure to Sony’s next-generation
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ARC Ride, Kenya’s e-mobility battery-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has raised $5 million financing from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor to provide affordable, reliable and clean e-mobility solutions for rapidly developing cities in Kenya. E-mobility is crucial to Kenya’s climate goals, aiming for a low-carbon transport system by 2030. The
NCBA Group PLC has posted a profit after tax of KES 5.5 billion inits Q1 2025 financial results which is a 3.0 per cent increase compared to KES 5.3 billion reported during a similar period in 2024. NCBA Group’s disbursed over KES 307 billion in digital loans, 32 per cent up year on year. It’s
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Hilton plans to almost triple its presence in Africa to more than 160 hotels in the coming years by opening more than 100 hotels on the continent and creating approximately 18,000 jobs for local people. Carlos Khneisser, chief development officer, Middle East & Africa, Hilton, said, “Africa offers incredible opportunities, from thriving business hubs to
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Dr Andy Mabaso, Group Chief Technology Officer, Altron Johannesburg has always been a city of builders – of infrastructure, of enterprise, and of possibility, and I like to think that I’m one of them. My career began not in a startup hub or a corporate boardroom, but on the floors of Transnet Engineering. There, surrounded
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BetaLab, Britam’s Innovation Hub, has set up operations at the Two Rivers International Finance and Innovation Centre (Trific) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to help accelerate fintech innovation and investment across Africa. BetaLab will back startups tackling innovative challenges in areas such as claims processing, SME financing, savings solutions, and healthcare, among others, with investment capital
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