Broadcasters, filmmakers, producers, advertising agency executives, regulators and policymakers from all over Africa are expected in Nairobi for the first African Broadcast and Film Conference from 23-25 September. The gathering at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre will explore such issues as...

Sending or receiving cash has never been easier for the over 11 million cell phone subscribers in Kenya thanks to the extension of the M-Pesa money transfer system offered by the leading mobile telecommunications provider, Safaricom, to Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs)....

The annual “Know Kenya” course run by the Kenya Museum Society (KMS) will take place from 27 October to 1 November at the newly renovated Nairobi National Museum. The week-long study programme for residents and new arrivals includes ten morning lectures...

The Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art is holding a monthly sale of Kenyan art at affordable prices at its premises in the Parklands area of Nairobi. On the last Saturday of the month visitors to the new, expanded museum and exhibition...

Delta airlines has opened offices in Nairobi ahead of the launch of direct flights between Kenya and the US, now scheduled for early next year. The American carrier was due to begin services in mid-2008 but start-up was delayed allegedly because...

The two mobile phone companies operating in Kenya, Safaricom and Zain, can relax for a couple of months following the news that would-be competitor Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK) Limited has postponed the launch of services until November. Econet managing director Michael...

The one-time head of the Kenya anti-corruption commission John Githongo has called for an amnesty for high-level corruption suspects on condition of full confession and the voluntary surrender of stolen wealth. This, he says, is the most practical way of dealing...

Nairobians could be facing a meat shortage following the ordered closure of five private slaughterhouses in the capital due to non-compliance with environmental regulations. The order affects Dagoretti, Nyongara, Mumu, Thiani and Nyonjoro abattoirs, which together slaughter over 330 animals a...

Kenyan no-frills airline Fly540 is preparing to launch a new service linking the capital Nairobi to Mwanza in northwestern Tanzania. The service, which is expected to come into operation in October, follows the launch by the carrier of international flights to...

Mobile telecommunications company Celtel has rebranded its operations across Africa to Zain and announced moves to increase its competitiveness in local markets. Under the renaming Celtel Kenya has become Zain Kenya and Celtel Tanzania Zain Tanzania. Zain is the name of...