Success Stories

Lynk recently won Ksh. 1.5 Million in the Safaricom Appwiz 2015 competition and I was able to catch-up with Erick Obiero, the lead developer at Lynk.

The protecting of children when exploring the online world by parents has now been made easy by the introduction of the ESET Parental Control for Android app, which provides age and category-based filters to restrict children’s access to inappropriate web content.

KCB has launched a long term, bank-wide Loyalty and Reward Solution dubbed Simba Loyalty Programme designed to create a full customer-friendly reward mechanism. 

Airtel has announced that it has opened 18 new customer service shops across Kenya over the last ten months with a plan to open 10 more before the end of its financial year that ends in April 2016.

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Kenya, has officially launched a working group that will focus on responsible business practices, good governance, and anti-corruption.

Airtel and I&M Bank Ltd have announced a partnership that enables I&M Bank customers access to their accounts via Airtel Money free of charge.

ESET, a global leader in security software for over 25 years, is set to develop a new range of secure USB flash drives with in-built antivirus.

The Government has secured extension of the sugar safeguard that was due to expire in February 2016 for an additional one year up to February, 2017, which gives Kenya more time to streamline the ailing industry.

Although Kenya is the home of the Silicon Savannah, it is known to be historically skeptical of online shopping. This year, however, the tide has turned thanks to Holiday Sales.

Simba Corporation’s Agriculture Division held a tractor demonstration and open day for its recently acquired SAME tractors franchise. The company got into the tractor business to take over the Kenyan dealership of SAME Deutz-Fahr, an Italian manufacturer of agricultural equipment.