 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Walter Wafula] Safaricom, one of Kenya's leading mobile telephone service providers, has made a deal with Equity Bank to allow its staff to access loans for the acquisition of its IPO shares through the bank at a subsidised interest rate of 10%.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Carole Kimutai] Jamii Telecommunications Ltd (JTL), a subsidiary of AdGroup, has made a strategic investment in TEAMS project to complement its metro fibre network that will allow users reliable and flexible services with high-speed access to the internet.
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| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] GTV has entered into a subscription payment deal with PostaPay and subscribers anywhere in Kenya can now pay their subscriptions online via over 200 branches countrywide. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] The World Economic Forum has selected 40-year-old James Shikwati as a young Global Leader 2008. Shikwati joins 245 leading executives, public figures and intellectuals – all 40 or younger – chosen from around the world. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] One week after Kenya's political protagonists signed a power sharing deal, one of Kenya's fastest growing banks has posted a KSH2.4bn pre-tax profit. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] Thousands of new mothers in Kenya are set to receive free child health tips as part of an ongoing maternal health awareness program funded by Reckitt Benckiser, makers of Dettol. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] Nakumatt has introduced motorised trolleys exclusively for physically disabled and the elderly shoppers. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] The Kenya ICT Board yesterday launched the ICT Public Panels – special stakeholder forums that are designed to enable the private sector to collaborate with the government through the board to develop Kenya's ICT agenda. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] After weeks of watching grisly images of chaos and violence, television viewers in Kenya now have more reason to keep glued to their television sets. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] Kenyan supermarket chain Nakumatt Holdings Ltd will spend US$25 million for projects despite underlying political tensions in Kenya. It has reiterated its confidence in the local economy, pledging to push on with its investment and expansion plans. |
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[Carole Kimutai] Stephen Isaboke is the new GM of MultiChoice Kenya. He is the first Kenyan to hold this position. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] Spin Knit Dairy Kenya is planning to invest over KSh10 million in the upgrade of its technology infrastructure and install an automated milk reception system. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] The big boys of Kenya's mobile telephone industry scooped six of 15 marketing awards during this year's Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK) Warrior Awards gala. The event was held at the Kenya International Conference Centre grounds on Friday, 30 November. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] It was pomp and colour during this year's Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK) awards gala on Friday, November 30. The event brought together more than 500 marketing professionals from various economic sectors. |
| TECHNOLOGY [Carole Kimutai] AccessKenya Group has attained certification for the Cisco Channel Partner Program and is now one of only eight Cisco Premier Partners in Kenya. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] Following the growing success of a round-the-clock shopping concept introduced by Nakumatt Holdings earlier this year, the supermarket chain has expanded the service to Nakumatt Downtown in Nairobi's city centre. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] AccessKenya has contracted to purchase 250Mbps of international bandwidth. As part of this contract, they have now strategically installed three uplinks and three downlinks in Nairobi to create extra redundancy on their international network. |
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[Carole Kimutai] Digital Mobile TV Limited (DMTV) officially launched the DStv Mobile television service in Kenya early last week. This launch keeps Kenya at the front of the digital technology race in Africa and highlights the progressive stance that the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Communications Commission of Kenya is taking in the roll-out of new technologies in Kenya. |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] The World Bank has honoured Kenya as one of the world's top reforming economies. Amos Kimunya, Kenya's Minister for Finance received the award from World Bank at a ceremony sponsored by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID). |
| MARKETING & MEDIA [Carole Kimutai] The first men's lifestyle magazine ADAM has caused quite in Nairobi. CAROLE KIMUTAI caught up with ADAM editor - Oyunga Pala |
