Author: Lorine Otamo

Alusa Continua translates as the story continues, and the title fits the partnership behind it. Safaricom has followed Bien-Aimé Alusa Baraza, popularly known as Bien, solo career, and the album experience on Saturday 7 November 2026 marked the latest step in that relationship. The evening brought together fans, friends and partners of the singer-songwriter for a preview of his second solo studio album. The album releases worldwide on 20 November 2026. A barbershop, a tea stall and a brand booth The Safaricom Bald Man Swagger barbershop drew guests who wanted a fresh cut before the show. Those who skipped the…

President William Ruto has nominated Lydia Sitienei Chelagat as Kenya’s Data Commissioner, and the National Assembly must approve the appointment. Government Spokesperson Charles Owino announced the nomination in a press release on Monday, 9 November 2026. Chelagat is Director of Legal Services and Corporation Secretary at the Communications Authority of Kenya. She would take over from Immaculate Kassait, Kenya’s first Data Commissioner, whose single term of six years has ended. Kassait’s term ends after six years of building the regulator Kassait was appointed in November 2020, after the Data Protection Act, 2019 created the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner…

Boniface Mungania now leads M-PESA and Safaricom’s financial services business as Chief Financial Services Officer, after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) approved his appointment. M-PESA, Safaricom’s mobile money service, now has a named head who reports directly to Group CEO Dr. Peter Ndegwa. This is the position as of 6 November 2026. Mungania replaces Esther Masese Waititu, who departed in July. His LinkedIn profile lists him as acting Chief Financial Services Officer from August 2026. He joined Safaricom in 2007 as a customer service representative Mungania has spent nearly 20 years at Safaricom. He joined in February 2007 and…

The Reno16 price in Kenya starts at KES 69,999 for the Reno16 F 5G, OPPO Kenya announced. The Reno16 5G costs KES 79,999, which is KES 10,000 more. OPPO also sells the Enco Air5 earbuds at KES 3,999, and all three products sit in its stores across the country. Reno16 price in Kenya puts the 5G KES 10,000 above the F The Reno16 F 5G offers a battery of up to 7,000mAh, according to OPPO. The company puts batteries across the series at 6,700mAh or more. The unit mAh, or milliamp hours, measures battery capacity. The statement does not say…

Professor Phoebe Okowa has won a full nine year term as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She secured the required majority in both the UN General Assembly and the Security Council, which voted at the same time on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The vote Nine candidates competed for five seats. The court’s statute requires each winner to hold an absolute majority in both bodies, and the two vote separately. Okowa won alongside four other candidates: Dapo Akande, United Kingdom, professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and a member of the UN International…

 NCBA Group PLC has put two Nedbank executives on its board, one day after Nedbank’s purchase of 66% of the bank closed. Michael Howard Davis and Anél Bosman became Non Executive Directors on November 3, 2026. The board also named Esther Wanjiku Kung’u as Group Company Secretary. Board changes follow the ownership change The appointments take effect on the date the share transfer went through the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Nedbank’s plan provides for it to nominate at least two directors to the NCBA board, and these are the first two names. The same plan lets NCBA shareholders appoint one representative…