Author: David Indeje

Lorraine Onduru is the new staff hire for Uber as Head of Communications in East Africa. She will be in charge of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. In her new role, Lorraine will be in charge of all media engagement and communications for Uber and Uber Eats. She replaces Janet Kemboi who resigned 5 months ago.  “Super excited to begin my journey at Uber as Communications Lead for East Africa,” said Lorraine a former Account Director at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a Public Relations firm. “Looking forward to an amazing ride! She added in a post on her LinkedIn page.  “I am beyond…

The Mara Phones manufacturing factory is the first of its kind in Rwanda and the African continent. Rwanda on Monday launched Mara Phones manufacturing plant which will make ‘Made in Rwanda’ quality, affordable smartphones.  The launch was officiated by President Paul Kagame on Monday. The first ‘made in Rwanda’ phones rolled off the assembly line last week according to the presidency said. Mara Phone is the first-ever manufactured smartphones in Africa. Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs and 120,250 Rwandan francs respectively. https://twitter.com/MaraPhones/status/1181163650142363649 “Mara Phones strongly believes that Smartphone manufacturing…

Sokowatch, a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce supply chains for informal retailers, has appointed Ms. Angela Nzioki as chief executive officer to lead Kenya’s operations. She will also “Lead our team towards growth, expansion and sustainability,” said Galaty Grace, Talent Acquisition Manager, Sokowatch. She said her appointment was a strategic move towards the company’s leadership growth. Previously Angela served as the Co-Founder and COO of Pluspeople Kenya Limited where she was responsible for the company’s operations which ranged from growth, fundraising, capacity building, and strategic development. “We live on a continent where the majority of people live in an informal setting with…

Social media mogul Jack Dorsey, the Twitter chief executive is coming to Africa in November. “Headed to Africa for all of November! Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa,” Jack announced on his Twitter feed. https://twitter.com/jack/status/1180191189590392832 He also said he was going to spend a lot of time with entrepreneurs, including Ethiopia’s ‘Tech Queen’ Betelhem Dessie, Project Manager at iCog, Noel Daniel, who is a cofounder at Africa Tech Next (a global series of panel events on African tech entrepreneurship and market opportunities in the continent’s unfolding digital revolution). He is also a co-founder at Jack will also meet iCog’s chief…

Equity Group Holdings Plc (NSE: EQTY) has announced its commitment to scaling its services to establish a firm footprint across Africa. Equity Group Managing Director and CEO Dr. James Mwangi said the bank is now a ‘mature brand’ on Wednesday when celebrating 35 years of existence. “Our story will be about economic transformation…by the end of this financial year, we shall close with a trillion balance sheet…that is equivalent to 30% of Kenya’s budget and 10% size of Kenya’s economy.” “We are committing ourselves to scale our services across Africa,” he announced. The bank, with operations in  Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,…

Sulwe is a Dhuluo word meaning “Star.” Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o  has said her debut children’s book ‘Sulwe’ arrives October 15. “This book is my dream come true for kids like her today,” says the Oscar award-winning actress in her Instagram post. ‘Sulwe’ aims to serve as a mirror for dark-skinned girls to see characters that look like them and to tackle colourism. Sharing a photo of her 5-year-old self, she said that the book reflects on her feelings when she read books but couldn’t see black characters that looked like her. She wrote:  “This is 5-year-old me. I reflected…