Author: Khusoko

Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.

DStv and GOtv have announced new shows for the young and young at heart. With a new show of programs set to premier each month for the kids. The announcement was made during the 2021 MultiChoice Kenya Content Showcase where the company announced a line-up of upcoming content for its customers throughout the year. Nancy Matimu, MultiChoice Kenya Managing Director said, “The kids’ segment is an important one for us as they are part of our most loyal and demanding customers. With over 15 kids’ channels on our platforms, we strive to ensure that we keep the line-up fresh and…

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MultiChoice has announced that from June 2021, DStv customers will be able to amp up their entertainment by adding movie channels onto their current packages at a fraction of the cost. During the 2021 MultiChoice Kenya Content Showcase Managing Director said, “We continue to look for ways to create more choice and value for our customers and improve the viewing experience. Constant innovation is a critical success factor for our business to meet our consumer demands.  This also means putting our customers in control of their viewing by making it much easier for them to choose what they want to…

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MultiChoice Kenya Monday hosted its content showcase under the theme ‘Celebrating our voices and telling our stories like only we can.’ During the showcase, the company made announcements on content additions that are set to be added onto DStv and GOtv in the coming months to offer more choice and variety to its customers. For Kenyan customers, MultiChoice Kenya recently launched riveting Kenyan shows on its Maisha Magic channels that continue to captivate Kenyan audiences homes keeping viewers glued to their screens throughout the day. “MultiChoice Kenya remains committed to telling the best local stories that bring people together around…

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SuperSport, Africa’s leading aggregator of sporting content will broadcast the EURO 2021 games LIVE. SuperSport will give DStv and GOtv customers front row seats to all 51 matches of the EURO 2021 that will be broadcast from 12 cities culminating in the final at Wembley on July 11. MultiChoice Kenya has also announced that it has prepared 8 dedicated channels for the Olympic games for its DStv customers and 4 channels for GOtv customers for the Olympics.   SuperSport will air all 339 gold medal events with the Grandstand channel on DStv carrying the best events at any given time.…

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BIC, makers of stationery, lighters, and shavers, is searching for talented ball pen artists to submit their exceptional artworks for an opportunity to be named the Art Master of the Middle East and Africa. The BIC Art Master competition was first held in South Africa in 2017. Following 2017 success, it expanded to all of Africa in 2019.  Now in 2021, the competition includes the Middle East region. The region is packed with immensely talented people and in its 4th year, the BIC Art Master contest plans to recognize and celebrate these artists.  Using only BIC ballpoint pens, entrants have…

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Simiyu Robinson Wanjala emerged as the top student in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. Wanjala, who sat his exams at Murang’a High School scored an A plain of 87.33 points to emerge as the top student out of the 747,161 candidates who registered and sat for the exams. “By the time I got to form four my target was to be the best but I wasn’t expecting it to be this good; my expectation was just to perform well…,” Simiyu Robinson Wanjala said while being interviewed on Citizen Tv. Wesonga Allan from Agoro Sare emerged second.…

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