Cigna, a health insurance company, has chosen Nairobi, Kenya to serve as headquarters for its operations in Africa. The newly launched office is at One Africa Place, a 8,300 sq ft fully-fledged office space, accommodating more than 80 Cigna employees across the company’s group health solutions. In keeping with Cigna’s mission “to improve the health, wellbeing and peace of mind of those we serve,” the new office space has been designed to promote employee health and wellbeing, as well as efficiency and productivity. To further improve easy access to care in Kenya, Cigna has also recently opened an office in…
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Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.
Angeliqua Rivera, from Dusit D2 Hotel emerged the Kenyan Bartender of the year, at the Diageo Kenya World Class Competition 2019. Angeliqua created a signature cocktail dubbed Fallen heroes in honour of her colleagues who lost their lives on the 15th of January during a terror attack on 14 Riverside. “It has been tough for us having gone through what we went through but through hard work, determination and the support of my colleagues I was able to pull through this competition,” said Angeliqua. “I would encourage the youth especially girls not to shy away from bartending; it is a…
John Yoshi from Alliance High School emerged the best student with 87 points (out of 100), followed by 16-year old Abigail Mukene from Alliance Girls High School who scored 84 points, tying with Natasha Nyambura Ngatia, 15, from Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls in the ongoing InterswitchSPAK STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) competition. Natasha Nyambura Ngatia, 15, from Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls. Alex Wangara, also 15, from Kagumo High scored 83 points emerging fourth, followed by Wilberforce Odiwour, 16, from Kanga High School. Central Region emerged tops in the National Qualifying Test for the ongoing InterswitchSPAK STEM competition. Nyanza emerged…
Software Group, a firm that provides digital financial solutions, has appointed Mr. Connor Hanan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Africa. Hanan will oversee Africa’s operations and sales and manage the Kenya and Ghana teams of over 60 employees. Currently, Software Group works with more than 65 clients in Africa including banks, insurance companies, MFIs, and Saccos. One of the main goals of the company would be to grow its team sustainably over the coming years as well as to analyze and identify new markets for expansion. “The African financial ecosystem is a place of constant change; new frontiers of…
The Kenya Bureau of Standards has initiated Kenya Quality Award (KQA), to promote and entrench a quality culture amongst Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya. The Kenya Quality Award programme besides recognising MSMEs to produce quality products, they will assist them to initiate, develop and implement quality management systems to a status of certification. “We recognize the opportunity to build capacities for MSMEs to develop formal quality models that will help them mature to effective sustainable quality management systems,” said Kebs acting managing director, Bernard Njiraini during the launch on Monday. https://twitter.com/KEBS_ke/status/1139431860105351168 The Kenya QualityAwards targets enterprises in…
Female agripreneurs across Africa will be able to connect, network and grow their businesses thanks to the new VALUE4HERConnect platform. The VALUE4HERConnect network will help bring women entrepreneurs in agriculture together in a virtual community and serve as an important business resource for members. The network, which was launched at AWAN-Afrika’s first continental conference and VALUE4HER B2B fair, is part of a program led by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) to empower women in agriculture. Despite accounting for 40% of the agricultural workforce worldwide, women’s participation in agribusiness is often limited to low-profit production. “While women…