Nairobi, Kenya, Monday 29th June 2026 – The Board of Absa Bank Kenya PLC has today announced the resignation of Abdi Mohamed from the role of Managing Director and CEO, effective 30 June 2026, to pursue other career opportunities. Mr. Mohamed is leaving the Bank after a 32-year career during which he served in various leadership roles,…
Tareq-Mumood-Visa-Regional-President-for-CEMEA Visa Inc. has unveiled new digital payment solutions aimed at transforming smartphones into powerful payment tools for small businesses, as the global financial services giant moves to simplify how merchants accept and send money in emerging markets. Â Visa introduced new capabilities under Visa Accept and Visa Direct, innovations designed to help micro sellers, informal…
The Safal MRM Foundation and Mabati Rolling Mills have marked this year’s World Environment Day by launching a major conservation initiative that saw the planting of more than 1,000 indigenous and fruit tree seedlings at Lenana School, transforming environmental awareness into direct climate action. The initiative, dubbed the Safal Eye in the Wild Photography Competition…
PS Science, Research and Innovation Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak (R) engages Science for Africa Foundation CEO Dr. Tom Kariuki (L) & Aga Khan University Institute for Human Development (IHD) Director Prof. Amina Abubakar during the University’s IHD Conference advocating for increased investment in research, innovation, and evidence-based policy solutions to improve health and development outcomes among…
Even as Africa marked the annual Day of the African Child in remembrance of the 1976 Soweto Uprising in South Africa, education stakeholders have warned that millions of children across the continent continue to face deep inequalities that deny them access to meaningful learning. The concerns were evident at Wangu Primary School in Nairobi’s Dandora…
From Left to Right: Benard Kiragu, Corporate Governance Auditor, Scribe Services Registrars, Equity Group Company Secretary and Head of Tax, Lydia Ndirangu, Group Chairman, Prof. Isaac Macharia, Group Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi, Rosa Nduati-Mutero, Managing Partner, ALN Kenya, Bernice Kimacia, Auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, during the Group’s 22nd Annual General Meeting. Shareholders of Equity…
Technopolis Development Authority Chief Manager Physical Planning Compliance and Environment, Arch. Annah Musyimi (Centre) loads seed balls into a drone ahead of the seed broadcast at Konza Technopolis that saw over 36,000 seeds broadcasted via drone over 400 acres within the Konza Technopolis Wildlife Conservancy. Konza Technopolis, Kenya – June 24, 2026 — Technopolis Development Authority (formerly Konza Technopolis Development…
Nairobi, 24th June 2026 – The European Union Delegation to Kenya and the Equity Group Foundation have entered a partnership aimed at expanding access to quality education, strengthening human capital development, and widening global learning opportunities for high-achieving students in Kenya and across the region. The agreement was signed by the European Union Ambassador to…
Cases of missing and found children have become increasingly common across the country, leaving many families in agony as they search for their loved ones. Children may go missing from home or other care settings for a range of complex and often overlapping reasons including abduction, abandonment, running away, getting lost, trafficking, neglect, inadequate care…
For a long time, I have asked myself the wrong question. I have spent years placing African designers in Porto, Paris, Dubai, New York, and London for international buyers who arrived with their own frameworks of value, selected what resonated with them, and then departed. The work has been meaningful, and I do not regret…
