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David Karangu could possibly be the only Kenyan immigrant to the United States that owns his own luxury plane. A toy purchased with the spoils from years of hard work and focus in the US car industry. The very straight forward and focused Karangu often talks about his ambition early on during his early years [...]
MasterCard Worldwide, today launched its official East African regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This development brings the number of MasterCard offices across the African continent to five, with other offices operational in Cairo, Casablanca, Lagos, Johannesburg and now Nairobi. Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Kenya welcomed MasterCard’s announcement. “We are pleased to welcome MasterCard to [...]
Gilda Odera – Kenya’s BPO CZAR
Gilda Odera is a Pioneer in Kenya’s burgeoning outsourcing Industry. She founded the second call center in the country offering services to international clients. An Upper Second Class Graduate of the University of Nairobi in 1989, Gilda started her working career as a marketer in a company called Marketing Support Services and worked her way [...]
Michael Joseph is CEO of the most profitable publicly traded company in East Africa, Safaricom Limited. He has held this portfolio since July 2000 when the company was re-launched as a joint-venture with Telkom Kenya. He has extensive international experience in the implementation and operation of large wireless and wire-line networks. Since the re-launch of [...]
Israeli Delegation on Eight Day Official Tour of Five African Countries
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr Avigdor Liberman is expected in Accra on Monday, as part of an eight-day official tour of 5 African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. A statement issued and signed by Mr William Anani-Abotsi, Assistant Director of Information and Public Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional [...]
Customer Satisfaction Tips from Kenya
Wanjiku Wangai of Kenya, owner of a small retail store, always handles customer complaints himself. “If I cannot deliver very good customer service my own self, how can I expect it of my employee?” he asks. “Besides, I learn a lot about how I can improve my business, when a customer complains. And they learn [...]
Kenya Building Africa’s Largest Wind Farm
Kenya recently announced plans to build the largest wind farm in Africa. As energy demands increase and blackouts continue to be commonplace accross the continent, African Governments and private companies alike are constantly looking for new energy technology solutions. Kenya through its main power company KenGen is positioning itself as a leader in the use [...]
Hillary Clinton’s 7 Country Africa Tour
The Obama Administration is sending strong signals to African stakeholders that it will engage Africa and African Governments with more fervor than ever before and as equal partners. In a briefing today, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, who is the Administration’s lead man on Africa policy, said “I hope the United States is not lecturing anyone but [...]
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen)
Stima Plaza, Phase III, Kolobot Road P.O Box 47936 Nairobi-00100 Phone No. 254 20 3666000 Fax No. 254 20 248848 Chairman Not Available CEO or MD Edward Njoroge Name of External Affairs or Press Contact Rebecca Miano Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is a Kenya-based electric power generation company. Its core business is to develop, [...]
