Category: Entrepreneurs
Lufthansa to Scale Back on Flights to Kenya Despite High Bookings
After an 18 year-absence from Kenya, Lufthansa was set to return to Kenya later on this month with five weekly flights to the Jomo Kenyatta Read More
Mövenpick to Open Hotel in Nairobi
After Kempinski, Hemingways, Sheraton and Radisson Blu’s entry into the Kenyan market, Mövenpick has decided to follow suit. Swiss-based Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will open Read More
German Consultancy Firm to Help Cut High Energy Costs for Manufacturers in Kenya
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has hired a German consultancy firm Lahmeyer International to compile electricity consumption data from manufacturers, paving the way for cheap Read More
ThyssenKrupp Enters Kenya’s Booming Property Market
A German firm, ThyssenKrupp Elevators, has entered the Kenyan market targeting the booming property sector to move sales of its elevators, escalators and passenger lifts. It joins Read More
German Manufacturer to Set-up Assembly Plant in Kenya
A local company, Bico, has partnered with a German heavy machinery maker, Liebherr, in a Sh23 billion venture that will see the assembly of road Read More
Research Scholarships at the Deutsches Museum in Munich
The Deutsches Museum in Munich has several attractive scholarships to offer research scholars interested in working for six or 12 months on projects involving the Read More
Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
In 2016 the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) once again opens its doors for fellow researchers from all over the globe. Read More
Education Africa Challenge
Want to join us in Berlin to gain innovation and entrepreneurial skills by working on a concrete challenge? Are you eager to help developing an existing education program from Read More
Afrika Kommt Alumni Making it Big in Kenya
You’ve heard of the Afrika Kommt program, started as a 2 year long exchange program for African professionals interested in learning from their German colleagues. You can read Read More
Kenyan Wins the German Walter-Scheel Award
The Board of Directors of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit unanimously nominated renowned Kenyan economist, James Shikwati to receive this year’s “Walter Scheel Award for Commitment Read More
New European Professional Card Introduced
The European Union is out to attract more non-EU professionals into the regions and to simplify their integration into the EU work market. In addition Read More
What you Need to Know About the Kenyan e-Visa
July 1st (it was delayed a bit, but has been working since the second week of July at least), the Kenyan Ministry of Interior and Read More
New Laws and Regulations August 2015
This month comes along with many new laws and regulations, some very good ones and some other that we’d rather not have, but all in Read More
