Events - Club SK

Exhibition: Chuma Pascal’s The Language of African Art, May 19-Jun 1 2012 @ Banana Hill Art Gallery
Chuma Pascal started drawing when he as 5 years old. He go empowered by his parents and friends, participated in many art competitions and won prizes an awards. Later he joined Buruburu Institute of Fine Arts (BIFA). He has exhibited at the National Museum, Village Market and elsewhere in Nairobi. He imparts art skills to [...]

Call for entries: Slum Film Festival 2012, by Jun. 15 2012
The Slum Film Festival continues with its mission to promote stories about informal settlements and filmmakers from different slums… It’s new edition is now under preparation and here is the opportunity to participate in its next showcase, now open to East African filmmakers. Are you an East African filmmaker? Do you have a film about [...]

Out of Town Special: Blankets & Wine, May 26 2012 @ National Museum & House of Culture Garden-Dar el Salaam (Tanzania)
Date: May 26, 2012 Venue: National Museum and House of Culture Garden, Shaaban Roberts Street, Dar es Saalam Time: 3-8pm Tickets: 25, 000 Tsh

The 2012 Diani Summer Festival, Jun. 27 2012 @ Diani
Amazing Space have teamed up with the Dance Republic and UnCut to bring you the ultimate summer experience: The Diani Summer Festival! Join the event for a weeks all inclusive accommodation at Boabab Resort, transport to and from Ukunda, and in and around Diani, watersports, beach football, beach volleyball, deep sea fishing, cultural fun days, [...]

Swahili Classes by the Research Institute of Swahili studies of Eastern Africa (RISSEA) @ National Museum
The Research Institute of Swahili studies of Eastern Africa (RISSEA) is a directorate of National Museums of Kenya. It is now offering Swahili classes in Nairobi at the National Museums of Kenya Headquarters. The Institute offers Four Modules:- Swahili Language (Swahili basic beginners and advanced) Teaching will be conducted on Swahili grammar and phonetics depending [...]

Exhibition: Shades of Time, May 15-31, 2012 @ National Museum
Shades of Time is an exhibition by Kaafiri Kariuki. This exhibition will be held at the Nairobi National Museum at the Creativity Gallery from May 15-31, 2012. The name Kaafiri Kariuki is synonymous with the intricate and time -consuming technique he calls” dancing pen”. He uses this to critique the status of society, something that [...]

Out of Town/Festival: The 5th Lake Turkana Festival, May 18-20 2012 @ Loyangalani-Turkana
Turkana has been in the news lately for all the right reasons! So here is a perfect excuse for you to visit this region. The 5th Lake Turkana Festival, which will take place from 18th to 20th May 2012 on the shores of the world famous Lake Turkana, the so-called Jade Lake. The Lake Turkana [...]

Slam Africa: The Writeful Throne, May 18 2012 @ DASS Ethiopian Restaurant
Date: May 18, 2012 Venue: DASS Restaurant, Westlands Time: 7-11pm Tickets: Kshs 500 Info: ahmedakil57@gmail.com

Concert: Afro-Zeze Band, May 18 2012 @ Sarakasi Dome

Concert: Kabon, May 18 2012 @ Tamambo Tapas, Village Market

Chase bank launches online business club for SMEs - Business Daily Africa

Business Daily Africa

Chase bank launches online business club for SMEs
Business Daily Africa
Small and medium entrepreneurs can look forward to cheaper business advisory and consultancy services on issues such as tax advisory and legal counselling if they make use of an online SME portal launched by the bank By DAVID HERBLING (email the ...

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Top mortgage lenders record mixed results in first quarter - The Star

Top mortgage lenders record mixed results in first quarter
The Star
KCB, East Africa's largest bank by asset classification, posted a 35 per cent rise in pretax proofits in the three months to Sh3.4 billion from Sh2.5 billion in a similar period in 2011, attributed to increased lending to mortgage, SME and corporate ...

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Chase Bank developing SME portal - The Star

Chase Bank developing SME portal
The Star
Chase Bank Kenya plans to launch an interactive web based portal and business club to woo more SME customers to the bank. The portal known as Kilele Planet will give SME's access to lawyers, auditors, tax specialists, trainers and other industry ...

Equity may change hands to foreigners - The Star

Equity may change hands to foreigners
The Star
We are very happy that the Members of parliament rejected interest rate caps proposed through the finance bill, because this would have forced us to abandon our core clients, the small borrowers and deal with SME's which would and any others whose risk ...

Nokia seeks innovative Kenyans ahead of Africa summit - Business Daily Africa

Business Daily Africa

Nokia seeks innovative Kenyans ahead of Africa summit
Business Daily Africa
“We believe that this challenge provides a stimulating platform for entrepreneurs, students, SME's, professionals, researchers and NGO's to share innovative ideas for the African continent,” said Jussi Hinkkanen, vice president, Corporate Relations and ...

Locally-developed software cuts accounting costs for SMEs - Business Daily Africa

Business Daily Africa

Locally-developed software cuts accounting costs for SMEs
Business Daily Africa
Biashara Cloud is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developed for SMEs. It can be accessed remotely through cloud computing technology through laptops, personal computers, and mobile phones. By Okuttah Mark (email the author) Small and ...

Exports authority in bid to grow small firms - The Star

Exports authority in bid to grow small firms
The Star
The authority says it has identified 30 locations in different counties with access to markets and raw materials “The export focused SMEs play a greater role in earning the country foreign currency contributing to improving our balance of payment,” ...

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Private equity billions flow into East African companies - The Star

Private equity billions flow into East African companies
The Star
Last week, Fusion Capital, announced it will be investing Sh6 billion in local SMEs this year alone in addition to $30million (Sh2.5 billion) put in various businesses last year. “We have been quite happy with the quality and quantity of returns in the ...

CBA opens branch in Thika - The Star

CBA opens branch in Thika
The Star
The bank will also offer SME Mortgage Finance services for the high net value customers settling along the highway,as it also eyes the community that will occupy the upcoming state-of-the-art estates after the completion of construction of the super ...

Minister seeks Sh100bn fund for small firms - Business Daily Africa

Business Daily Africa

Minister seeks Sh100bn fund for small firms
Business Daily Africa
A study released early this month by African Development Bank, covering lending by commercial banks to SMEs in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, showed that one of the main hindrances to the growth is the lack of financing which when available comes ...

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The Last Airbender - playing today [Wednesday] 03:45 PM - Village Market SCREEN 1
"The Last Airbender" - playing today [Wednesday] 03:45 PM - Village Market SCREEN 1

The Other Guys - playing today [Wednesday] 03:45 PM - Westgate SCREEN 6
"The Other Guys" - playing today [Wednesday] 03:45 PM - Westgate SCREEN 6

Wall Street:Money Never Sleeps - playing today [Wednesday] 03:30 PM - Westgate SCREEN 1
"Wall Street:Money Never Sleeps" - playing today [Wednesday] 03:30 PM - Westgate SCREEN 1

Despicable Me (3D) - playing today [Wednesday] 03:30 PM - The Junction SCREEN 1
"Despicable Me (3D)" - playing today [Wednesday] 03:30 PM - The Junction SCREEN 1

The Last Airbender - playing today [Wednesday] 03:30 PM - Westgate SCREEN 5
"The Last Airbender" - playing today [Wednesday] 03:30 PM - Westgate SCREEN 5