Kenya Daily
At Daily Kenya we track over 200,000 Kenyan startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 33 News companies in Nairobi Area. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top News Companies & Startups (Nairobi Area)
Equity Group Holdings
Equity Group Holdings is a financial services holding company that specializes in the manufacturing of plastics products.
Founder(s): Peter Munga
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Media and Entertainment, News
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KBC TV
The leading Broadcaster, providing quality programmes.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Broadcasting, Electronics, News
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Wee Media
Wee Media is a multi-platform media company for Millennials and Gen Z in Africa.
Founder(s): Keshu Dubey, Nayantara Jha, Rishabh Lawania
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Digital Media, News, Social Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
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The Star Kenya
The Star is now the third largest newspaper in Kenya.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News, Publishing
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Disrupt Africa
Disrupt Africa is a blog that provides readers information about startups and technology in Africa.
Founder(s): Tom Jackson
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News
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Nation Media Group
Nation Media Group operates as a independent media house.
Founder(s): Aga Khan IV
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Advertising, Bitcoin, News
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Mt.Kenya Times
Mt.Kenya Times is a print newspaper in Africa.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Digital Media, News
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Techmoran
Techmoran is an African media for tech entrepreneurs providing an insightful coverage of Africa’s technology innovations through its tours.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News
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Techspace Africa
Techspace Africa is an independent online magazine that publishes daily in-depth stories on technology-related news.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, News
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Hisa Inc
Hisa is a Fintech Company that owns both a media content business (the Kenyan Wallstreet) and a platform (Hisa App).
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Digital Media, Financial Services, News, Online Portals
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The Standard Digital
The Standard Digital is a go-to source that features breaking news across Kenya and worldwide.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News, Publishing, Sports
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HiviSasa.com
At Hivisasa, we believe that societies function best when information flows freely among people.
Founder(s): Chloe Spoerry
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Internet, News, Sports
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The Able Wireless Company
The Able Wireless Company is an on-demand Wireless Streaming Service Provider that provides caching equipment.
Founder(s): Kahenya Kamunyu
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Audio, News, Video, Video Streaming
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futaa.com
Interactive Football news website for West and East Africa.
Founder(s): Patrick Korir
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: eSports, News, Sports
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TechArena
Techarena is a technology news and reviews website in Kenya whose main aim is to report on the latest happenings in the technology sector
Founder(s): kaluka wanjala
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Information Technology, News, Publishing
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Ghafla!
Ghafla is an African entertainment news website.
Founder(s): Samuel Majani
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News
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The EastAfrican
The EastAfrican carries a selection of stories from the newspaper Business Daily, published out of Nairobi by the Nation Media Group.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News
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Angaza Boma
Angaza Boma is a solar technology company based in Kenya that provides solutions to enhance its users’ living standards.
Founder(s): Kennedy Lamwenya
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Lighting, News, Solar
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Gadgets Africa
Gadgets Africa is a digital media platform that publishes Gadgets Africa, WeeTracker and Afromaisha.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, News
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Incubate Africa
Crunching the African Tech Space
Founder(s): Benjamin Mwalimu, Jessy Lesley
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Blogging Platforms, News, Social Impact
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Business Today
Businesstoday.co.ke is the leading online business news and information portal.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News
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TabAds
TabAds provides tablets and places behind headrests in cabs.
Founder(s): Patrick Cheruiyot
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Media and Entertainment, News
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OilNews Kenya
East Africa’s latest & current Oil and Gas news
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News
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Linktons
Linktons web magazine is the best portal providing information about the useful best websites & blogs of different niche and topics.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Internet, Internet of Things, News, Publishing, Social Media
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Bigwig PC
Bigwig PC provides the latest breaking news and videos straight from the technology industry.
Founder(s): Bartholomew Mbugua
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, News
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African Laughter
African Laughter is a producer of editorial content to become a prominent supplier to the Kenyan and media industry.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Communications Infrastructure, Internet, News, Public Relations, Social Media
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Afritorial
Afritorial is an online magazine for pop culture, news, literary and cultural commentary across Africa.
Founder(s): Neva Mwiti
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Content, Media and Entertainment, News
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Kachwanya
Kachwanya.com is a blogsite dedicated to Tech gadget reviews, Business IT news updates, Social Media management, and Startup discussions.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Internet, News, Software
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Mail & Guardian Africa
Mail & Guardian Africa is a digital Pan-African news publication that publishes news, analysis, and opinion pieces about the continent.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: News
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Smatt Geeks Media
Smatt Geeks Media is a destination for the latest in tech news, industry commentary, and reviews.
Founder(s): Mike Shiangala
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Communities, Information Technology, News
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Newsfromafrica
Newsfromafrica is an independent online news agency that publishes news and feature stories written from an African perspective.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Communities, News
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Live 99 Years
Live 99 Years is a startup dedicated to providing information about the latest health and medical products
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Fitness, Health Care, News
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sasa.admin
Hivisasa.com is a local news site tailored for the mobile web.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Internet, Mobile, News, Publishing, Social Media
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