The second edition of the Annual SME Conference, convened in partnership with KNCCI, KEPSA, MSEA and the Jua Kali Association, run from March 18th to March 20th at KICC. The conference built on the momentum of the inaugural event, convened under the theme, ‘Powering SMEs for Growth’

The global Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in changes in advertising, marketing, promotions and media spend, forcing businesses and brands to re-evaluate their thinking about current and future advertising and marketing campaigns to maintain a steady stream of income. Most companies with trusted brands managed to leverage technology during the pandemic to remain afloat.

The second Kusi Ideas Festival opened in Kisumu on December 8th 2020 at a critical moment in our history. Kenya and the world were at the crossroads. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed lives in a manner never anticipated. Economy, politics, culture, environment, and all spheres of human endeavours have been disrupted and foreseeably, for good. Against this backdrop, the Kusi Ideas Festival is significant. It presents an opportunity to rethink a new world order. Economic, political and social models that have held the world for generations have come down tumbling.

Nation Media Group launched Nation Puzzles on Nation.Africa. This new feature contains daily crosswords, sudoku, word searches and so much more that is designed to give our audiences and registered members a fresh way to challenge themselves and simulate their minds.

Nation.Africa crossed the 200,000 mark in registered users in just under five months, a boost for Nation Media Group’s digital transformation programme. The achievement cements NMG’s position among media houses on the continent that have transformed to digital brands and succeeded.