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Longhorn Publishers Newsletter September 2022
Longhorn Publishers Plc has recently released its September 2022 issue, packed with insights and events from the largest publishing house in Africa....
Longhorn Publishers Releases New Books For The Primary Segment
Longhorn Publishers PLC as recently released new books for the Primary segment under the revision, course books and reference categories. The new books are aimed at providing students with a complete set of learning tools to improve their learning experience. The new products are Longhorn Grade 4 Coursebooks, Mastering KCPE...
44th KESSHA – Kenya Secondary School Heads Association Annual National Conference
On 9th June, The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association kicked off its 44th KESSHA Annual National Conference at the Kenya School of Revenue Administration (KESRA) in Mombasa. The week-long conference was attended by more than 13,000 principals and representatives from different secondary schools across the country. During this conference, we...
Regional KSSHA – Regional launch on the Encyclopaedia
Longhorn Publisher PLC launched its ultimate secondary revision companion; Longhorn KCSE Encyclopaedia Form 4 in over 15 Regional KSSHA conferences. The encyclopaedia developed by recognized authors and examiners in line with the current curriculum offers comprehensive revision for KCSE. The encyclopedia comes in four volumes: Vol 1 Languages...
Longhorn Publishers PLC donates books to Peter Tabichi, winner of the 2019 Global Teacher Award
On April 9th 2019, Longhorn Publishers Plc donated textbooks to Peter Tabichi, the Global Teacher Prize winner 2019 at the the KCCB conference held at Catholic University of East Africa from 9th to 12th April 2019. The books will be utilised in his school as he continues to create a...
Tamasha Ya Kiswahili
The Tamasha ya Kiswahili conference, a conference attended by over 100 secondary school students is meant to promote the appreciation of Kiswahili as a language in Secondary school brings together renowned Kiswahili authors to talk about their journey as authors as well as to debate upon the modern-day challenges facing the...
Bioethics Society of Kenya Conference
The Bioethics Society of Kenya held its 3rd Bioethics Society of Kenya Annual Conference on 15th and 16th March 2019. The conference attended by over 50 society members brought together medical practitioners and scientists to promote ethics in all areas including research, medicine and healthcare. Longhorn Publisher PLC was on...
Kisumu Boys National Geography Workshop
Longhorn Publishers PLC in partnership with Kisumu Boys High hosted the Kisumu Boys National Geography Workshop. The workshop held on 21st and 22nd Feb was attended by over 350 geography teachers. The purpose of the workshop was to address the challenges of teaching geography and to promote the uptake of...
Longhorn continues it’s dominance in the new curriculum system
Longhorn Publishers Plc has released a revision product for the New Competency Based Curriculum titled Longhorn Competence Based Smartscore Encyclopaedia, for pupils in Grade 1, 2 and 3. The books were launched in February 2019 to over 1,000 schools across the country through capacity building workshops that equipped teachers with...
Kiswahili teachers to benefit from training by Longhorn Publishers
The training, organised by Longhorn Publishers targets primary school teachers countrywide in all the 47 counties to equip them with best practices for teaching Kiswahili to improve the performance of the subject. The training is also meant to drive awareness and adoption of the company’s new curriculum products in schools....
Longhorn to set up e-learning Centre at City Women’s Prison
Longhorn Publishers will set up a digital learning centre to help inmates at the Lang’ata Women’s Prison access the latest learning materials that are in line with the new competence-based curriculum. The publisher, which is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), will install its e-learning platform in the computers...
Longhorn MD opens up about his professional life in an Interview
The new boss at Longhorn Publishers was an insider, handpicked to replace Simon Ngigi who resigned after three years at the helm. He has taken up the corner office at a time when the industry is facing digital disruptions. The finance and accounts guru whose eight-year stay at Price Waterhouse...
Longhorn Publishers Plc Records A 38% Growth in Profit
3rd September 2018 Nairobi, Kenya…..Longhorn Publishers Plc has recorded a 17% increase in turnover to close at Shs 1.69 Billion against the previous year turnover of Shs 1.45 Billion. Profit after tax for the year ended 30 June 2018 rose by 38% to Kes 183 million up from Kes 133...
Longhorn Publishers Donates Books Worth KSh 1 Million to Sauti Kuu Foundation
Longhorn Publishers joined the star-studded line-up of guests which included immediate Former President of the United States of America Barack Obama, legendary singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka and other dignitaries in launching Auma Obama’s Sauti Kuu Foundation, where they donated books worth over Ksh 1Million to the K’Ogelo Library. Board members,...
Appointment Of Acting Group Managing Director
The Board of Directors of Longhorn Publishers Plc wishes to inform all shareholders and stakeholders that it has appointed Mr. Maxwell Wahome as the Acting Group Managing Director effective immediately. Mr Maxwell Wahome joined the Group in September 2016 and has been serving as the Chief Operations Officer. Mr Wahome...
Longhorn Publishers Launches Mutu wa Gethoi’s Elders of the Mace
28TH JUNE 2018, Nairobi, Kenya ……We were happy to support legendary historian and culture activist, Mutu wa Gethoi in launching his latest novel Elders of the Mace. The book which took 20 years to complete is a fictional story set in Watuland which reveals the Africans’ effort to address issues...
Longhorn Publishers, Stewart Samkange Hold Book Reading Session
Stewart Samkange is by day the SAP SuccessFactors East Africa Director. He recently took time off his busy schedule to read ‘Tukutu Learns a Lesson’ off the Longhorn Publishers Integrity Series to Kiota Kindergarten pupils. His contagious energy and dramatic narration hooked children and adults alike to the world of...
Longhorn’s Soma Caravan Initiative partners with Caroline Mutoko to equip Kasarini Primary School with books
The Longhorn Soma Caravan Initiative partnered with Caroline Mutoko to equip Kasarini Primary School with books on 14th March 2018. The Initiative seeks to supplement the efforts of the Government in ensuring a book ratio of 1 to 1 in all schools countrywide, The Publisher aims to distribute 1 million...
Longhorn Launches New Competency-Based Curriculum Books
Longhorn Publishers in partnership with the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) has today reassured teachers of the availability of the learning materials to implement the competency-based curriculum. Speaking on behalf of the Managing Director during a forum attended by over 3000 ECDE and Primary teachers, Longhorn Primary Sales Manager, Joseph...