- A new study of visa-friendliness by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Commission (AUC) shows that it has been much harder for citizens of other African countries to enter...
- Of people who set fitness goals as part of New Year’s resolutions, a majority give up, and others miss their target. But there are a few who make it and are counting the gains this December.
- More than 85 per cent of middle-income families in Nairobi live in rented houses, pointing to the financial challenges of buying and building their own units.
- The Ministry of Agriculture has started a fresh crackdown on traders violating potato packaging rules after some players started packing them in extended bags.
- A Nigerian businessman has moved to court seeking a refund of $299,000 (more than Sh36 million) from a Kenyan company linked to his countryman following a botched telecoms deal.
- The joint venture between insurance firms Allianz SE and Sanlam Limited is set to be completed by June of next year, launching a partnership that will last for at least a decade.
- Applying the same lens in healthcare, we are beginning to witness several monumental transformations, occurring not just in the first world but also in emerging countries in Africa such as Kenya.
- Domestic electricity bills hit a record high of Sh26.29 per kilowatt-hour in December as the power prices jumped 6.3 per cent compared to the previous month.
- The decision by President William Ruto to write to the Speakers of the National Assembly and the Senate on changes he would like the two houses to explore to the Constitution provided an...
- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) faces a legal dilemma in the wake of President William Ruto’s directive to the taxman to go slow on issuing distress orders that trigger asset seizures of...
- Kenya slid further in the latest Africa visa-friendly ranking, indicating increased difficulty for businesspeople and holidaymakers from the rest of Africa to visit the country.
- The death of legendary Congolese singer and dancer Tshala Muana last week at the age of 64 closed a chapter on one of the most successful careers in African music.
- Hidden in a quiet corner of Nairobi is Hemingways Eden’s restaurant, the latest addition to the city’s upmarket dining spots. Not really a new hotel but renamed from The Eden to Hemingways Eden.
- Kenyans are bracing themselves for another season of costly power following a revelation that the current 15 per cent cuts initiated by the previous administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta...
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has stepped up a reskilling drive in efforts to increase the employability of Kenyan youth as it seeks to bridge the rate of joblessness in Kenya.
- Online safety and steep costs of equipment are among the top factors hindering Kenya's Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from shifting operations to the digital space, a new survey...
- The High Court has blocked the government from the construction of multi-million housing units for the police on a contested parcel of land in Nairobi’s South C area.
- Investment firm TransCentury will face a hard task in its bid to raise Sh2 billion from a rights issue after its stock fell substantially below the price at which it will sell the new shares.
- Forget, for a second, all that heavy-resume stuff on Dr Rose Oronje’s resume. All the “designing and implementations of multi-year, multi-country programmes with African ministries of health and...
- Recently there was an indication that Uganda was contemplating the implementation of the abandoned plan for a standard gauge railway (SGR) project from Malaba to Kampala and on to Kasese.
- High transaction costs and lack of information have discouraged individual investors from participating in Kenya’s stock market, a new study has shown.
- Now is the time to make one’s way to One Off Gallery as it has become a delightfully crowded domain filled with a vast and varied assortment of creative ideas.
- The national health insurer will pay medical bills for alcohol and drug abuse addicts if MPs approve changes to the law aimed at curbing consumption among the youth.
- Creative Murals is a trio of young Kenyan artists who, like the troika of graffiti artists, BSQ, work together on walls to create murals with meaningful messages that are also beautiful to behold.
- The properties belonging to Peter Maina Njehia, who works at the Ketraco were frozen last year, pending a petition for forfeiture of the assets to the state.