15 Oct 2020 - By Getrude Matayo Grade four and standard eight learners will sit for an assessment test beginning Monday next week just a week after reopening following a six months holiday. According to The KNEC, the test is to determine the impact that the long break accessioned by the Covid-19 pandemic on…

15 Oct 2020 - Electricity generating company (KenGen) is set to earn about USD 1,100,960 (about Ks 118million) in the next seven years from the Olkaria II Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project. This follows a decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to renew the power…

15 Oct 2020 - Population Services (PS) Kenya has announced it will hold a series of cancer screening events targeting over 2500 women in partnership with Stanbic bank in various areas of the country to mark the Breast Cancer Awareness month. Women aged 25 years and above in Nairobi, Kisumu, Kiambu, Mombasa and…

15 Oct 2020 - The service providers are expected to provide both portable and installed solar home systems consisting of at least two fixed lights

15 Oct 2020 - By Nsunjo Erica The government of Rwanda approved the cultivation, processing, and exportation of marijuana/cannabis for medicinal purposes. “The government of Rwanda is considering the development of a medical cannabis industry in Rwanda, targeting medicinal and therapeutic products. With a focus…

15 Oct 2020 - According to the recently published Kenya Food Index 2020, Chicken is the most popular cuisine among online customers in Kenya. Jumia Food’s data shows that Chicken was the most ordered cuisine in the country between March and August 2020, followed by burgers and pizza. Kenyans spent 2000 shillings…

15 Oct 2020 - By Getrude Matayo Covid-19 has hit hard millions of Kenyans. Stats show that at least 2,000,000 Kenyans have lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, millions of businesses have shut down leaving people with no tangible source of income. Kenyans are broke. That is the…

15 Oct 2020 - The project contributes towards greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by displacing fossil fuel-based electricity

15 Oct 2020 - The National Treasury raised a total of Ksh.60 billion from October’s bond sale, representing another easy scoop of funds from the local debt market. This is as investors trooped back to take investments in government securities have made bids totalling to Ksh.69.1 billion against a pre-advertised…

15 Oct 2020 - With such a large pool of fund managers to choose from, a potential investor needs prudent metrics by which to determine the best fund manager to achieve their investments objectives The post What To Look For When Choosing a Money Market Fund Manager appeared first on Business Today Kenya.

15 Oct 2020 - The attractiveness of Kenya’s financial markets on the continent has slumped to position seven from three according to a just released report. According to the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2020, the country has failed to make significant gains in the legality and enforceability of standard…

15 Oct 2020 - More countries have legalized, or are considering legalizing, cannabis to some degree, as attitudes towards the drug slowly change.

15 Oct 2020 - Kenya’s rebound from the economic turmoil occasioned by global COVID19 pandemic may take longer than earlier anticipated. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook, October 2020 Kenya’s economic growth rate for 2021 was revised downwards to 4.7 percent from an…

15 Oct 2020 - Businesses are growing uneasy as Kenya registers a second surge in the number of COVID-19 cases signalling a potential return to restrictions. Barely three weeks ago, the wider economy was in a jubilant mood as President Uhuru Kenyatta expanded the ease to COVID-19 restrictions to include the re-…

15 Oct 2020 - Herders usually poison carcasses because they hope lions will return to the kill. Sometimes they do, but more often vultures arrive.

15 Oct 2020 - Solutions obtained from the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime East Africa youth blockchain hackathon will be absorbed and used by the Government in the anti-corruption war. This was confirmed by the Principal Secretary, State Department for Youth, Julius Korir at the soft launch of the…

15 Oct 2020 - Retiring has proved to be more difficult than it should for many people. CEO explains how Kenyans can avoid this The post How to Retire Comfortably: 3 Principles You Must Follow appeared first on Business Today Kenya.

15 Oct 2020 - Safaricom now processes about six loan applications on its Fuliza loan product per second, making it a major cash cow for the region's most profitable

15 Oct 2020 - The incident, which started in early October, forced mobile money service providers to suspend bank to mobile money transactions. The post Ugandan Money Heist Exposes Weak Online Security appeared first on Business Today Kenya.

15 Oct 2020 - The avocado firm's share price has dropped Sh5 since Monday

15 Oct 2020 - The Namanga border point is notorious for illegal LPG gas entry in the country

15 Oct 2020 - The mixed results come in the wake of slow clearing processes at the two borders

15 Oct 2020 - As schools reopen, there is need to re-emphasize that handwashing is so important now more than ever

15 Oct 2020 - The energy industry regulator also retained the price of kerosene at the same levels as set last month.

15 Oct 2020 - Bank of India hired Garam Auctioneers to sell Kiplagat's property in Karen to recover its money.

15 Oct 2020 - Kakuzi faces a lawsuit in the United Kingdom after residents living around the company's farm claim to have been abused by the firm's guards.

15 Oct 2020 - Despite severe shortage of land for expansion, Kisii continues to attract investors, with property prices shooting through the roof.

15 Oct 2020 - The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday termed the purported acquisition of the land by Crossley Holdings Limited as irregular and fictitious.

14 Oct 2020 - The new prices will be in force from October 15 to November 14

14 Oct 2020 - Late last month, National Treasury Cabinet secretary Ukur Yatani claimed that the country's economy was growing at 2.6 per cent