02 January 2024
- Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Nigeria’s Minister of Interior has confirmed that the automated process for passport applications will commence on January 8, 2024.
02 January 2024
- As of January 1, the 10 richest people on the planet are worth nearly $1.47 trillion—$30 billion more than a month earlier. And Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world’s fifth richest person. Billionaires at the…
02 January 2024
- MOGADISHU, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has joined forces with key stakeholders in Baidoa, the largest city of the South-West State of Somalia, to boost community participation and improve public services. The UNDP…
02 January 2024
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 2 – Equity Group Holding is acquiring a 99.26 percent of Rwanda’s Cogebanque from the Government of Rwanda and other minority shareholders. The group also confirmed that all requisite regulatory approvals relating to the proposed…
02 January 2024
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 2 – The Kenya Chamber of Mines is eyeing a 10 percent GDP contribution to Kenya’s economy by 2030 through mining. KCM chairman Patrick Kanyoro said that mining, as an economic activity, has the capacity to create over two million…
02 January 2024
- Kenya Power aims to reduce defaults and cut the cost of retaining meter readers.
02 January 2024
- The implementation of the controversial Finance Act 2023 enters its third phase this month.
02 January 2024
- The implementation of the controversial Finance Act 2023 enters its third phase this month.
02 January 2024
- Mr Ngumi was perhaps the most notable casualty as he was replaced as the Board chairman of Safaricom Plc.
02 January 2024
- The insurance regulator has fined 20 insurers a record Sh94.85 million over various breaches.
02 January 2024
- The insurance regulator has fined 20 insurers a record Sh94.85 million over various breaches.
02 January 2024
- Mr Ngumi was perhaps the most notable casualty as he was replaced as the Board chairman of Safaricom Plc.
02 January 2024
- Dealers sold a total of 10,595 units in 11-months down from 13,352.
02 January 2024
- The country has attracted Sh157.4 billion in investments following the reforms.
02 January 2024
- Private equity (PE) and venture capital investments and exits have led the way in deals activity in 2023.
02 January 2024
- The government is considering introducing excise duty on coal to increase revenues.
02 January 2024
- The trilemma for nearly every developing economy is how to deliver more development while at the same time taxing people less and not plunging the country into a debt hole. Kenya’s situation is...
02 January 2024
- Kenya’s diaspora remittances have continued to grow with projections indicating a new record high for 2023.
02 January 2024
- Local debts should be addressed with the same seriousness and urgency. Do we factor in local debts owed to contractors and government suppliers in calculating the debt ceiling?
02 January 2024
- The main alternatives that the companies are currently exploiting include tapping solar energy, own-generated hydro-power as well as investing in wood fuel energy.
02 January 2024
- KSAA wants the government to raise productivity levels at the ports and invest in infrastructure to support anticipated growth in the volume of business this year.
02 January 2024
- Firstly, it's good to know what amount of debt is okay to hold. Secondly, be picky about who you borrow money from.
02 January 2024
- Confronted with a high unemployment rate, the government has prioritised job creation under its Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda, putting particular emphasis on the numbers.
02 January 2024
- The first major disruption came in April when Tesla billionaire founder and CEO Elon Musk announced a new verification policy.
02 January 2024
- Toshiba rose to prominence globally in the 1980s and 1990s at the forefront of technology discovery.
02 January 2024
- It will be vital that as we open a new year, 2024, the government and citizens alike acquire a new lens on the battle we need to wage and win against the “new” ignorance.
02 January 2024
- "Ultra-run is any run beyond a marathon stretch and since I love mountains, I always pick the ones with crazy elevations."
02 January 2024
- A majority of firms have frozen plans to expand branches, production capacity and launch product ranges.
02 January 2024
- De La Rue has spent an additional £1.3 million (Sh258.6 million) to lay off staff, write off assets and pay lawyers.
02 January 2024
- In 2023, Hollywood had a rough ride, especially in the second half of the year due to the impact of the 118-day SAG-AFTRA members strike.
02 January 2024
- Abdominal irritable bowel syndrome is a common condition where you experience symptoms related to your digestive system.
02 January 2024
- Tea production grew by eight percent in the first 10 months of the year on higher rainfall.
02 January 2024
- Members of Parliament have recommended the merger of the Kenya UN missions in Nairobi.
02 January 2024
- Kenya’s trade deficit narrowed by 12.5 percent in the third quarter to September.
02 January 2024
- The Treasury and CBK have until May 2024 to draw regulations on the use of an overdraft facility.
02 January 2024
- Two advocacy groups and individuals alleging to be victims of brutality by guards at Del Monte have sued seeking compensation.
02 January 2024
- The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) wound up 2023 at a fourth straight year of net foreign outflows.
02 January 2024
- The misguided notion that the President has to make tough decisions to fix the economy needs to be dispelled.
02 January 2024
- Kenya is lobbying Uganda to continue using the port of Mombasa to import fuel.
02 January 2024
- Medical equipment valued at Sh555.2 million are unused in 12 county hospitals.
01 January 2024
- Kenya will be watched closely with a new wave of sovereign debt defaults and restructurings underway across the world.
01 January 2024
- Atwoli said the organisation will push for an increment in workers' wages and income at both the county and national level.
01 January 2024
- Agriculture grew 6.7 per cent over the quarter to September 2023, compared to a negative growth of 1.3 per cent over a similar quarter last year due to the prolonged drought.
01 January 2024
- TOPLINE South Africa launched a case Friday in the UN’s International Court of Justice alleging “acts and omissions by Israel” in Gaza “are genocidal in character,” and asking the court to order Israel to stop its military operations in Gaza as the…
01 January 2024
- East Africa’s positive growth experienced in 2022 was replicated in 2023, owing to the private equity (PE) and venture capital investments and exits, which led the way in deal activity last year. In 2022, after East Africa had made tremendous…
01 January 2024
- Governor Fernandes Barasa appealed to contractors and suppliers to be patient as the counties work to clear the pending bills.
01 January 2024
- In both its Christmas and New Year messaging, KRA has been reminding taxpayers of their obligation of remitting taxes and filing returns.
01 January 2024
- Value of shares traded declined from Sh9.4 billion in September 2022 to Sh5.2 billion in 2023.
01 January 2024
- Trade deficit narrowed from Sh373.1bn the third quarter of 2022 to Sh326.2bn.
01 January 2024
- The reforms revolutionised the marketing and sale strategy of coffee parchment