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19 February 2024 - Ex-employees of Twitter, rebranded as X, have received compensation from the company over a year after their sudden dismissal.

19 February 2024 - Nigerian students are increasingly turning away from pursuing their undergraduate studies in the United Kingdom. Official statistics released last week reveal that the number of applicants from Nigeria has declined by a staggering 46 per cent, more…

19 February 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 19 – The National Treasury has urged the country’s business community to actively engage in tax payments to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). According to National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo, who spoke during a…

19 February 2024 - SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — Chinese passenger jet C919 made a rehearsal flight Sunday in Singapore to prepare for the upcoming airshow. Five aircraft developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., including C919, will meet the…

19 February 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 19 – A kilogram of macadamia nut has increased by five times since the government last year suspended a ban on the export of unprocessed nuts. Members of the Nuts Traders Association of Kenya have hailed the suspension of the…

19 February 2024 - Autopax will undertake the assembly of the bikes and source some parts locally.

19 February 2024 - The tragic crash of a helicopter that killed six people, including top Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe and his family, in the U.S. could have been avoided due to the weather conditions, according to U.S. aviation attorney Robert A. Clifford. In an…

19 February 2024 - The Road Maintenance Fuel Levy is a tax collected at the oil pump and is currently set at Sh18 per litre of petrol and diesel.

19 February 2024 - Thousands of customers, both domestic and commercial, are switching to solar energy.

19 February 2024 - Kenya is working on new regulations to police trading in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

19 February 2024 - Urinary incontinence is a common problem amongst women and tends to increase with advancing age.

19 February 2024 - Kenya’s imports from Tanzania fell by Sh10.23 billion last year on the back of renewed trade barriers.

19 February 2024 - The government wants ministries to be self-sufficient, setting the stage for higher charges on fees.

19 February 2024 - KRA is hunting down barbers, high-end beauty parlours and taxi drivers.

19 February 2024 - Power prices in Kenya have skyrocketed especially over the past year.

19 February 2024 - KRA is hunting down barbers, high-end beauty parlours and taxi drivers.

19 February 2024 - An audit report on the financial risk of 50 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will be out by the end of June.

19 February 2024 - Autopax is set to enter the electric motorcycle assembly business.

19 February 2024 - Insurance firms have started repricing the premiums charged on customers.

19 February 2024 - The National Treasury has proposed Sh78.6 billion in budget cuts for the fiscal year ending June 30.

19 February 2024 - The Treasury has bought back Sh210 billion out of the outstanding Sh291.7 billion of its 2014 Eurobond.

19 February 2024 - KRA collected about Sh25.9 billion more in fuel taxes in the six months to last December.

19 February 2024 - The Treasury has marked a Sh1.05 billion payout in mineral royalties to 32 counties.

19 February 2024 - The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has been stopped from paying Sh2.75 billion.

19 February 2024 - KRC is recruiting a consultant to undertake the mapping and propose a compensation and resettlement plan.

19 February 2024 - Statistics show that at this minute a child is likely being groomed for sexual exploitation and abuse.

19 February 2024 - Green hydrogen is currently regarded as an eco-friendly alternative to oil.

19 February 2024 - My boyfriend of three years proposed marriage to me. A few days later he was in hospital in a manic episode.

19 February 2024 - Benito Muriu loves his woman petite, so when his wife Carey Priscilla put on some extra kilos when she was pregnant with their first son, he was heavy with worry.

19 February 2024 - The public sector's uptake of cloud computing is on the rise.

19 February 2024 - President William Ruto made a declaration that Kenya would be a visa-free regime for all countries in the world.

19 February 2024 - Investors globally demand more information and disclosures on sustainability from organisations.

19 February 2024 - Recently, the State centralised payment of all its levies through a new single Paybill number.

19 February 2024 - The Treasury has set an ambitious target to cut borrowing for the budget beginning July 1 to a seven-year low.

19 February 2024 - Committees of the Senate and Council of Governors claim Water Bill passed by the National Assembly takes away powers of county governments to manage water matters.

18 February 2024 - SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) — The Singaporean police received 46,563 scam cases in 2023, up about 46.8 percent from 2022, according to statistics from the police on Sunday. The police noted that scam victims lost 651.8 million Singapore dollars (…

18 February 2024 - Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) said in its latest Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook of the continent released on Friday.

18 February 2024 - To mitigate the high level of migration in Nigeria or "japa" as it is popularly known, the banking regulatory body of Nigeria; the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), has introduced a Human Capital Retention Fund. The idea would need…

18 February 2024 - Data from NCE reveals a premium price of $533 (Sh81,549) - as per Friday's official exchange rate of 153.2039- for a 50-kilogram bag of coffee.

18 February 2024 - Abdul Samad Rabiu, the Chairman of BUA Group, has announced a 50% salary boost for all employees.

18 February 2024 - Of the Sh4.2 trillion budget, the national government's projected allocation is Sh2.5 trillion.

18 February 2024 - NieHub says the approach is key to propel career growth in the tech industry

18 February 2024 - It is a 10.7 per cent increase from December 2023 when inflows totaled $372.6 million (Sh54.3 billion)

18 February 2024 - Kenya ranks as Africa's fifth AI ready

18 February 2024 - -          The programme has met opposition from various quarters -          Government has promised to appeal the court’s decision

18 February 2024 - The crop accounts for the country's 26% export income.

18 February 2024 - The price of macadamia has appreciated threefold, with farmers getting better payment of between Sh100 and Sh130 per kilogramme.

18 February 2024 - The announcement follows the notification issued by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) through its Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD), setting March 1, 2024, as the commencement date for avocado harvesting for export, subject to strict…

18 February 2024 - NEW DELHI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Saturday launched new weather satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit, officials said. The meteorological satellite, aboard a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F14) rocket, took…

18 February 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 18 – The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has partnered with the Waste and Resources Action Programme, a climate action non-government organization, to combat plastic pollution in Kenya. Carole Kariuki, KEPSA Chief…