08 February 2023
- The Kenya Tea Development Agency has today 8th February 2023 dispatched money to banks for the green leaf delivered by farmers in the month of January 2023.
08 February 2023
- NYERI, Kenya, Feb 8 – The Government plans to spend at least Sh8 billion in feeding hundreds of persons in the drought ravaged parts of Nyeri County. Central Region National Drought Management Coordinator Lordman Lekalkul told the press that at…
08 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – Student hostels developer Acorn Holding Limited (AHL) will build affordable students’ hostels after inking a Sh6.7 billion financing deal with Absa Group and Absa Bank Kenya. In the deal, AHL will develop ten purpose-built…
08 February 2023
- Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with "Bard," a conversational service aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft.
08 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – Manufacturers have voiced their concerns over planned electricity hike by Kenya Power, which they say will lead to higher cost of production. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) argues that the increment will see…
08 February 2023
- COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb 8 – Sri Lanka’s president said Wednesday the island nation will remain bankrupt for at least three more years as he works to repair battered government finances following an unprecedented economic crisis. Ranil…
08 February 2023
- Several major mall construction projects are scheduled for completion in 2023, including prime locations in Nairobi and the neighboring Machakos county. With the most established malls recording occupancy rates of over 90% in H2 2022, the prime…
08 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – Kenya is expecting two-shipment of bulk fertilizers as the government seek to cool down high prices of the commodity. The consignments are expected at the Port of Mombasa in the next 14-days. Patagonia will arrive today with…
08 February 2023
- •It is joining a large number of other tech firms making similar adjustments
• Zoom has faced challenges as rival tech firms upgrade their video offerings
08 February 2023
- TOPLINE The highly anticipated Harry Potter video game debuts this week, but it’s been plagued by controversy and boycotts as players grapple with whether to support J.K. Rowling’s franchise in light of her history of comments widely seen as…
08 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – The Anti-Corruption Court has allowed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to withdraw the corruption case against former Kenya Power Managing Director Ken Tarus. According to trial magistrate Elizabeth Juma, this was…
08 February 2023
- Kenya’s data centre market is expected to generate over $100 million (Sh12.5 billion) by the end of 2027 driven by the country’s growing e-commerce, a new report says.
08 February 2023
- PARIS, France, Feb 8 – France’s TotalEnergies said Wednesday that high oil and gas prices bolstered its net profit to a record $20.5 billion in 2022 and announced higher dividend payments for shareholders. The 28 percent gain would have been much…
08 February 2023
- The Ministry of Education released the list of subjects for junior secondary schools in Kenya. The Junior Secondary Schools will be offering 23 subjects to the first inaugural Grade Seven Class. Students would pick 14 subjects with Mathematics and…
08 February 2023
- COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb 8 – Global shipping giant Maersk reported its biggest ever full-year profit in 2022, amid soaring freight prices and easing bottlenecks following the Covid pandemic. Maersk posted a net profit of $29.2 billion, the highest…
08 February 2023
- Teachers and lecturers have opposed the proposal of the government to privatize public universities and schools, threatening to down their tools. On 7th February, the education stakeholders led by the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU)…
08 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – President William Ruto’s government has proposed to increase the spending plan for the 2022/23 financial year to Sh3.72trillion from Sh3.36trillion, with the main focus on recurrent spending to narrow the country’s fiscal…
08 February 2023
- In the proposal, the utility firm introduces a bulk tariff for all its commercial and industrial customers, which is different from what the firms currently pay for the electricity consumed.
08 February 2023
- The e-mobility tariff, which is part of the tariff review application that the firm has made to Epra, will allow electric vehicle owners to charge at night.
08 February 2023
- Odera says he wanted to focus on things he could play a more direct role in terms of contributing and giving back to the African community.
08 February 2023
- LG Electronics is pleased to announce Dong Won Lee as its new Regional Managing Director for East Africa (EA). He replaces Sa Nyoung Kim who served as LG EA Managing Director for three years since January 2020. Before his appointment, Dong Won Lee…
08 February 2023
- Climate resilience venture launcher Triggering Exponential Climate Action (TECA) has announced the selection of seven startups to each receive $55,000 (Ksh6.9 million) in funding to advance their solutions for the blue economy in Africa. The…
08 February 2023
- Former Kenya Power managing director Ken Tarus is a free man after a Nairobi court allowed the withdrawal of Sh159 million fraud charges against him.
08 February 2023
- Former Kenya Power managing director Ken Tarus is a free man after a Nairobi court allowed the withdrawal of Sh159 million fraud charges against him.
08 February 2023
- By Brian Asalachi The Last of Us The series is about Joel, a grizzled survivor of a dangerous post-pandemic world, who has lost his sense of morality after the loss of his daughter, and Ellie, a young girl with her own struggle to find real human…
08 February 2023
- Kenyan manufacturers are paying the WORLD’S HIGHEST fees for excise tax stamps – even before the controversial price increase proposed by the National Treasury kicks in. If the proposal by the Treasury comes to pass, the cost will go up by more…
08 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – Tea prices continued to dip at last week’s Mombasa auction remaining below the minimum reserve price for the second month running as demand remained irregular. At the auction, a kilo averaged USD2.02(Sh252.70) a decrease of…
08 February 2023
- MUMBAI, India, Feb 8 – India’s central bank slowed the pace of interest rate hikes on Wednesday but warned that core inflation in the world’s fifth-biggest economy remained stubbornly high. Central banks around the world yanked up borrowing costs…
08 February 2023
- According to analysts from Xplico Insurance, the time for Kenyan small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to embrace insurance coverage is long overdue. According to the industry player, the immense contribution of the SME sector to the Kenyan economy…
08 February 2023
- Amazon has announced that it will help victims of the Turkey earthquake by donating food, medicine and equipment from its Istanbul warehouse.
08 February 2023
- The adoption of the tax proposal is set to put Kenya on a fresh collision course with the IMF and rich countries like the United States (US).
08 February 2023
- Food drives inflation because we must eat. When you stabilise prices, you stabilise the whole economy, with more productive workers, setting a chain reaction of economic growth.
08 February 2023
- •The origin of this employee entitlement lies in having an incomplete psychological contract between the organisation and the employee
•Help for people who are stressed and tired out by the pressure of work is reasonable
08 February 2023
- The Moja Expressway Company has registered over 10 million users in the 7 months that the Nairobi expressway has been in operation resulting in revenue collections of Ksh. 2 billion during the period .