14 February 2023
- The report authored by former ICT Principal Secretary Bitange Ndemo warns country's poor are not reaping the economic dividend of digitalisation.
14 February 2023
- Absa Kenya Acting Chief Executive Yusuf Omari spoke to Financial Standard on the deal and the lender's role in the larger green affordable housing agenda in the country.
14 February 2023
- Monsanto introduced the first BT cereal in 1996 with a soybean with qualities, making it naturally resistant to Glyphosate or "Roundup" as it is better known.
14 February 2023
- Kenyans are the region's leaders in the adoption of technology. One out of every two Kenyans now owns a smartphone, according to industry data.
14 February 2023
- From chilled-out gastropubs to splendid rooftops, chefs in Nairobi have crafted delicious feasts for the most romantic date of the year. For most, it is seven-course meals, six or five.
14 February 2023
- Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves dropped to the lowest in seven years, further breaching the critical level of four months’ import cover in the wake of huge foreign debt repayments.
14 February 2023
- Tech experts have asked the government to accompany the ongoing free Wi-Fi with a cybersecurity awareness drill to protect wananchi from threats as the State plans 25,000 public hotspots across...
14 February 2023
- The High Court yesterday dismissed a case filed by tycoon Mohan Galot seeking to stop his prosecution in the fight over the shareholding and directorship of the family’s multi-billion-shilling...
14 February 2023
- When it was launched in December 2020, the Treasury’s credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs was meant to open up access to bank loans for the sector that has struggled to attract credit due to risk...
14 February 2023
- The recent Court of Appeal ruling on enhanced National Social Security Fund (NSSF) contributions has reignited the debate on the powers of the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC).
14 February 2023
- Foreign investors pumped in a net of Sh301 million into the NSE last week, eyeing stakes in banking stocks ahead of full-year results announcements that are expected to reveal higher profits.
13 February 2023
- EABL share price soared to close at a 52-week high of Sh181.25 yesterday on the back of plans by Diageo to purchase additional shares in the Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm.
13 February 2023
- Greenland Fedha Limited- a subsidiary of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) defaulted on terms of a Sh1.3 billion loan from the Dutch development bank FMO.
13 February 2023
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection CS Florence Bore has welcomed the commencement of the National Social Security Fund Act Number 45 of 2013 which requires all employers to fully comply with the law with immediate effect. The law requires…
13 February 2023
- Investment firm TransCentury will announce the results of its rights issue –which seeks to raise Sh2 billion— on Wednesday next week according to an updated timetable.
13 February 2023
- The licensing of digital credit providers by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has opened the floodgates of new funding to the non-deposit taking entities.
13 February 2023
- The Ruto administration has adopted the key areas of cooperation agreed upon by the previous regime in the proposed trade deal with the US.
13 February 2023
- A family in Kiambu remains divided over the distribution of multibillion-shilling properties among them Paradise Lost on Kiambu Road.
13 February 2023
- The Norwegian Development Finance Institution has a portfolio of Ksh.46 billion ($372 million) invested in Kenya across various sectors of the economy and invested Ksh.4 billion in the country in 2022.
13 February 2023
- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb 13 – Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, state media has reported, in the latest move to revamp the kingdom’s ultra-conservative image. Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow…
13 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 13 – Online bus ticketing platform BuuPass has raised Sh162.8 million to expand its transport solutions in Kenya and Uganda. The round came from FrontEnd Ventures, XA Network, Google Black Founders Fund and Renew Capital. Others…
13 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 13 – Financial services provider Octagon Africa has launched a countrywide financial literacy campaign. It comes on the back of a Court of Appeal rulling on the implementation of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Act,…
13 February 2023
- Customs administrations are key players in international trade as frontline agencies in the clearance of goods, people and means of conveyance across borders.
13 February 2023
- Carry1st initially entered into a global multi-year partnership with the Ethiopia-based developer, Qene Games, to publish Gebeta in November 2020.
13 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 13 – Stima Sacco has attributed a hitch on the online banking system to an upgrade it was conducting on the system. The Sh53.7 billion asset-based Sacco said it had to migrate all of its services to a new system that are more…
13 February 2023
- THE CONTINENT’S 19 BILLIONAIRES ARE WORTH AN ESTIMATED $81.8 BILLION – DOWN FROM THE $84.9 BILLION THAT 18 AFRICAN BILLIONAIRES HAD 12 MONTHS AGO. Editor’s Note: Net worth figures are rounded up; ranking is determined by actual net worth as on…
13 February 2023
- MANILA, Philippines, Feb 13 – Chinese criminals running cryptocurrency scams in Southeast Asia are targeting Filipinos to work for them because of their English language and computer skills, a Philippine foreign ministry official said Monday.…
13 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 13 – Peris Njeri, a middle-aged florist, cut a jolly demeanor as she neatly arranged succulent red roses at her stall in the city market in the bustling downtown sections of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Counting three decades…
13 February 2023
- Households and enterprises should expect high power costs in the coming months due to low water levels at the country’s largest electricity generation reservoir. Speaking to journalists on Friday, Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis…
13 February 2023
- The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to train newly recruited Grade 7 teachers, that will be tasked with teaching in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). According to TSC, the training of the teachers was scheduled to start from January to April…
13 February 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 13 – Former Wildlife Principal Secretary Susan Koech has been nominated to the post of the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. Tuesday’s Senate Order Paper indicates that Speaker Amason Kingi is expected to convey the…