04 January 2023
- Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves have risen above the statutory requirements as government turned to IMF loans to the exchequer for budgetary support.
04 January 2023
- The Kenyan economy recorded an average growth of 5.6 percent growth between January to September 2022, a decline from the 7.7 percent average growth recorded in a similar period in 2021. Economic growth in Q3’2022 was mainly driven by expansions in…
04 January 2023
- The manufacturing sector slowed down in the third quarter of 2022 on the back of decreased cement production. The latest Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) report indicates the sector contracted from 10.2 percent in the third quarter of 2021…
04 January 2023
- 82% of remittance senders, including Kenyan migrants who are key remittance senders in the US, Australia, and UK markets, agreed that the cost of living for the people to who they send money has risen since the start of the year according to a…
04 January 2023
- Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of employee separation has skyrocketed.
04 January 2023
- This week’s SportPesa Mega Jackpot of 17 games hits 281.6 million shillings. This is the highest Jackpot amount in the history of SportPesa and currently the highest in the country. The amount has attracted many people who are trying their luck. For…
04 January 2023
- Many of us across East Africa gladly bid farewell to 2022. The year proved turbulent around the world.
04 January 2023
- The extension of suspension from trading KQ’s shares will remain in force for 12 months from January 5, CMA said.
04 January 2023
- The story of Peekaboo, an eCommerce platform for mother and baby products, started almost by happenstance.
04 January 2023
- Kenya Airways shares were first suspended from trading on the NSE in 2020.
04 January 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 4 – Kenyans in the diaspora have either cut or reduced the amounts of monies that they send back home, coming at a time when major global economies such as USA, UK, Canada, among others, are battling high inflationary pressures.…
04 January 2023
- There is a joke told every January that in December, people often eat chicken, then move to the products of chicken like eggs, and in January, switch to “eating like chicken.” It is a joke that tells the difficulties of the month of January. In…
04 January 2023
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 4 – The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has extended suspension of the Kenya Airways’ (KQ’s) shares for additional 12-months to enable the firm complete operational and restructure process. The suspension was approved by CMA…
04 January 2023
- Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has said that the placement of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will start in two weeks’ time. The education ministry has also issued new rules guiding the transition During the…
04 January 2023
- 2022 is gone. Gone never to be seen again. So many things happened, good and bad, great and mundane but all in all we managed to 2023 strong enough to soldier on. It was a year full of sunsets. Our brothers, sisters, lovers, friends, colleagues, and…
04 January 2023
- BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan 4 – Iraqi telecommunications worker Youssef Ahmed is married with a five-year-old son, but lives with his parents because he is unable to afford his own home amid soaring property prices. “Even if your income increases, it will…
04 January 2023
- CAIRO, Egypt, Jan 4 – Public anger has been growing for months in Egypt over a severe dollar crunch and soaring food prices. But for many a money-saving tip from a state body has been the last straw. As families have struggled to purchase household…
04 January 2023
- Jemima Kakizi Akimanizanye is adding to Rwanda’s aesthetic appeal with her transformative art and addressing the country’s youth population on the cusp of change. By Caissy Christine Nakure The tiny East African country of Rwanda is known for its…
04 January 2023
- Kenya’s maize imports in the nine months to September 2022 more than doubled owing to the prevailing drought which curtailed the Production of the grain locally. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the country imported 5.…
04 January 2023
- WASHINGTON, United States, Jan 4 – Retail pharmacies in the United States will be permitted to sell abortion pills, health officials said Tuesday, a move that could significantly expand access to the procedure after last year’s landmark Supreme…
04 January 2023
- Kenya’s agricultural production in the third quarter of 2022 contracted by 0.6 percent compared to a growth of 0.6 percent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2021, the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows. The…
04 January 2023
- The cement industry is making operational and technological advancements that reduce fuel and process emissions by moving away from fossil fuels towards a clean, circular economy. At the core of this self-regulating imperative is the resolve to…
04 January 2023
- The office says in the year to June 2022 it engaged the French Court of Accounts.
04 January 2023
- Kenyan businesses and consumers are staring at a fresh round of tax increases this week.
04 January 2023
- Let your entrepreneurial style be an expression of who you are and adopt an authentic style.
04 January 2023
- Kenyan businesses and consumers are staring at a fresh round of tax increases as measures approved in the 2022 Finance Act kick in this week.
04 January 2023
- Andrew Yap, the founder and CEO of Big Bad Wolf Sharjah Books, says this is his first major sale in Kenya
04 January 2023
- Andrew Yap, the founder and CEO of Big Bad Wolf Sharjah Books, says this is his first major sale in Kenya
04 January 2023
- In the second quarter of 2016, Fidelity Commercial Bank was experiencing a worsening liquidity crisis.
04 January 2023
- A 31-year-old trader has been charged with falsely obtaining more than Sh12.5 million from a man based in the US.
04 January 2023
- Kenya keen to increase trade and investments.
04 January 2023
- Dance remains one of the best mediums of preserving Lamu’s culture and heritage.
04 January 2023
- The coffee shop is forced to use a 10kva generator with a daily consumption of 20 litres of petrol.
04 January 2023
- Lamu, at its zenith, was an important centre for various powers, both local and foreign going back to the 12th century. It was a melting pot of cultures whose artefacts remain to date.
04 January 2023
- The coffee shop is forced to use a 10kva generator with a daily consumption of 20 litres of petrol.
04 January 2023
- Consumers are clever, they will just spend the minimum and you lose the extra income.
04 January 2023
- 230 million jobs in sub-Saharan Africa will require some level of digital skills by 2030, according to a study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
04 January 2023
- With Sh9 billion in the government coffers, the Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) tax amnesty initiative is a success story and proof that the carrot yields more results than the stick.
04 January 2023
- Effective January 1, 2023, commercial banks in Kenya are re-introducing charges for transactions between mobile money wallets and bank accounts, which were waived on March 16, 2020.
04 January 2023
- Bank customers are paying more to transfer cash to Airtel Money compared to M-Pesa.
04 January 2023
- Chicken was the most bought item on the Bolt Food delivery platform with over 30,000 orders in the year that ended in December 2022.
04 January 2023
- Kenyan exporters have booked billions of shillings in exchange gains from a weaker shilling.
04 January 2023
- The energy regulator is mapping homes and businesses that are illegally generating electricity for sale as it prepares for a crackdown that will see those found culpable pay up to Sh1 million in...
04 January 2023
- Counties spent 43 per cent of their revenues in 2020/2021 on wages, operations and other personal emoluments, making it another year they breached the set ceiling.
04 January 2023
- The Small Claims Court (SCC) is a specialised court that was created by statute with specific duties and powers designed to hear disputes involving small amounts of money (below Sh1 million).
04 January 2023
- It's the New Year, that time when we typically set goals and resolutions to serve as a road map for the many months ahead.
04 January 2023
- Private equity firm Kuramo Capital plans to invest up to Sh1.1 billion in TransCentury’s ongoing rights issue.
04 January 2023
- Let us collectively decide that 2023 will be the year that we dramatically reduce our workplace-related stress and lead more fulfilling lives.
04 January 2023
- Quiet quitting as a workplace issue began appearing in 2022, and attracting the attention of psycho-social players, management, human resources specialists, employers and inevitably - employers.
04 January 2023
- Government officials tasked with enforcing compliance in the exploitation of natural resources should answer for the negligence exposed in an Auditor-General report.