07 October 2022
- New excisable goods have also been spared from KRA's excise duty increase this week to join petroleum product on the list of goods exempted from higher rates.
07 October 2022
- Among products picked by the Ad Hoc Committee established to steer the AfCTA guided trade initiative in Kenya are tea, lithium-ion batteries, candy, leather bags, incinerators, beaded goods, leather bags, car filters, textiles, sisal fibre, avocados…
07 October 2022
- The SportPesa Mega Jackpot has hit 250,078,448 shillings. Currently, this is the largest mega jackpot in the country and probably one that will make one never lack anything once he or she wins. Any lucky Kenyan who will make 17 correct predictions…
07 October 2022
- Consumer expectations for financial institutions have begun to shift drastically in the last few years. The increasing ubiquity of on-demand digital services,
07 October 2022
- Interior cabinet secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i has declared Monday, October 10 a public holiday to mark Utamaduni day. In a statement on Tuesday, the CS noted that the day will be used to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Kenya to promote…
07 October 2022
- SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to extended action from the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A, with matches scheduled to be played from Friday 7 to Monday 10 October 2022. DStv and GOtv is the only true home of football in…
07 October 2022
- Viewers on DStv can look forward to the 18th round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship, the Japanese Grand Prix, live from the Suzuka International Racing Course, on the morning of Sunday 9 October. SuperSport is definitely your #HomeOfSport…
07 October 2022
- Stanbic Bank Kenya has partnered with the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) to offer a series of financial literacy training for hard-of-hearing SME business owners at the Stanbic Bank, Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi. The participants are drawn from Kajiado…
07 October 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, OCT 7 – Mauritian lender, SBM Bank Group has refuted claims it plans to leave the Kenyan market through the sale of its local subsidiary SBM Bank (Kenya). In a statement, the bank reiterated its long-term commitment to the East…
07 October 2022
- Standard Chartered Bank has joined the Kenya Business and Disability Network. This comes off the back of a two-year employability program being carried out by the bank in partnership with Sightsavers and Light for the World. The initiative, launched…
07 October 2022
- Tea prices at the weekly Mombasa auction have this week recorded a marginal gain, despite low demand from the key buyers. A kilo of the beverage fetched USD2.32(280.49 shillings) up from USD2.27(274.80 shillings) fetched last week. About 7.3 million…
07 October 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, OCT 7 – Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), a Kenyan-based tech studio with a focus on the travel industry has raised Sh120.9 million ($1 million) from international investors to build tech driven tourism start-ups. The funding round was…
07 October 2022
- As a result of recent revelations that talks are taking place between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the government on the prospect of recruiting 58,000 in the current financial year, there is hope for thousands of unemployed teachers. If…
07 October 2022
- The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on Wednesday, October 5, feted 33 teachers for their exemplary role in ensuring quality education within the country during the World Teachers Day celebrations. TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia revealed at the Kenya…
07 October 2022
- Safaricom is set to take its mobile money services to Ethiopia in the short-run on the granting of a license for its M-Pesa platform.
07 October 2022
- Ghana’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level in more than five years, seeking to curb inflation that’s expected to remain
07 October 2022
- Playon Kenya has launched the first Padel Tennis Court in Kenya at the Nairobi Jaffery Sports Club in Lavington. Padel is a hybrid racket sport that is a mix of tennis, squash and badminton, but faster than tennis and slower than squash. This…
07 October 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – The Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) is banking on a new online payment deal to increase its revenue stream. PCK has partnered with SasaPay, a regulated online payment platform to launch a Posta App Pay and a USSD code that…
07 October 2022
- Prices at the weekly Mombasa tea auction rose slightly this week amid reduced demand, with a kilogram averaging $2.32(Sh280.49) up from USD2.27(Sh274.80) last
07 October 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – The Egyptian business community is keen to invest in Kenya’s manufacturing sector to boost the industrialization agenda of the east African nation, a government official said on Wednesday. Khaled el Abyad, Egyptian…
07 October 2022
- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD), a learning, knowledge, and networking hub designed to help advance African trade through capacity building and leadership. AFRACAD was launched on October 3,…
07 October 2022
- Geneva, Switzerland, Oct 7 – The UN Human Rights Council called on Sri Lanka to get a grip on its economic crisis and prosecute corruption by public officials, in a resolution passed Thursday. The United Nations’ top rights body voted 20-seven to…
07 October 2022
- The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has announced plans to conduct its first test flight on the newly refurbished Terminal 1B at the Jomo Kenyatta
07 October 2022
- For the first time in history, the SportPesa Mega Jackpot has hit a quarter a billion shillings, making it the largest mega jackpot running currently in the country. A Kenyan who will walk away with the quarter a billion shillings of the SportPesa…
07 October 2022
- Kenya has failed to strike oil and gas deposits in the coastal strip that has been at the centre of an international border dispute with Somalia for years.
07 October 2022
- The Ethiopian Government has granted Safaricom a mobile money licence, therefore paving way for the telco to introduce its popular M-Pesa service in the
07 October 2022
- The setting sun spills an orange glow between the trees, casting beautiful shadows on a bare courtyard. It's a typical village homestead with a couple of chicken picking scraps off soiled utensils in a large Sufuria that has seen better days.…
07 October 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 7 – Tea prices at the weekly Mombasa auction rose slightly this week amid reduced demand for the second week running. At this week’s auction, a kilo averaged USD2.32(Sh280.49) up from USD2.27(Sh274.80) last week. Despite the…
07 October 2022
- It is my great pleasure and honor to welcome you to the 6th Annual General Meeting of the National Social Security Fund. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to thank all our stakeholders present and those attending virtually for their…
07 October 2022
- The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has officially reinstated the full salaries of 1,223 graduate constable police officers after after the Employment and Labor Relations Court ruled that the reduction, and downgrading of their job groups…
07 October 2022
- NAIROBI, Kenya, OCT 7 – The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) will on next week Saturday conduct its first test flight on the newly refurbished Terminal 1B at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). KAA told Capital Business that the test…
07 October 2022
- TOPLINE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked U.S. health care practitioners on Thursday to monitor for potential Ebola infections, as an outbreak of the disease in Uganda impacts dozens of people—though no U.S. cases have been…
07 October 2022
- An executive chef doesn’t just cook, but organises, orders, oversees, communicates and more. The actual cooking is the least of his problems.