Digital currency use surges in Africa as providers push for laws to protect clients
When a fourth-year student at Uganda’s Makerere University committed suicide last month after losing Sh500,000 from his digital wallet in what police confirmed to be a cryptocurren…...
Read More Kenya ready for AI but where are the skills, data?
The lack of access to free, up-to-date and machine-readable government data stands in the way of Kenya tapping into opportunities brought by artificial intelligence, a Nation Newspl…...
Read More Zambia suspends 15pc export duty on gemstones: minister
Zambia will suspend a 15 per cent export duty on gemstones but not diamonds from January 1 after the move that was intended to raise more revenues instead undermined production, the…...
Read More Avocado exports can reap big gains for Kenyan farmers - study
Kenyan smallholders can boost their incomes by nearly 39 percent by exporting avocados to the European market, a Washington-based research institute said in a study issued on Thursd…...
Read More Uganda puts in motion plans to block fake phones
Uganda has moved to switch off counterfeit phones after installing a central equipment identity registry.The move by Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) follows increased influx o…...
Read More Qatar’s Sh131bn Rwanda airport set to rival JKIA
Qatar Airways will take a 60 percent stake in a new Sh131 billion airport to be built in Rwanda and which is set to rival Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as the …...
Read More Kenya’s Scope Markets eyes Ugandan market
ONLINE TRADINGAs Uganda’s ALTX faces imminent closure, Kenyan firm Scope Markets, a non-dealing online foreign exchange broker, is looking to expand into Uganda as it looks to crea…...
Read More LESOTHO TO START BUYING KENYAN TEA
Lesotho could start buying Kenyan tea directly from local tea factories, Lesotho’s Minister for Agriculture Simon Litsane has said.Mr. Litsane, who was speaking yesterday during a …...
Read More Delamares ditch iconic dairy business for horticulture
The lush green canopy is eye-catching as one drives on the busy Naivasha-Nakuru highway. An irrigation machine that can be seen from far rotates in the hay fields, supplying water t…...
Read More Energy tech promises to tame climate change
I have closely followed climate debates and actions since the Kyoto Protocol over 15 years ago, and it is interesting how search for climate change solutions has stretched science, …...
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