Kenya

DB Schenker invests as Volocopter extends Series C Round to €87 million

DB Schenker invests as Volocopter extends Series C Round to €87 million

Volocopter and DB Schenker today announced an investment by the global logistics service provider into the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) as Volocopter extends its Series C fun…...

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Safaricom Foundation Donates Tablets To Students In Kawangware And Dandora

Safaricom Foundation Donates Tablets To Students In Kawangware And Dandora

Students drawn from over one thousand households in Kawangware and Dandora are set to benefit from free access to e-learning tools following a partnership between Safaricom Foundati…...

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EAC presidents back SMEs financing schemes in pandemic war

EAC presidents back SMEs financing schemes in pandemic war

The East African presidents Tuesday resolved to establish special purpose financing schemes for small and medium enterprises as part of efforts to cushion vulnerable businesses from…...

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Kenya to link Chinese-built modern railway to central region line

Kenya to link Chinese-built modern railway to central region line

Kenya is in the final stages of linking Chinese-built modern railway to an older line in the agriculture-rich central region to ensure commodities are easily transported to the Port…...

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Equity Bank’s Sh200b kitty for lending to small enterprises

Equity Bank’s Sh200b kitty for lending to small enterprises

Equity Bank has established a Sh200 billion-kitty for lending to small enterprises as part of helping them overcome the ravages of Covid-19.While unveiling the kitty during the week…...

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How Covid-19 has exposed our weak economic links

How Covid-19 has exposed our weak economic links

Friday marks eight weeks since Kenya’s first coronavirus case was officially announced. We’re coming to the end of our sixth week of a national dusk to dawn curfew, and we’ve jus…...

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Construction of Kaptis Hydropower Project in Kenya to Start

Construction of Kaptis Hydropower Project in Kenya to Start

Kenya is soon to commence construction of Kaptis hydropower project. A joint development agreement, to bring the project through to financial close and construction in 2020, has bee…...

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Laikipia County Partners With Dedan Kimathi University To Make Ventilators

Laikipia County Partners With Dedan Kimathi University To Make Ventilators

A Ventilator being developed by the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in partnership with the County Government of Laikipia could hit the market in the next few days.The two in…...

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Kenya business deals hit 30-month low on Corona

Kenya business deals hit 30-month low on Corona

Kenya’s private sector activity plunged in March to its lowest level since November 2017 as the global coronavirus pandemic hit consumer demand and forced businesses to shed jobs a…...

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Kenya’s Tea Production Hits All-time High of 55.7 mn Kilograms in March

Kenya’s Tea Production Hits All-time High of 55.7 mn Kilograms in March

Tea productionfor the month of March 2020 in Kenya reached an all-time high of 55.7 million kilograms against 26.5 million kilos recorded during a similar month last year.“Higher p…...

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