Kenya’s Mobile Lenders Could Be Supervised by Central Bank
Kenya’s mobile-phone lenders could come under central bank supervision, compelling them to disclose interest rates and transaction fees before giving loans, if draft legislation is…...
Read More Oil dealers now prefer Dar es Salaam over Mombasa Port
By Otiato GuguyuThe USD60 (Sh6,000) tariff per 1,000 litres of transported fuel through the Kenyan oil pipeline is costing the country revenue as landlocked countries turn to Tanzan…...
Read More Kenya to Support Ethiopia’s Geothermal Energy Projects
Kenya to Support Ethiopia’s Geothermal Energy Projects in a Kshs 5.8 Bn Second DealKenya’s energy generator, KenGen has signed a Kshs 5.8 Bn deal to drill 12 geothermal wells in E…...
Read More Only 1 in 100 firms meets China rules for avocado export
Only one firm out of over 100 has met the requirements laid down by the Chinese for export of avocados to the Asian country, six months after Nairobi and Beijing signed the deal.The…...
Read More Africa sets common currency goal by 2025
Africa has revived talks of a common currency, with Finance ministers from the region optimistic the dream feasible in five to six years.Speaking at the International Monetary Fund …...
Read More Jubilee, Credit Bank enter deal targeting SMEs
Regional listed underwriter Jubilee Holdings Wednesday inked a partnership deal with Credit Bank that will see the firms create loan financing and insurance products that will be ta…...
Read More Oil export plan takes shape after Lamu berth reserved
One of the first three berths of the Lamu port has been set aside to handle crude oil, officials have announced barely two weeks before Kenya’s second seaport launches its operatio…...
Read More Russia aims to double trade with Africa in 5 years: Putin
SOCHI, Russia, Oct. 23 - President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would aim to double trade with Africa over the next five years, at the opening of a summit aimed at revi…...
Read MoreKenya to launch cervical cancer vaccine tomorrow
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is set to roll out a cervical cancer vaccine targeting 10-year-old girls starting tomorrow, in a move that will see the shot included in the national im…...
Read More One man’s mission to change lives of potato farmers
Dominik Dieckmann is a man on a mission. He wants to change the lives of potato farmers in Nyandarua County through value addition.Mr Dieckmann, who is a German, is the brain behind…...
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