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Kenya's SGR freight services boost cargo movement amid COVID-19 pandemic

Kenya's SGR freight services boost cargo movement amid COVID-19 pandemic

NAIROBI, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Kenyas standard gauge railway (SGR) freight service has ferried about 183,350 tons of cargo, including medical supplies and grain, from April 7 to Wedn…...

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Ghana Tech Lab, Mastercard Foundation launch $10k COVID-19 challenge

Ghana Tech Lab, Mastercard Foundation launch $10k COVID-19 challenge

The Ghana Tech Lab incubator is a joint venture between Innohub Ghana and Kumasi Hive under the E-Transform Project of Ghana’s Ministry of Communications.It has an existing partner…...

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Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will start buying rice and beans, beginning with 15,000 bags at the end of this month. In a notice published this week, NCPB said it wi…...

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Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will start buying rice and beans, beginning with 15,000 bags at the end of this month. In a notice published this week, NCPB said it wi…...

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Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

Cereals board seeks agents to buy beans, rice in food security drive

The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will start buying rice and beans, beginning with 15,000 bags at the end of this month. In a notice published this week, NCPB said it wi…...

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Transmara Sugar plans Sh4.7 billion electricity plant

Transmara Sugar plans Sh4.7 billion electricity plant

Transmara Sugar Company plans to produce 25 megawatt (MW) of electricity at its Kilgoris factory for which it is negotiating approval to generate and supply with regulators. The mil…...

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Kenya launches US$13.9m coffee revitalization project in partnership with the World Bank

Kenya launches US$13.9m coffee revitalization project in partnership with the World Bank

KENYA – The Kenyan governmentin partnership with the World Bank has launched phase one of coffee revitalization project to a tune of Ksh 1.5 billion (US$13.9m) concessional loan in…...

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Free cash transfers to cost Safaricom Sh5.5bn

Free cash transfers to cost Safaricom Sh5.5bn

Safaricom will take a Sh5.5 billion hit on its M-Pesa revenue in the three months from mid-March after it waived transaction fees on mobile money transfers under Sh1,000. The waiver…...

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County uses tech to feed vulnerable families

County uses tech to feed vulnerable families

The county government has turned to technology in distribution of foodstuffs and other donations to vulnerable families impacted by coronavirus restrictions. Instead of delivering t…...

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Sisal earnings jump 27pc in first quarter

Sisal earnings jump 27pc in first quarter

Earnings from sisal grew 27 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with corresponding period of 2019 even as the regulator projects a decline in the next review owing to …...

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