Demand for rail transport set to rise sharply — report
• The daily number of passengers transported in recent years has been as low as 13,000 on five rail lines. • Unreliable locomotive fleet, unsatisfactory levels of comfort, limited…...
Read More Sh270m road to ease transport at Mombasa port
Trademark East Africa (TMEA) has inked a deal with Mombasa County to construct a road that will ease congestion at the port. The development agency signed a Sh270 million deal last …...
Read More Safaricom partners with global money transfer firm Ria
Safaricom M-Pesa customers will now receive money from over 20-countries across the world following the signing of a partnership with Euronet Worldwide subsidiary Ria Money Transfe…...
Read More Local coffee now fastest selling
Coffee grown, manufactured and packaged in the country is selling more than imported varieties such as Nescafé, in supermarkets. The increasing sales are attributed to improved…...
Read More The distinction of Coffee Advance Revolving Fund
Barely two weeks ago, the Ministry of Finance gazetted the much awaited regulations to operationalise the access of the promised Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund by the coffee f…...
Read More Chinese firm wins Sh740m Kenya Power meters tender
Chinese firm Shenzhen Star Instruments Company has won a Sh746.2 million tender to supply single phase prepayment meters to Kenya Power . The electricity distributor reveals in the …...
Read More Chinese firm builds major road project in W. Ethiopia
Mark your calendars: Africa Build Show 2020, Accra, Ghana, 17-19 June 2020.http://africabuildshow.com/The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday launched the construction o…...
Read More Kenya urgently needs an independent food safety regulator
Dec. 9 2019 Over the years, food safety concerns have been largely ignored by relevant stakeholders with serious consequences for Kenyan consumers.It is evident from recent reports …...
Read More Carrefour opens Uganda branch in expansion drive
French retailer Carrefour has opened its first branch in Kampala in an expansion drive aimed at taking up space previously occupied by collapsed Nakumatt Holdings. Carrefour, whose …...
Read More Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to finalize Blue Nile dam agreement this month
Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to reconvene in the United States later this month to finalize an agreement on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile t…...
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