Ethiopia: Rural electrification is key to agricultural transformation
According to the report this can be achieved when farmers switch to electricity from expensive alternatives such as diesel. In collaboration with the International Food Policy Resea…...
Read More Ensuring business keeps running in a period of crisis
The coronavirus situation has slowed down the economy by untold proportions. When all this first unfolded, there was defiance and hope that the situation would quickly resolve. Howe…...
Read More Kenya-based investor sees opportunity in Covid-19 crisis
EquaLife Capital, a venture debt investor based in Nairobi, has launched its $20 million Africa Venture Debt Covid-19 Relief Fund and iscurrently seeking investors to commit capital…...
Read More SMEs can survive Covid-19 crisis with these steps
Small and medium businesses enterprises (SMEs) are suffering loss of revenue and trying to weather the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a huge financial blow that will be worse than 2007/…...
Read More How Kenya can unlock the huge SMEs’ potential
The recent small and medium enterprises expo hosted by National Media Group two weeks ago was an eye-opener. The forum highlighted not only the challenges that the SMEs face, but a…...
Read More StanChart eyes investors with mobile bonds app
Standard Chartered Bank (Kenya) has launched a mobile platform allowing investors to buy and sell bonds issued by the Kenyan government, marking increased automation of the Sh2.9 t…...
Read More US investors to inject sh1.1 trillion in Uganda’s health, real estate
KAMPALA - A group of African American investors has offered to invest up to $300m (sh1.1trillion) in the health and real estate sectors in Uganda.The 13- man delegation led by Mark …...
Read More Kenya rises in investment list on economic diversity
Kenya climbed up to position four last year among the most attractive countries to invest in on the continent, according to a survey by a South African-based bank. The country ranke…...
Read More Kenya-US trade talks could yield big fruits
Last week, interesting rumblings started pouring out of State House Nairobi and the White House in Washington DC. Global media firms from London to Tokyo to Cape Town to Berlin pick…...
Read More World Bank praises 2019 Rwanda growth
World Bank highlights Rwanda fiscal expansion in particular. Economic growth in Rwanda could accelerate to more than 10% this year if construction of a planned $1.3 billion airport …...
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