Kenya launches the Great Covid-19 innovation challenge
Konza Technopolis has convened multiple stakeholders to co-create technology-based solutions, by harnessing the creativity and innovative capabilities of Kenyans and Africans toward…...
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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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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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US telecoms firm earns Sh2.8bn from leasing masts to Airtel, Telkom Kenya
The American Tower Corporation (ATC) earned Sh2.8 billion ($27.3 million) last year for leasing telecommunications infrastructure to firms such as Airtel Kenya. Its revenues jumped …...
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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…...
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Minister Bartlett in Kenya to establish resilience outpost
Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism for Jamaica, has paid a flying visit to Kenyatta University to review progress towards the setting up of a Global Tourism Resilience & Crisi…...
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Kenya launches Chinese-built 50MW solar power plant
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday launched a 50 MW solar power farm located in Garissa, northeast region, with the plant being one of the largest photovoltaic electricity st…...
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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…...
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Absa Kenya launches credit line for SMEs
Absa Bank Kenya has launched a new credit line to boost Small Scale Enterprises (SME’s) to address concerns of increasing defaults on loans as a result of government failing to pay…...
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Kenya tea sales to Ireland rise on direct purchases
Kenya’s tea exports to Ireland continue to rise with volumes growing more than three fold in the first month of the year as a result of direct purchases of the commodity after Brex…...
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Is Kenya tapping its vast Big Data opportunities?
The term “Big Data” today attracts huge attention, mainly because of its power to help humans make informed decisions, turning it into an industry competition tool as new waves of…...
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Kenya eyes tech cocktail to secure lucrative mango export market
It is yet another mango harvesting season in Eastern Kenya, but as it has always been over the years, local fruit growers here might not pocket much from the harvests. Straddling be…...
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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…...
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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…...
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Kenya to reap big from India’s major travel and trade expo
Kenya plans to leverage on the Outbound Travel Mart (OTM) as part of increasing its market share from the growing outbound travel originating from the Asia Pacific region. In the ev…...
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Kenya push for US trade talks to stir up EAC again
Kenya faces another tough task of convincing its East African Community partners to allow it pursue a trade agreement with the US even as a standoff persists over its duty-and-quota…...
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Kenya pushes for direct cut flower sales to Qatar
Kenya’s private sector is proposing to sell flowers directly to Qatar as part of efforts to boost trade relations with the Middle East country. The push for the flower exports to t…...
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Sh1.5 billion fund to back Kenyan fintech start-ups
A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation backed fund has announced $15 million (about Sh1.5 billion) to help Kenyan start-ups working to disrupt the financial sector through technology…...
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Kenya's economy to grow 6.2 per cent in 2020, central bank says
Kenya’s economy is forecast to grow 6.2 per cent this year, up from 5.7 per cent last year, central bank governor Patrick Njoroge said on Tuesday, as regional trade shields Kenya f…...
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Kenya’s economy projected to grow 6.2pc in 2020
By NJIRAINI MUCHIRAMore by this AuthorKenya’s economy is projected to record a growth expanding by 6.2 per cent this year from 5.7 per cent posted in 2019.Central Bank of Kenya (CB…...
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