Industry Steps Up Action on Fighting Ocean Plastics Waste
On Saturday, 15 September 2018, the World marked World Cleanup Day, a day that marks global social action program aimed at combating the global solid waste problem, including the problem of [...]
HF Group MD Frank Ireri Takes Medical Leave, Sam Waweru to Take Over
The Managing Director of Housing Finance Group Frank Ireri has taken medical leave to get specialised treatment according to an announcement from the Kenyan mortgage finance provider. Ireri will be [...]
House Prices Stabilize in Q2 After Market Recovery KBA Index
House prices failed to sustain the 2.08 per cent pace of market recovery experienced in the first quarter of 2018 despite recording an overall 1.76 per cent increase during the [...]Kenya Looks to the EAC to Work Out Trade Issues
Kenya has turned to the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat to resolve increasing trade conflicts with some member countries according to the Standard. Adan Mohamed, the EAC and Regional Development [...]Kenya Airways Receives Final Approval To Facilitate Direct Flights To U.S.A
Kenya Airways has received the Last Point of Departure (LPD) confirmation affirming that Jomo Kenyatta International Airport JKIA meets the Transport Security Administration (TSA) security standards. The US Ambassador, Robert [...]Safaricom reviews its data tariff
The cut-throat competition in Kenya’s Mobile data space is forcing mobile service providers to reconsider their data offers in the market to remain competitive. Mobile service provider Safaricom is the [...]Loon successfully sends a single internet connection 1000km across 7 balloons
Loon, the Alphabet company that is planning to launch balloon-powered internet connectivity in Kenya next year, has successfully sent a test internet connection 1,000 kilometres across seven balloons. That represents [...]Global Advisory Firm Calls Kenya's move to allow lapse of IMF Facility as Short Term Thinking'
Kenya's $ 1.5 Billion precautionary facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expired last week, which saw the Kenyan currency take a dip against the US dollar and rattle investors [...]Non-Profit Organisation AYGN Launches Nuclear Energy Chapter in Zambia
Nairobi-based African Young Generation in Nuclear (AYGN) in collaboration with Russian nuclear agency Rosatom have set up a chapter in Zambia in an effort to facilitate technology transfer and the [...]President Kenyatta Proposes Fuel Levy Reduction to 8%
In his state of the nation address today, President Kenyatta has proposed to slash the 16 per cent VAT on petroleum products by 50 per cent to 8 per cent [...]President Kenyatta Turns Down Finance Bill 2018; 16% Fuel Levy Stands
Last evening, President Kenyatta turned down the Finance Bill 2018 which would have resulted in the postponement of the 16 per cent VAT on petroleum products to 2020. The tax [...]Kenya Ranks 119 in Implementation of SDGs with a Score of 56.8
According to the SDG Index and Dashboards Report 2018, Kenya ranked 119 globally with a score of 56.8. African countries ahead of the East African nation include Morocco (66.3), Tunisia [...]
