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Shilling remains in free fall as it crosses Ksh.111 mark against the dollar
By Kepha Muiruri, 1321, December 4, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenyan shilling has remained in a free fall as it crosses a new confidence marker to trade past Ksh.111 mark against the US dollar. The local u...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , shilling
Everyone you know uses Zoom but that wasn’t the plan
By CNN, 1921, November 29, 2020 (EAT)
The tweet was when Eric Yuan knew something had to change. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, shared a photo from his first ever virtual cabinet...

Zoom
Tobacco manufacturers fingered for profiting off the pandemic
By Kepha Muiruri, 1540, November 17, 2020 (EAT)
Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use. This is according to a new rep...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , Covid-19 pandemic , Tobacco
Tullow Oil completes early oil pilot as contract expires
By Kepha Muiruri, 1217, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
British based oil explorer Tullow Oil along with its joint venture partners have announced the completion of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) for Ken...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Tullow Oil
Tullow: There’s enough oil in Kenya, no plans to exit
By Kepha Muiruri, 1351, March 12, 2020 (EAT)
British based oil explorer Tullow Oil has defended its operations in the country insisting there remains enough oil reserves in the country and that P...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Ministry of Petroleum , Tullow Oil
African Airlines to see the worst of the Coronavirus impact
By Kepha Muiruri, 2046, March 10, 2020 (EAT)
Airlines on the continent are expected to see the worst impact from the Coronavirus-led travel disruptions in comparison to global carriers. The im...

AFRAA , coronavirus , IATA
What coronavirus outbreak would mean for Kenya’s economy
By Kepha Muiruri, 931, March 3, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya is yet to confirm any cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with the government emphasizing its intent to retain the status quo. Neverthe...

coronavirus , KEPSA
BAT full year profit thins to Ksh.3.9 billion on higher costs
By Kepha Muiruri, 945, February 20, 2020 (EAT)
Tobacco manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya has announced a Ksh.3.9 billion full year profit for 2019 representing a 4.9 per cent dip ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , tobacco regulations
Report: Africa Delivers Largest Profits on Investment
By CNN, 1436, February 6, 2020 (EAT)
British companies have made bigger profits investing in Africa than in any other region of the world, according to a new report from the Overseas Deve...

Overseas Development Institute
Martin Oduor-Otieno is new EABL Board chairman
By Imani Mitchelle, 1450, November 13, 2019 (EAT)
East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced the appointment of Martin Oduor-Otieno as the new Board chairman. A statement in the local daili...

eabl , oduor-otieno
Top 10 Kenyan companies whose high performance links to gender equality
By Rachel Ombaka, 1312, November 13, 2019 (EAT)
Ten top Kenyan companies have been ranked among global firms that achieved higher returns due to their focus on gender equality, according to a study ...

Equileap , ICPD25 , Press Freedom , Samiksha Koirala
Kenya’s crude oil at top-end market valuation
By Kepha Muiruri, 1122, August 3, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya’s commercial oil prospects have received a boost from the recent pricing of the first batch of crude oil at an optimal Ksh.6,216 ($60) per bar...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , ministry of petroleum and mining , Tullow , Turkana crude oil
How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time
By CNN, 1119, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION
Ford to close Wales engine plant in latest blow to UK car sector
By Reuters, 755, June 11, 2019 (EAT)
Ford said it would close its plant in Bridgend, South Wales, next year because of falling demand for some of its engines, putting 1,700 jobs at risk i...

Brexit deal , Britain , ford , Jaguar land rover , Peugeot
Tobacco control advocacy lobbys Treasury to probe BAT for tax avoidance
By Kepha Muiruri, 1901, May 28, 2019 (EAT)
The Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (KETCA) has written to the National Treasury calling for the investigation of the British American Tobacco (BAT) ov...

British American Tobacco (BAT) , Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance , National Treasury , Tax Justice Network
BAT Kenya losing market share, blames counterfeit cigarettes
By Sherlyne Anyango, 1754, May 10, 2019 (EAT)
Cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco has blamed the rise of counterfeit cigarettes in its domestic market for its receding market share. ...

BAT paid bribes to officials in East Africa , British American Tobacco
Safaricom succession: Filling Collymore’s shoes an uphill task
By Kepha Muiruri, 1633, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
Safaricom’s Board has remained mum on the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer despite Bob Collymore announcing intentions to step down. ...

Bob Collymnore , fuliza , mpesa , Safaricom
Kenya’s oil exploration skewed solely towards revenues
By Kepha Muiruri, 2002, April 11, 2019 (EAT)
Stakeholders from Kenya’s oil and gas sector have sounded the alarm on the lopsided focus on proceeds from oil exploration to warn of hidden risks t...

Friends of Turkana , Kenya Land Alliance , Ministry of Petroleum , Tullow Oil
Investor education still a bug to M-Akiba uptake
By Kepha Muiruri, 1145, March 23, 2019 (EAT)
Experts have largely identified insufficient investor knowledge as the prevailing and underlying challenge to topping the uptake of the mobile phone t...

m-akiba , National Treasury , nse
Government’s bond M-Akiba fails to reach target, again!
By Kepha Muiruri, 2007, March 18, 2019 (EAT)
The first re-opening of the mobile-traded government bond M-Akiba has like the premiere issue disappointed to raise a total of Ksh.197 million against...

CDSC , M-Akiba Bond , National Treasury , nse