Civil groups seek to quash Kenya’s tax agreements with 10 ‘tax havens’

By Kepha Muiruri,

Two civil society organizations- the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) and the Katiba Institute (KI) have moved to court in a bid to stop the implemen...

Double Tax Agreements (DTAs) , money laundering , National Treasury

Real estate brokers ease fears of sector crashing even as property prices fall

By Kepha Muiruri,

Developers in the real estate industry have quelled fears of an impending crash to one of Kenya’s key economic segment even as property prices remai...

Cytonn Real Estate , Hass Consult , Knight Frank , real estate in Kenya , Regent Group

Exclusive: Facebook suspends app pre-installs on Huawei phones

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones, the latest blow for the Chinese tech giant as it struggles to keep i...

facebook , Huawei Technologies

Kenyan ICT firm creates digital marketplace for tech developers

By Patrick Igunza,

A Kenyan Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company has created a digital marketplace to enable tech developers host their applications t...

ATLANCIS Technologies , CEO Daniel Kinyua , Connected Kenya Summit 2018 , Digital marketplace

Internal fraud poses risk to business growth, PwC report

By Sophie Kinoti,

Middle level managers have been cited as the biggest perpetrators of fraud and economic crime in the private sector. In a report released Tuesday, ...

companies , customer driven fraud , economic crimes , fraud , Muniu Thoithi , procurement , PwC

Govt. launches Sh15bn program to boost youth employment

By Mumbi Warui,

The government is targeting at least 280,000 youths over the next four years through the Kenya Youth Employment Opportunities Project (KYEOP) to prov...

employment , entrepreneurship , job creation. , Kenya Youth Employment Opportunities Project , KYEOP , Labor Market Information System , Ministry of Public Service , Sicily Kariuki , The government is targeting at least 280000 youths , training opportunities , wealth , World Bank , youth , Youth and Gender

How Europe should respond to Brexit

By Joy Chelagat,

The pre-referendum scenarios drawn up for a Brexit were not enough to prepare everyone for the dangerous uncertainty that Thursday's referendum result...

Taxman turns attention to car bazaars in fight against illegal car imports

By Michael Karanja,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has expanded the scope of its probe into tax evasion on car imports to focus on car bazaars across the country. T...

We’re not to blame for Chase Bank’s woes-Bloggers

By Joy Chelagat,

The Bloggers Association of Kenya (Bake) has come out to state that its’ members are in no way responsible for the crisis at Chase Bank. In a str...

bloggers , blogs , chase bank , social media