OPINION: Kenya’s big opportunity as it takes up EAC leadership mantle

By Guest Writer,

By Chris Diaz This past month has seen Kenya effectively take up the mantle of leading the integration of the East African Community (EAC). This...

East African Community

Liberty Holdings seeks to raise stake in local subsidiary to 73.5%

By Kepha Muiruri,

Parent firm to locally based underwriter Liberty Kenya- Liberty Holdings Limited has sought to raise its stake in the subsidiary to 73.5 per cent from...

Liberty Holdings , Liberty insurance

China’s fleet now larger than US Navy

By CNN,

In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. Spread...

china

OPINION: Leveraging the power of the digital economy to achieve Kenya Vision 2030

By Guest Writer,

By Will Meng UN Secretary-General Guterres stated: "The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global crisis since the Second World War”. The year...

Digital Economy , Huawei

EU in Ksh. 15.8B deal with Equity Bank to support Kenyan business

By Citizen Reporter,

The European Union and the European Investment Bank, working together as Team Europe, are providing €120 million (Ksh. 15.8 billion) of new support ...

coronavirus , Equity , EU

Kenya’s economic partnership deal with U.K. under sharp scrutiny

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s recently concluded economic partnership agreement with the United Kingdom has come under sharp scrutiny with observers warning of a backdoor...

Kenya-UK trade deal

Obama and Springsteen’s podcast reveals a key problem

By CNN,

If you had any doubts that podcasting had gone from fashionable to fully mainstream, you need look no further than the latest Spotify original, "Reneg...

obama , spingsteen

Simba Corp rolls out locally assembled Proton Saga saloon car

By Citizen Reporter,

Simba Corp on Monday launched sales of the locally assembled Proton Saga saloon car. The Proton Saga is locally assembled at the Associated Vehicle...

Proton Saga , Simba Corp

Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

Why businesses must account for the Digital Services Tax

By Kepha Muiruri,

By 2017, about a quarter of the world’s population or about 1.3 billion people at the time had purchased goods online. This is according to data ...

Digital Services Tax , KRA

The evolution of cryptocurrency as a payment gateway

By Agencies,

It is commonly believed and perceived that the global economic structure has many issues and its structure is extremely complicated because of the inv...

Bitcoin: A hub of investing and trading opportunities

By Citizen Reporter,

Being a peer to peer digitally decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has experienced multiple ups and downs since its invention back in 2009. Recently...

CA kicks off project to avail telcom services to 17 marginalised counties

By Citizen Reporter,

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has awarded contracts to five companies to roll out telecommunications cellular mobile network infrastructu...

Communications Authority of Kenya , Safaricom

Absa Bank Kenya pledges more support for SMEs

By Citizen Reporter,

Absa Bank Kenya Plc. on Wednesday celebrated its one-year anniversary in the market with a commitment to significantly invest towards transforming cus...

Absa Bank Kenya

M-Pesa solidifies position as strongest Superbrand despite COVID pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

M-Pesa has been voted Kenya’s leading Superbrand, ahead of parent company Safaricom, which placed second. This further solidifies the platform’...

coronavirus , M-pesa , Superbrand

Sameer Africa revives tyre business

By Kepha Muiruri,

Sameer Africa has made a return to its original tyre distribution business barely one year on since ditching the trade last year. In a public annou...

Sameer Africa

Western countries have ‘hoarded’ Covid vaccines. Africa is being left behind as cases surge

By CNN,

African nations are being left behind in obtaining Covid-19 vaccines as richer countries stockpile vaccines and prioritize their own populations -- de...

COVID-19

Gov’t urged to reinstate COVID-19 relief measures to aid economy

By Kepha Muiruri,

Members of the Institute of Certified Investments and Financial Analysts (ICIFA) have called on the government to reinstate relief measures to cover K...

COVID-19 , cushioning measures , Institute of Certified Investments and Financial Analysts (ICIFA)

Waiguru applauds UK and Kirinyaga partnership as envoy meets Central region governors

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has applauded the British Government for partnering with her county government in delivering socio-economic developmen...

Form Three student, 18, arrested after attacking three teachers at Rwambiti School

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a Form Three student who attacked several teachers at Rwambiti Secondary school on Tuesday. According to t...

School unrest