Supreme Court hands Google a victory in multibillion-dollar case against Oracle

By CNN,

The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright in...

Copyright infringement , Google , Justice Stephen Breyer , Oracle , U.S. Supreme Court

OPINION: GBV survivors and those at risk should be considered when setting up policies for social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

The third wave of COVID-19 has hit Kenyans hard with the effects of the pandemic getting worse by the day. Ministry of Health officials recently so...

coronavirus , Danida , GBV , Oxfam

NCBA Bank 2020 profit down 41 per cent to Ksh.4.6 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

NCBA bank has reported a 41 per cent decline in profits covering the year ended in December 2020 to Ksh.4.6 billion from Ksh.7.8 billion in 2019. T...

NCBA

Late Tanzania President Magufuli accused of disregarding fundamental freedoms

By Waihiga Mwaura,

As the world pays tribute to the late 5th Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli, his legacy is proving to be a complex one. On one hand, he gaine...

Amnesty International , human rights , President John \pombe Magufuli , Tanzania , Tundu Lissu

Co-operative Bank 2020 profit falls by 25 per cent to Ksh.10.8 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has announced a 24.5 per cent dip in full-year earnings to December 2020 with earnings plunging to Ksh.10.8 billion fro...

Co-operative Bank of Kenya , Gideon Muriuki

KRA February tax receipts grow by 24.2 percent

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) tax receipts booked by the National Treasury grew for the first time since the pandemic in February. According to new...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) , taxes

Kirinyaga bar owners urge President Kenyatta to lift COVID-19 restrictions

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga bar owners are appealing to President Uhuru Kenyatta to lift restrictions on pub operating hours. Also Read: Gov’t extends daily dusk-t...

Bar Owners , coronavirus , curfew

Standard Bank sees Africa opportunities beyond crisis

By Reuters,

The lender, which forecast a multi-year, non-linear recovery in its home market, South Africa, said possible problems with vaccine rollout and the thr...

coronavirus , Standard Bank

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

Gov’t earnings from PAYE drop by Ksh.62.1 billion in one year

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government has shed Ksh.62.1 billion in earnings from pay as you earn (PAYE) with the tax head being the worst hit by COVID-19 related disruptions...

COVID-19 , National Treasury , PAYE

COVID-19 cuts 912 Kenyans from dollar millionaires list: Report

By Kepha Muiruri,

COVID-19 related disruptions have cut 912 Kenyans out of the dollar millionaires club according to a new Wealth Report by consultancy firm Knight Fran...

COVID-19 , dollar millionaires , Knight Frank Wealth Report 2020

OPINION: Reflecting on COVID-19 learnings and angling for recovery

By Guest Writer,

By Joshua Oigara It has been an exceptionally tough year behind us. The COVID-​19 pandemic has triggered the strongest economic contraction in...

coronavirus , oigara

African grey parrots, body parts being sold at ‘fetish’ voodoo markets in Togo

By Citizen Reporter,

World Animal Protection has revealed that endangered African grey parrots and their body parts are being sold at ‘fetish’ voodoo markets in Togo, ...

African grey parrots , voodoo

Kenya’s economy slumped into recession after 18 years in September

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan economy sunk to its first recession after exactly 18 years in September 2020 with gross domestic product (GDP) falling by 1.1 per cent in t...

Kenya National Bureau of Statics (KNBS) , Kenyan economy , recession

Europe threatens to restrict vaccine exports after AstraZeneca and Pfizer hit production problems

By CNN,

The European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca (AZN) and Pfizer (PFE) over delivery delays that could slow its recovery from the pandemi...

AstraZeneca (AZN) , Pfizer (PFE) , vaccine

COVID-19 shots to cost Ksh.300 to Ksh.1,000 under African Union vaccine plan

By Reuters,

African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), acco...

COVID-19 shots to cost between Ksh.330 to Ksh.1100 in AU plan

By Reuters,

African countries will pay between Ksh.330 ($3) and Ksh.1100 ($10) per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the Afr...

coronavirus , vaccine

Kenyans abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020, growing their remittances by 10.7 per cent from Ksh.308 billion in 2019....

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , diaspora remittances

World Bank sees strong growth for Kenya in 2021

By Kepha Muiruri,

The World Bank Group expects Kenya to lead the Sub-Saharan region out of the economic shackles of 2020 in the New Year. In its early predictions fo...

debt , Kenya's GDP , World Bank Group

NSE seeks lift from 2020 bear run as trading resumes

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) will be hoping for a lift in 2021 with trading resuming for the New Year on Monday. Among key remedial measur...

bulls & bears , COVID-19 , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)