Energy Ministry seeks to add cow dung powered plants to the grid

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cow dung fed biogas plants could soon power the national grid as the Energy Ministry moves to test the efficacy of the cattle waste in electricity gen...

cow dung

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

Tanzania president Magufuli aims for second term as polls open

By Reuters,

Tanzania’s president John Magufuli hopes to win another five-year term when the East African nation holds presidential and parliamentary elections o...

magufuli , Tanzania

CBK dollar reserves fall below 5-month cover as shilling treads on 109 mark

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) usable foreign currency reserves have fallen below the five months import cover in the past week as the shilling faces...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Kenya Shilling

Uhuru says Gov’t to continue partnering with the church in service delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured Kenyans that his administration will continue partnering with the Church in the delivery of key services. The ...

PCEA Tumutumu , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Economy grows nerves as second wave COVID-19 restrictions loom

By Kepha Muiruri,

Businesses are growing uneasy as Kenya registers a second surge in the number of COVID-19 cases signalling a potential return to restrictions. Bare...

COVID-19 , curfew , Kenyan economy

Bidco turns to the internet to lower power costs, drive sustainability

By Citizen Reporter,

Bidco Africa Limited, East Africa’s leading manufacturer of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), has implemented a smart electrification solution for ...

Bidco , BIDCO Afria

Kenya’s debt races past Ksh.7 trillion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s stock of debt zoomed past the Ksh.7 trillion mark in August wounding up at Ksh.7.1 trillion from a flat Ksh.6 trillion at the start of 2020....

debt crisis , National Treasury

Kenya tipped to escape recession on economic diversity

By Kepha Muiruri,

As the majority of countries fall into recession this year, Kenya has been tipped to escape contraction this year from its broad based economic struct...

Kenya's GDP , recession , World Bank Group

‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Chinese camps

By CNN,

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our h...

braids , hair , synthetic hair , weaves

Naivas to open new store at Waterfront Mall in Karen

By Citizen Reporter,

Leading retailer Naivas Supermarkets is set to open a new outlet at the Waterfront Mall in Karen on October 12. The new store is the retailer’s 6...

naivas , Waterfront Mall

Private sector activity expands further in September

By Kepha Muiruri,

Private sector activity in the country expanded for a third consecutive month in September as the economy recovers from the worst of the pandemic. ...

Jibran Qureishi , private sector , Stanbic PMI

Carrefour expands presence with 3 new stores in Mombasa

By Kepha Muiruri,

Global retailer Carrefour has announced plans to double down on its presence in Kenya as it lines up three new store openings in the Coastal City of M...

Carrefour , Franck Moreau , Mombasa , Nyali City Mall

Naivas takes up space at the Waterfront Mall

By Kepha Muiruri,

Leading retailer Naivas is expected to open its 66th branch in the country at Karen’s Waterfront Mall. The entry of the retailer to the shopping ...

naivas , Waterfront Mall

Smartphone brand realme launches new C-series in Kenyan market

By Ian Omondi,

Fast growing smartphone brand, realme, seems to have gone all-out to supply the Kenyan market now officially launching the much-anticipated realme C15...

realme C15 , smartphone

Telkom rolls out affordable 4G devices in battle for internet users

By Kepha Muiruri,

Telkom has launched a new line of affordable 4G/LTE mobile device as it scales up its battle for data customers in the country. The first of the th...

4G , telkom kenya

Diaz: Employees still integral to businesses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

When the government implemented strict measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic including the partial closure of the economy, job losses became a pre...

coronavirus

Local firms continue cutting jobs despite rebounding economy

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s private sector has continued shedding jobs in spite of an improving macro-economic environment supported by an ease of COVID-19 restrictions...

COVID-19 , Jibran Qureishi , KNBS , Stanbic PMI , unemployment

Revealed: Oil companies lobbying U.S. Gov’t to make Africa backslide on plastics

By Citizen Reporter,

The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry...

Rashford unites food giants to fight UK child poverty

By Agencies,

Marcus Rashford has formed a task force with some major food brands to help tackle hunger among children, the Manchester United and England forward sa...

Manchester United , Marcus Rashford