Year: 2020

News
February 26, 2020
Bill Gates donates Ksh1 billion to fight locusts in East Africa
By Daisy Okanga | Bill Gates’ owned organization, ‘Bill and Melinda gates Foundation’ has donated $10m (Ksh1 billion) to the…
Read More »
News
February 25, 2020
Kenya and Germany launch a Ksh4.3 bn youth empowerment & vocational training program
Kenya and German on Tuesday launched a 39.4 million Euro (Ksh4.3 billion) youth empowerment vocational training program that will equip…
Read More »
News
February 25, 2020
President Kenyatta: Youth Is Africa’s Largest Untapped Resource
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said youth are Africa’s biggest untapped resource that countries seeking to invest on the continent ought…
Read More »
Markets
February 25, 2020
Absa Bank Kenya sets up Ksh10 billion SME fund for women
Absa Bank Kenya has set aside Ksh10 billion Small and Medium Enterprise fund for women in Kenya. The fund was…
Read More »
News
February 25, 2020
Senator Olekina arrested by DCI detectives over incitement allegations
Narok Senator Ledama Olekina has been arrested by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) detectives over incitement allegations. Olekina was…
Read More »
News
February 25, 2020
Oil prices tumble as gold soars on pandemic fears
By Daisy Okanga | World stock markets and oil prices tumbled Monday on growing fears of a coronavirus pandemic. Milan…
Read More »
News
February 25, 2020
China sends 100,000 ducks to its border in readiness for locusts
China reportedly deployed 100,000 ducks to its borders in readiness for locusts which are expected to invade the region. China’s…
Read More »
News
February 25, 2020
The state of Kenya’s sugar industry; a look at key numbers on the country’s sugar industry
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday received the sugar task force report from Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya at State House on…
Read More »
News
February 24, 2020
Rotich’s prosecution in Ksh63 billion dam scandal postponed
The High Court on Monday suspended the prosecution of former National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and his co-accused in…
Read More »
News
February 24, 2020
President Kenyatta receives sugar taskforce report, to re-introduce levy
President Uhuru Kenyatta received the sugar task force report from Governor Wycliffe Oparanya at State House on Monday. The president…
Read More »