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Kenya Shipyard Limited (KSL) has received six orders from Tanzania and Uganda for the construction of ships, raising the business prospects of the newly formed entity. The firm’s deputy director, Peter Muthungu, added that it had another 11 orders from local firms for the construction of the...

Hunger stalks 20m in East Africa as 2030 nears SATURDAY FEBRUARY 05 2022 A caravan of camels. The dire hunger situation is the result of a toxic cocktail of the climate crisis, Covid-19, a desert locust invasion and increasingly severe and protracted violent conflicts. PHOTO | COURTESY...

A Kenyan scientist living in the United States has presented the world's first once-a-year antiretroviral (ARV) medicine. Prof. Benson Edagwa and his colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical Center changed the ARV medicine cabotegravir such that it may be absorbed and released slowly...

Ikiwa umefungua akaunti ya paypal ya kenya kwa kutumia namba ya safaricom, kuna probability tatu. 1. Hutodaiwa kuverify chochote utaitumia kwa muda flani mpaka siku ya siku ndipo wakudai uverify kwa kutuma kitambulisho chako. 2. Baada ya kuifungua watadai utume kitambulisho. 3. Unaweza kuwa...

Professor Robert Mokaya of Nottingham University in the United Kingdom A Kenyan professor has become the latest recipient of a prestigious award in the United Kingdom. Professor Robert Mokaya received the second-highest ranking Order of the British Empire award (OBE) recognising his...

Naona mzee Mseveni kaona isiwe tabu ajibu mapigo baada ya Kenya kuzuia uingizaji wa mayai, kuku na maziwa toka Uganda. Jaman hii kitu naona ni shida sasa,mchi za EAC zinapaswa kuandaa mfumo mzuri wa ufanyaji biashara pamoja. ==== December 14, 2021 Uganda is considering restricting some of...

Eldoret town, which prides itself as the home of champions owing to its high concentration of world-beating athletes, is undergoing a massive face-lift in a race to elevate its status from a town to a city. From emerging skyscrapers to improved road network, the municipality has recorded...

Regional leasing firm, Vehicle and Equipment Leasing Limited (VAELL), will be supplying mining equipment to the second largest mine in Tanzania. Machinery worth $20 million (Sh2.2 billion) have been ordered and about $10 million (Sh1.1 billion) has already been delivered. In the arrangement...

Equity Group is partnering with the governments of Kenya and DRC for a two-week trade mission that is expected to foster trade and investment relations following the latter’s application to join the East African Community. The lender, through its Kenyan arm and its DRC subsidiary EquityBCDC...

Co-op Bank boss Gideon Muriuki has been named “CEO of the Year” in the 2021 African Banking Awards by the EMEA Finance magazine. The awards recognise corporate leaders and financial institutions which, through their client focus and sound leadership, continue to increase profitability, deliver...

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MTN Uganda has picked Kenyan investment bank, Dyer and Blair, to assist with its initial public offering (IPO) guaranteeing the firm, owned by billionaire businessman Jimnah Mbaru hefty fees. The $250 million (Ush895.56 billion) IPO opened on Monday. Investors can apply for shares through SBG...

Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop found dead following alleged stabbing By Aleks Klosok, CNN 58 mins ago Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, who represented her country at the recent Tokyo Olympics, has died aged 25, Athletics Kenya (AK) announced in a statement Wednesday. ©...

Ceres maker recalls apple juice over high toxin levels Summary The recalled brands were found to contain high levels of patulin, a fruit-based mould toxin that causes nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal disturbances. The juices are on sale in Kenya, Uganda, Seychelles, Democratic Republic...

An undated image of Samuel Mwaniki. FACEBOOK Two Kenyans emerged victorious in the 2021 Community Accelerator Program initiated by Facebook. In a statement dated Tuesday, October 5, Facebook announced that Samuel Mwaniki, a teacher, as well as doctor Wala Amakove, the medic behind Wanderlust...

MTN Uganda will sell a fifth of its stake to Kenyan and other East African investors when it floats its initial public offer (IPO) on the Kampala bourse. The telecom, a South African MTN Group subsidiary, said Tuesday that it had received regulatory approvals to list 20 percent of its...

Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei on Sunday, October 3, emerged victorious in the 2021 London Marathon. The athlete clocked in at 2 hours 17 minutes 43 seconds smashing the 2 hours, 18 minutes and 20 seconds record set by her compatriot Brigid Kosgei in 2019. Kosgei, the defending champion, sought...

Kenya’s exports to the East African Community increased from Ksh140.4 billion ($1.28 billion) in 2019 to Ksh158.3 billion ($1.44 billion) in 2020. This accounted for 64.3 percent of the country’s total exports to Africa, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics’ Economic Survey 2021...

Kenya is like the rest of the world headed to using electric cars and motorbikes to curb environmental pollution from petroleum fuels and one company is at the forefront of driving the change. Electric cars are already on the Kenyan roads and the infrastructure to support them is gradually...