Kenya
Vai alla Scheda Paese »There comes a time when the nation is more important than an individual.
— George Saitoti
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Business: Hackers steal Sh 30billion from Kenya's financial institutions
Financial institutions lost a staggering Sh30 billion to cyber criminals who hacked their systems in the last two years.
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Business: Nestlé launches reformulated Nescafe
Nestlé Kenya has launched a new reformulated NESCAFÉ® 3in1 giving the product a creamier taste in a move to tap into the increased coffee consumption by youth and the emerging urbanised middle class in the country.
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Business: Striking doctors defy government, will not resume work
Kenya's state sector doctors, who have been on strike for three months, said on Wednesday they would not resume work after a government order the day before, and would wait for the conclusion of court-supervised resolution of the dispute.
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Business News: KCB Group makes Sh19.72 billion net profit
KCB Group, Kenya's biggest lender by assets, said on Thursday its pretax profit rose 10 percent last year to 29.09 billion shillings ($283.89 million). The bank, which also operates in neighbouring Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, raised its dividend by 50 percent to 3 shillings per share. Lawrence Kimathi, the ...
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Business: KCB Group makes Sh19.72 billion net profit
KCB Group, Kenya's biggest lender by assets, said on Thursday its pretax profit rose 10 percent last year to 29.09 billion shillings ($283.89 million). The bank, which also operates in neighbouring Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, raised its dividend by 50 percent to 3 shillings per share. Lawrence Kimathi, the ...
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Business News: First SGR train snakes its way from Nairobi to Mombasa in 6hrs
An inaugural test run for the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Mombasa was carried out successfully using a passenger train.
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School meals crucial in drought-hit Kenya
Source: World Food Programme Country: KenyaTogether, WFP and the Government provide meals to 1.5 million children, every school day, with more than one million children benefitting from the government-led programme.The World Food Programme and the Government of Kenya continue to provide schools meals across the arid and semi-arid areas and in ...
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Business News: KCB Group 2016 pretax profit rises 10 percent
KCB Group, Kenya's biggest lender by assets, said on Thursday its pretax profit rose 10 percent last year to 29.09 billion shillings ($283.89 million). The bank, which also operates in neighbouring Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, raised its dividend by 50 percent to 3 shillings per share. Lawrence Kimathi, the ...
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Business: KCB Group 2016 pretax profit rises 10 percent
KCB Group, Kenya's biggest lender by assets, said on Thursday its pretax profit rose 10 percent last year to 29.09 billion shillings ($283.89 million). The bank, which also operates in neighbouring Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, raised its dividend by 50 percent to 3 shillings per share. Lawrence Kimathi, the ...
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Business: Zuku unveils 'fastest' Internet speed in Kenya after system upgrade
Zuku Fiber, a member of the Wananchi Group, has unveiled what it says is the fastest Internet speed in the country at 250Mbps.
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Business: Kenya eyes past glory with cotton farming reforms
The Government is eyeing an improved slice of the global cotton market with increased production of the crop that is currently at just 10.4 per cent of the country's potential.
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Business: Kenya's super-rich put their wealth in property, new report shows
Kenya's richest individuals have sunk their money in real estate as they seek to navigate the volatility that has recently characterised other classes of investments.
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Home & Away: Kenya's super-rich put their wealth in property, new report shows
Kenya's richest individuals have sunk their money in real estate as they seek to navigate the volatility that has recently characterised other classes of investments.
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Increasing Kenya's disaster preparedness measures
Source: Global Humanitarian Assistance programme (Development Initiatives) Country: KenyaA new assessment recommends adopting a multi-stakeholder approach, assessing funding strategies, and data collaboration with NGOs and other non-state actors. In March 2016, the UK’s Department for International Development commissioned Development Initiatives to conduct a political economy study on Kenya’s preparedness to disasters caused ...
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Voice from the grave: Tristan Voorspuy puts Laikipia invasions into perspective
Some people are unhappy with the use of the word 'invasion' in Laikipia today. Europeans arrived and built a railway in Kenya in roughly 1900. A population census put the population at two million in what was to become Kenya. At independence in 1963 a survey revealed roughly seven million. ...
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Business: University of Nairobi launches ‘bike share' to ease traffic congestion
Have you ever heard of Bike Share? Probably not. Well, this is a concept launched two weeks ago by the University of Nairobi's Computing for Development Laboratory that seeks to improve the health of city residents as well as reduce transport costs.
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Business: Kenya's treasury faulted for tax amnesty law inaction
Treasury's delay in creating guidelines for tax amnesty on cash stashed abroad is denying the country revenue, experts have said.
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Business: How Simple Homes left many Kenyans' dreams in ashes
For the middle-class Kenyans aspiring to own a home, Simple Homes Kenya was godsend.
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Business: Kenya launches first National Spatial Plan to guide land use
Kenya has launched its first National Spatial Plan, which will guide the use and management of land and land-based resources and help in achieving equity, productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
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Business News: KPA to start managing ports around lake
The Kenya Ports Authority is preparing to take over the management of port facilities in Kisumu.
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Business: KPA to start managing ports around lake
The Kenya Ports Authority is preparing to take over the management of port facilities in Kisumu.