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Kenya
Business: Joe Mucheru: Telcos dominance report out next week
A study into whether any of Kenya's three mobile operators should be deemed dominant, a term used to indicate that one firm has an unfair hold on the market, will be released next week, a government minister said on Friday.
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Kenya
Business News: Joe Mucheru: Telcos dominance report out next week
A study into whether any of Kenya's three mobile operators should be deemed dominant, a term used to indicate that one firm has an unfair hold on the market, will be released next week, a government minister said on Friday.
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Kenya
Business News: Tough call as Airtel sends home a third of its employees in bid to remain afloat
There was a somber mood at Airtel offices in Parkside Towers, Nairobi yesterday as the telecom firm laid off a third of its workforce. The Indian-owned firm which has unsuccessfully tried to cruise into profitability in the Kenyan market said it was undertaking a strategic organisational restructuring' aimed at improving ...
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Kenya
Business: Tough call as Airtel sends home a third of its employees in bid to remain afloat
There was a somber mood at Airtel offices in Parkside Towers, Nairobi yesterday as the telecom firm laid off a third of its workforce. The Indian-owned firm which has unsuccessfully tried to cruise into profitability in the Kenyan market said it was undertaking a strategic organisational restructuring' aimed at improving ...
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Kenya
Kenya: Police raid gun store owned by county employee
Police in Mombasa yesterday raided a gun store owned by a county government employee. Naheed Mousa, who said he is a licensed gun dealer, explained the officers raided his Nyali shop to examine records of his investments.
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Turchia
Turkey remands 2 foreigners linked to Istanbul attack
An Istanbul court on Friday remanded in custody two foreign nationals linked to the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
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Turchia
Who would pay $1 million for Turkish citizenship?
The application regulation of Turkey’s Citizenship Law was recently changed. From now on, foreigners who buy real estate in Turkey worth at least $1 million will be granted Turkish citizenship.
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Giappone
Two years after hacking crisis, Sony CEO Lynton exits for Snap Inc.
Sony Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton will step down to become chairman of the board of Snap Inc., a move that puts an experienced Hollywood executive in a prominent role as the technology company prepares for an initial public offering. Lynton will give up his current position at Sony’s movie ...
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Giappone
Chinese, Germans seek to turn Chernobyl wasteland into solar park
Chinese and Germans are among dozens of investors taking Ukraine up on its offer to turn the grounds of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters into a massive solar park. Thirteen international investors are among the 39 groups seeking Ukrainian permission to install about 2 gigawatts of solar panels ...
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Giappone
Japan’s ‘karoshi’-fighting equal pay bill likely to be delayed until autumn
The government may be unable to submit a bill aimed at achieving equal pay for equal work and correcting long work hours to the 150-day ordinary Diet session opening Jan. 20 and may delay it until this fall, informed sources said. Officials in the government and the Liberal Democratic Party-led ...