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Kenya
Business: Nyanza roads set for Sh18b upgrade
The Government has signed a Sh18 billion deal with two Chinese firms to rehabilitate 206km of roads in South Nyanza.
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Kenya
Business: Tecno mobile launches Camon CX
Premium mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile, has unveiled its latest handset to hit the African market at an event in the Nairobi.
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Kenya
Business: Climate Scientists warn of worse drought situation ahead
Climate Scientists from multi-international agencies have warned that the ongoing drought situation in Kenya will get worse despite shallow rainfall witnessed in various parts of the country.
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Kenya
Business: DP Ruto to chair talks on sale of western Kenya-based sugar firms
Deputy President William Ruto will chair a committee seeking to remove obstacles to the planned sale of five western Kenya-based sugar firms.
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Kenya
Business News: DP Ruto to chair talks on sale of western Kenya-based sugar firms
Deputy President William Ruto will chair a committee seeking to remove obstacles to the planned sale of five western Kenya-based sugar firms.
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Kenya
Kenya: Undercover police arrest woman selling her baby for Sh80,000
A 26-year-old woman was Thursday arrested in Nakuru attempting to sell a day-old baby to start a vegetable business.
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Nigeria
There’s bound to be corruption in foreign exchange – Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said it was impossible for corruption not to exist in the nation’s foreign exchange as it is currently structured. He also said there were ongoing discussions on how to reduce interest rates. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on ...
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Giappone
Dollar weaker around ¥111.25 in late Tokyo trading
The dollar was weaker at levels near ¥111.20 in late Tokyo trading Thursday, with closely watched U.S. events coming ahead, such as a congressional vote on an Obamacare replacement plan. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.24-25, down from ¥111.50-50 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at ...
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Grecia
Euro membership
ONE BIG QUESTION has lurked throughout the euro crisis: should one or more members quit? The most obvious candidate is Greece, the country where the trouble began. It never met the criteria for joining, but its deficit and debt figures were misrepresented. And the crisis has inflicted agonies on the ...
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Russia Turchia USA
The importance of a European foreign and security policy
All in a day’s work THE EUROPEAN UNION is at heart an economic and trade project built on its foundation as a customs union. The 1980s saw the addition of the single market, the world’s most deeply integrated economic union, followed a decade later by the launch of the single currency. ...