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Kenya
Sci & Tech: Just like the newspaper, Kenyan TV faces death
What is already obvious for the newspaper business in Kenya will happen for linear TV as well: Digital' to drive declines.
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Kenya
Business: A glimpse into Kenya's wee hour-business oiling the economy
Nairobi is a ghost town at 2.30am. Except for a distant howl of a hound or a croaky snore from a sleeping quarter, the country's capital city is as silent as a graveyard at these wee hours.
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Kenya
Business Beat: A glimpse into Kenya's wee hour-business oiling the economy
Nairobi is a ghost town at 2.30am. Except for a distant howl of a hound or a croaky snore from a sleeping quarter, the country's capital city is as silent as a graveyard at these wee hours.
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Giappone
BOJ faces new challenges when stimulus measures end
While Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has underscored how much work still lies ahead, when the central bank does finally hit its inflation target and exits stimulus, it is likely to face huge balance sheet losses. Kuroda has brushed off the need to discuss the details of what happens ...
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Giappone
Japan’s Matrix-style job fairs evolving as employers forced to think outside the square
Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie “The Matrix.” Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interviews. Even as jobs outnumber applicants, these “Agent Smiths” still fight it out for coveted positions at ...
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Brasile Cina Giappone
Health scare prompts China to ban Brazilian meat
Brazil said Monday that China had suspended imports of meat from the South American country over police claims that Brazilian exporters had sold tainted products. “Until it receives more information, China will not unload meat imported from Brazil,” the Brazilian agriculture ministry said in an online statement. It said Brazil’s ...
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Giappone
U.S. bans most carry-on electronics on flights from 10 Mideast, North Africa airports
The U.S. government is temporarily barring passengers on certain nonstop U.S.-bound flights from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and some other electronics in carry-on luggage starting Tuesday. The ban was revealed Monday in statements from Royal Jordanian Airlines and the official news agency ...
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Giappone
Google says hacked websites on the rise and trend looks to continue
Google painted a bleak picture of cybersecurity trends Monday, saying the number of websites hacked rose 32 percent last year, with little relief in sight. “We don’t expect this trend to slow down. As hackers get more aggressive and more sites become outdated, hackers will continue to capitalize by infecting ...
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Giappone
Malaysia intercepted, returned Thailand-bound arms-related shipment to North Korea in 2011
Malaysia intercepted and returned a shipment of North Korean military communications equipment sent to Thailand in 2011, the country’s police chief said on Monday, amid growing scrutiny of the Southeast Asian nation’s dealings with North Korea. The comments come after Malaysia’s foreign ministry this month rejected suggestions it may have ...
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Francia
Disbursement Of Paris Club Refunds Transparent – Adeosun
Amid allegations of misuse of Paris Club Refunds by the 36 state governors in the country and deliberate refusal of the federal government to provide explanation on the disbursement of the funds, the ministry of finance on Monday said the disbursement process is transparent and targeted at specific objectives. The ...