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Kenya
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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Kenya
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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Kenya
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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Kenya
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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Kenya
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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Kenya
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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USA
Vulnerable to violence: empowering women in South Sudan
Source: UN Development Programme Country: South SudanUNDP is working with the Government, the Global Fund and IOM to address gender-based violence as part of mental health and psychosocial support programmes, particularly for women displaced by the three-year conflict.It is a violation of women’s rights, a major global health problem, and is ...
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USA Kenya Regno Unito
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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Senegal
Dégager cette classe politique, avec le système odieux qu’elle a mis en place ! (Par Mody Niang)
L’affaire dite de la Mairie de Dakar occupe pleinement l’actualité depuis plusieurs jours. En attendant de savoir comment elle va se terminer,
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Giappone
Leonardo espande la presenza dell'elicottero AW139 in Giappone
(Teleborsa) - Leonardo espande la sua presenza nel mercato elicotteristico giapponese, con nuovi contratti e consegne, portando gli ordini conseguiti nel paese a circa 160 e la flotta in...