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Kenya
Home & Away: The rise of serviced apartments in Nairobi
Previously the preserve of expatriates or business people on short-term stays, furnished apartments are becoming popular with ordinary Kenyans
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Kenya
Business: Milk retail prices in Kenya hit the roof
Milk prices continue to rise as the dairy industry is yet to recover from the dry weather in the first quarter of the year.
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Kenya
Business: Millers defy CS Henry Rotich on maize flour prices
CS Rotich has proposed to zero-rate bread and Kenya's staple, maize flour to remove Value Added Tax
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Kenya
Business: My Experience: I now have my own home after architect conned me
Since his days as an engineering student at the Technical University of Kenya, 36-year-old Benson Angwenyi has had one dream: to build his own house.
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Kenya
M-Akiba bond trade stopped after hitch
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday suspended trading of the Sh150 million mobile phone-based bond to prevent fraud.
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Francia
Hanwha Total to Invest 500 Bil. Won in Petrochemical Capacities
Hanwha Total plans to ramp up petrochemical production capacities by making an investment of 500 billion won. This move is part of an effort to beef up its market presence in the core business areas, including ethylene and propylene. Hanwha Total is a joint venture owned 50:50 by Hanwha General ...
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Corea del Sud
Moon Jae-in Promises "Big Government" and People-centered Economic Policy Making
Moon Jae-in, the presidential candidate for the Minjoo Party, announced on April 12 his "J-nomics" ideas focusing on people. Under this plan, he promised that his administration would spend aggressively on welfare items such as child care, education, medicine, and elderly care. He said this at the party's headquarters in Seoul's ...
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Cina
China's THAAD Retaliation Has Domino Effect on Korea's Auto Parts Makers
Korea's auto parts makers with presence in China are facing a life-or-death situation. The plunge in the sales of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors in China, resulting from China's retaliation against Korea's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system deployment, is having a domino effect on the Korean auto parts ...
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria decide excluir a Panamá de la ‘lista discriminatoria fiscal’
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Nigeria
Senate panel alleges N30tn forex scam in banks, begins probe
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has begun an investigation into alleged foreign exchange racketeering by commercial banks and importers. The upper chamber of the National Assembly alleged that Nigeria had lost over N30tn to the alleged forex diversion between 2006 and 2017. The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, ...