Month: May 2023

138 Articles
M-KOPA’s fintech platform combines the power of digital micropayments with the Internet-of-Things (IoT) to provide customers with access to productive assets.
FEATURED STORY

M-Kopa Raises Ksh34B To Scale High-impact Business Across Africa

M-KOPA has announced it successfully closed over $250 million (Ksh34 billion) in new debt and equity funding to expand its financial services offering...

The company operates a cement grinding plant with the capacity to produce 2.4 million tons a year. 
BUSINESSFEATURED STORY

Savannah Cement: Administrator Takes Over Insolvent Manufacturer

Savannah Cement had fought an ultimately futile legal battle over the past year disputing the debts of over Ksh7 billion owed to KCB...

Paul Ruso KCB CEO
BUSINESS

KCB, Equity In a Tight Race For Banking Billions

KCB Bank has dethroned Equity as the largest lender in the country by assets on the back of an aggressive expansion of foreign...

Former Senator Gideon Moi, who is also his political heir, has been central in controlling the family purse since his father's passing in 2020.
BUSINESSPERSON OF INTEREST

3 Luxury Hotels Owned by The Mois

With vast interests in real estate, hospitality, media, manufacturing, transport and agriculture among other sectors, the family of the late former President Daniel...

Fuel Prices
FEATURED STORY

End Of Fuel Subsidy As Gov’t Hikes Fuel Prices

The government has completely removed the subsidy on diesel and kerosene, marking the end of the fuel subsidy programme even as fuel prices...

Nation Media Group Changes
MEDIA

At Nation Media, Telkom Buyback Scandal Lands Editor In Trouble

It is understood that the story of the scandal, in which the government paid Ksh6.09 billion few days to the 9th August 2022...

Laayoune city and Holywood city
FEATURED STORY

Moroccan City Laayoune Twins Up With Hollywood In Historic Deal

Hollywood city in the state of Florida (United States) and the Moroccan city of Laayoune laid down a twin-city deal, signed Wednesday in...

A past Mashemeji derby. The clash between league leaders Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards is set for Sunday, 14 May 2023.
SPORTS

Azam TV: Tanzanian Media Moguls Splash Cash on Kenyan Football

The deal, covering only two matches, is worth $60,000 (Ksh8.2) million. The cash will be shared among Kenyan Premier League (KPL) clubs, which...

Fuel Prices
ECONOMY

Government Figures Out Formula To Bring Fuel Prices Down

The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning, Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, says the government-to-government (G-G) framework being introduced on the importation of petroleum...

Moderators during a sit-in at Sama offices in Nairobi last week demanding payment of their April salaries. [Photo/ NMG]
FEATURED STORY

Kenya-based Data Firm Ordered to Pay Fired Facebook Moderators

Sama has been ordered to continue paying Facebook content moderators pending the determination of an unlawful termination suit filed by 184 moderators.