Kenya to export Oil by October 2022
Kenya’s push to start oil production by 2017 will be delayed by at least five years going by the detailed design and construction timeline for […]
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Kenya: Electricity users to pay higher bills in August
Electricity consumers in Kenya face double-barreled increments in their August power bills after the energy regulator moved to significantly raise fuel and currency fluctuation levies. […]
Obama’s talks in Ethiopia focus on security, human rights
After a landmark trip to Kenya, his father’s birthplace, the US President Barack Obama flew to Addis Ababa late on Sunday on the first visit […]
Obama leaves US for new Africa trip
President Barack Obama left the US for Kenya on Thursday in a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a […]
Burundi: Uganda President starts mediation role
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has started mediating talks between Burundi’s government and opposition groups to help ease tensions that have arisen over plans by President […]
Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016
After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]
Kenya & Tanzania to build 510 km high-voltage power line
Tanzania and Kenya are in a move to build approximately 510 km of 400 kilovolt (kv) high-voltage power line and several substations as part of […]
Kenya: Uchumi Supermarkets to close underperforming branches
Uchumi, the oldest supermarket chain in Kenya could shut down some of its underperforming branches resulting in job losses as it restructures its business, the […]
India’s M&M looks to maintain double-digit growth in Africa
India’s largest utility and tractor producer, Mahindra and Mahindra or M&M, has set up an Africa-focused business unit as it looks to maintain double-digit growth […]
Kenya: New campaign to stop Africa’s $50 billion a year illicit outflow
A new campaign to stop Africa from ‘bleeding’ was launched on Thursday in Nairobi by the Tax Justice Network-Africa (TJN-A), a coalition of researchers and […]