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12 April 2024 - BERLIN, April 11 (Xinhua) -The shortage of skilled workers in the German IT sector is set to more than quadruple to 663,000 by 2040 if policymakers do not take appropriate countermeasures, the industry association Bitkom warned Thursday. According to…

12 April 2024 - Businessman Mohan Galot has won a protracted battle over the ownership of a uniform production and distribution company against his nephews Pravin, Ganesh, Kevin and Rajesh Galot.

12 April 2024 - WASHINGTON, April 11 (Xinhua) — Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at Washington D.C.-based think tank the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), told Xinhua Thursday that the concept of excess capacity is “potentially harmful.” Lardy…

12 April 2024 - NAIROBI, April 11 (Xinhua) — Kenya launched a project Thursday that seeks to eliminate child labor in the coffee and tea sectors of the country. Florence Bore, cabinet secretary in the Ministry for Labor and Social Protection, said the initiative,…

12 April 2024 - Moderna Inc inked a deal in 2022 with the Kenyan government to invest billions of shillings in a facility that would produce up to 500 million vaccine shots a year.

12 April 2024 - The cement company recently opened a Sh45 billion clinker in West Pokot.

12 April 2024 - The ZiG - short for Zimbabwe Gold - officially started trading on Monday.

12 April 2024 - The SOMO report claims Shell is now selling its operations to domestic companies that may not have the capability to deal with the aging infrastructure and legacy of oil exploration.

12 April 2024 - As a little girl, I was tasked with smearing our floor with cow dung every Sunday morning before we left for church service.

12 April 2024 - Kenya Airways customers lost Sh4.26 billion last year on failing to use their tickets within the allowed window.

12 April 2024 - The Auditor-General has queried expenditure of Sh33.6 billion in six counties she ranked as worst performing.

12 April 2024 - The dust has finally settled after an overhaul in the leadership of Britam, a regional financial services provider.

12 April 2024 - The State will audit Tullow Oil’s spending on its oil project.

12 April 2024 - Edward Ruiru Maina has been charged with seven fraud counts related to a 5,000-acre parcel of land.

12 April 2024 - Over 41 percent of Kenya’s tea taken to Mombasa sale in March went unsold.

12 April 2024 - Some 34.7 percent of cooking gas storage and filling stations have failed to meet the required standards.

12 April 2024 - Kenya Airways customers lost Sh4.26 billion last year on failing to use their tickets within the allowed window.

12 April 2024 - English Point Marina director Nazir Jinnah has been fined Sh250,000 for impersonating a lawyer from the Khaminwa & Khaminwa Advocates.

12 April 2024 - A seven-day miraa export boycott called by farmers last week flopped Wednesday.

12 April 2024 - Over 41 percent of Kenya’s tea taken to Mombasa sale in March went unsold.

12 April 2024 - It is targeting stamp duties on properties bought between 2019 to date.

12 April 2024 - KPA has been sued for allegedly redirecting cargo to its preferred Container Freight Stations.

12 April 2024 - CBK is set for an expanded mandate after a move by Treasury to have the banking sector regulator oversee credit guarantee companies.

12 April 2024 - It was much more than simply a book launch, although the book itself is a masterpiece devoted to revealing the multifaceted genius of one Kenyan artist, Richard ‘Kim’ Kimathi.

12 April 2024 - Fraudulent legal fees claims on public institutions have become the new frontier for corruption.

12 April 2024 - Financial markets are shifting again.

12 April 2024 - From the mining sector, what is in the news these days are incidents of artisanal miners scrabbling for space at makeshift mining sites.

12 April 2024 - Sustainable mining is not just possible; it's profitable, responsible, and, most importantly, the way forward.

12 April 2024 - Irene Mungai may not have known the people’s response to Unmarried, the play that she scripted and produce.

12 April 2024 - It is exactly half a century to the week a pop music phenomenon burst onto the world stage for the first time.

12 April 2024 - A seven-day miraa export boycott called by farmers last week flopped Wednesday.

12 April 2024 - At least two in every three farmers in Kenya had purchased the government’s subsidised fertiliser as of March.

12 April 2024 - The M-Pesa Foundation, in partnership with Gertrude's Children's Hospital, targets to provide access to medical care for five million children.

12 April 2024 - If you like to be seen, this Deerpark Luxury Stays isn't for you.

11 April 2024 - The farmers are opposed to the new tax and payment changes requiring them to present e-TIMS invoices for cane deliveries to factories before their payment is processed.

11 April 2024 - Naivasha residents have petitioned Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir and Kenya Power CEO Dr Joseph Siror to address frequent power blackouts in the area.

11 April 2024 - Following the move, unlimited quantities of flowers can now be exported to the UK at 0% tariff, even if they transit via a third country. 

11 April 2024 - Kenya has become the second African country, after Nigeria, to recall Johnson & Johnson’s children’s cough syrup following claims of an unacceptably high level of a potentially fatal toxic substance. Kenya's Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB)…

11 April 2024 - Adoption: The key steps before you get the child

11 April 2024 - Led by Kepsa, they are also pushing for more say in policy formulation.

11 April 2024 - LONDON, UK, April 11 – Europe’s relatively low inflation rate and the resulting prospect of the European Central Bank, or ECB, cutting interest rates faster and more often than the United States’ Federal Reserve have prompted investors to take money…

11 April 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 11 – A firm associated with billionaire Devki Cement Company founder Narendra Raval has secured a Sh4.3 billion debt facility from the Stanbic Bank of Kenya. The loan facility was signed with the National Cement Company Ltd. (…

11 April 2024 - The World Bank Group has warned Kenya of the persistence of a high risk of debt distress.

11 April 2024 - KISUMU, Kenya, April 11 – The public sector trade unions in the country have blamed the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) for the ongoing strikes in the health sector currently being witnessed across the country. Principal Administrative…

11 April 2024 - Family of late Nigerian business executive who died in helicopter crash with Hebert Wigwe sues for wrongful death

11 April 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 11 – Kenya’s energy market is still dominated by KenGen, which holds a commanding share of 62.24 percent owing to its robust infrastructure and diverse power generation assets. According to the EPRA’s Energy and Petroleum…

11 April 2024 - LOS ANGELES, April 10 (Xinhua) — The U.S. government issued on Wednesday the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “…

11 April 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 11 – Kenya’s energy is primarily sourced from renewable energy sources, as the latest data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) shows, highlighting the growing demand for clean power. According to EPRA,…

11 April 2024 - NAIROBI, Kenya, April 11 – The Nairobi City County government currently owes Sh10 billion in legal pending bills to various law firms despite clearing Sh287 million. According to Nairobi City Governor Johnson Sakaja, as of August 2022, the county had…

11 April 2024 - During the review period, 2,694 electric vehicles were registered, bringing the cumulative number of registered EVs to 3,753