Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) is seeking to enroll over 5,000 new farmers to grow sorghum for the production of its Senator Keg Lager. The brewer seeks to increase the number …
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Radarr Africa Business Desk
The Radarr Africa Business Desk reports daily on companies, markets, banking, energy, technology and policy across Nigeria and Africa. Stories are reviewed and edited by The Radarr Africa Editorial Team in Lagos. Story tips and corrections: business@radarr.africa.
Telkom has commercially launched its 5G network, will soon introduce fixed wireless access services and has started testing mobile 5G on its network. During a media event on Thursday, Telkom …
Eskom will implement varying stages of load-shedding during the rest of the week, with a gradual reduction in power cuts anticipated over the weekend. The utility said persistent high levels of …
- BusinessEastern AfricaEconomyTransportation & LogisiticsUBER
Uber and Bolt Drivers Stage Demons In Push For 18 per cent Fare Commission Cap
Uber and Bolt drivers have staged demonstrations after the Government failed to implement a commission cap of 18 per cent on fares. Digital drivers accuse the National Transport and Safety …
- BusinessEconomyEnergyMorocco
Morocco’s Afriquia Gaz Acquires Total Energies’ Mauritanian Subsidiary of French Energy group
Moroccan energy group Afriquia Gaz is in the process of acquiring the Mauritanian subsidiary of French energy group Total Energies. According to a report from the Mauritanian news agency, the regional …
- BusinessGlobal NewsInformation TechnologySpotlightTechnology
WhatsApp and Instagram witnesses an all time new user increase
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram now has 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, closing in on the 2.96 billion who use Facebook, in a sign of the social media giant’s shifting …
- BusinessEconomyKenya NewsSafaricomTechnology
Safaricom Rolls Out Commercial 5G Networks In five Counties to access internet speeds
Safaricom has rolled out 5G networks in five counties, enabling customers to access faster internet speeds. The telco has unveiled the networks in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisii, Kakamega, and Kisumu. Faster …
- BusinessGlobal NewsInformation & TechnologySpotlightTechnology
Elon Musk debunks claims of firing 75% of Twitter staff
Tesla CEO , Elon Musk on Wednesday told Twitter Inc. employees that he doesn’t plan to cut 75% of the staff when he takes over the company, according to people …
- Banking, Finance & InvestmentBusinessEastern AfricaEconomy
Portland Cement Company settles KCB’s Sh6.8 billion loan via land transfers
East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) says it has completed the settlement of KCB’s Sh6.8 billion loan via land transfers to the lender, cutting its finance costs by Sh735 million …
- BusinessSouthern AfricaTransportation & Logisitics
Transnet to receive in state support R8.5bn to ‘build efficiency’
Transnet, State-owned logistics company is to receive its first cash injection from the fiscus in decades as it battles to recover from flood damage and a shortage of locomotives due …