Eastern Africa

Kenya’s e-mobility startup, BasiGo has won Ksh 3 million ($25,000) Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) for its efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions. Basi-Go is among 10 companies awarded the prize by …

Businesses in Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia are set to benefit from a business support programme that will help them fully understand and evaluate their businesses. The 79 ventures …

Equity Group Holding Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFTCTA) that will see the former accelerate the Shs 678 billion (USD 6 billion) …

Kenya and the United States have launched a strategic trade and investment partnership to pursue commitments to boost economic growth, support African regional economic integration and deepen trade cooperation. The …

Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom Plc has announced that mobile network operators Kenyans can now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA Pay Bill Number from Telkom and Airtel networks. …

The Biden administration on Thursday launched a fresh strategic trade and investment partnership with Kenya, replacing an agreement ex-President Donald Trump’s government had inked with Nairobi. The US and Kenyan …

Fuel prices in Kenya are set to remain unchanged for July following a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday. In the directive announced by State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena, …

Local non-bank financial services provider Sanlam Kenya has launched Flexi Hela, an innovative, flexible savings solution with a guaranteed return. The life savings product to be administered by Sanlam Life …

Safaricom has restructured $400 million worth of short-term credit facilities into medium-term loans in a process that saw part of the debt converted into local currency to ease pressure on …

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has destroyed non-complaint beverages seized from the market worth Shs30 million and Shs3.4 million in taxes.  The products, comprising of various brands of bottled water …