Electric vehicle manufacturer ROAM has unveiled its first mass transit electric bus targeting urban areas. The bus, which comes with a 77-passengers sitting capacity, can cover up to 360 kilometers …
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Retail-tech start-up Wasoko is not planning to relocate its headquarters from Nairobi for Zanzibar. The firm was responding to allegations that it was planning to move its operations to the …
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Safaricom Consortia To spend Sh36.3 Billion Annually In Safaricom Ethiopia
Safaricom consortia will spend Sh36.3 billion ($300 million) annually in Safaricom Ethiopia. Safaricom Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Peter Ndegwa said the amount will be invested every year. This comes at …
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NLNG declares force majeure on its citing disruption by the recent flooding
NLNG export facility on Monday declared force majeure on its supplies citing disruption by the recent flooding in Delta State did to its feed gas suppliers’ production. Force majeure absolves …
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Morocco is US’ Third Largest Exporter of Table Olive and olive oil in 2022
Morocco exported 19,000 tones of table olives to the United States in the first half of 2022. A recent report from the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the …
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Morocco Refused IMF Proposal to Adopt More Flexible Currency Exchange Rate
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposed for Morocco to move to the next phase of fiscal reforms aiming to make its national currency’s exchange rate more flexible, but Morocco’s central …
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Central Bank of Kenya bags Sh68bn forex gain from weaker shilling versus
The significant weakening of the shilling versus the dollar handed the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) an unrealized exchange gain of Sh68 billion on its forex holdings in the year …
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KRA to collect extra Sh3 billion from beer, juice and water taxes
The taxman projects that the recent increases in excise duty as a result of inflation adjustments will net an additional Sh3 billion in revenues, even as manufacturers brace for lower …
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Safaricom plan To convert Into a New Holding Company that will house the telecommunications business
Kenya’s largest and most profitable company Safaricom plans to convert into a holding company that will house the telecommunications business, the M-Pesa Mobile money business and Ethiopian unit as subsidiaries. …
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Governor Orengo Tells Siaya Residents to embrace Agribusiness in order to boost food security
Siaya governor, James Orengo has challenged the local residents to embrace agribusiness so as to boost food security and tackle rampant poverty. Mr Orengo lamented that though the county and …