The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has moved to court accusing Keroche Breweries of failing to honor tax payment agreements which informed the reopening of the brewer in July. According to …
Economy
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentEconomyEnergyKenya News
Kenya Power has locked banks and third party vendors from selling tokens
Kenya Power has dashed commercial banks and other third parties’ hopes of renegotiating fresh contracts to sell prepaid electricity tokens, in a decision that will restrict the lucrative deal to …
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AfricaAFRICA NEWSAgricultureBusinessEconomyNewsSouth AfricaSouthern Africa
China lifts 5-month-long ban on wool imports from South Africa
China has lifted its 5-month-long ban on wool products importation from South Africa. The ban, which began in April, was occasioned by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in three …
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AirtelBanking, Finance & InvestmentEastern AfricaEconomy
Kenya’s Third GDP is handled by Mobile money agents in six months
One in every three shillings spent by consumers, businesses, and the government in Kenya in the first six months of the year moved through mobile money, cementing the country’s position …
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Eastern AfricaEconomyOil & Gas
Total Energies Kenya H1 Profit Declines by 55pc On High Cost Of Crude Oil and Weak Shilling
Total Energies Kenya has reported a 55 per cent drop in earnings for the half year ended June 30 attributed to the high cost of crude oil globally and a …
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AfricaAFRICA NEWSBuildingEconomyNewsSouth AfricaSouthern Africa
Cashbuild exits Zambian market over tough trading condition
Cashbuild, the largest retailer of building materials and associated products operating in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Swaziland, Malawi, and Zambia is closing its two underperforming stores in Zambia, over …
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BusinessEconomyMoroccoSanlam
Sanlam Maroc’s operations yielded 8.3% Annual increase in Turnover at the end of the first half of 2022
Sanlam Maroc, an insurance company that recently rebranded from its original name “Saham,” has indicated that it saw an 8.3% annual increase in turnover at the end of the first …
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Eastern AfricaEconomyFood ProductionOil & Gas
Food and fuel prices surge as Inflation rate hits 8.5pc in Kenya
Consumers endured the sharpest rise in the cost of living in more than five years in August, amid a failed maize flour subsidy, rising fuel costs and a weakening shilling. …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentEconomyEthiopia
Central bank of Ethiopia is deliberating on taking bankers’ non-performing loans off balance sheet
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is deliberating on taking bankers’ non-performing loans (NPL) in Tigray off the banks’ balance sheets. The bank is working with the Ethiopian Bankers Association …
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Eastern AfricaEconomyTransportation & Logisitics
Drivers in Nairobi set to start paying parking fees from Friday
Motorists in Nairobi will from Friday pay parking fees using a new system developed by the county as the local government parts ways with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Director …