Tanzania has doubled the cost of export permits by 93 percent, a move likely to open another round of trade dispute between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The authorities in …
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Business At Standstill As Traders Protest Construction Of Kiosks On Top Of Sewer
Business came to a halt at Port Victoria market after 300 traders protested Busia county government officials’ move to construct kiosks on top of a sewer system. Led by their …
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) PLC has hosted the inaugural NSE CFO Conference. The conference brought together finance leaders from leading companies in Kenya and the region to deliberate on …
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Frenchman shuts startup Kune after failing to raise Sh30m for operations
Kune, a Kenyan food start-up founded by Frenchman Robin Reecht in 2020, has closed its doors after failing to raise Sh30 million from a French investor for operations amid rising …
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Rivatex benefits EAC cotton farmers on Kenya shortage
The shortage of raw materials to run Rivatex has handed producers in the East African Community (EAC) a major windfall, with the Eldoret-based textile manufacturer now relying on the region …
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Reprieve For Fish Traders After Kenya Brokers A Truce With Uganda
Fish traders in Busia are a happy lot after the Kenya and Uganda government came up with a framework to ensure smooth transit of the commodity from Lake Turkana to …
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Kenya, Zambia Commit To Joint Efforts Towards Removals Of Trade Barriers
Kenya and Zambia have agreed to work together towards removing barriers that hinder trade and investment between the people of the two countries. President Kenyatta said his discussions with visiting …
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Paystack Partners with Xero; Integrates features into its platform.
Modern online payment platform Paystack on the Tuesday announced its new partnership scheme with Xero. Xero is an accounting software app that helps business owners to optimize numbers, receipts, banks …
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Thriving As A Woman In Male-Dominated Industries – Damilola Shobowale, CEO Midas Integrated Limited
The haulage and scaffolding industry has always been considered a “man’s world.” When we look back to the early days of these industries, the names of women are rarely mentioned. …
Cocoa has been Ghana’s main commercial crop for several decades and although the West African country is the second largest cocoa producer and exporter in the world, some are still …