Malaysia China Debt: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad confirmed during a visit to Beijing on Tuesday that three China-backed projects totalling $22 billion will be cancelled until his country can find a way to pay its debts.
The projects include...
Chase Bank is now officially State Bank of Mauritius (SBM). Marking its entry into Kenya, the Mauritius-based lender SBM Bank is now considering listing its Kenyan unit on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in a plan that is expected...
Zambia Airways Revival: Ethiopian Airlines has signed a shareholding agreement with Zambia’s main development agency to relaunch the southern African country’s flag carrier at an initial cost of Sh. 3 billion.
The Ethiopian state-owned carrier has outpaced regional competitors Kenya...
Bank Theft in Kenya: It appears that some bank employees have taken fraud to a new level. Apparently, four banks have had their employees nabbed and prosecuted for stealing customers' cash.
According to a report that appears in a local...
As Kenya Airways inches closer to direct flights to the US, over 7,000 travellers have already booked their seats. This massive booking has also seen the inaugural flight to New York over-booked by 80 per cent. Kenya Airways’ direct flights...
Christopher Alvin Mokaya is the founder and chief executive officer of Mokaya Leadership Consulting Centre which is a development, leadership and entrepreneurship coaching firm.
Biggest milestone: This occurred mid this year when I partnered with Africa Youth and Talent Summit...
Higher Diploma in Kenya BY DAILY NATION: Higher diploma programmes will be abolished according to a proposal by the Kenya National Qualification Framework Authority.
The authority's chairman, Bonventure Kere, said the decision to phase out higher diplomas was informed by...
Kienyeji Chicken Farming: Why don’t you tell us how we can improve what we have (indigenous) rather than telling us to adopt modern production technologies, exotic animals and drugs? This is a question many farmers ask agricultural extension professionals. Of...
Safaricom has launched a three-month campaign to increase smartphone uptake among Kenya’s feature phone users.During this campaign period, Safaricom, which is the leading telecommunications firm in the Eastern Africa region, will be offering affordable 3G devices, including the Neon...
Designer shoe business: Three years ago, James Ochieng’ embarked on an entrepreneurial path by chance.
While on his fourth year at the Kenyatta University pursuing a degree in environmental Science, he was hired as a marketer for a leather firm.
After...
