Despite running a highly successful courier business in Nairobi, entrepreneur Eunice Njoki has been channeling some of her resources into the development of modern libraries in Kenya’s rural areas.
“When I was growing up, I had a burning desire to...
BY JAMES KAHONGEH / BUSINESS DAILY
Paul Kihuha, 31, is an engineering marvel, gifted with a knack for making film props. He says his business is the first of its kind in Kenya.
Known as Protisa — from the name of...
The coveted and revered throne of the World’s Richest Person is no longer occupied by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates. It has a new king in the name of Jeff Bezos, who is popularly known as the founder of online...
The Cooperative Bank has this year sponsored 655 needy students to join Form One. This has been achieved through the bank’s scholarship scheme which is popularly known as the Co-operative Bank Foundation Scholarship Scheme.
These latest scholarship have brought the...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has said that the introduction of interest rates has affected the economy badly.
Speaking at a briefing in Nairobi, Governor Patrick Njoroge said the controls that have resulted in a credit crunch as banks...
The port of Mombasa is set to get a Dubai-like vehicles free trade zone popularly known as FTZ.
An FTZ is a re-export gateway where goods in transit are temporarily stored to avoid strict customs regulations and lengthy administrative procedures.
The 1,000-acre Mombasa re-export...
Bidco Africa has ventured into the soft drinks market with the launching of a new juice product dubbed Suntop juices. This product was launched yesterday in conjunction with CO-RO, a provider of fruit juices base in Denmark.
The launch was made...
A plot of land at Tatu City real estate in Kiambu is now selling at Sh. 5.2 million. This is after the price of a quarter an acre at the area jumped by nearly a third to Sh. 10.5 million.
Over...
Kenyans will soon be able to send and receive money across networks in real time.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) said mobile money operators would today start implementing mobile money interoperability, enabling users to make money transfers across networks.
“One...
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has emerged as the fifth best stock market in Africa. The ranking has come in a report on the state of securities markets by Barclays Africa Group.
This saw the local bourse beat former securities giants...
