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Indian firm to ‘ban’ Kenya from building any other airport for 30yrs after JKIA takeover

Kenya will not be allowed to build or upgrade any airport that can compete with the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for a period of 30 years. This is one of the demands that Adani Airport Holdings has made in...

Standard Media Group to fire 300 employees as financial problems pile on

The Standard Media Group has announced that it is planning to fire up to 300 employees. This comes as financial troubles at the media house pile on. The company has issued a one-month notice that comes into effect starting...

Ruto: Tried to sell KQ in 2022, now set to hand over JKIA to Indian firm for 30yrs

During a visit to the United States in mid December 2022, President William Ruto and his delegation met with the top executives of the United States' largest carrier Delta Air. This was widely perceived by the public as a...

Dorcas Oduor nominated as new Attorney General, Beatrice Askul Moe as EAC CS

President William Ruto on Tuesday nominated Dorcas Oduor to be the new Attorney General. A statement that was released by the Head of Public Service Felix Kosgei states that Ms Oduor has thirty years of experience in the legal sector. Job...

Ethiopian Airlines moves 17mn passengers in 12 months, revenue hits Sh. 920 billion

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it moved 17.1 million passengers in the 2023-2024 financial year ended June 2024. This was an increase of 23 per cent and it included 13.4 million international travelers. The airline has also announced that in...

This is what it will take to unlock women access to digital finance

Financial exclusion remains a pervasive issue for many women across the East African region. While the barriers driving exclusion are multi-dimensional, spanning socioeconomic, geographic, and demographic two of the most salient obstacles are the lack of adequate supporting policies and...

Job losses at JKIA, new work terms, foreign workers in Indian firm’s takeover deal

A controversial deal by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) to handover the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to a private Indian firm will result in job losses for Kenyan employees currently working at the facility. According to a report on...

Kenyans losing Sh. 150 million every year to Schengen countries visa denials

Schengen countries under the European Union are making a whole ton of cash from visa applications denials from Kenya. According to an analysis of data and statistics the Lago Collective immigration research and the Schengen Visa Trends research, the amount...

EU makes over Sh. 7.7bn from rejecting Schengen visa applications by Africans

In 2023, the European Union made over Sh. 7.7 billion from rejecting Schengen visa applications by Africans. This is according to a report by the BBC on the imbalance of visa approvals and travel requirements between travelers from African...

Namibia demands visitors from US, Canada, UK, Germany apply for visas

Citizens from first world countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany do not require visas to enter the majority of African countries. However, Africans seeking to travel to these countries are mandated to apply for...

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