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ICDC starts offering loans at 13 per cent

Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) has announced a three percentage point reduction in loan interest. The State-owned ICDC said on Monday that it has, from November 1, been charging interest on loans at 13 per cent, down from 16...

OLX sets up online farm input stores

OLX has set up centres to help farmers easily access farm inputs and increase yields for their produce across various regions. Dubbed kilimo smart OLX centres, will see farmers who have placed orders of various inputs through OLX collect...

Nyandarua dairies to build Sh. 1.2 billion Kipipiri factory

Nyandarua County Investment Forum, which includes local dairies and businesspeople, says it is planning a Sh1.2 billion milk processor in Kipipiri set to be complete by 2018. Chairman, Muriuki Karue who is also the county Senator, said the processor will...

StarTimes Basic Bouquet gets additional new channels

StarTimes Kenya has introduced a series of new channels on its Basic Bouquet. The bouquet, which retails at a monthly subscription of Sh. 599, will have channels focusing on documentaries, lifestyle and Pan-Africa content. Previously, this bouquet contained a total...

6 common manual transmission problems

Manual Transmission Oil Leakage Often the oil slips outside the unit and gets to back. You can just follow the oil leakage trail in the front to detect the source. That helps you to address one of the manual transmission...

Chris Kirubi’s Centum pumps Sh. 1 billion in Coke bottler

Centum Investments has raised its stake in Coke bottler, Almasi Beverages to 53.8 per cent. This follows a strategic plan by the firm, whose majority single shareholder is billionaire Chris Kirubi, to raise its holding by investing Sh. 1...

The most haunting money issue that kills businesses fastest

Levi King’s father, an Idaho farmer who paid cash for everything, taught his son to avoid credit cards and debt. So at age 23, when he founded his first company, an electric signs and awnings manufacturing business, he followed...

Easy ways to reduce losses after harvesting your vegetables

Fresh vegetables are extremely perishable and have relatively short shelf lives. Being able to maintain a level of freshness from the field to the dinner table presents many challenges. A grower who can meet these challenges, will be able...

Nassim Kassim: My 7 secrets to making it in construction business

Nassim Kassim is the executive director of Sweet Waters Affordable Housing Services Limited, a real estate firm which deals with construction of commercial and residential houses. Secret to making money in construction: There are no two ways towards profits. You...

Jonathan Ciano in hot soup for bringing Uchumi down

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed a Sh.5 million fine on Mr Ciano and is also seeking to recover Sh13.5 million from him as profit from illegally supplying Uchumi with goods. The markets regulator also banned Mr. Ciano from holding a...

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