BY AFP: Ethiopia said it has begun exporting electricity to Kenya under a 25-year deal between the two East African neighbours.
The move comes after Ethiopia earlier this year announced it had started generating power from its controversial mega-dam project...
Saccos have emerged as a viable alternative banking option to the traditional banks.
And with so many of them setting camp, you will do well to know which is the better banking sacco for you. To help you out, here...
Beatrice Kisanya is a Director and co-founder at Finmat Sacco Limited, a Sacco registered under the Co-operative Societies Act of the Laws of Kenya as a limited liability Society.
Finmat Sacco started as a Financial Matters Welfare of 30 former...
Is borrowing from bank to fund your business a good thing? What should you be cautious about when you decide to take this route? These are the questions Samchi Group chief executive officer, entrepreneur Esther Muchemi examined in her platform:
You...
Kenya is chocking with micro small businesses and we need a new economic model to deal with the problem.
It is extremely difficult to order our cities and urban areas because we believe it is progressive for everyone to start...
Toyota Wish is a popular model. However, there are still some out there who wish to seek an alternative mid-sized multi-purpose van (MPV).
One of these models is the Honda Stream, but the new Wish’s larger dimensions and engine means...
Mastitis is the costliest disease in dairy production because it strikes where it pays most — the udder. It causes losses through reduction in milk production, cost of treatment and culling of genetically superior dairy animals.
The management of the...
Dairy farmers in Kenya: By The Standard: After quitting teaching, a job he had done for six years, George Ngugi Karungo started rearing cows as a hobby. Today, he owns a dairy empire.
He started with a stock of 40...
There is the high likelihood that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will go down as Kenya's worst deputy president in history.
Kenyans are not enthusiastic about his regular outbursts and character that doesn't depict the picture of a sitting deputy president,...
For many small businesses, debt is truly a four-letter word -- not that it has mattered lately since lenders have been downright Scrooge-like about extending credit of any sort.
But now the purse strings seem to be loosening. And, say...
