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Small firms say AfCFTA tariff liberalisation may push them out of business

Nairobi, March 28 -- The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to significantly boost intra-Africa trade when fully implemented, but small businesses in East Africa are not happy ab... Read More


Kenya is Africa's start-up funding top destination

Nairobi, March 24 -- Kenya has defied a global funding drought for budding companies to post a 17 percent increase in new start-up investments, toppling Nigeria and Egypt as the continent's largest de... Read More


Worry over cybercrime as hackers change tack

Nairobi, March 23 -- The reality of cyberthreat is now dawning on businesses as a sudden spike in hacking incidence rock the globe, forcing increased vigilance in cyber systems, which could lead to in... Read More


Taxes, high fuel prices halve motorbike purchases

Nairobi, March 21 -- The number of new motorcycle purchases has slumped to the lowest level since 2008, as high taxes and skyrocketing fuel prices cut demand for the two-wheelers for private and busin... Read More


Construction to create 36pc new jobs for youth by 2030

Nairobi, March 20 -- The construction industry is poised to create 35.7 percent or the majority of new jobs in Kenya between now and 2030 on the back of a building boom and a surge in urban and genera... Read More


Kenya's coffee exports nearly double in January on demand

Nairobi, March 19 -- Kenyan coffee exports nearly doubled to 2,685 tonnes in January on demand for the larger quantities of quality crops from the main October-December production season in Kenya. Th... Read More


Starlink doubles satellite internet uptake in Kenya

Nairobi, March 15 -- The number of Kenyans using satellite internet more than doubled in the three months to December last year, following the entry of Elon Musk's satellite internet company Starlink ... Read More


Spotify takes on YouTube in Kenya with video service

Nairobi, March 15 -- Kenya is one of the 11 countries in which music platform Spotify has launched a video streaming service, taking on Google's YouTube which has dominated the audio-visual space glob... Read More


Starlink doubles satellite internet uptake in Kenya

Nairobi, March 15 -- The number of Kenyans using satellite internet more than doubled in the three months to December last year, following the entry of Elon Musk's satellite internet company Starlink ... Read More


CMA up capital threshold for market intermediaries

Nairobi, March 14 -- The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has raised the minimum amount of cash and liquid money equivalents that market intermediaries are required to hold in proposed new regulations ... Read More