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The CEO who kept a promise he made at five

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A red Datsun 120Y, year of manufacture 1973. Registration KDV 780. Charming it was, but fast it was not. It was the kind of car most of the established men those days had owned on ... Read More


Bank of Baroda, borrower fight for control of industrial park

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A long-running dispute between Bank of Baroda (Kenya) and Infinity Industrial Park has escalated into a legal battle over the control of a multi-billion shilling industrial project... Read More


Kenya Airways first pilot CEO flies away with unfulfilled dreams

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- George Kamal was not prepared to lead Kenya Airways (KQ), even on an interim basis. But when the call came on December 15 last year to take over from Allan Kilavuka, he accepted it... Read More


Kenya cuts thermal power usage to avert steep electricity prices

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has reduced expensive thermal power on the national grid to avoid burdening consumers with steep electricity prices even as fears deepen over Kenya Power's ability to meet a ... Read More


Bitter Tata-government fights scuttle Sh3.6bn Magadi expansion

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- A bitter dispute between Tata Chemicals Magadi Ltd and the Kenyan government has put a Sh3.62 billion expansion of the soda ash plant in doubt, threatening an investment that aimed... Read More


Kenya eyes Sh400bn investor deals as jobs pressure mounts

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Kenya has raised its investment target by more than 80 percent, citing more aggressive campaigns to court investors to bring in capital to start and expand businesses in a bid to c... Read More


From Mongolia to Egypt, Africa must turn COP promises into action

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- The conference halls in Ulaanbaatar have emptied, delegates have gone home, and UNCCD COP17 is over. For Africa, the real work may only just be beginning. The next UNCCD COP will ... Read More


How to solve your value chain data challenge for sustainability reporting

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- One important feature of sustainability reporting is the reporting boundary. It remains one of the fundamental and most defining concepts in non-financial reporting. Since impact ... Read More


KRA already knows more about your business than you think

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- For years, tax compliance in Kenya followed a relatively familiar script. A business could keep its books, prepare its tax computations, file its returns and pay whatever tax it de... Read More


Puzzle of Airtel's licence status as CA issues new notice

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- Questions have emerged over the status of Airtel Kenya's licence a month after the telecoms operator said it had received a 25-year permit, with new disclosures by the regulator sh... Read More