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Equity, IFAD target farmers with Sh25.8bn climate financing

Nairobi, Sept. 8 -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Equity Group have launched a $200 million (Sh25.8 billion) financing agreement for smallholder farmers and rural busi... Read More


Investor frenzy for luxury hotels in Nairobi's upmarket Gigiri

Nairobi, Sept. 7 -- Investors are scrambling to build luxury hotels and serviced residences in Nairobi's upmarket Gigiri neighbourhood, targeting growing demand from diplomats, business travellers and... 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


How recruiters are catching job seekers cheating with AI

Nairobi, Sept. 6 -- The rise of AI-generated CVs, fake portfolios, real-time interview assistants and deepfake identities is making employers extra keen to verify that the person on the screen is the ... Read More


Kipchoge pick-ups earn Isuzu Sh1.5bn sales

Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- Isuzu East Africa booked revenues of Sh1.49 billion from the sale of 159 units of the Kipchoge Limited Edition D-Max pick-up whose production has ended after 40 months. It marks t... Read More


Kenyan cyber cafes reinvent as smartphones kill browsing business

Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- More than 15 computer monitors sit empty at Lillian's cyber cafe on Nairobi's Tom Mboya Street, a reminder of how technology changed a business that was once at the heart of Kenya'... Read More


Telcos to wait 6 months before deactivating dormant lines

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Telecommunications firms, including Safaricom and Airtel, will be blocked from reselling dormant SIM cards until a six-month window lapses, adding compliance obligation costs for n... Read More


Shadow AI: The hidden technology spreading through Kenyan offices

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- A manager asks her junior to prepare an analysis of a new market. The employee turns to an AI chatbot, queries it, formats the responses into a presentation and sends it to the man... Read More


Google to remit 5pc of Kenyan creators' earnings

Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- Google has joined Meta in withholding 5 percent of earnings paid to Kenyan content creators, as the State moves to capture revenue from digital platforms that monetise content. Th... Read More


Gen Zs and millennials top in Kenya newspaper readership

Nairobi, Aug. 27 -- Younger generations aged 18-44 years are the strongest newspaper readers in Kenya, driven by digital access to news, a new survey has revealed. The Communications Authority (CA) s... Read More