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DCI to probe Sh6.2bn State payroll fraud

Nairobi, July 9 -- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has formally taken over investigations into the suspected Sh6.2 billion payroll fraud in the public service, following the handover ... Read More


CMA to monitor crypto deals with new system

Nairobi, July 8 -- Kenya plans to acquire a blockchain analytics system to monitor cryptocurrency transactions and help investigate suspicious activity, its first major regulatory step following the e... Read More


Startup that refused to fold: How Craydel found niche in linking students to foreign universities

Nairobi, July 8 -- Manish Sardana walked away from a lucrative corporate career at the height of the Covid-19 scourge, resigning from global advertising giant WPP after seven years in Kenya. He had r... Read More


Demand for faster data fuels competition by telcos

Nairobi, July 6 -- Internet service providers in Kenya are eyeing a windfall as rising demand for faster speeds and more broadband pushes data usage to new highs. New data from the Communications Aut... Read More


Uber, Bolt, Glovo get higher permit fees for delivery services

Nairobi, July 6 -- Online delivery platforms such as Uber, Bolt, Glovo and Little will pay higher licence fees to operate in Kenya after the government introduced a new permit for the fast-growing ser... Read More


Demand for faster data fuels investments by telcos

Nairobi, July 6 -- Internet service providers in Kenya are eyeing a windfall as rising demand for faster speeds and more broadband pushes data usage to new highs. New data from the Communications Aut... Read More


How two Russian daredevils became Kenya's unlikely brand envoys

Nairobi, July 6 -- It began, as so many Kenyan internet phenomena do, not in Nairobi but miles away, nearly 1,150 feet above New York City's Manhattan neighbourhood in the United States. Last Wednesd... Read More


15 State firm CEO jobs at risk as mergers, shutdowns loom

Nairobi, July 5 -- The jobs and perks of 15 chief executive officers of State corporations are on the line as the government rolls out the first phase of its plan to dissolve non-viable parastatals an... Read More


Heavy electric trucks roll into Kenya as fuel costs bite

Nairobi, July 2 -- Electrified heavy lorries have been the missing link in Kenya's fast-growing e-mobility sector, overshadowed by a rapid rise of motorcycles, passenger cars and, more recently, buses... Read More


Vodacom buys State's Safaricom stake days after court clears sale

Nairobi, June 30 -- Vodacom has completed its acquisition of an additional 20 percent stake in Safaricom, days after the Court of Appeal lifted orders that had blocked the State's Sh204.3 billion sale... Read More