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17/12/2014

Cash-Light Fare System 'My 1963' has in the last month created 2000 youth jobs in partnership with more than 100 SACCOs running over 6000 matatus....http://bit.ly/13wAlp1

05/12/2014

Leading real estate company, PDM Holdings has embarked on a Sh1.6bn state-of-the-art Grade A commercial development, in a bid to meet an upsurge in demand for Grade A office space in Nairobi, at a time when tenants are willing to pay more for better quality commercial space within the capital http://bit.ly/1ymWdQc

02/10/2014

Mauritius has been ranked first in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) 2014 for the eighth consecutive year. Among the 52 countries rated by the Foundation, Mauritius scored the highest overall mark of 81.7 points. Cabo Verde was second with 76.6 points, with the average score for the continent being 51.5 points http://ow.ly/Cc12M

02/10/2014

Global Telecoms Business has published The GTB Power100, its annual list of the 100 most powerful and influential people in the telecoms industry. Those listed are senior executives from around the world who the judges feel have the ability to move the industry. http://ow.ly/CbZjo

18/09/2014

The Trans Nzoia County government yesterday held an agricultural field day at Barak Farm where various technologies in agriculture were demonstrated, including ARM Cement’s Mavuno Fertilizer. The field day aimed to provide an opportunity for farmers, traders and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector to access modern farming technologies, establish business relations and promote farming business. http://ow.ly/BD8ye

17/09/2014

SABMiller Plc was rebuffed in an attempt to buy smaller brewer Heineken NV, a deal that would have strengthened it against a potential bid by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, people with knowledge of the matter said http://ow.ly/BAscK

11/09/2014

East Africa Data Centre, the only Tier 3 secure electronic data centre in east and central Africa, yesterday announced a Ksh1bn expansion to meet rack space demand that initially forced it to ration allocations to customers http://ow.ly/Bn2VM

09/09/2014

Do you know that Kenya currently leads in African connectivity with the highest bandwidth per person on the continent, the fastest speeds, and some of the lowest internet costs?! http://ow.ly/Bh5H7

25/08/2014

King’s Pride Properties, a leading Nairobi-based real estate developer, is set to launch the first annual Kenyans Diaspora Homes Expo in New York in a bid to tap into the $1.29 billion (Ksh109 billion) that Kenyans in the diaspora remit home annually http://ow.ly/AFRhm

08/08/2014

A Kenyan journalist has been shortlisted for the CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards on a Kenyan news website for farmers that has been cited as a completely innovative media product globally, making a profound contribution to food security, in five international awards in the last two years......http://ow.ly/A6ErU

30/07/2014

Hass Consult today unveiled the Hass property price indices for the second quarter, revealing rising price strength in the mid-market, driven by the recovery in rental yields as a result of the two year trend of rent rises ahead of sales price growth.....http://ow.ly/zK36z

25/07/2014

Davis & Shirtliff, the country’s leading supplier of water equipment, is today hosting a forum for County Water Directors in Nairobi to facilitate county administrations in accelerating water and power development in the counties: as the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis reports that only 48.5 per cent of Kenyans yet have access to safe water, compared with the national target of 80 per by 2015.....http://ow.ly/zzapu

10/07/2014

Saunas are gaining popularity in Kenya among the health-conscious upper-middle and upper class Kenyans, fuelled by high stress lifestyles and the rising prevalence of knock-on health issues such as high-blood pressure, now responsible for 12.5 per cent of deaths in the country....http://ow.ly/yZBws

10/07/2014

Liquid Telecom Kenya (LTK) Africa’s leading data, voice and IP provider, is installing today a $2 million (Ksh175 million) fiber optic network in Siaya County, the first its kind in rural Kenya, to open the areas underserved in terms of internet access.....http://ow.ly/yZASk

10/07/2014

A group of farmers in Western Kenya have embraced cultivation of indigenous crops in a bid to help preserve cultural identity, a move that has seen them improve their health due to the high nutritional value in crops and improve on their livelihoods. The programme launched in 2010 is an initiative of Bio Gardening Innovations (BIOGI), an organization that is working towards biodiversity conservation using organic methods and improving on families’ nutrition and livelihoods.....http://ow.ly/yZf7r

02/07/2014

The Nairobi Business Park Phase 2 and Garden City Retail have won LEED Gold pre-certification, making them the first commercial buildings in East Africa to be registered as ‘green’ buildings under the international standards of the world’s leading green code, the LEED Core and Shell rating system....http://ow.ly/yGwvv

27/06/2014

27/06/2014

Davis & Shirtliff, the country’s leading supplier of water equipment, is today hosting a county ministries forum in Nairobi to facilitate county administrations in accelerating water and power development in the counties.....http://ow.ly/yvItf

25/06/2014

Farmers in semi arid areas, knocked by weather patterns are learning new techniques to beat the weather vagaries like planting before the rains start and buying seeds suited for their climate. The techniques which have at times failed remain their only option at the moment....http://ow.ly/ynkoZ

23/06/2014

A sweet potato based pig feed is providing a low cost alternative to the prohibitively priced commercial pig feeds to farmers across East Africa who have been left at the mercy of the market forces. East Africa has over 5 million pig farmers in East Africa who have seen the price of conventional feeds more than double in the last three year http://ow.ly/yfqoo

23/06/2014

A decision to invest Sh2million in rearing rare birds has paid off for lawyer turned farmer who now earns upto Sh15 million yearly in sale of meat, feather and bird’s tail.....http://ow.ly/ykl01

23/06/2014

A childhood love for sugarcane for Charles Odira has metamorphosed to a juice making enterprise that is earning him five times more than he earned selling the cane and earning him nationwide recognition...http://ow.ly/ykFaP

18/06/2014

The launch of Kenya's first ever free, daily newspaper, XNews, is bucking African media trends with a surge in circulation that has seen the new Nairobi evening newspaper emerge as the third largest newspaper in Kenya within just three months of its launch......http://ow.ly/yaXh8

17/06/2014

A group of agriculture experts have released a set of maps depicting world’s livestock populations showing the distribution and density of the animals down to one kilometer with the maps deemed to provide important insights like the difference between protein rich and starved regions globally.....http://ow.ly/y5yuh

16/06/2014

A new deal between Kericho farmers and a UK based company has sought to boost farmers earnings through direct export of agricultural exports to the European Union and a technology that increases the shelf life of the produce.....http://ow.ly/y5rxR

16/06/2014

The East African Data Centre (EADC), in partnership with the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP), will hold a press briefing tomorrow at Laico Regency Hotel at 10:30am, to report on the relocation and exponential growth in Kenya's IXP, now one of the largest exchanges in Sub Saharan Africa......http://ow.ly/y4ySR

12/06/2014

Television musical series Groove Theory has won four nominations for the annual Kalasha Film & TV Awards, led by its nomination as this year's Best TV Drama.....http://ow.ly/xUADz

10/06/2014

Farmers to expect higher yields following the approval by Kephis of new hardy maize varieties http://ow.ly/xG9jG

10/06/2014

The Western Union Foundation and The KCB Foundation has announced a collaboration to support underprivileged learners with secondary school scholarships...http://ow.ly/xP2E5

10/06/2014

Businesses across Kenya last year made Kshs 8.2 billion in revenues from supplying services to Tullow Kenya and contractors carrying out oil exploration in the country, a report released by the firm says.....http://ow.ly/xP2nV

10/06/2014

Tullow Kenya has completed the installation of a Kshs 2.4 million solar lighting system for Kerio Boys Secondary School in Central Turkana. The project, which involves the provision of solar powered lights for classrooms, dormitories, the school laboratory and administration offices, was handed over at a ceremony presided over by Deputy Governor Peter Ekai, and graced by area MP, Hon John Lodepe......http://ow.ly/xP1Cq

05/06/2014

Kericho Town is to get its first shopping mall, as Green Square Mall today starts the construction of a two-floor mall with a supermarket and more than 20 stores and restaurants, on the Nairobi-Kisumu highway into the town.....http://ow.ly/xEA3A

04/06/2014

Kenya is planning to mechanise its agriculture and looking to India for farm equipment that will bring down production costs at a time when there has been heightened interest in modern farming by smallholder farmers....http://ow.ly/xBB0K

14/05/2014

17 year old girl behind rabbit cooperative and village bank

Being expelled from school for lack of school fees was the spark that inspired 14 year old Laetitia Mukungu to start a rabbit cooperative movement, a move that has metamorphosed into a behemoth now supplying to biggest hotels and keeping girls in school.....http://ow.ly/wP6fF

12/05/2014

World consumes more fish than beef

Did you know that World consumes more fish than beef?

For the first time in modern history, the world farmed fish production has toppled beef production with annual fish production in 2013 reaching 66 million tonnes compared to beef’s 63 million tones....http://ow.ly/wJf3z

01/05/2014

At a time when farmers have been busy removing weeds from their field, one woman has been busy planting them, making juices from them tripling her income and wining admiration from scientists and the continent at a time when industry players are heightening call for value addition. Sixty-year-old Margaret Wanjiru who farms in Rongai uses loathed weeds like blackjack, pigweed, Lantana camara, yellow sorrel, and wandering Jew which she mixes with indigenous vegetables to make nutritional juices whose health benefits nutritionists say include protecting the liver, heart diseases and preventing cancer....http://ow.ly/wmr9t

14/04/2014

Consumer finance company has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Naivas Supermarket that will offer its customers the opportunity to purchase goods on credit at any Naivas stores in Nairobi and throughout Kenya over time....http://ow.ly/vLEJm

07/04/2014

Dr. Fred Okengo Matiangi, Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology will officially launch the new regulations for the Public Relations industry in Kenya tomorrow http://ow.ly/vw3oY

07/04/2014

Malcolm Mwakazi was born on the 14th actor and a singer. Pursuing his love the coast grown teenager, works with Kijiji entertainment and plan A production (Mavuno Church) and is also a member of the theatre company. All work and no play makes Malcolm a dull boy hence his fun loving, work hard play hard self http://ow.ly/vnHa1

07/04/2014

A group of Maasai women in the Olepolos area of Kajiado are leading in water harvesting which is showering their farms at a time when climate related drought has taken its toll on their livestock http://ow.ly/vvaxa