by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
China’s economy grew by 6.7{d59e984f9fbc5c09e4ab0305e27bfa5819922b7230cd324f89a660f78358ca33} in 2016, compared with 6.9{d59e984f9fbc5c09e4ab0305e27bfa5819922b7230cd324f89a660f78358ca33} a year earlier, according to official data, marking its slowest growth...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Safaricom has expanded the value of mobile money transfers under its M-pesa platform by 4.45, latest industry data shows, as the company continues to lead in the mobile money market. The value of money transacted on M-pesa in the first quarter of the 2016/17 financial...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned maize exports to the country with immediate effect. This follows ravaging drought in many parts of the country that has affected the grain reserves. Uhuru said a stern action will be taken against those who will be found exporting...
by Hope Media | Jan 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Bank of Africa will shut 12 retail branches in Kenya as it moves to adopt an Information Technology driven business module,the lender has said,becoming the latest to review its operations in the country. This is in the wake of a growing digital banking platform...
by Hope Media | Jan 20, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
Emirates has announced that it will introduce a third daily flight between Dubai and Kenya’s capital from 1st June 2017. The additional flight will increase the number of scheduled Emirates flights between the two cities to 21 a week and give customers greater...
by Hope Media | Jan 17, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has been named as Africa’s richest person for the sixth year running with a $12.1 billion fortune despite his net value falling by $5 billion in 2016. Falling commodity prices and tough economic times in the continent saw 7 rich...
