by Hope Media | Feb 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Kenya’s tea earnings for the 2016/2017 financial year are likely to drop following prolonged dry spells that led to depressed tea output. Kenya Tea Development Agency Holdings Chairman, Peter Kanyago, said that global tea prices have remained relatively low compared...
by Hope Media | Feb 21, 2017 | news
United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Airways Engineering has signed an agreement with Kenya Airways to perform mandatory checks on its Boeing 787-8 fleet. “This is part of an integration programme for the newest additions to the airline’s fleet,” Etihad Airways...
by Hope Media | Feb 21, 2017 | news
The High Court on Monday issued an order temporarily restraining the Communications Authority of Kenya from deploying the controversial Device Management System. Justice John Mativo directed that the deployment of the system be suspended until the court hears and...
by Hope Media | Feb 21, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
Kenya Airways and Tanzania’s Precision Air Services are seeking to be exempted from the competition rules through a review of terms for their joint venture. In a move aimed at boosting the airlines’ revenue, the national carrier and its Tanzanian partner...
by Hope Media | Feb 21, 2017 | news
US President Donald Trump has named Lt Gen HR McMaster as his national security adviser. He will replace Lt Gen Michael Flynn who was fired after just three weeks and three days in the job. A lieutenant general with the US Army, HR McMaster served in Iraq and...
by Hope Media | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Were they trembling? Most likely… they possibly mumbled at the instruction… they might have wondered, how do you just pick someone’s item without asking for permission? ‘Teacher, are you sure this won’t land us into trouble? They will accuse us of stealing! We might...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
An official watchdog in Germany has told parents to destroy a talking doll called Cayla because its smart technology can reveal personal data. The warning was issued by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), which oversees telecommunications. Researchers say...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
The Communications Authority of Kenya has scolded mobile phone companies for leaking a letter on it allegedly spying on Kenyans. In the letter leaked to the media, CA ordered mobile phone companies Safaricom, Airtel and Orange Telecom Kenya to allow them tap into...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
The Somali government has announced the suspension of commercial flights to and from Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport on February 22 when president-elect Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed will be sworn into office. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of...
by Hope Media | Feb 17, 2017 | news
With more than one million refugees and 40,000 more coming in daily from neighbouring South Sudan Uganda, has started to feel the pinch of refugee influx amid acute funding pressures. The East African country, which hosts more than half a million refugees from South...
