Ethiopian voted 2017 Middle East and Africa Airline of the Year
Winners in the Middle East & Africa Aviation 100 Awards Category were chosen through customer surveys conducted by Airline Economics Magazine. Ethiopian outperformed major airlines in the Middle...
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Financial inclusion remains obstacle in African banking
Equity Bank, GT Bank, and Capitec are the preferred retail banks among citizens of Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, respectively, even as 80% of the adult population in Africa do not use formal or...
View ArticleMatatu touts and the untapped training ground
BY KENYATTA OTIENO They can be a nuisance but we all agree that matatu crew especially in Nairobi are indispensable. I am vertically endowed so every time I board a matatu, I always prefer to take the...
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African cities must adopt holistic approach to tourism growth
Tourism is a catalyst for economic growth in Africa – a key theme during the UN World Cities Day celebrated last month around the world. The sector is especially important now when governments are...
View ArticlePartnerships as a growth strategy for State Corporations
BY GORDON MUTUGI What happens when Government, whose core function in business is development of broader social-political climate that enables businesses to thrive, becomes an active business entity?...
View ArticleBoeing vs Airbus, and the unending war for clients
BY David onjili They are the two main manufacturers of aeroplanes world over and theirs is a rivalry that is not just steeped in profit but pride. Their duopoly has made other aeroplane manufacturers...
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The rise of the new norm in the food industry
BY ANTONY MALUSI The days where the norm was that people would go to supermarkets to buy ingredients that they would then take home to prepare meals seems to be turning into a thing of the past. This...
View ArticleDangote cement price goes for online purchase
In a new move designed to reduce price and ease logistics inherent in the purchase of its products, the management of Dangote Cement Plc has signed a pact with e-commerce platform Jumia Nigeria to...
View ArticleDigital shadows strengthens management team
The leader in digital risk management and threat intelligence, announced several key appointments in December to its management team designed to scale the business in support of company growth...
View ArticleEthiopian’s majestic conquer of African skies & lessons for African airlines
BY DAVID ONJILI It was a once revered on the Continent, branding itself as The Pride of Africa, still does to date, yet, Kenya Airways (KQ) remains an embarrassing symbol of Kenyan incompetence and...
View ArticleRise of Facebook groups threat to Jumia’s dominance in Africa
Informal transactions through Facebook groups are threatening the success of e-commerce giants in Africa according to a recent straw poll on the impact of the Black Friday sale promotion on this...
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Coca-Cola in plans to help create a world without waste
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it is fundamentally reshaping its approach to packaging, with a global goal to help collect and recycle the equivalent of 100% of its packaging by 2030. This...
View ArticleCSR: Could you be doing it wrong?
BY JOANNE VAN DER WALT Often, CSR programmes are implemented through ad hoc, unrelated activities, whose positive effects are short-lived. Once-off, annual events are seen as an extension of marketing...
View ArticleSmart metering: The new digital frontier for electricity distribution companies
By ADIL YOUSSEFI A lack of accurate and timely data on electricity use has caused consumers’ uproar on the over-charged bills and has prevented them from monitoring, managing and/or reducing their...
View ArticleConfess or else!
A group of Kenyans is threatening to sue the Kenya Power and Lighting Company for what it considers abuse of dominance, monopoly and buyer power. In a letter of demand dated 8 January 2018 and...
View ArticleA nation of gamblers?
BY LUKE MULUNDA On February 6th, as Kenyans were smarting from a penniless January, the country’s biggest sports betting company SportPesa finally unveiled the winner of Sh230.7 million mega jackpot....
View ArticleSportPesa and Pambazuka in court over Sh109m betting claim
Leading sports betting company SportPesa and the defunct Pambazuka lottery have been sued by a man claiming to have won more than Ksh100 million in a jackpot draw held in July last year. Mr John...
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Avakon enters Kenyan market with revolutionary engineering products
BY DAVID ONJILI Any country that trail blazes an innovation always reaps the maximum and Kenya is no exception; M-Pesa is testament to that. Not only have we been a reference point for the world with...
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Will merging of government financial agencies deliver desired results?
BY ANTONY MUTUNGA Over the years the Kenyan government has been working on merging some of its state corporations but time and time again this has hit a wall. In 2008 the Cabinet had approved the...
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How the Smartphone has cemented its position as a gateway to better life
Smartphones, according to Jumia’s 2018 report dubbed the 4th Whith Paper, are the primary gateway to the internet for 270 million people in sub-Saharan Africa today. These devices are pivotal platforms...
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