How does Kenya compare to Zimbabwe economically?

The Standard yesterday, January 29, 2013 posted that Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) had quietly halved fares and scrapped all the daytime frequencies of the Syokimau commuter train service after its strategy targeting the middle class hit a snag. According to the post, fare for a one way ticket between Syokimau and the Central Business District (CBD) had dropped to KES 50 from KES 110 while fare for return ticket at peak times has dropped to KES 100 from KES 220. How does this look in terms of sensibility?

yuMobile has reduced its cross network calls to KES 3 per minute

With less than a year since its official launch, StarTimes digital television services are available in up to 15 towns across the country. The company on Monday, January 28, 2013 confirmed that its services are up and running in Meru, Embu, Karatina, Nanyuki, Malindi, Kakamega, Webuye, Kitale, Bungoma,…

With two years to the2015 internationally agreed analogue switch-off deadline, Tanzania is the Only East African country to switch off its analogue television signal. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) switched off analogue signal transmission in Dar es Salaam on December 31, 2012 at midnight. There…

Miraa (Khat) farmers and traders have a reason to feel relieved now after the United Kingdom Advisory Council on the misuse of drugs rejected requests to ban importation of Miraa in the UK. The UK council found out that there was no evidence that Miraa had any health effects as the Dutch parliamentarians had earlier said.

Hemingways, one of the Kenya’s hospitality chains is set to open up a new branch in Nairobi. The 45 all en suite development will be located in Karen and is due to be unveiled sometime in March 2013.

The number of Kenyans living abroad Kenya's diaspora remittances has been on a steady increase in the last five years. As at September 2012, the number of Kenyans living in the diaspora was estimated at 3 Million. Where does all their money go?

CCK reports a 56.9% increase in mobile data usage as at 30th September 2012 as compared to the same period the previous year.

Cash inflows from abroad have grown 31.4% from USD 891.1 million in 2011 to USD 1.2 billionin the full year of 2012. In the month of December 2012, remittances to Kenya grew by 24% and 8.4% to USD 105.7 million compared to USD 85.2 million and USD 97.5 million recorded in December 2011 and November, 2012 respectively.