The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) plans to double its National Park entrance fees come February, 2013.The rise in fees will affect both the Nairobi National Park Safari Walk and the Impala Sanctuary in Kisumu.

Services paralyzed as workers’ protest spread The protest by City Council of Nairobi workers over delays in effecting a salary increment negotiated two years ago spread to other local authorities Monday, paralysing services. City Hall workers downed their tools last Thursday, abandoning vital services like…

The number of mobile phone users in Kenya rose 2.5% between July and September last year to 30.4 million, compared to 29.7 million posted in the previous quarter.

By the end of 2013 Safaricom, Airtel, Essar (Yu Mobile) and Telkom Kenya (Orange) will have collectively spent KES 20 billion (USD 238.2 million) to expand their data services.

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yuMobile has plans to increase its Agent distribution from the current 6000 to enable subscribers access the services more conveniently.

With transactions on the latest mobile banking innovation, M-Shwari, growing fast, having crossed the KES 1 billion mark by the end of 2012, with an excess of KES 976 million deposited in savings, only shows how Kenyans continue to recognize the importance of saving their money.

1. What Doesn’t Kill Emerging Markets Makes Them Stronger Emerging markets make up two-thirds of the world’s economic growth, but they’re countries in which the politics matter as much as the economics. One revolution, one coup, or one sanction can turn growth into risk.

Developing Kenya’s infrastructure has become a never-ending task that seems to rest on the hands of politicians and good-will ambassadors like the World Bank. Despite billions of dollars in funding and the ever-growing need to create employment, it’s safe to say that whoever is responsible for pushing development projects through has fallen short of everyone’s expectations. What happens to the country’s own team of professional architects and engineers when local projects are outsourced to foreign developers?

We all want to make a little bit extra cash to keep us going and with the election fever fast rising, why don’t you cash in on the elections? Here are 4 ways through which you can make some extra cash during the general election, none…

. The Africa Trade Insurance Agency reports that the uptake of Political Risk packages has gone up 3,000% from KES 1.3 billion in 2008 to KES 41 billion by December of 2012.

Nakumatt has launched the Private Blue Label line to promote local products to sell more.

Blue Ivy Carter, Beyoncé and Jay Z’s baby girl's first birthday party may be one of the world's most expensive celebrations of its kind. The couple spent USD 200,000 (approximately KES 17,373,060 as per the current exchange rate) on the event, setting the tone for the rest of their daughter's life.