Sweet Nothings Of The Sugar industry: Part I
The Agriculture PS blames the shortage on shut-down and repair of some sugar companies such as Sony Sugar and Chemelil. But there's more, there's always more.
Those Bad Banks We Hate to Love- Part II
Queues in Kenyan banks are always quite the spectacle. There are 12 counters available but really, only three are functioning. The line obviously moves slowly and precious hours are wasted waiting. To make matters worse, we are actually charged to wait in line. Hilarious, right?
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. NSE Eyes Mining Sector with New Market Segment The Nairobi Securities Exchange is fast tracking operations in the Growth Enterprise Market Segment (GEMS) to attract incoming players in the natural resources and mining sector. This will help the companies listed in the segment to…
Mobile App that Backs-up, Restores data and Secure Data
It will cost mobile users KES 650 to backup, restore and wipe out data.
How Much Money Should You Make As A Musician?
According to a Music Salary Guide from the Berklee College of Music, Vocal Artists should not earn anything less than KES 13,000 per gig.
Benchmark Coffee Prices Up by 9.9%
The Nairobi Coffee Exchange has reported that Kenya’s benchmark coffee grade climbed for a third successive sale, rising 9.9% to $400 (Approx. KES 34,440) for a 50-kilogram bag, from $364 (Approx. KES 31,340) at the previous sale two weeks ago. NCE says that supplies of the grade rose…
Error 403: Internet is Forbidden
Last week, a little known international organization called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) met in Dubai to draw up new rules to regulate the Internet, a process that is generating Hurricane Sandy-sized controversies among netheads. This ITU guys are up to endorsing some of the most worrisome…
High Court Postpones Initial Ruling of December 31st Analogue Switch Off Deadline
Justice Isaac Lenaola gives the government side up to Thursday December 20th for inter-parties hearing and initial directions of Cofek's case against 31 December analogue switch-off plan.
Cofek Accuses Telkom of Deceiving Customers
Telkom Kenya now faces a suit from Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) for deceiving customers to purchase its unlimited bundles. Through its campaign dubbed: Unlimited changes with Orange, Telkom Kenya has been selling its unlimited internet packages for months. But…
Financing For Start-ups: Growth Stage Financing
We have briefly tackled what venture capitalism is and who a venture capitalist (VC) is in part 1. Last week we looked at early stage financing and the purpose of the 2 legs of financing at this stage in preparation for growth stage financing. This…
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
Cell Phone service providers face heavy penalties for poor service and the Human Rights Commission holds Kenya's first ever gay and lesbian awards. All this and more on "8 Things You Should Know This Morning".
What to Get Her For Christmas
A study shows that Americans will be spending an average of $854 (KES 72, 590) on gifts to family and friends this Christmas. Here's how for you to spend considerably less, after all, you're not in America.
Why Fuel Prices Dropped
Kenyans, this morning, woke up to reduced fuel prices following the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) latest fuel price review. A liter of super petrol, in Nairobi now retails at KES 112.61 from KES 113.68, diesel retails at KES 105.79 from KES 105.85. The retails price of kerosene though…
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