8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. Apple, Samsung Judge Mulls Damages Apple Inc. awaits a judge’s decision on its request for additional damages against Samsung Electronics Co for patent infringement after the iPhone maker lost its bid to block U.S. sales on 26 of the Galaxy maker’s devices. Apple…
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.
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…
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
IEBC sets out to list nomadic pastoralists, Somail rebels put a bounty on Kenyan fighters and Safaricom goes to court. All these and more on "8 Things You Should Know This Morning".
8 Things You Should Know This Morning
1. Kenyans want come-we-stay legalized. A new survey conducted by Ipsos Synovate says 64% of Kenyans support the legalization of come -we-stay relationships that have lasted over six months as proposed by the Marriage Bill, while 36% are against it. 2. President Kibaki’s speech…
Samsung TV Gets CCK-Type Approval
Samsung Electronics East Africa has become the first consumer electronics company to receive a CCK type approval rating for one of its integrated digital TV models. The news of the approval of one of the DVB-T2 compliant TV sets was confirmed by Allan Oyier, General Manager.
Financing For Start-ups: Early Stage Financing
“Africa is the only developing region in the world where the growth rate is expected to rise this year. Internet usage has grown more this year in Africa than on any other continent……in short, Africa is on its way. ” – Hillary Clinton on DEMO Africa…
Local Shareholders Spend Over KES 32 million on Athi River
COUNTER WATCH Athi River Mining – True to the prediction, locals took up shares in this company. The stock traded at KES 219, up by KES 9 from yesterday’s closing price. The amount traded was even more shocking as it stood at 150,000. Total amount that transacted was KES…
Cofek Attempts to Block December 31 Analogue Switch Off
The recent government announcement that it would switch off all analogue television broadcasts in Nairobi by 31st December 2012, does not sit well with Cofek. The Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) has warned that it will move to court if the date is not postponed. Cofek…
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