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East Africa sees a marked increase in Private Equity (PE) activity
The East African region has recorded a marked increase in the number of PE funds looking to invest in the region from 72 in 2016 to 97 in 2018, according to a new report released by KPMG and the East Africa Private Equity and Venture…
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Seacom launches Direct-to-corporate services in Uganda
Pan-African telecoms enabler SEACOM has further extend its corporate market offering into the East African region, under its SEACOM Business brand, by providing its industry-leading Internet connectivity and cloud services directly to…
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DTB Rolls out MSME’s Financial Literacy Programme
More than 100 entrepreneurs running Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have started training under a financial literacy programme by Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) that is supported by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).…
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Air France to eliminate single-use plastic items on all flights
On World Environment Day, on board flight AF378 from Paris to Detroit, Air France took passengers by surprise when it replaced most of the single-use plastic items distributed in the flight with products made from bio-based materials;…
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Local startups win trip to showcase at Oslo Innovation week
Three local startups have been selected for a fully funded trip by ICT Norway to showcase at the Oslo Innovation Week in Norway where they will have an opportunity to get funding that will transform their ideas to full businesses.The…
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Youth launch fresh appeal to foster gender equality in development acceleration bid
Youth have renewed their appeal to the government to accelerate development-led initiatives aimed at achieving gender equality for young women and girls.Speaking during the launch of a youth-led social change campaign dubbed 'Girls Get…
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Celebrating compassionate cancer care the Texas Cancer Centre way
Born in a family of ‘medics’, her grandmother; a traditional healer
inspired her into studying medicine. It is while she was studying
medicine at the University of Nairobi over two decades ago, that
Catherine Nyongesa first experienced the…
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Bamburi cement roots for Hydraulic Road Binders in road construction
By Francis ZyderGovernment’s test report confirms suitable performance of HRBs
In Kenya, specification for soil treatment and stabilization has been highly restrictive, allowing only the use of a CEM I 42.5 cement,…
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ICT MINISTRY IN CABLE LANDING DEAL AHEAD OF THE 36TB DARE 1 CABLE LANDING
By CW CorrespondentIn SummaryThe consultative meetings kicked off post the completion of a 35-day survey in the last week of January 2019, an endorsement of the implementation of the proposed 36TB Terabyte fibre cable, projected to…
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Top Science student lands scholarship to study in Moringa School
By Catherine MuemaIn SummaryThe scholarship program was officially launched in December 2018 and targeted high school students who sat for their KCSE in Nairobi County
Of the ten scholarships for 2019, half are designated…
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