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Côte d’Ivoire was projected to be West Africa's fastest-growing economy this year at 5.7%, but Senegal is set to overtake it - expanding 4.8% this year before speeding up to 8% in 2023 and 10.5% in 2024. The forecast for Kenya, East Arica's largest economy, was kept the same at 5%. Here are the...

Works on the Eldoret Bypass are at an advanced stage. Major structures and interchanges which include Leseru (Maili Tisa), Railway Bridge, Sosiani River Bridge, Simat Bridge, Lemook Bridge and Kapseret Interchange have began taking shape. Works on the Cheplaskei Interchange will commence in...

Website: Konza Technopolis Konza (Konza Technopolis ) is a key flagship project of Kenya’s Vision 2030 economic development portfolio. Konza will be a world-class city, powered by a thriving information, communications and technology (ICT) sector, superior reliable infrastructure and business...

Kenyan shares beat the JSE by a massive margin over the past decade Among sub - Saharan African stock markets, Kenya’s proved the best performer over the past decade, joined only by South Africa in producing dollar-based gains since 2010 as currency depreciation ravaged returns for investors...

KPA surpassed its Containerized Cargo targets of 1.35 Million TEUs to record a whopping 1.4 Million TEUs 72 hours before end of 2019. Breaking the news to the media this morning at Berth 16, KPA MD Dr. Arch. Daniel Manduku said the Port managed to top its promised target by 3.7%

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Kenya has seen marked improvement in this 2019 ranking. In spite of the spate of natural disasters brought about by climate change. ==== An estimated 55.4 percent of Tanzanian population or around 31,778,000 people are in multidimensional poverty while an additional 24.2 percent or 13,872,000...

Vipingo Development is an integrated economic hub, sponsored by Centum Investment PLC which promises to be a model for all new East African Cities. Phase 1 construction commenced in July 2018. The project is spread over 10,254 acres, supported by an urban environment, high quality...

India is the largest supplier of online freelance workers. Bangladesh, an LDC is 2nd generating $100 million per year. Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria are in the top ten. Africa has potential to do much more. Where is South Africa? Morocco?

It looks like all the financial instruments have been finalized & construction over the troubled Likoni channel is about to start. LIKKKONI by Rico Mwash, on Flickr LIK3by Rico Mwash, on Flickr

----- NAIROBI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday launched 8,800 housing units on the outskirts of the capital Nairobi that were developed through a partnership with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to cater for low and middle income earners...

A Kenyan-American has become the first black person to receive the University of Connecticut’s Rhodes Scholar. Wanjiku ‘Wawa’ Gatheru, 20, a senior majoring in Environmental Studies with minors in Global Studies and Urban and Community Studies, is among 32 people in United States elected to the...

Meet J.S Ondara, the Kenyan singer nominated for a Grammy Award An album by a US-based Kenyan singer, J.S Ondara, has been nominated for the 62nd Grammy Awards slated for January 26, 2020. Released on February 2019, Ondara’s debut album Tales of America has been nominated for a Grammy under...

1: Kenya $159 Billion 2: Ethiopia $146 Billion 3: Tanzania $92 Billion 4: Uganda $50.93 Billion 5: Rwanda $15.81 Billion Kenya and Ethiopia will continue to expand and compete for supremacy in the region. Kenya appears to hold its own in-spite of the population advantage that Ethiopia holds...

Low-income houses set to be built on Nairobi’s Park Road SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 22:00 Kenya and international mass housing developers have been invited to design, fund and build residential houses at Nairobi’s Park Road estate for sale to low-income earners. The estate is situated in the...

***Investments pulled from the Tanzanian market due to hostile regulatory environment. NAIROBI, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi are emerging as the best markets for Kenyan banks expanding across Africa as Uganda and Tanzania, once-lucrative market...

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Foreign investment in Kenya has rocketed, with Sh290 billion ($2.9 billion) worth of investment in 2019 alone, according to a data service that monitors FDI. The report, in a special supplement in the UK-based Financial Times newspaper said that 2019 “is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for...