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Kenya eyes $1.7bn Turkana oil rail

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya is weighing a Sh220 billion extension of its colonial-era metre gauge railway from Nakuru to South Lokichar to ferry…

AfricaBusiness

Kenya and Rwanda open up fintech borders

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Central Bank of Kenya and the National Bank of Rwanda have signed an MoU to create a Licence Passporting…

AfricaBusiness

Kenya builds KRA data vault at Konza

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya's Treasury has allocated Sh2 billion ($15.5 million) to build a disaster recovery centre for the Kenya Revenue Authority at…

AfricaBusiness

Kenya scraps pipeline for $1.5bn oil rail

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya has abandoned plans for a Sh193 billion crude oil pipeline and will instead extend the metre gauge railway 640…

BHCPF NigeriaBola Tinubu

Nigeria health sector records major gains

IN SHORT: Nigeria's health minister Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate says the sector is recording significant…

Africa digital infrastructureNamibia

Namibia rejects Starlink licence application

IN SHORT: Namibia's communications regulator CRAN has formally rejected Starlink's application for both a telecommunications…

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Stanbic launches women’s banking in Ghana

IN SHORT: Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched Obaa Sima, a dedicated women's banking proposition targeting…

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Ghana makes UN history on slavery

IN SHORT: Ghana tabled a resolution at the UN today declaring the transatlantic slave trade…

Africa AviationBrussels Airlines

Gulf crisis sends Lufthansa to Africa

AGOA TradeEditorial

5 global brands made in Kenya

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Nairobi’s Ksh38bn plan to fix water

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Kenya’s CPF bets $20m on Rwanda

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