World Bank provides Sh500 million for Kenya's telecoms
The World Bank has released Sh500 million to help boost Kenya's telecommunications sector. The Breton Woods financial institution's capital injection is set to benefit both Kenya's call centre sector and business process outsourcing (BPO) amongst others. 4 Dec 2008 10:35

Qatar to grow crops in Kenya
Qatar is hoping to grow crops in north-east Kenya. The Gulf state, made up mostly of barren desert, has asked Kenya to lease 40,000 hectares of land. In return it will fund a port on the tourist island of Lamu costing 3.5 billion US Dollars. 4 Dec 2008 09:50

Kenya: Government proposes draconian media law - MISA
MISA believes that a new law, if passed, will allow the Kenyan government to determine the content, style, manner and schedule of broadcasting. The proposition has drawn fierce resistance from the media industry. 3 Dec 2008 11:39

Yu launches in Kenya
[Titus Kaloki] Kenya has made a giant step in it's telecommunications market with the launch of Essar-powered Yu. The licence awarded to Africa's telecom heavy-weight, Econet in September 2007 has seen legal battles with a Kenyan consortium that claimed a share and culminated in Essar, an Indian investment giant with also big interests in Kenya's petroleum industy, buying Econets stake. 1 Dec 2008 09:30

More Kenyans to get electricity
An additional one million Kenyans will be connected to the national power grid in the next five years, Energy Minister, Kiraitu Murungi has said. 26 Nov 2008 11:29

Kenya: Sex for jobs in export processing zones
NAIROBI: At the gates of one of Kenya's export processing zones (EPZs) men and women push and shove each other, trying to get their national identity cards taken by the guards. 25 Nov 2008 10:16

Sybase 365, Safaricom sign service agreement
Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., a global leader in mobile messaging services, announced its agreement with Kenyan operator, Safaricom Limited, for international SMS inter-operator services. 24 Nov 2008 09:20

Retailer launches Christmas consumer promotions
[Carole Kimutai] Despite the global crunch that has seen a drastic reduction in consumer spending, retail supermarket chain Nakumatt has launched a R3m (KSh30m) Christmas season rewards program that will run for two months. 20 Nov 2008 12:15

Product placing Kenyan tourism industry
[Titus Kaloki] It was delightful to read in one of our common dailies, the Daily Nation, about how the corprate players in Kenya have come to see sense in product placement and sponsorship on popular TV shows. 20 Nov 2008 10:36

Mobile-XL, Cellulant launch XLBrowser in Kenya
LOS ANGELES: Mobile-XL announced on Thursday, 13 November 2008, that its XLBrowser will be released to Cellulant's Kenyan-based customers. Starting November 14, download links for the XLBrowser will be sent to 200,000 Cellulant customers via SMS. 14 Nov 2008 11:52

Effectively manage internal communications throughout the African continent - ChatROOM
When organisations deal with staff compliments of several hundreds across different countries on various levels of hierarchy and from different cultures, educational background, language preferences and demographics, effective internal communication becomes a major challenge. 17 Nov 2008 10:54

Fuel launches pan African digital solution - Fuel Group
Fuel today announced its expansion into Africa and the Middle East, allowing the group to offer a greater degree of ease and targeting for brands looking to exploit African and Middle Eastern markets. The group will see the launch of the first of its offices in Nigeria in Q1 2009, followed by Kenya, Ghana and Dubai by Q3 2009. 5 Nov 2008 15:57

eMarketing textbook finds its way to Kenya! - Quirk eMarketing
Tourism and online marketing have always been a likely couple. With the 2010 Soccer World Cup happening in South Africa, the need for local tourism agencies and service providers to catch up with eMarketing trends has increased evermore. 22 Oct 2008 14:13