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In today’s newsletter; - JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon lands in Kenya to meet with key business leaders and US Ambassador - Banks contribute over KShs 190B in taxes, making up 8.8% of Kenya's entire tax revenue. - Can fintech help Kenya get off FATF’s Grey-List? - Yellow Card
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BREAKING Google announces plans to open first product development center in Nairobi, its first in Africa.
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BREAKING Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates has arrived in Kenya and is expected to meet Key government officials and the private sector community.
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JP Morgan, the largest bank in the United States and the world’s sixth-largest bank by total assets, has announced the opening of a regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.
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"We're talking to investors like Elon Musk of Tesla $TSLA & telling them that instead of importing cobalt, why not set up a factory in DRC for electric vehicle batteries?" Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi
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Kenya's avocado has been rejected in Norway after two packages of the product were claimed to contain high doses of pesticide chlorpyrifos that exceed the permitted limit value.
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Global conservation charity Fauna & Flora International (FFI), has announced the appointment of Najib Balala as a new vice-president.
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JUST IN SAFARICOM WILL TOMORROW LAUNCH 5G FIXED-WIRELESS NETWORK. THE FIRST IN EAST AFRICA.
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BREAKING: Ethiopia’s Minister of Finance announces that Safaricom Ethiopia have been granted a mobile money license to operate MPESA in Ethiopia.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink, a satellite internet service, has announced plans to launch in Kenya in Q2 2023.
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Safaricom about to disrupt Kenya's Fund Management industry with new Unit trust Fund dubbed Mali. Here is what you need to know *Free deposits, Withdrawals *10% annual interest, accrued daily *Minimum investment KES 100 *Maximum daily transaction KES 150K *Withdraw anytime (1/5)
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Professor Njuguna Ndung'u, who served as Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya from March 2007 until March 2015 appointed Cabinet Secretary for Treasury.
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BREAKING Pan-African banking conglomerate Ecobank has appointed outgoing Absa Bank Kenya CEO Jeremy Awori as Group CEO. He will be in charge of the bank's operations in 36 African countries.
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Safaricom, in partnership with NCBA & KCB have announced a new discounted tariff of up to 40% on Fuliza, with effect from 1st October 2022.
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BREAKING... Kenya Airways granted special licence by US Govt to begin direct flights to the US. Licence caters for cargo & passenger flights
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Safaricom has amassed over 740,000 customers in Ethiopia less than two months after launch
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BREAKING. Kenya's Capital Markets Authority confirms that Cytonn Investments is not a licensed and approved entity. The regulator has opened criminal investigations into Cytonn operations and has asked affected Investors to report to the Capital Markets Fraud Investigation Unit.
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BREAKING Kenya's Central Bank writes to Banks and regulated financial institutions to stop dealing with Flutterwave and Chipper Cash immediately!
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BREAKING: Kenya Airways reports an operating profit of Sh10.5 billion for the first time in 7 years.
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BREAKING Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc Leads $2 Million Investment in Kenya Based Bitcoin Mining Company Gridless
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Kenyan Female Entrepreneur Jihan Abass Raises $1.8M in Seed Funding for Lami Technologies. .
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Kenya; *Expansion of Nairobi's Outer Ring Road has now been Completed. *8-lane Highway *13 Kms *11 Footbridges *Cost = Sh 12.58 Billion
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End of the Road as Kenya's highest court, the Supreme Court, dismisses a case filed by Cytonn Investment Founders seeking to stop their prosecution for allegedly stealing about Sh 1.1 Billion from Britam in 2014.
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Kenyan Fintech startup Asilimia secures $2 million in Pre-seed funding to grow its team, deliver new services and expand into new markets in East Africa.
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KENYA AND JAPAN IN DISCUSSIONS TO START DIRECT TOKYO-NAIROBI FLIGHTS
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Tesla Inc Share Price Performance over a 5 Year Period. CEO @elonmusk will soon get the first paycheck of his $56 billion payout package after the firm’s six-month average market capitalization reached a record of $138 billion
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BREAKING President William Ruto announces that Credit Bank and dairy processing firm Bio Foods have received approval to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
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BREAKING Kenya's Central Bank announces the reintroduction of charges for transactions between mobile money wallets and bank accounts, which were waived on March 16, 2020, as part of the emergency measures to facilitate use of mobile money in the context of COVID-19.
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Kenyan E-commerce startup SkyGarden will shut down on October 16 after failing to close a round of financing. had raised over $5.2 million since launch in 2017. As per TechCrunch, the company sent termination notices to employees earlier this month.
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MPesa partners with world’s largest electronic payments company, Visa, to enable users make payments on e-commerce sites like Amazon & send money internationally
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Countries with the highest rates of economic crime in the world; 1. South Africa 77% 2. Kenya 75% 3. France 71% 4. Russia 66% 5. Uganda 66% 6. Zambia 65% 7. Belgium 65% 8. China 63% 9. Mexico 58% 10. Tanzania 57% (Source; PwC)
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A Kenyan High Court has frozen another Ksh 400.6 million in three bank accounts and 19 Safaricom M-Pesa paybill numbers belonging to Flutterwave linked to card fraud and money laundering. Business Daily
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News Just In, CMA says that Cytonn Investments is not a licensed and approved entity. The authority has warned investors against investing in unregulated products offered or promoted by unlicensed firms or unapproved entities.
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Kenya is building a new software factory in Mulot, Bomet County, to boost the country’s status as a regional technology hub The government targets employing over 100,000 software engineers to develop applications for the region and the global market
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Kenyan Shilling continues to slide against the US Dollar. Now at 120.8400
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The first Bitcoin ATM Machine in East and Central Africa is now installed in Westlands Nairobi!!!!!!
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Dr. James Mwangi, CEO Equity, has won the prestigious 2020 Oslo Business for Peace Award which is also described as the “Nobel Prize for Business.”
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Ethiopia Begins Construction of Africa's Biggest modern auto bus station. Upon completion, the bus station will serve 80,000 people per day and up to 20 AUTO buses on underground & main road compounds
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BREAKING Karibu Connect, Kenyan based internet provider, named the first authorized reseller of #Starlink by @elonmusk 's SpaceX
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In less than 10 Minutes, over Ksh 50 Billion was lost at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
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Kengen Managing Director Rebecca Miano named Cabinet Secretary of East African Community, Arid & Semi-arid areas.
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JUST IN.... Tuskys Takes over Troubled Nakumatt Supermarkets, Its biggest competitor
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With effect from January 31, 2023, Google will require instant loan apps operating in Kenya to show evidence of Central Bank license, failure to which they will be removed from Play Store.
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Government to Lift Intercounty Lockdown - President Kenyatta.
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Dr Roselyn Akombe on BBC "I've never felt the kind of fear that I felt in my own country. I don't feel safe enough to be able to go back"
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INVESTORS IN CYTONN INVESTMENT'S INSOLVENT FUNDS MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2029 TO RECOVER THEIR HARD-EARNED CASH ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, WHO IS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THE ADMINISTRATION BY 12 MONTHS. *TOTAL CLIENTS' LIABILITY KES 14.1 BILLION*
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American technology giants now want the Joe Biden administration to compel the Kenyan government to abolish the digital services tax (DST) as a condition for a new trade deal between the two countries.
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Sukari Industries Ltd, linked to Kenyan tycoon Jaswant Rai, is seeking a nod to set up a new Sh5.132 billion factory in Trans Mara, Narok County. The company has asked the NEMA to approve its proposed sugar mill with a potential for producing 3,000 tonnes of cane per day.
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Aliko Dangote's $20 Billion oil refinery, set to produce diesel, kerosene, and jet fuel, begins operation this December. Located on 2,500 hectares of Lagos swampland, Africa's richest man built his own port, road, and infrastructure, moving 65 million tonnes of sand.
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"I did not finish my degree because I was in a rush. Though I am still a student because I take alot of online courses" Bill Gates at @uonbi #GatesatUON
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Kenya's stock market capitalization Gains by KES 43.93 Billion in Today's trading session
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There's a Kenyan startup that has developed a wireless charging solution for smart-phones. They are officially launching the product in a weeks time
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Kenya's Top 10 listed companies in terms of Market Valuation; 1. Safaricom Sh 1.18 Trillion 2. EABL Sh 193 Billion 3. Equity Bank Sh 161 B" 4. KCB Sh 140 B" 5. Coop Sh 101 B" 6. Kenya Airways Sh 92 B" 7. BAT Sh 77 B" 8. Stanchart Sh 72 B" 9. Bamburi Sh 64 B" 10. Barclays 59 B"
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Japan to finance the construction of the Nairobi rail flyover project which will connect Enterprise Road to the Nairobi CBD
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The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has reduced the drone import permit fee to KSh3,000 from the earlier proposed fee of KSh20,000.
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Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa Bole International Airport expanded at a cost of $363 million to triple its size & accommodate over 22 million passengers every year. Addis Ababa is now the biggest aviation hub in Africa.
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Nation Media Group's NTV acquires broadcast rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018.
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Kenyan Govt Drops charges of financial impropriety against Flutterwave
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2017 Presidential #DebatesKe has attracted an average audience of about 8.5 million TV viewers; Kenya's Largest TV Audience Of All Time?
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Over 4000 investors who had saved over KES 15 Billion in Cytonn Investment write to President William Ruto to intervene. "We are distressed investors whose only crime was to save our money" Say the investors who include retirees, pensioners, saccos, farmers & entrepreneurs
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BREAKING SAFARICOM CEO @PeterNdegwa_ SAYS THEY HAVE RECEIVED REGULATORY APPROVAL TO LAUNCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRODUCT
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Raila Odinga asks President Uhuru Kenyatta not to assent the ICT Practitioners Bill 2020. “It negates the goals and visions of the national ICT policy and digital strategies. It amounts to regulating talent which damages innovation and limits growth,”
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BREAKING... China's Richest Man Jack Ma arrives in Nairobi accompanied by 38 Billionaires including Lucy Peng, Niu Gensheng & Huang Youlong
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Nigeria has made the biggest ever cocaine seizure worth $278 Million (1.8 tonnes) in Lagos.
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Ex-Safaricom CEO & Chairman Michael Joseph on his Net Worth "I have been an employee all my career. I have not invested in companies and made a fortune of any kind. I have one house which I bought which is in West Wales and I have a flat in London and those are my total assets."
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Did you Know that two families own Nakumatt, Tuskys and Naivas chain of supermarkets??
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UPDATE Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms has announced plans to launch an AWS local zone in Kenya.
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BREAKING Safaricom Chairman John Ngumi Resigns less than five months after he was appointed to the board.
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News Just In, Homeboyz Entertainment to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange by the end of 2020.
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The auditor General says that Kenya Power’s actual profit in 2017 was Sh 336 Million and not Sh 7.6 Billion as reported. A reduction of 95%!
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Leading American investment bank Goldman Sachs becomes the largest institutional investor in Kenya's Twiga Foods after acquiring a stake in the startup's latest fundraising round amounting to $23.75 Million.
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Ethiopian Airlines Shareholding in other African carriers; * 45% of Zambia Airways * 49% of Guinea Airways * 100% of Mozambique Airlines * 49% ownership of Chad Airlines * 49% of Air Malawi ** Ongoing talks; Air Djibouti, Nigeria Airways
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Africa's Fastest Internet Speeds (MBPs) 1. Kenya = 12.16 2. Rwanda = 7.69 3. S.A = 6.74 4. Mauritius = 5.74 5. Morocco = 5.17 6. Lesotho = 5.07 7. Tunisia = 4.45 8. Nigeria = 3.85 9. Cape Verde = 3.85 10. Angola = 3.72 11. Zimbabwe = 3.69 12. Congo = 3.46 13. Ghana = 3.37
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Google has named Agnes Gathaiya as the new Country Director for East Africa.
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Kenya’s Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Njuguna Ndung’u, has approved new regulations granting the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) unrestricted access to information on secret bank accounts held by Kenyans in 106 foreign countries.
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At 22%, Nairobi is the only African city whose domestic air travel capacity is outgrowing its international capacity - Forward Keys Int.
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World's largest geothermal generating Countries (2018) 1. USA 2,500MW 2. Philippines 1,900MW 3. Indonesia 1,800MW 4. Turkey 1,100MW 5. New Zealand 1000MW 6. Mexico 900MW 7. Italy 800MW 8. Iceland 750MW 9. Kenya 700MW Source (Renewable Global Status)
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Kenya's Central Bank confirms that Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd has completed the separation and transfer of its mobile money business from the telecommunications business to a new entity; Airtel Money Kenya Limited.
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Aliko Dangote “When I went to Tanzania & announced an investment of $400 million to build a cement plant, they said, these Nigerian crooks have come again“
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Kenya’s oldest safari lodge, Treetops – an elaborate treehouse on the edge of a watering hole in Aberdare National Park – has closed its doors after 90 years. .
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First phase of Tanzania's 302 Km SGR is Fully financed by Magufuli's Government. Electric lines currently being integrated into the network
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Coca-Cola Africa has announced the appointment of Debra Mallowah as the new Vice President for East and Central Africa. She joins Coca-Cola from Safaricom Plc where she was the Chief Business Development Officer.
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Kenyan logistics startup Sendy is shutting down operations after failing to secure funding. The company is now exploring the sale of its assets and is currently in the middle of an acquisition process. -TechCrunch
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Uber expands into four new cities in Kenya; Eldoret, Nakuru, Naivasha and Kisumu. This makes Uber available in eight cities across East Africa.
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Samsung Electronics Ditches plans to establish an assembly plant in Kenya citing failure by Govt to put in place mechanisms that would protect local manufacturers from cheap electronic imports (The Standard)
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Kenyan Fintech M-KOPA secures $75M in funding led by Generation Investment Management and Broadscale Group
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Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore does not expect competition from the Airtel – Telkom merger, he says real competition will come from Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Tencent
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Tanzania has finally begun exporting cashew nuts to the US, after 30 years of trying to enter the market to no avail.
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"Why can't he also make copper wires there instead of sending copper ore to China from where he imports wires?" James Mwangi
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Ms. Rosemary Mukami Kariuki, a Kenyan National, is the new World Bank Country Manager for Zimbabwe
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Brazilian cryptocurrency Ponzi "Velox 10 Global Limited" which officially launched in Kenya in October 2017 collapses with millions of Kenyans cash. It promised monthly returns of between 30% & 50%, invested in Bitcoin.
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To all our users who have been asking , here is the prospectus for the 19 Year Infrastructure Bond closing on the 15th February 2022. Minimum Investment amount is KES 100,000.
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Internet penetration (%) of Population 2017; Kenya 89.4% Mauritius 62.7% Morocco 58.3% S.A 54% Cape Verde 48.2% Nigeria 47.7% Algeria 45.2% Botswana 39.4% Egypt 39.2% Ghana 34.7% Rwanda 30.6 Ethiopia 15.4% TZ 13% Congo 8.2% Somalia 7.9% DR Congo 6.2% Eritrea 1.3%
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Unable to repay a Sh 77 Billion syndicated loan that was due in October this year, Kenya Govt has requested International creditors to extend repayment period by 6 months to April 2018. *10% of the creditors are against the extension
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Shocking new report by Oxfam reveals Kenya's top 4 richest individuals have a combined wealth of Ksh 333 billion, more than what 22 million poorest Kenyans (nearly half the population) possess.
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“From James Gichuru to Njeru Githae, 14 finance ministers including Mr Kenyatta borrowed Sh1.75 trillion in 50 years. Jubilee’s one cabinet secretary borrowed Sh2.3 trillion in over four and a half years” - @WehliyeMohamed
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“If you survived Kenya’s 8-4-4 system, you can survive Anywhere “ Tesla Senior Director of Engineering Charles Mwangi #NextGenManufacturing
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A man in South China won $30 million lottery jackpot and went to claim the prize alone. When asked why he wore a yellow costume covering his head, he said that he wanted to keep his prize a secret from his wife & child, saying he was worried that the money might make them lazy.
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Acorn Investment Management, the entity behind Qwetu and Qejani Student Residences, has announced a combined net profit of KES 855 million for its Acorn Student Accommodation Income REIT (ASA I-REIT) and the Acorn Student Accommodation Development REIT (ASA D-REIT).
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Kenya Airways to start direct flights to Israel in March 2019
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Later in the week, he will give a talk to students at the University of Nairobi.
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