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Kenya’s parliament has introduced the Business Law (Amendment) Bill 2024 to tighten regulations for business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT-enabled service (ITES) firms and hold them responsible for employee welfare. This move follows a landmark court ruling in September 2024 that allowed BPO employees to sue locally, sparked by former Sama employees who alleged exploitative […]
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Kenya is set to mediate a power export agreement between Ethiopia and Tanzania, facilitating regional energy distribution. Under the deal, Ethiopia will supply 100 megawatts of power to Tanzania via Kenya’s transmission infrastructure. According to Ethiopian Electric Power, the final volume of electricity to be delivered may be adjusted during forthcoming negotiations. The arrangement will […]
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Eric Osiakwan Since producers of the annual Angel Fair Africa (AFA) announced the hosting of the 11th Angel Fair Africa (aka AFA@11) in Nairobi, Kenya on 13th June 2024, the country has been subjected to aggressive anti-tax demonstrations, that has called into question our resolve on Kenya. On 25th June, the first demonstration was about the […]
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By Ashay Abbhi, Manager, Climate Change, Intellecap George, a delivery executive, lives in a modest home on the outskirts of Nairobi. He unplugs the wire that charges his shiny new electric bike, presses a tiny switch bringing the quiet engine to life, and rides off to deliver happiness in the form of food. George is […]
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Africa is one of the best travel destinations in the world. Here, you can enjoy crystal blue beaches, majestic wildlife, and a wealth of culture and history. This article will look at ten countries to visit across the continent. Tourism in Africa increased by 2% in 2014, according to the UN World Tourism Organization report […]
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What started as a game of soccer is now an organization with 1,000 employees transforming the lives of millions. In 2004, Kennedy Odede founded SHOFCO (Shining Hope for Communities), an organization that provides essential services and advocates on behalf of communities in an urban slum outside of Nairobi, Kibera—Kennedy’s hometown. But this sprawling grassroots organization began years earlier, as […]
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Over a century ago, in 1910, British colonial authorities in Kenya redesigned a then-smallpox isolation center into what became the Nairobi Lunatic Asylum, a dire institution in which African patients–95 percent of the asylum’s population–were kept in the worst conditions and European patients in the best. Until independence in 1963, only Europeans worked there as […]
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Inchcape Kenya, local subsidiary of Inchcape Plc global, has officially unveiled Changan Auto as part of its portfolio in Kenya, marking the entry of the brand into the East African market. Kenyans will now have access to a variety of Changan’s passenger and light commercial models that provide superior driving performance, fuel efficiency, in-car technology, […]
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Governments Should Ban ‘Shackling’ This Mental Health Day Sitting in a dusty courtyard of the Holy Ghost Coptic Church in Kisumu city, in western Kenya, I heard Paul (a pseudonym), approaching before I saw him. Clink. Clink. Clink. The sound of a human being struggling to walk with heavy metal chains around his ankles, waist, […]
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During Huawei Eco-Connect Sub-Saharan Africa 2023, which recently took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kenya’s ICT Secretary of Administration Mohamed Jabane delivered a keynote outlining his country’s digital transformation journey. He also outlined how partnerships, including the ones that various state organisations have in place with Huawei, have helped make Kenya a leading digital player on the African continent. In doing so, he […]
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