Africa Islamic Finance Forum 2016
The Africa Islamic Finance Forum 2016 held in Abidjan (17,18 & 19th October 16)-adds topi lyambila – provided an unparalleled platform for networking opportunities as well as the center stage to be at the very forefront of Africa’s flourishing Islamic finance sector. On 17th and 18th October 2016, the second edition of the Africa More...
Kenya Rangers tap into tech to protect Wildlife
REUTERS :The campaign to track down poachers and protect endangered species in Africa’s embattled reserves is tapping into the technology used in the virtual world of online poker and other computer games. A More...
2nd Time a winner : Jeremy Cobyn wins labour leadership contest
Source: Independent Jeremy Corbyn has confounded his critics by winning a Labour leadership contest for the second time in two years. His victory, announced in Liverpool, was broadly expected following a exhausting More...
Kenya : Policy bashes Banks’ Greediness!
The frontier market of Kenya isn’t often on U.S. or European investors’ radar. It should be. It offers a timely reminder of financial markets’ complacency about the risk of populism; and the attractiveness More...
Kenya plans to borrow $4.6 billion to help plug a 9.3 percent budget deficit – Rotich
Bloomberg : Kenyan Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich said he’s likely to meet potential investors in the East African nation’s next Eurobond while visiting the U.S. next month. The government has also factored More...
Uganda to host the 4th edition of the East Africa International Arbitration Conference
File pic – Nikhil Desai -Jmiles speaking at EAIAC Now in its 4th Edition , East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC) has grown to become an authoritative platform in East Africa promoting More...
Kenya aims to complete $2.1 bln crude oil pipeline by 2021
REUTERS:Kenya will start a search next week for companies to design a crude oil export pipeline costing some $2.1 billion and which should be completed by 2021, Energy and Petroleum Minister Charles Keter said on More...
Kenya Banks face a ‘New Normal’ with good governance & better accounting
Kenyan Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge said lenders in East Africa’s biggest economy face a “new normal” that will require better accounting and improved governance. Lenders must also review their business More...
Diaspora Remittance helped improve East Africa’s Currency Reserves
Kenya’s Diaspora remittance ranked No.1 Foreign Currency earner in 2015 @ $1.14 Billion East African economies received more than $3.5 billion in diaspora remittances in 2015, with the largest amounts being More...
It’s not just foreign investors, Africa’s wealthiest aren’t paying taxes either
A great deal of attention has been paid to the obstacles African governments face in effectively taxing the profits of transnational corporations. African governments are frequently urged to widen their tax More...
