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List of Kenyan banks operating in Tanzania, employing over 1,000 Tanzanians
TUKO
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August 14, 2025
The government of Tanzania blocked foreign nationals, including Kenyans, from operating 15 businesses in the country Among the businesses were, mobile banking services and tour guide services, excluding retail banking According to the Commercial...
Kemri opens three research job vacancies in Kilifi
Star
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Successful candidates will work with multidisciplinary teams tackling diseases of global concern The Kenya Medical Research Institute has opened applications for three high-profile research positions at its Kilifi campus, offering scientists an...
Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi Unites 2,300 Attendees from 135 Countries
TechTrendsKE
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August 14, 2025
Nairobi played host to the 20th edition of Wikimania, the annual global conference celebrating Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects, and the volunteers who power them, marking the first time the flagship event has been held in East Africa. The four-day...
The New Digital Frontier: How the Huawei ICT Competition is Redefining Kenya’s Tech Future
TechTrendsKE
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August 14, 2025
Kenya’s technology scene has no shortage of bright minds. But turning raw talent into industry-ready expertise is another story. That’s where the Huawei ICT Competition Kenya has quietly become one of the country’s most influential talent...
Scientists issue warning for one of Africa's most vulnerable cities: 'Could end up submerged'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 12, 2025
"We are seeing entire communities in the northern coastal strip being pushed inland." by Samantha HindmanAugust 12, 2025 Kenya's second-largest city and a major hub for East African trade is facing a dangerous mix of environmental threats that...
African universities to benefit from research partnership
University World News
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JAPAN-AFRICA Three African universities that benefit from grants and technical support from the government of Japan are planning to launch a new research partnership that will also promote Japanese technologies on the continent. The institutions...
Ajua Merges with RMS to Lead Kenya’s CX Market, Eyes West Africa Return
TechEconomy
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August 14, 2025
Advertisements Kenyan consumer experience company Ajua has merged with Rate My Service (RMS) in a deal designed to strengthen its place on East Africa’s market while preparing for expansion into Southern and West Africa. The two firms are...
Fed-up Brit workers more miserable than staff in India or the Philippines
Daily Star
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August 17, 2025
Brit workers are more miserable than those in India and the Philippines. A new study has revealed UK staff are more anxious about their work than those in the US, South Africa and Kenya. They are also less happy than employees in the United Arab...
Kenya plans $4 billion extension of China-built railway, eyes Etihad Rail partnership
Business Insider Africa
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August 12, 2025
Kenya plans to raise $4 billion by securitising an import levy to extend a China-built railway and is in talks with Etihad Rail to operate freight services on the line, Transport Secretary Davis Chirchir said. The government will use revenue from...
Kenyan girl among 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award winners
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 12, 2025
11 year-old Alice Wanjiru has been named the first-place winner in the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award. Wanjiru who hails from Nairobi, Kenya is one of the fifteen young environmental activists from across the globe to receive the award...
Kenya's 2026 Finance Bill seeks to raise tax-free income threshold to over KSh 24,000
TUKO
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August 12, 2025
The National Assembly's Finance and National Planning Committee wants to review the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) tax bands Kenyan Members of Parliament (MPs) want to lower the tax burden on low and high-income workers in the Finance Bill 2026 Molo MP...
Archaeologists find world's earliest importers 2.6 million years ago
Haaretz
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August 17, 2025
As far back as 3.3 million years, somebody was making stone tools at Lomekwi, Kenya. They were using rocks as hammers, as some monkeys do, but were also intentionally knocking rocks together to shape stone tools, archaeologists concluded after...
Kenya’s Prof. Susan Mbugua named Global Veterinarian of the Year
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 12, 2025
Prof. Susan Mbugua (Centre) poses with World Veterinary Association (WVA) Dr John de Jong (Right) and a representative from Ceva Santé Animale (Left). PHOTO | COURTESY Kenya’s veterinary profession is basking in international acclaim following a...
What a mobile cinema means for film distribution in Rural Kenya
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 14, 2025
The Kenya Film Classification Board unveiled the cine-mobile truck, a flagship of the organisation’s Sinema Mashinani initiative, at the recent International Youth Day celebrations in Kakamega. The Cine-Mobile is no ordinary truck. It boasts a...
Kenya’s 1950 Kolloa massacre: Britain won’t own up to its co...
Modern Ghana
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In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya. Armed soldiers killed at least 29 civilian members of Dini ya Msambwa, a spiritual and anti-colonial...
Kenyans Warned Against Toxic Fish in Circulation
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 12, 2025
Kenyans may be consuming fish not fit for human consumption after the Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen unearthed a syndicate harvesting toxic fish and repackaging it as Tilapia from Kisumu. Speaking in Nakuru County, where he was...
Kenyan activist tries to block new Ritz-Carlton safari lodge opening
The Straits Times
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August 12, 2025
MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE, Kenya - When Ritz-Carlton opens its first safari lodge on Friday in Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve, guests will pay nightly rates starting from $3,500 per person for tented suites with private decks overlooking a river...
Unlocking the Digital Health Triangle: Transforming UHC and Primary Care through Technology in East Africa
South Africa Today
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August 13, 2025
As Kenya positions itself as a regional hub for healthcare innovation, a high-level networking event hosted in Nairobi by WHX brought together key public and private stakeholders for a focused conversation on the future of Universal Health...
Kenya, Iran Set 60-Day Deadline for New Deal
Kenyans.co.ke
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August 12, 2025
Kenya and Iran have agreed to establish a joint committee to lift the ban on Kenyan tea exports to the Arab country within the next 60 days. According to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, the formation of the committee will be...
Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway: Govt rejects proposal by Kenyan firm to build 459km road
TUKO
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August 12, 2025
The government projected the construction of the Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway to begin in 2026 The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) committee received a proposal for the construction and funding of the KSh 468 billion project in May 2025 PPP...